WPI and the Global School Accept IIE Heiskell Award for Innovation in International Education

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WPI Receives 2023 IIE Heiskell Award

Pictured above are the 2023 IIE Heiskell Award recipients: Rice University, University of Notre Dame, Indiana University and WPI; and honorable mentions: Purdue University and Rutgers University. 

Kathleen Head, Director of the Global Experience Office and Krista Miller, Assistant Director of the Global Experience Office traveled to Washington, D.C. last week to accept the Institute of International Education (IIE) Heiskell Award for Innovation in International Education in the category of student mobility and exchange. 

WPI and the Global School were recognized for the Global Projects Program and the Global Projects for All initiative. The University's ongoing commitment to expanding access to this signature component of WPI's project-based learning model was celebrated among colleagues and peers in the international and higher education community.