Field Notes (Blog)

IE3 at University of Montana

Noted on October 7, 2008 | By Cynthia Engel in

IE3 Regional Directors Monya Lemery and Cynthia Engel hit the ground running after disembarking from their prop plane in Missoula, Montana. We spent 4 days visiting the faculty and students at University of Montana, the newest of our partners at IE3 Global Internships. After orienting our first two students who will be departing for China and the UK, Kevin Hood, UM's fearless Campus Advisor set us on our whirlwind adventure.

Our adventure enabled us to meet with the Honors College, Journalism program, School of Business Administration, Environmental Sciences program, and the Intercultural Youth and Family Sciences program and…

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Free Money - Gilman Scholarship Deadline Extended

Noted on October 7, 2008 | By Natanya in

The deadline for the Gilman International Scholarship has been extended to October 13, 2008. Online applications ( available at https://gilmanapplication.iie.org ) must now be submitted by 11:59 pm central time on October 13.

This year the Gilman Program will award over 1,200 scholarships to students participating in study abroad programs during the 2008-2009 academic year. IE3 Internships are eligible programs. There has never been a better time to apply! Read on for more information...

WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO APPLY ?

Undergraduate students, who are - U.S. citizens, AND who are

First week on the job in India

Noted on October 6, 2008 | By Natanya in

This week marks the first week I have been in India! So far the entire experience has been magical without lacking challenge after challenge. My favorite place in Pen is a small lake that is located near our beautiful bungalow. I love sitting by the water each afternoon after my full day of observation at Children’s Future India. At the lake I hear beautiful sounds of birds chirping in the trees, a single sound made from many voices chanting in a near by temple, which is all happening at the same time as the suraya (Marathi word for…

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Indian Arrival

Noted on October 1, 2008 | By Natanya in

I am here! India that is! Everything is so incredible. This experience so far is extremely captivating, challenging, and overwhelming. I flew into Mumbai (Bombay) 3 days ago. I spent two hours in Mumbai. Arriving in India I had some idea of what to expect in some sense from the traveling I have done before, but nothing compares to the busy streets, the overwhelming traffic and noise of Mumbai. The streets were so busy and I looked out towards to traffic and mass amount of people in surprise. In Bombay you look up towards the sky and see…

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Christina Murphy Featured on Oregon State University Homepage

Noted on September 25, 2008 | By Natanya in

Excerpt from http://oregonstate.edu/home/stories/index.php?story=christine_murphy

"It was a frigid winter night on Chile’s central coast, and Christina Murphy was standing in the surf in her wet suit with a night vision monocular, getting pummeled by waves. She was counting her research subjects — nocturnal, carnivorous crabs of the species Acanthocyclus gayi that hide in algae or rock crevices — unaware that she would later regard the experience as one that cemented her love for her work.

"It was, however, an unsurprising revelation — Murphy has wanted to be a scientist since the age of six, and…

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