CIED News

MSC students visit Rinker Materials in Frederick, Maryland.

Management Students Visit Frederick

May 23rd, 2024

Gateway to Georgetown welcomed management students from ISM-IAE Université de Versailles St. Quentin for a week-long program.…

2023-24 ELP Alumni Ambassadors

The 2023-24 Alumni Ambassadors Make Their Entrance

September 8th, 2023

The 2023-24 Alumni Ambassadors are ready for their one-year honorary assignment recruiting new Fellows, Specialists, and Virtual Educators and building new relationships with the U.S. Department of State’s English Language Programs.…

Youth Ambassadors Returns to In-Person Exchanges

March 9th, 2023

After two years of successful virtual exchanges, CIED conducted its first international inbound Youth Ambassadors program with 41 participants representing six different delegations: Bahamas, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and various islands in the Eastern Caribbean.…

Youth Ambassadors Goes Virtual!

October 10th, 2020

When the COVID crisis hit and travel plans were cancelled, Twenty-four (24) U.S. youth and teachers took part in an innovative virtual exchange that focused on leadership development training and cross-cultural connections. …

Youth Ambassador students in an agricultural nursery.

Youth Ambassadors Three-Week Exchange to the Dominican Republic

October 19th, 2018

CIED conducted a three-week exchange in the Dominican Republic for 29 U.S. Youth Ambassadors (American citizens from 14 states and the District of Columbia). The themes of the program were youth leadership, social entrepreneurship, and environmental protection.…

Paul Kei Matsuda in front of conference display.

English Language Specialist Connects Educators in Turkey

October 19th, 2018

English Language Specialist Dr. Paul Kei Matsuda connected with hundreds of English as a Second Language educators who traveled from around Turkey to attend his conference presentations and professional development workshops.…