C O M M EMOR ATI NG A

CENTURY
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2019

I I E • CO MME MOR ATIN G A CE NTURY“On behalf of IIE’s Board of Trustees, we extend a special
thank you to our partners, donors, and team members
whose work and support are so vital to our mission.”

THOMAS S. JOHNSONChairMARK A. ANGELSON
Vice Chair

MARIA LIVANOS CATTAUIVice Chair

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A Century of
Hope & PromiseIn 1919, IIE’S founders could not have imagined
the advances in technology and knowledge thatconnect us globally in all aspects of our lives.
This connectivity affords us our best shot ever atbuilding mutual understanding across the globe.

As the world struggles to cope with a growing pandemic, wars in several regions,and an uncertain economic outlook, the work of IIE is needed more than ever. We face
new and increasing waves of displaced and threatened scholars and students; we
received more applications for help in 2019 than in any previous year. Founded on the
belief that education makes the world more just and productive, and promotes peace,
IIE remains dedicated to that belief today, as we begin our second century of work.
During our Centennial year, IIE organized numerous activities that were designed
to raise awareness of our vision, to celebrate our first century of work, and to plan for
the future. We also received many special tributes, including a unanimous U.S. Senate
Resolution recognizing IIE’s Centennial, recognition as a “Treasure of New York” by
PBS, and a commemorative citation from Governor Andrew Cuomo.
We are very grateful to our forebears, to our foundation partners, and to our
individual donors whose support is so vital to our mission. We know that our work is
impactful by virtue of the transformed lives of our grantee students and scholars, andby virtue of the multiplier effect that it has on all our lives and on the lives of others
as our grantees continue their work in communities all over the world — sharing theirknowledge, experiences, and passion.
This year marks the 100th year of IIE’s first scholar rescue undertaking, during
the Bolshevik Revolution, when IIE supported more than 600 university students andprofessors in the pursuit of their academic work in safety in the U.S. and Europe. Your
continued generosity will help expand access to education and to create pathways
not only to individual growth and opportunity, but also to development, stability, andsustainable peace.
Yours very sincerely,

Mark A. Angelson
Chair, IIE Centennial Committee
Chair, IIE Scholar Rescue Fund and Selection Committee
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Commemorating
the Centennial
Throughout 2019, from the IIE Summit 2019 in
New York to celebrations at all 18 IIE offices
around the world, Centennial events brought
IIE’s global community together to reflect on
its past and envision the future.

IIE CENTENNIAL
COMMITTEEIIE CENTENNIAL
HONORARY COMMITTEEMark A. Angelson
ChairPeter Gottsegen

Henry Kaufman

Jack M. Greenberg

Laya Khadjavi

Calvin G. Butler, Jr.

Ruth Hinerfeld

Laurence C. Morse

Maria Livanos Cattaui

Karen A. HolbrookThomas A. Russo

Victor J. Goldberg

Thomas S. Johnson

John Sexton

Allan E. Goodman

Mark N. Kaplan

Secretary
Madeleine Albright

Secretary
John Kerry

Secretary
Condoleezza Rice

Secretary
James A. Baker III

Secretary
Henry Kissinger

Secretary
George P. Shultz

Secretary
Hillary Clinton

SecretaryColin Powell

Secretary
Rex Tillerson

ELIZABETH ALEXANDER
above: Elizabeth Alexander, President of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, received a Centennial
Medal from Allan Goodman, IIE President and CEO.
EMPIRE STATE BUILDING LIGHTING
right: On February 19, the Empire State Building in New York was illuminated in IIE colors. The lighting

was graciously donated to honor IIE’s 100th anniversary.
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Centennial Year Activities

IIE Centennial Gala
On October 30, over 350 of IIE’s most renowned supporters,
partners, advisors, and grantees attended IIE’s Centennial Gala.
At this memorable event, the Stephen P. Duggan Award waspresented to Martin Lipton, Chairman Emeritus of the Boardof Trustees of NYU and founding partner of the law firm ofWachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, for his role in transforming
NYU into a prominent global university.

IIE CENTENNIAL GALA
above: Attendees at the Centennial Gala celebrating IIE’s
100 years of transforming lives.

In the MediaFULL PAGE AD IN
THE NEW YORK TIMESOn February 17, the late MarianSulzberger Heiskell graciously
donated a full-page ad in thenewspaper commemorating
IIE’s 100th anniversary.

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A new documentary, Treasures of New York: Instituteof International Education, aired on PBS stations inthe spring of 2019. Telling the story of IIE – how it has
kept the door open for educational exchange since theaftermath of WWI, continuing uninterrupted through therise of fascism, WWII, the Cold War, 9/11, and beyond –the documentary shows the breadth and depth of IIE’scontribution to the world.

