CIED News

February 26th, 2021

The virtual event gathered 110 alumni participants as well as university faculty and staff, tuning in from all over the world.

January 29th, 2021

Youth Ambassador alumni Deily Alpizar, Melanie Morales, and Brian Paz carry out a COVID rapid response initiative in San Carlos, Costa Rica.

December 1st, 2020

The CIED team designed a virtual program to strengthen leadership and community engagement for 1,400+ Student Leader alumni from 19 countries reaching back to program inception in 2003.

October 22nd, 2020

Dr. Rita Stephan (MEPI Director) addressed a virtual alumni kickoff reunion organized by CIED Georgetown.

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.

October 7th, 2020

Gateway to Georgetown overcame challenges as it transitioned its series of nine Business Management Programs to a virtual environment due to the impact of coronavirus.

October 5th, 2020

In this Webinar, Professor Jose-Luis Guerrero explains how Automation and Artificial Intelligence (AI) plays an essential role in the progress and evolution of society.

September 10th, 2019

The program offered 5 days of classes and site visits to relevant organizations in Washington DC, including the Department of State, and The Pew Research Center, among others.

August 17th, 2019

Gateway to Georgetown implemented a two-week program providing in-depth exposure to the American political processes, U.S foreign policy initiatives, and the impact of critical events throughout American history.

August 8th, 2019

Over the course of three months , Gateway to Georgetown hosted nine programs on Business Management for graduate students from Universit é de Versailles Saint – Qu…

July 31st, 2019

CIED’s English Language Fellow Devon Jancin lives in Central Java, a traditional, densely populated and predominantly Muslim part of Indonesia, where she is an instructor in the English Education Department at the Institut Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN) Salatiga.

March 1st, 2019

CIED’s first program of 2019 was the Youth Ambassadors Spanish-language group. The 43 participants from Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala and Panama participated in a three-week leadership development exchange in the United States from January 22 to February 9.

December 21st, 2018

When Gamaleldin Tarakhan came to the U.S. during the 2017 Student Leaders Program (SLP) at Georgetown University, he was inspired by seeing environmentally sustainable and resource efficient green buildings used in the United States.

November 21st, 2018

Bartolomé Vázquez López is a teacher in a one-room multigrade school of indigenous education in the mountains of Chiapas, Mexico, and he knows that pedagogy is not based solely on textbooks nor fit behind the four walls of a classroom.

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.

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.

October 19th, 2018

During the second week of June, Gateway to Georgetown hosted a program on International Affairs for graduate students from Madrid, Spain.

October 12th, 2018

Gateway to Georgetown hosted a second program in Strategic Communications for graduate students and academics from Chile ’ s Adolfo Ib áñ ez University . The pro…

August 24th, 2018

Gateway to Georgetown held the inaugural Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) 2.0 in collaboration with SNAC International, the leading international trade association for the snack industry.

October 1st, 2017

The Gateway to Georgetown Program was pleased to host a high-level executive program in Strategic Communications for graduate students and academics during the first week of August from Chile’s Adolfo Ibáñez University.

February 25th, 2016

Representatives from the English Language Programs traveled from coast to coast to attend and present at regional TESOL conferences.

February 8th, 2016

Khaled Ghanayem, an alumnus of the MEPI Student Leaders Program, is leading the effort to help people with disabilities in Israel and across the world.

January 5th, 2016

Brenda Hernández CAYA alumna from El Salvador, made great strides on her path to becoming a global leader and currently works for a prominent nonprofit in her country.