Advisor & Faculty Resources

Stephanie Rock, Associate Dean of Students at IES Abroad and Emily Davis, Account Executive at Cultural Insurance Services International (CISI) discuss tools for evaluating international student health and evacuation insurance policies for students studying abroad.

Dr. Matthew Rader, Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students for IES Abroad, and Dr. Jeff Kulley, who has over 25 years of experience as a clinician and administrator in university counseling centers, discuss how to best assist neurodiverse students during predeparture as well as onsite in the study abroad environment.

During this presentation by Matthew Rader, Ed.D and Irene Scott, M.A. discuss how study abroad staff can make sure they are providing reasonable accommodations for study abroad students with disabilities.

Pep Inglés, tortilla aficionado and IES Barcelona instructor, will take you step-by-step through the process of preparing this delicious dish, from peeling the potatoes to the art of flipping the omelette.

Learn about the main wine regions (Cuyo and Patagonia) and the different grapes of Argentina, including the iconic Malbec. This event will guide you through tasting of three wines: a Torrontes, a Bonarda and a Malbecs.

Personal stylist Angela Bianchi offers a crash course in fashion (Milanese style!) to learn some tips and tricks for cultivating a flattering professional image guaranteed to impress.

Drawing from our popular German Pop Culture class, this lecture provides and overview on topical phenomena and trends in German popular culture. It introduces and analyzes different formats and media, such as German rap music, cinema, TV-series, and theatre.

IES Abroad Rome Center Director and archeologist, Dott. Gianni Ponti, uses marble as a through line to explore the historical wonders of ancient and modern Rome. By taking examples from his personal excavation work as an archaeologist, Dott. Ponti will examine the path that marble takes from quarry to masterpiece.

Our Milan staff share a virtual tour of Milan's high-end shopping district and a discussion of visual merchandising strategies to help them identify the current visual merchandising trends employed by fashion and luxury brands.

Paris would never be the Paris of today without the cultural influence and contributions of African and African-American visual artists, writers and musicians. Learn about the Goutte d’Or, just to the east of Montmartre, and its many and enduring ties with North and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Cycling is to Amsterdammers what caramel is to stroopwafels! Join the IES Abroad Amsterdam staff and two of our alumni to hear about whether cycling through Amsterdam might be for you! They discuss their semester abroad and share a short video showing some architectural highlights of the city.

Muriel Mahdjoubian Rebori explains the history of Tango, an extremely varied and social dance medium that is the pride and joy of Argentinian locals. For them, it is a way of life, an expression of their culture. It is a pure representation of their heritage and a symbol of the nation’s creativity, with hundreds of teachers, guides and festivals located around the country.