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Centennial Book

Centennial Medals

With the publication of A Century of Hope; A Future ofPromise, we commemorate 100 years of championing
international education and promoting the peacefulexchange of ideas. We are grateful to the many partners
and supporters who make our mission a reality.

Throughout the Centennial Year, IIE conferred
120 Centennial Medals upon those who havemade significant contributions to the field ofinternational education.

IIE Summit 2019

GORDON BROWN
above left: At the IIE Summit 2019, John Sexton, Henry
Kaufman, and Allan Goodman present the Kaufman Prize
to Gordon Brown, United Nations Special Envoy for Global
Education and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

On February 17–19, the IIE Summit brought together more than
600 leaders and practitioners from education, government, business,
philanthropy, and media for discussions to envision the next 50 years
of international education.

IIE SUMMIT ATTENDEES
above right: IIE Summit 2019 attendees gather to discuss

the future of international education.

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Centennial Year Activities
Senate Resolution
and Governor’s
Proclamation
far right: On April 4, by unanimous consent, the U.S. Senate
passed Resolution 146 recognizing IIE’s Centennial and its
contribution to educational
exchange, scholar rescue, andprograms to promote mutual
understanding.

PEER ForumThe IIE PEER Forum on April 4 highlighted IIE’s university
advising programs and provided sessions on building ethicalscholarship programs, creating successful partnerships, andaddressing the growing accessibility gap in education in emergencies. The Forum brought together over 100 participantsfrom universities, institutions, and non-profit organizations.

above left: On February 1, Governor Andrew Cuomo issued a special

citation to IIE for its Centennial as an institution that has enriched thelives of citizens and strengthened the fabric of New York.

IIE Volunteer Initiative
As part of IIE’s Centennial volunteer initiative, IIE-D.C.
team members worked together on a community
service project to support Central Union Mission, a localorganization that helps homeless people living in thearea. IIE teams worldwide have contributed time andeffort in support of the volunteer initiative.

PEER DISCUSSION
Participants at the IIE Peer Forum discuss best practices for empowering
displaced students through higher education.

2019 Goldberg
Award Winners
In 2019, IIE celebrated the 15th anniversary of
the Victor Goldberg Award, which recognizes
and supports continued work towards peace.
This year it was awarded to Yuval Roth andNaeem Al-Baeda, an Israeli and Palestinian who
jointly lead Road to Recovery (RtR), an organization of volunteers who drive Palestinians fromtheir homes in the West Bank or Gaza to hospital
appointments in Israel for urgent medical treatments. Pictured here are Victor Goldberg, Naeem
Al-Baeda, Yuval Roth, and Allan Goodman at
the award ceremony in Israel on June 12.
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Transforming Lives:
100 Years and Counting
IIE was founded in 1919 with a grant from Carnegie Corporation of
New York. Since then, the continuing support of our trustees, donors,
and other contributing organizations has enabled IIE to reach its historicCentennial year, poised to realize the promise of a new century.
Much has changed since 1919, but IIE’s vision and guiding principles
remain the same. IIE thrives because of the generosity of donors whoshare our founders’ conviction that international education can lead togreater peace and understanding in
an increasingly interconnected world.
IIE offers transformative opportunities to individuals across the UnitedStates and in more than 185 countries.
We educate future leaders, rescue
scholars and artists in peril, aid international students during emergencies, and help U.S. college students
study abroad.
Current world events renderthese programs all the morenecessary. Together, we can make
A FOUNDING GRANT
A 1919 grant from Carnegie Corporationa difference — one life, one voice,of New York helped launch IIE.
one idea at a time.

ANGELA RODRIGUEZ
Forced to leave the crisis in her
native Venezuela, Angela Rodriguez
found support from IIE’s Student
Emergency Initiatives and achieved
her dream of attending college
in the United States.

“Through the support of
IIE’s Student Emergency
Initiatives, I found newhope in the hands ofgenerous and caring
people I had never met.”— ANGELA RODRIGUEZINTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIONThe Storm King Conference, organized by IIE and held at the Storm King School in Cornwall,
New York, was one of the first international conferences for exchange students. It brought
together students from nine countries on two continents, including Argentina, Italy, France,
Brazil, and many other nations.
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I I E • CO MME MOR ATIN G A CE NTURYIIE Centennial
Fellowships

In 2019, private contributions, including an endowment namedin memory of former IIE Trustee Rodman C. Rockefeller, establishedthe IIE Centennial Fellowships to honor IIE’s Centennial and its
long-standing association with the Fulbright Program.
In seeking to help enhance Fulbright as a life-long experience,each year the IIE Centennial Fellowships competition will be open
to all Fulbright Program alumni and will recognize projects that
embody the underlying Fulbright values of mutual understanding
and leadership, and that help solve the world’s most pressing
problems. The program also encourages projects that promote
continued collaboration and institutional linkages establishedduring applicants’ Fulbright grant periods.

