| About IIE/West Coast
History & Mission
Peace and prosperity in the 21st century depend on increasing
the capacity of people to think and work on a global and intercultural
basis. As technology opens borders, educational and professional
exchange opens minds.
An independent, non-profit organization, the Institute is a resource
for educators and institutions worldwide. Our goals are:
- to promote closer
educational relations between the people of the United States
and other countries
- to increase the number
of students, scholars and professionals who have the opportunity
to study, teach and conduct research outside of their own
country
- to strengthen and internationalize
institutions of higher learning throughout the world
- to rescue scholars and
promote academic freedom around the world
- to foster sustainable
development through training programs in energy, environment,
business management, and leadership development
- to partner with corporations,
foundations, and governments in finding and developing people
able to think and work on a global basis
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A Brief History of IIE West Coast Center
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2006
IIE
West Coast Center expands the Women in Technology Program
to five new countries: Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia
and U.A.E. The expanded program provides women with cutting-edge
curricula and training opportunities in Business Planning,
Professional Development and Information Technology (IT).
IIE West Coast Center hosted over 800 international visitors
in San Francisco through a variety of programs and tripled
the number of IIE members, upon whose generosity we depend.
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2005
IIE West Coast Center assumes
management of the International Visitor Leadership Program
in San Francisco
IIE West Coast Center in partnership with Microsoft and Cisco
Systems is awarded a grant from the Middle East Partnership
Initiative, U.S. Department of State to manage the Women in
Technology Yemen program |
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2004
IIE West Coast Center is awarded grant
from NAFSA to expand the Opening Minds to the World: Fulbrighters
in the Classroom Program |
2003
Establishment of the Mattel Foundation
Global Scholarship Program
The Census of
Human Capacity in Population Project, supported by the William
and Flora Hewlett Foundation, initiates a global survey of
human capacity in the fields of population and reproductive
health
The Women in
Technology Cisco Networking Academy Scholarship Program, a
partnership of USAID, Cisco Systems, the dot-GOV Program of
Internews Network and IIE West Coast Center is created in
order to address the gender gap in technology |
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2001
A global team
comprised of IIE West Coast Center staff and in-country coordinators
begins implementing the David and Lucile Packard Foundation-sponsored
Leadership Development Program in Population and Reproductive
Health, offering training opportunities to emerging leaders
in Ethiopia, India, Mexico, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, the
Philippines and Sudan |
2000
Creation of the Dole Food Company
International Scholarship Program
Osher Foundation
Summer Study Abroad scholarship program established
Opening Minds
to the World: Fulbrighters in the Classroom Program commences
The Cisco Learning
Institute Program begins
Margoes Foundation
Supplementary Fellowships established for Fulbrighters from
Africa studying in fields related to agriculture
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1998
Inception of
the ChevronTexaco REACH International Scholarship Program
The LSI Logic Corporation
Chairman’s International Scholarship Program is established |
1993
The Raychem Paul M. Cook International
Scholarship Program commences |
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1992
IIE West Coast
Center receives a grant to establish the Undergraduate Scholarship
for Asia/Pacific Study |
1989
Bay and Beyond Enrichment Program begins,
providing social, cultural, and local history events for Bay
Area Fulbrighters |
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1988
Publication by
the San Francisco Office of the Foreign Student Resource Guide
for Home Country Employment |
1986
The Chiles
Foundation gives IIE West Coast Center a grant for the establishment
of supplementary scholarships for Fulbright graduate students
in business |
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1985
Creation of the IIE International Vocal
Competition in memory of former Chairman of the West Coast Advisory
Board, Dewey Donnell |
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1978
The
Levi Strauss Foundation Home Country Study Awards Program
was created, becoming the first corporate scholarship program
administered by IIE West Coast Center
The IIE San
Francisco office expands its services to include students
in Southern California when the IIE Los Angeles office closes
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1969
The Los Angeles Crossroads Program is
launched for foreign students studying
in the US |
1952
IIE opens San Francisco Office to provide
services to international students on US campuses throughout
the West Coast region
During this period, IIE became increasingly involved with
assisting the developing world, managing programs concerned
with public administration, food research, family planning,
and other development-related fields for the countries of
Asia, Africa, and Latin America |
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in 1919.
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