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IIE TO HOST ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL
AWARDS GALA ON SEPTEMBER 21
Microsoft will receive IIE’s Opening Minds
Corporate Leadership Award
Honorees include Artist and Fulbright Alumnus Chuck Close;
India’s Minister of Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal;
Women Leaders Denise Benmosche and Amy Brandt
NEW
YORK — At the
Institute of International Education’s awards gala in New
York City on September 21, more than 450 business,
education, government, foundation and policy leaders will
celebrate the award winners’ commitment to international
education and the empowerment of women through education.
For information on the honorees and how to attend the event,
visit
www.iie.org/gala2010.
IIE
will present Microsoft with the Opening Minds Corporate
Leadership Award in recognition of the company’s global
philanthropy and outstanding commitment to corporate social
responsibility and education in communities around the
world. The event will highlight Microsoft’s support for the
Women in Technology (WIT) Program, a partnership among
Microsoft, IIE and the U.S. Department of State to provide
women throughout the Middle East and North Africa with vital
business and technology skills. Pamela Passman,
Corporate Vice President and
Deputy General Counsel for Global Corporate Affairs, will
accept the award on Microsoft’s behalf. Outstanding
women participants from Lebanon, Morocco and Iraq will
attend.
Chuck
Close will receive IIE’s Fritz Redlich Alumni Award
in recognition of his distinguished career as a
world-renowned artist whose life and works have increased
mutual understanding, and his status as an alumnus of the
Fulbright program, which is sponsored by the U.S. Department
of State. Special guest Ann Stock, Assistant Secretary of
State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, will present the
award. After receiving his MFA from Yale, Close had a
Fulbright fellowship to Austria in 1964-65, which enabled
him to study art and visit artists who were working in
Europe, gaining valuable international insight at the outset
of his career. His highly innovative and creative works have
made him one of the most important artists of our time, and
his remarkable career is the subject of this year’s
acclaimed biography, “Chuck Close: Life.”
The
Institute is also honoring outstanding individuals who
further the goals of IIE's work in international educational
exchange. Kapil Sibal, Minister of Human Resource
Development in India, will receive IIE’s Stephen
P. Duggan Award for Mutual Understanding, named for the
Institute’s founder. Minister Sibal’s vision of global
education and commitment to internationalizing Indian higher
education, especially through partnerships with U.S.
institutions, promises to provide greater higher education
access across India and open India’s doors to increased
global collaboration. IIE’s Center for International
Partnerships is working to help colleges and universities in
the United States and India form strategic partnerships. Sam
Pitroda, Advisor to the Prime Minister of India, will join
IIE in presenting the award.
Denise
Benmosche and Amy C. Brandt will receive IIE’s
Women’s Global Leadership Award in recognition of their
exceptional commitment to advancing IIE’s Scholar Rescue
Fund (SRF). Both women have played a seminal role in
enabling SRF to rescue persecuted scholars from around the
globe and advance academic freedom worldwide. Special guest
HRH Princess Ghida Talal of Jordan will join IIE in
presenting this award. IIE created the Women’s Global
Leadership Award to mark the 90th anniversary
of its founding in 2009 and presented the inaugural award to
the three women founders of the Iran Opportunities Fund, a
unique public-private partnership dedicated to fostering
mutual understanding between the U.S. and Iran through
international exchange.
According to IIE President and CEO Allan E. Goodman, "The
individuals and organizations that the Institute is honoring
realize the potential impact of education on people’s lives
across the world and represent the diversity of the
community that champions international education. They are
leaders in business, government, philanthropy and the arts,
and they embody IIE’s mission. They are a reminder of what
is possible when people exchange ideas across cultures,
learn from one another and cooperate globally. IIE is proud
to celebrate their many achievements."
News
anchor and Fulbright alumna Linda Vester will be the
Mistress of Ceremonies for the event, which has been
generously underwritten by the Angelson Family Foundation.
Funds raised at the event will be used for IIE’s emergency
assistance for students and scholars.
The
Gala co-chairs are: Mark A. Angelson – Chairman, World Color
Press Inc.; Maryam Panahy Ansary – Trustee, IIE; Judy &
George Beraka; Marianne Boesky – Owner, Marianne Boesky
Gallery; Nieca Goldberg, MD; Peter M. Gottsegen – Senior
Partner, CAI Partners; Jack M. Greenberg – Chairman, Western
Union Company; Ruth Hinerfeld – Trustee, Institute of
International Education; Ali Hirji – Vice President, Citi
Commercial Banking; S.A. Ibrahim – CEO, Radian Group Inc.;
Henry G. Jarecki – Chairman, The Falconwood Corporation;
Thomas S. Johnson – Retired Chairman & CEO, GreenPoint Bank;
Helene L. Kaplan and Mark N. Kaplan – Trustee, IIE; Henry
Kaufman – President, Henry Kaufman & Company, Inc.; Laya
Khadjavi – Managing Director/Head of Global Markets, Morgan
Stanley/Smith Barney; Linda R. Meier – IIE Trustee; Sam
Pitroda – Advisor to the Prime Minister of India; Thomas A.
Russo – EVP and General Counsel, AIG; Tom Sandell – Founder
and CEO, Sandell Asset Management.
About the
Institute of
International Education (www.iie.org)
The Institute of International Education (IIE), a private
not-for-profit organization founded in 1919, is a world
leader in the international exchange of people and ideas.
IIE designs and implements over 200 programs of study and
training for students, educators, young professionals and
trainees from all sectors with funding from government and
private sources. These programs include the Fulbright
Student and Scholar programs, the Gilman International
Scholarship Program, and the Humphrey Fellowships,
administered for the Department of State, as well as
corporate and foundation training and scholarship programs.
IIE also conducts policy research, provides advice and
counseling on international educational opportunities
abroad, and provides emergency support to students and
scholars in danger. The Institute of International Education
has a network of 18 international offices worldwide and more
than 1,000 college and university members. Since IIE was
founded, a total of 62 IIE alumni or Trustees have won the
Nobel Prize.
Related links:
Institute of International Education:
www.iie.org
Obama-Singh 21st Century
Knowledge Initiative finalized this month:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Ahead-of-Obama-visit-US-and-India-finalise-university-partnership-programme/articleshow/6507762.cms#ixzz0z19p2AuR
IIE's International Academic
Partnerships Program (IAPP) - 2010 University Linkages with
India
http://www.iie.org/en/Who-We-Are/News-and-Events/Press-Center/Press-Releases/2010/2010-iapp-pilot-group
Women
in Technology Program
www.witmena.org
Microsoft’s citizenship
programs
http://www.microsoft.com/citizenship
Fulbright Program
http://fulbright.state.gov
Scholar Rescue Fund
www.iie.org/srf
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