2019 IIE Centennial Fellows
ISHTIAQUE AHMEDIIE Centennial Fellow

Ishtiaque is an Assistant Professor of Computer
Science at the University of Toronto, Canada.
He works on building technologies in Bangladesh
to save the environment from electronic waste
and improve the working conditions of e-waste
workers. He is hoping that the innovations thatwill come out of his project will benefit thousandsof e-waste workers in Bangladesh, and later,
many more workers in other countries. Ishtiaque
was a 2013-2014 Fulbright Foreign Student
from Bangladesh.

PAIGE BALCOM
IIE Rodman C. Rockefeller
Centennial Fellow

Paige is a Ph.D. student in mechanicalengineering at the University of California,
Berkeley focusing on heat transfer and development engineering. She is working with
Takataka Plastics to transform plastic wastein Uganda into construction materials, create
jobs, and improve the environment and publichealth. Paige was a 2016-2017 Fulbright
U.S. Student to Uganda, and her ultimate
goals are to teach engineering at Ugandan
and U.S. universities, start social ventures
to empower Ugandans, and promote international cooperation among students.

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IIE Rodman C. Rockefeller
Centennial Fellow

Sabrina is a research intern at The Cohen Group,
based in Washington, D.C. She is the co-founderof Project Buku Buku, a global campaign to tackle
literacy in rural regions of Indonesia, which she
began during her 2018-2019 Fulbright Fellowship
to Java Indonesia. She is working with corporate
sponsors, universities, and non-profits in the UnitedStates to create life changing opportunities forstudents, and most importantly, to empower girls
in those regions to reach their full potential.

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IIE CENTENNIAL
FELLOWSHIPSELECTIONCOMMITTEE

Rita Akhtar
Executive Director
U.S. Educational Foundationin Pakistan
Susan V. Berresford
Former President
Ford Foundation
Philip J. Hanlon
President
Dartmouth College

Glen Macdonald
Managing Director
Brofman RothchildJames B. Milliken
Chancellor
University of Texas System
Margaret C. Snyder
Founding Executive Director
United Nations Development
Fund for Women

Christopher B. Howard
President
Robert Morris University

R EA D MORE ABO UTTHE CE NTE NNIALF ELLOWS ONLINE
www.iie.org/Programs/
IIE-Centennial-Fellowship/
Centennial-Fellows“I believe that communities hold the key
to their own development: leveraging acommunity’s existing strengths to address
their needs is the key to creating authentic,
integrated solutions that really do work to
unlock better outcomes in today’s increasingly globalized world.”— KRIZIA LOPEZKRI ZIA LOPEZ
IIE Centennial Fellow

Krizia works with Puentes Community Translators in Queens,
New York, to build pathways to careers in professional translation
for bilingual young adults from immigrant communities. She
hopes to increase the supply of community-rooted translators
to reduce language barriers while helping young immigrant
adults increase their economic capital and earning power.
She first became interested in the power of language as a
2013-2014 U.S. Fulbright Student to Nicaragua where she
researched how expanding access to sign language impacts
the daily lives and human rights of deaf Nicaraguans.

COMMUNITY CONNECTION
right: Krizia Lopez connects with community members in
Queens, New York.
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I I E • CO MME MOR ATIN G A CE NTURYIIE Scholar
Rescue FundThe IIE Scholar Rescue Fund (IIE-SRF) is the only global
program that arranges and funds fellowships for threatened
and displaced scholars at partnering higher education
institutions. IIE-SRF is funded solely by private contributions,and over the past year, assisted close to 200 scholars from29 countries. IIE-SRF ensures that immediate assistanceand academic support will always be available to scholars
whenever and wherever they may be threatened.

BINALAKSHMI NEPRAM
A scholar spearheading work on women-led
peace, security, and disarmament

Bina grew up under martial law in Manipur,
India. A witness to violence and repression,
she has dedicated her research to issues ofhuman rights, women’s empowerment, anddisarmament. Her work led her to form theManipur Women Gun Survivors Network,
putting herself at risk to help others. IIE-SRF
provided Bina with a fellowship and academic
placement at Connecticut College. From thissafe haven, based on 15 years of her work in
Manipur in Indo-Burma region, she conceptualized and taught a course on “Women, War
and Peace” and continued her research andwork to reduce armed violence worldwide.
10 / COMMEMORATING A CENTURY“IIE gave me a lifeline I didn’tknow I had.”— BINALAKSHMI NEPRAMNABHAN KHAYATA
A former academic dean whose
research focuses on thermodynamics
and renewable energy resources

Nabhan is a former dean of the faculty ofmechanical engineering at the University of
Aleppo in Syria. Because of repeated physicalthreats and the increasingly dire and dangerous
situation in Syria, he sought refuge with hisfamily in Germany. IIE-SRF provided Nabhanwith a fellowship and placement at the Universityof Bristol and most recently at the Ruhr University
Bochum in Germany. Nabhan has been able tolearn the German language and to continue his
research and teaching in thermodynamics andrenewable energy resources.

