CIES 2019: IEDP Field Trip

We are aware that the CIES updates are long overdue but as the saying goes — better late than never! CIES is an acronym of Comparative and International Education Society. The Society hosts annual conferences, and every year, IEDP cohorts participate in the conference in various ways. In this series, we will provide different perspectives of and experiences at CIES 2019. Today we have  Alejandra … Continue reading CIES 2019: IEDP Field Trip

CIES 2019: Lessons Learned from a Conference Novice!

We are aware that the CIES updates are long overdue but as the saying goes — better late than never! CIES is an acronym of Comparative and International Education Society. The Society hosts annual conferences, and every year, IEDP cohorts participate in the conference in various ways. In this series, we will provide different perspectives of and experiences at CIES 2019. Today we have Sydney … Continue reading CIES 2019: Lessons Learned from a Conference Novice!

CIES 2019: Multitasking at its finest (at least for me!)

We are aware that the CIES updates are long overdue but as the saying goes — better late than never! CIES is an acronym of Comparative and International Education Society. The Society hosts annual conferences, and every year, IEDP cohorts participate in the conference in various ways. In this series, we will provide different perspectives of and experiences at CIES 2019.  Most of the years, … Continue reading CIES 2019: Multitasking at its finest (at least for me!)

Yeah, it was a lot… but I’m back!

No title could more accurately describe where I am. I’ve been an awful blogger, leaving our dearest audience up in the air for a good couple weeks since CIES. Looking at it from a different perspective, that in and of itself shows what the life of IEDPers looks like towards the end of the second semester (not trying to justify myself here! no… probably not, … Continue reading Yeah, it was a lot… but I’m back!

Cream of the Crop (in my opinion): International Internship and its Process

Forewarning: No photos for this post! Couldn’t find any visually enticing materials that could be relevant to this topic… yet! Definitely more coming in the future once we actually start our internship! I’ve had a several opportunities (Masters preview day, email exchanges, virtual info session, etc.) to share why I chose IEDP as opposed to other similar programs in different institutions, and each time, my … Continue reading Cream of the Crop (in my opinion): International Internship and its Process

The Past and The Future Meet The Present

I was thinking about what would be an appropriate title for today’s blog for a while, and the theme that constantly came up in my mind is time-transcending quality of this special weekend that we are having right now! This Friday, we were happy to have some of our dearest alums back in Philly! The Alumni Day kicked off with an Alumni Panel where the … Continue reading The Past and The Future Meet The Present

Bread, Butter and Resumé Boost 4: Grad Student going on Freshman Year

Last but never the least, we have Sydney Dinenberg from this year’s IEDP cohort to share her experience of working as Resident Advisor Graduate Associate (RAGA). Xiong, in his post about his journey to IEDP, briefly mentioned that RAGA was one of the biggest reasons he decided to come to IEDP over other options he had. Good number of IEDPers join the RAGA team every … Continue reading Bread, Butter and Resumé Boost 4: Grad Student going on Freshman Year

Bread, Butter and Resumé Boost 3: The most colorful basement you will ever be in

Your dearest is back! Many of you know me as the person behind this IEDP admissions blog (and if you read Ale’s post, you also learned that I’m behind the Instagram account of the program as well!) and here I am to introduce you to another world of mine at Penn. I work at Family Resource Center as an Education Fellow whose responsibilities include managing … Continue reading Bread, Butter and Resumé Boost 3: The most colorful basement you will ever be in

Bread, Butter and Resumé Boost 2: Rocking the two worlds of RAship and TAship

Continuing the fabulous discussion on on-campus jobs initiated by Ale (tbh, one of my favorite posts on this blog!), today we are going to peak into another cohort mate of ours, Ian’s experience of working on campus while enrolled as a full-time student at IEDP. Ian is working as a Research Assistant at App Inventor Academy and Teaching Assistant for EDEN 510 Educational Evaluation for Innovation. … Continue reading Bread, Butter and Resumé Boost 2: Rocking the two worlds of RAship and TAship