Adding Variety

Adding Variety

Sometimes we feel like proud parents, just bursting with pride at the impact our students are making in their communities. Whether playing with their host siblings, building camaraderie in their high school sports teams, or giving back through charitable service, our...
Life AFTER Exchange!

Life AFTER Exchange!

Why I Cannot Possibly Forget My Old “New Life” By Julia Thurner, a 2015-2016 iE exchange student from Austria Yep, it’s been 9 months, and nope, I am not “over” leaving my exchange life behind! I have not forgotten it. And I never will. Many...
Accidental Hosts

Accidental Hosts

Robert and Joan Bowling didn’t plan on hosting international students, but they wouldn’t have it any other way. Excerpt from The Steward School Colonnade When Robert and Joan became “empty nesters,” they welcomed this new chapter with open arms! “We had...

Where in the World is THIS?

Where in the world IS this??  It’s SPAIN!!! 🙂 The above picture is the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, a museum of modern and contemporary art, designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry, and located in Bilbao, Basque Country. There’s so much to love...
When ONE YEAR Changes Everything!

When ONE YEAR Changes Everything!

Montenegrin legend Nives Bakic has a zest for life, travel, and inspiring others to live their dreams! As an English teacher AND iE’s Montenegrin agent, she worked tirelessly supporting those students who dared to dream beyond their own backyard.  She now lives...
Trump Confirms Plans to Add HIS Face to Mount Rushmore

Trump Confirms Plans to Add HIS Face to Mount Rushmore

>>> Gotcha! <<< Haha! April Fools!  Truth be told, this Mount Rushmore renovation is nothing more than social media comedy at it’s best. But did we have you going for a minute? 🙂 On a serious note, our National Monuments are one of the things...