Wow, what a fabulous experience this has been! From the moment my daughter researched CEA Global Education as her study abroad program of choice, all the way leading up to and including the time of her life she is having right now in Antibes, France!

Big thanks to Kelly, CEA's Financial Coordinator, for her persistence in seeing financial matters through. I am also very impressed with how quickly every one of the CEA staff will get back to you when you have a question, such as: visa procedures, students' flight information going to the same destination and housing. All the way around, we have been nothing but satisfied with every step it has taken to make Hannah’s dream a reality.

Most of all, we are grateful that Hannah has this opportunity to immerse herself in another culture that will allow her to grow through her experiences both good and challenging.

Thank you, CEA Global Education. We are grateful in so many ways.

Debi Carlin-Boyle
Mother of Hannah Boyle
Antibes, France Spring 2010

The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program offers students receiving Pell Grants a scholarship up to $8,000, depending on where they study. Because CEA Global Education is now enrolling for Summer and Fall 2010 at our new Global Campus in Shanghai, China, we wanted to share with you this great resource aimed at diversifying both the students who study abroad and the destinations they choose.

The Gilman Program provides up to $5,000 to students:

• From diverse ethnic backgrounds
• Going to a nontraditional study abroad destination
• Attending community college
• With disabilities
• In fields of study of study underrepresented in study abroad

An additional $3,000 is available to student studying critical need languages, including: Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Russian, Swahili, Indic languages, Persian languages and Turkic languages. That means students seeking scholarship money to study abroad at our new Global Campus in Shanghai could receive up to $8,000 in financial assistance. (Students enrolling at CEA’s Arabic Cultural Studies in Granada program also may be eligible for the language supplement.)

CEA Global Education is enrolling now for Summer and Fall 2010 at our Shanghai Global Campus. Shanghai is the financial center of China and offers students the opportunity to study international business, Chinese language at any level and more alongside Chinese students. Our new Global Campus is hosted by East China Normal University, known as the "Garden University" for its lush landscape and park-like setting.

The deadline to apply for the Gilman Scholarship in time for the Fall 2010 semester is April 6. Interested students must be:

• A U.S. citizen undergraduate student enrolled in a two- or four-year institution in the United States
• Receiving a Pell Grant at the time of application or during the study abroad term
• Applying to a study abroad program eligible for credit at the student's university or college
• Studying abroad for a minimum of four weeks in one country
• Studying abroad in a country that is not on the U.S. Department of State's Travel Warning List or Cuba

Still not sure if you qualify? Our admissions counselors are available to speak with you at 1-800-266-4441. Sign up for a free MyCEA account to explore the new Shanghai Global Campus program and other study abroad programs with CEA Global Education.

Students, it's not too late to apply for a Summer or Fall 2010 study abroad program and save money. We will increase our prices Feb. 1 for some of our most popular study abroad destinations in order to continue providing you with high-quality programs and services. But if you apply today, you can still get in at 2009 prices and save.

There's less than two weeks left before the new prices go into effect for programs in:

• Buenos Aires, Argentina
• San Jose, Costa Rica
• Prague, Czech Republic
• Paris, France
• Florence, Italy
• Alicante, Spain
• Rome, Italy
• Barcelona, Spain
• Madrid, Spain
• Seville, Spain

Don’t miss out. Sign up by Feb. 1.

New Tools, Programs and Benefits with Easier to Find Resources

CEA Global Education has enhanced its website and added new tools, programs and benefits to help your academic institution reach its globalization objectives. The biggest change is we've called out information for both Universities and Students. We made it easier to find robust content to assist U.S. academic institutions with efforts to internationalize curriculum and campuses.

University faculty and staff now have a robust website dedicated to their needs with key features including:

• Enhanced Academic Affiliate Program to better assist in study abroad recruitment and management
• Professional development seminars to connect your faculty with international experts and academic colleagues on contemporary, global issues
• A realigned University Relations team to better respond to your international needs and questions
• Custom tools and content to help faculty internationalize their curriculum
• A new CEA University Portal to better manage study abroad students' information for your academic institution (Coming Soon)

We hope you find our enhanced website easier to navigate and a great resource for your study abroad needs. We're eager to hear your feedback. Please e-mail your questions or suggestions to Marketing@GoWithCEA.com.

With our greetings in the New Year,

John D. Heyl, Ph.D.
Vice President, Global Education

CEA – Global Education is very pleased to announce the launch of its first Global Issues Seminar (GIS) for faculty. We know that faculty need first-hand experience abroad to support their in-class innovations, and as the second decade of the 21st century opens, higher education is wrestling with ways to further incorporate environmental sustainability into the undergraduate curriculum. Therefore, CEA is using one of its key strengths—the global city—as the platform for this discussion.

Our first Global Issues Seminar will address the sustainability issues facing Spain as a whole with a particular focus on Madrid. The seminar will be held at CEA’s Global Campus in Madrid and will draw on a wide range of experts in government, advocacy and academia to bring the challenges of Spain’s environmental agenda into focus. Participants will hear from a Madrid City Council Member, Greenpeace Spain, urban specialists, and academic counterparts. They also will visit key sustainability centers in the area.

The goal of the seminars is to provide meaningful professional development experiences that enable faculty members to move in new directions and revise current courses to involve salient global issues.

Join us for what promises to be an exciting and enlightening 10 days in Madrid this June 13-22.

For more information, visit www.gowithcea.com

John D. Heyl, Ph.D.

The Benefits are Many

The workplace in the U.S. is changing. We’re becoming more diverse in every way as new countries join global economic, business and financial communities. U.S. students cannot afford to be passive in their education. We need to actively pursue study abroad programs, experiential learning, and cultural immersion for the needed experience to land jobs in this changing employment sector.

Global Competence

According to a recent survey of CEOs, respondents said the importance of a study abroad experience is "not merely the act of studying in a foreign country. Rather, the significance of international education often resides in the opportunity to partake in an intensive language program coupled with the prospect of developing skills that result from complete immersion in a foreign country" (Gutierrez, Robert; Bhandari, Rajika; Auerbach, Jennifer; Satterwhite, Erika. "The Value of International Education to U.S. Business and Industry Leaders: Key Findings from a Survey of CEOs," IIE, October 2009).

At CEA, we’ll prepare you for Global Competence with a comprehensive educational benefit that study abroad student acquire, including such skills as:

• Increased independence and self confidence
• Increased adaptability to unfamiliar or changing environments
• Increased intercultural skills, especially negotiating a foreign culture and language
• Increased critical thinking and problem-solving skills gleaned from experiential learning activities incorporating the host culture with curriculum objectives
• Increased knowledge of global relationships and policy perspectives

Career Advancement

Those skills aren't lost on CEOs, as indicated in their career advancement opportunities. The same IIE survey found that:

• 60 percent of hiring managers surveyed reported that the hiring and promotion strategy of their companies acknowledged the importance of a study abroad experience
• 90 percent of those hiring managers who studied abroad themselves reported a hiring or promotion strategy that actively sought out and rewarded study abroad experience

Growing Demand

More and more college applicants are recognizing the need for cultural awareness and intercultural skills in a borderless world.

A survey of high school students taking the SAT exam found that 50 percent of the students believed barriers in the world are disappearing and successful people will have to be able to work with people from other countries and cultures ("College-Bound Students’ Interests in Study Abroad and Other International Learning Activities," studentPOLL™, 2008). Another 43 percent said they believe international experience and education will help advance their career ajavascript:void(0)nd give them a competitive advantage.

- Lindsey Messmer, Sr. Admissions Counselor at CEA Global Education.