Field Notes (Blog)
Posts from July 2011
Noted on July 28, 2011 | By Giustina Pelosi in
IE3 Global Internships celebrates 15 years with a new scholarship giving campaign
Since the first interns went abroad in 1996, over 1,900 students have had life changing experiences through IE3 Global Internships. IE3 Global Internships arranges full-time, professional internships in over 40 countries. Interns earn credit on their home campuses in the western U.S. while gaining valuable international and professional experience.
More than ever before, it is crucial to ensure the program…
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Noted on July 25, 2011 | By Giustina Pelosi in
This year marks the 15th anniversary of IE3 Global Internships. Since 1996, over 1,900 students have participated, interning in 97 countries. To celebrate our anniversary, we’re collecting and sharing milestones and highlights from the program’s alumni. Follow along with all the excitement throughout the summer and fall.
To kick off the celebration, we have put together a short photo montage of the program’s history.
IE3 Global Internships - 15 Year Anniversary from Natanya Desai on Vimeo.
Keep your eyes peeled for a new series of “Share my story” articles on our…
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Noted on July 21, 2011 | By Giustina Pelosi in
Written by Jamaica Robinson: IE3 Scholarship recipient and Portland State University student interning with Fundacion Educacion Popular en Salud (EPES) in Santiago, Chile.
How does three months worth of life squish so readily—or possibly with a bit of grumbling coercion and brute force—into two suitcases and two-point-five carry-ons? For that matters, how does a quarter of a year pack away…at all? Even if that is possible, I am not sure how my brain is going to accomplish it.
It has been two weeks since I returned to Portland, Oregon, from Santiago de…
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Noted on July 18, 2011 | By Giustina Pelosi in
Written by David W. Moody: University of Oregon student interning with Teaching in Rosario in Argentina!
Beneath a turquoise sky, liquid curtains wide enough for the windows of the universe, plummet into bottomless vapor storms. Skyloads of water, like all the rivers of the world combined, dive in sparkling arches from red rock ledges and surrender to gravity. It falls into green canyons from every direction, atomizing…
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Noted on July 14, 2011 | By Giustina Pelosi in
Written by Matthew Coomer: University of Montana student and IE3 Scholarship Recipient interning with Elephant Nature Foundation in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
All photos by Matt Coomer.
Saying elephants are large animals is like saying the sun is bright: even though you’re explicitly stating the obvious, sometimes it just slips out. Though I mixed it up with synonyms, I must’ve said, “Elephants are so [insert varied adjective for big]!” several times during my first stay at the Elephant Nature Park. Being near these animals in person, rather than from a zoo - managed distance, makes one forget…
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