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Showing posts with label Egypt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Egypt. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Three U.S. Students Arrested in Cairo
Reports (now confirmed) indicate that three U.S. students studying in Cairo have been arrested and charged with throwing Molotov cocktails from atop the American University Cairo building near Tahrir Square and for not carrying passports. The three students are from Georgetown University, Drexel University and Indiana University. More at:
and more at: Indiana Daily Student, The Hoya, Washington Post, New York Times, The BBC, Al Jazeera, and at CNN.
and more at: Indiana Daily Student, The Hoya, Washington Post, New York Times, The BBC, Al Jazeera, and at CNN.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
David Mize Undergraduate Scholarship Program through AMIDEAST
I recently learned about a great scholarship called the David Mize Undergraduate Scholarship Program for Egyptian students to study and obtain a degree in the United States that is offered by the AMIDEAST Egyptian Office and I want to share more information here on IHEC Blog to help promote this opportunity!
The following snippet is from the AMIDEAST website provides more description of this scholarship:
"The David Mize Scholarship program supports undergraduate students for four years of study at top U.S. universities. The value of the award is up to $50,000 US Dollars per year and requires that awardees secure additional outside support. This merit-based scholarship seeks well-rounded students with excellent grades, test strong cores, robust extracurricular activities and demonstrated leadership qualities. The scholarship is named after David Mize, former AMIDEAST/Egypt Country Director, in recognition of his leadership in the field of international education."
You can learn more specifics as well as direct students to apply here.
Please help spread the word about this great scholarship by putting it on the radar of your Admissions Office and/or Recruitment Office so they can promote it during their interactions with prospective undergraduate students from Egypt. Additionally you can make the information about this scholarship available on your website(s) so that propsective undergraduate students from Egypt can learn more about this opportunity. This is a substantial financial award to help a young person to come study and pursue a degree in the United States.
I have admired the work of AMIDEAST for a very long time when I read one of their old Advising Quarterly publications [of which I have many hard copies and PDF copies (a couple dating back to 1989) in my Bury Book International Education Library & Archive]. Additionally, I download their annual report each year to add to my Bury Book Library as well. AMIDEAST is not just a leading organization in the Middle East; it is one of the leading and oldest organizations in the field of international education. In fact, the year 2011 makes the 60th anniversary of AMIDEAST and if you are interested in the history of AMIDEAST you can learn much more at http://forms.amideast.org/flash/60th/60th.htm.
The following snippet is from the AMIDEAST website provides more description of this scholarship:
"The David Mize Scholarship program supports undergraduate students for four years of study at top U.S. universities. The value of the award is up to $50,000 US Dollars per year and requires that awardees secure additional outside support. This merit-based scholarship seeks well-rounded students with excellent grades, test strong cores, robust extracurricular activities and demonstrated leadership qualities. The scholarship is named after David Mize, former AMIDEAST/Egypt Country Director, in recognition of his leadership in the field of international education."
You can learn more specifics as well as direct students to apply here.
Please help spread the word about this great scholarship by putting it on the radar of your Admissions Office and/or Recruitment Office so they can promote it during their interactions with prospective undergraduate students from Egypt. Additionally you can make the information about this scholarship available on your website(s) so that propsective undergraduate students from Egypt can learn more about this opportunity. This is a substantial financial award to help a young person to come study and pursue a degree in the United States.
I have admired the work of AMIDEAST for a very long time when I read one of their old Advising Quarterly publications [of which I have many hard copies and PDF copies (a couple dating back to 1989) in my Bury Book International Education Library & Archive]. Additionally, I download their annual report each year to add to my Bury Book Library as well. AMIDEAST is not just a leading organization in the Middle East; it is one of the leading and oldest organizations in the field of international education. In fact, the year 2011 makes the 60th anniversary of AMIDEAST and if you are interested in the history of AMIDEAST you can learn much more at http://forms.amideast.org/flash/60th/60th.htm.
Friday, February 4, 2011
Syracuse University Study Abroad Student Evacuated from Egypt to Turkey Interviewed on MSNBC via Skype
From Monday, January 31st (previously posted to IHEC Blog's Facebook page) Univ. of Chicago student in Cairo on a Boren Scholarship was interviewed at the Cairo airport and describes the situation at: http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2011/01/31/ca
Monday, January 31, 2011
Information To Help Your Students In Egypt
January 31st Update: A workaround to the disconnected internet in Egypt! Speak To Tweet on Twitter at @speak2tweet (http://twitter.com/#!/speak2tweet). Click the link in each tweet to hear a voice tweet from folks inside Egypt. Call +16504194196 or +390662207294 or +97316199855 to leave a tweet and hear tweets.
- The State Department [@StateDept on Twitter] posted the following to Twitter on Sunday evening:
U.S. citizens who wish to depart #Egypt via USG-chartered transportation should call 1-202-501-4444 or email EgyptEmergencyUSC@state.gov.
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- Gary Rhodes of the SAFETI Clearinghouse has prepared a "Special Issue" of the SAFETI On-line Newsletter focused on the U.S. Department of State Travel Alert for Egypt, which you can find at: http://www.globaled.us/safeti/egypt.html
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- Julie Friend, Education Abroad Health and Safety Subcommittee Chair posted the following helpful information and links to SECUSS-L and the NAFSA EAKC network on Sunday:
Sunday morning (Jan. 30), the U.S. Department of State issued a Travel Warning for Egypt. The Warning states that " U.S. citizens in Egypt who require assistance, or those who are concerned that their U.S. citizen loved one in Egypt may require assistance, should contact the U.S. Department of State & the U.S. Embassy in Cairo at EgyptEmergencyUSC@state.gov, or at 1-202-501-4444." (Though I understand this phone number directs you to a web site). The toll-free number for American Citizen Services (DC office) is 1-888-407-4747. It looks like State Department is organizing a flight out of Cairo for Monday, Jan 31. The flight will go to Europe. Travelers must make their own arrangements to go elsewhere from there. Travelers will also be required to sign a promissory note to cover the cost of travel from Egypt to Europe. No other details (carrier, departure time, destination) are known to me at this time. The American University of Cairo (AUC) is organizing secure ground transport to the U.S. Embassy meeting point for AUC's students who are opting to leave the country. Contact their NY office for more information at 212-730-8800.
Three sources of information you may find helpful:
U.S. Embassy in Cairo (operational now) (for local updates follow Travel & Public Announcements, most recent posting is Warden Message #5)
http://egypt.usembassy.gov
American Citizens Services Twitter Feed:
http://mobile.twitter.com/TravelGov
State Department FAQ - Egypt (contains evacuation information under "What should I do if I am in Egypt and need to leave?" ):
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_egypt_faq.html
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- Karin Fischer [@karinfischer on Twitter] who is the international education reporter for The Chronicle of Higher Education posted the following to Twitter on Sunday:
Do you have students in #Egypt? DM me - @chronicle is gathering info!
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