Dr. Ari Ariel, Director of the International Studies Program since 2021, shares his personal and academic journey to the field of international studies in this featured profile.

Congratulations to International Studies major Maria Osman on being awarded the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship! Maria will be studying next fall in Jordan on SIT's Refugee, Health, and Humanitarian Action program.

University of Iowa international studies alumna Holly Harris (Fall 2021) has been awarded a 2022-23 Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship Award to be an English teaching assistant at a university in Brazil.

Students in Dr. Peter Gerlach's course IS:3012 (Community Engaged Learning with Refugees and Immigrants in Iowa) partnered with local nonprofits to host a community donation drive on May 11th, 2022. The drive provided gently used clothing and household items to support local immigrant and refugee populations.

University of Iowa international studies major Mastura Ibnat has been awarded a 2022-23 Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship Award to teach English to elementary or middle school students in Taiwan.

The International Studies program congratulates IS major Claire Player, who received the Margaret P. Benson Memorial Scholarship and the Kristin K. Lippke Memorial Scholarship at the 2022 Celebration of Excellence and Achievement Among Women awards ceremony.

University of Iowa international studies major Isabelle Davis has been awarded a 2022-23 Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship Award to teach English to university students in Turkey.

University of Iowa international studies and Chinese major Marissa Schooley has been awarded a 2022 U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) for an intensive study of Mandarin.