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IIE Student
Emergency Initiatives
Through IIE’s privately-funded Student Emergency
Initiatives (IIE-SEI), IIE provides students impacted by armed
conflict or natural disaster with an opportunity to start or
carry on their higher education to foster economic development, improve public health, and build safer communitiesin crisis-ridden countries. IIE-SEI includes IIE's Platform for
Education in Emergencies Response (PEER), the IIE Syria
Consortium for Higher Education in Crisis, and the IIE
Emergency Student Fund (ESF).

“There’s nothing more you can do tochange someone’s life than depositingknowledge in them — it’s priceless.”— ABEER PAMUKABEER PAMUKA 2018-2019 IIE Student Emergency Initiatives
grantee from Aleppo, Syria

Abeer’s hometown of Aleppo, Syria has been virtually destroyed by war.
After being displaced to Lebanon, Abeer received word that her university
had been bombed, and that she had lost four friends. Despite the risks,
Abeer returned to Syria and worked with humanitarian aid organizations
and earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Aleppo. Withaid from IIE’s Emergency Student Fund, Abeer is now pursuing a master's
degree in conflict resolution and coexistence at Brandeis University.

Study Abroad
IIE’s Generation Study Abroad is a privately-funded
initiative to mobilize resources and commitments withthe goal of increasing and diversifying the U.S. students
studying abroad. Over 800 commitment partners worldwide have pledged to expand study abroad opportunities and participation through their institution, school,organization, or government.

“I wouldn't have been able tostudy abroad if it weren’t for IIE.”— CESAR GURREROCESAR GUERREROA 2018 Santander Bank Generation Study Abroad
grantee from Wenatchee, Washington

For Cesar, a first-generation college student, who grew up in a low-income
household, going abroad always seemed out of reach. He achieved hisgoal when he was awarded IIE’s Generation Study Abroad Travel Grant.
He studied abroad in Thailand and experienced first-hand how business
operates in a different country. He also credits studying abroad withimproving his interpersonal skills and increasing his global network. Cesar
graduated from Washington State University and is currently a cloudconsultant for Oracle Corporation.
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Scholarship for
Refugee Students
The Julia Stasch Fund – IIE Scholarship for RefugeeStudents was established in 2019 by eight prominent foundations to honor Julia Stasch, the immediate past Presidentof the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
The IIE Julia Stasch Scholarships support students who
have come to the United States as refugees or have been
granted asylum to complete their studies at a community
college in the Greater Chicago area.

“The scholarship helped me focus on studies
and tremendously lessened my stress andimproved my college performance.”

MARZIYE RAJABI2019 IIE Julia Stasch Scholarship
recipient from Afghanistan

Marziye was born in Afghanistan and lived in Turkey before arriving in the
United States in 2016. She is pursuing an associate’s degree in engineeringscience and has been guaranteed admission to Illinois Institute ofTechnology for the fall 2020. Without the scholarship, Marziye would
have had to register for less credits and work full time to help pay forher expenses, taking much longer to complete her associate’s degree.

— MARZIYE RAJABISupporting
Graduate Studies
The Kriesberg family established the IIE Martin Kriesberg
Fellowship in honor and memory of the life and public
service of Martin Kriesberg. Martin Kriesberg was a pioneerin the field of international development, who worked forthe Department of Agriculture and twice helped to establish schools of public administration. The Martin Kriesberg
Fellowship will annually support a Fulbright U.S. Student
who will be returning after his/her Fulbright year to pursue
a graduate degree in the United States.

SAMUEL POWERS
Inaugural recipient of the Martin Kriesberg
Fellowship, in Kigali, Rwanda

Samuel is pursuing a master’s degree in public health at the University ofVirginia. His research focuses on at-risk populations in Rwanda who were leftout by the improvements in health infrastructure in response to the sustainable development goals. He plans to continue to work on issues of healthequity and access to quality healthcare and to apply statistical analysis
techniques to direct national policy efforts.
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The Power of Giving
By supporting our work, you are providing life-changing opportunities
for students and scholars. Your funds help advance our mission to
improve access to education around the world. This work includes
innovative initiatives to support higher education in countries in crisis,
to rescue displaced scholars and artists, and to enable more Americans
to study abroad.

Please DONATE by visiting www.iie.org/give
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