Field Notes (Blog)
Noted on May 14, 2009 | By Natanya in
I can sing Weesy-Weesy Araña by Hanna Stonelake
I have learned so much in the short time that I have been volunteering with Casa de Los Angeles. For example, I now know how to say, “don’t bite her” and sing ‘The Itsy-Bitsy Spider’ in Spanish. I came to Mexico hoping to learn little things like that, but also to get a better understanding of what it takes to make a community service organization work in a foreign country. I have been pleasantly surprised to find that I will be taking so much more than that away…
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Noted on May 13, 2009 | By Cynthia Engel in
Results from NACE's (National Association of Colleges and Employers) Student Survey show that less than 20 percent of 2009 graduating seniors who have applied for a job actually have one in hand at this point. What's important to note is that of those 20 percent, 73 percent of them had completed an internship at some point during their college career! Completing an international internship through IE3 is an excellent way to set yourself apart from the hundreds of students seeking employment upon graduation and can play a significant role in making you among the 20 percent who have a new…
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Noted on May 6, 2009 | By Christopher Bennett in
IE3 Global Internships was featured in the May/June 2009 edition of NAFSA's International Educator Magazine. "Overseas Internships Jumpstart Careers," written by International Educator contributor Kyna Rubin, contains quotes from IE3 Africa Regional Director Chris Bennett as well as IE3 program alumni Rachel Smith and Jack Newkirk.
The article explores the growing trend of student participation in international internships and highlights the unique combination of cross-cultural, professional and personal development that students gain from such experiences. You can read the full article and the entire May/June edition of International Educator…
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Noted on April 16, 2009 | By Natanya in
I have been many places in my life, from the scantly inhabited east coast of Zanzibar with its white sand beaches to the seemingly endless mountains of Peru where panpipes roll across the landscape with indescribable beauty. I have the suffering of a child dying of tetanus at the side of the road in Kenya and the luxury of the National Geographic cruiseliner in the Galapagos. None of this prepared me for what I was about to experience in India. 
India is officiously omnipresent, one can not hide from the things they see. Be it two children…
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Noted on April 16, 2009 | By Natanya in
Once a week the organization, Feed the Hungry, in San Miguel de Allende organizes a trip to a rural Mexican school at Los Ricos de Abajo to teach English to the students there. Diane Hart, who heads the Feed the Hungry organization and is a former director of the IE3 program also set up an English book library for the kids there, filled with colorful interactive books that make up for what is lost in translation for the Spanish speaking students. 
The week before I came to Mexico, Diane recruited me to work as an interpreter and…
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