International Education Week is an opportunity to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. This joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education is part of our efforts to promote programs that prepare Americans for a global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to study, learn, and exchange experiences in the United States.

We encourage the participation of all individuals and institutions interested in international education and exchange activities, including schools, colleges and universities, embassies, international organizations, businesses, associations, and community organizations.

The dates for IEW 2010 are November 15th – 19th. The dates for IEW 2011 are November 14th – 18th.

This year we had the following country presentations (PowerPoint):

• Kyrgyzstan (by Kanykei Kadyrberdieva)
• Moldova (by Victoria Vlad)
• South Korea (by YunJe Lee, Youn Kim, and Soyoung Kim)
• Myanmar (Burma) (by Yi Mon Thet Aung and Wai Lwin Thet Aung)
• Ukraine (by Ivan Okhin)

Hi!

My name is Olena. On January 2009 I came to Minnesota to study in Riverland Community College.

I came to Riverland because my Ukrainian university and Riverland Community College are sister colleges. The cause why I chose Riverland Community College and not another college is low tuition and good future prospects. Tuition is really low, even for international students.  As Riverland Community College is 2-year College I probably would like to continue my education at university or 4-year College. And for this case Riverland Community College suggest a bunch of good propositions. Riverland Community College cooperates with Mankato, Winona and Minnesota state universities. Also, I could freely transfer to any college inside of Minnesota. continue reading »

My name is Viktoriia Ustychenko, I am 22. I am an International student from Ukraine. I came to Riverland in January 8, 2009. My major is Business but for the first semester I joined ESL classes (English second language). Also, I take tae kwon do class and creative writing fiction. I took those classes for developing myself physically and mentally. I like Riverland very much because the college is not big and everything is located close to each other. Teachers are very gentle and always are ready to help.

Hello!

I’m one of the international students who are studing at Riverland. Originally I’m from Ukraine (Europe). I thought, and still think, that I will have a better future in US working in Information Technology field then I would have working in Ukraine. Because in Ukraine, Information Technology, as a field of science, still developing very slowly. continue reading »