2025 International Education Week

The Basics of IEW

So, what is International Education Week? It is a national initiative held across colleges and universities all across the country to recognize the amazing contributions of our international students, staff and faculty, to celebrate the rich educational value of study abroad, and to acknowledge that every student's education is enhanced when it has a global perspective, whether that is through courses on campus; connections with faculty, staff, and students from around the world; or through experiential learning through international study, internships, travel, and engagement.

While most schools celebrate IEW in November, CC felt that the beginning of Block 5 was a better time. This is a time of renewal and growth, of starting anew, and, in no small coincidence, the time of year when CC holds its major Block Away and Semester Away recruitment and fairs for the year. So it just felt natural to celebrate IEW when the campus was already abuzz with opportunities for study away in the summer or the upcoming school year.

IEW @ CC is a celebration, but it is also an amazing opportunity to learn; to learn about each other, to learn about opportunities to globalize our view of the world, to discover opportunities to travel and learn, or to simply recognize the value of having so many people with such different personal stories all around us and who enrich our lives. So, join us in celebrating International Education Week with events and activities all week long, for the whole campus community!

IEW at Colorado College

IEW is designed to celebrate the global reach of education, the presence of students from around the world on our campus, and the expansion of our campus to cultures and destinations around the world through Education Abroad programming. This week we hope to highlight the people, organizations, events, and opportunities that make Colorado College a global community and a point of departure for students to explore difference, cultures, and their place in the world. We hope you find many of the planned activities intriguing and engaging.

This page highlights our Calendar of Events for the celebration and will provide links where you can sign up for different panels, presentations, and events. The week will feature workshops, panels, discussions, study away info sessions, social events and our HUGE Study Away Fair, held on Thursday, January 30 in Worner Hall from 12-2 pm. We expect 30+ partners to be on hand along with all of our CC Block Away leaders to be there to help you explore all the options for study away in 2024-2025.

Acknowledging the Land and our History

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF OUR LAND & OUR HISTORY

The Center for Global Education & Field Study would like to recognize that we celebrate IEW on our campus, which is situated on unceded indigenous lands. The state of Colorado has 48 distinct native tribal communities which share our land and have been caretakers of this land for generations. We recognize native peoples here and around the globe as part of the global community which IEW aims to celebrate. We cannot celebrate International Education without acknowledging the essential contributions and ongoing stories of native peoples in Colorado, the United States, and around the globe.

We also recognize that February is Black History Month, and we wish to acknowledge that the cultures, languages, traditions, peoples, and movements of Africa and the African Diaspora form a vital part of the global community as well as our nation. We celebrate the countless ways in which their presence, their struggle, and their lives are essential to the past, present, and future of our nation, our world, and all of our lives as part of a global community. We cannot celebrate International Education without acknowledging the historical inequities and injustices which exist as well as the incredible contributions, innovations, and inspirations which continuously emerge from Africa and the African Diaspora.

An International Education is for Everyone

AN INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION IS FOR EVERYONE

Don't believe us? OK. How about these folks? They are pretty convincing.

When WIll the Schedule of Events Be Released?

We typically release some of the basics about the week in late December, with the full calendar of events available right here in January. We look forward to seeing you at many of our IEW Events during the week.

Global Education and Field Study