• KEI Staff Changes: New Faces at KEI
• Spring Enrollment update: Popular Destinations
• Featured Program: Rome, Italy
• In the News: Open Doors 2006 Released
• International Trivia Question

KEI Staff Changes: New Faces at KEI

Sarah Eskridge and Julie Pollard joined the KEI team in recent months.  Both faces are familiar to friends of KEI; Sarah attended many study abroad fairs for KEI this fall, and is now working on developing new programs and special projects.  Julie returns to KEI to take over the fair circuit and to coordinate our marketing projects. 

While many study abroad students prefer to study in Western Europe (see In the News below), KEI students routinely choose non-traditional destinations.  This spring, the most popular programs are Russia, Kenya, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand and China.  KEI students are well on their way to achieving global competency!

Featured Program: Rome, Italy

Why should you study in Rome?  
Rome, simply put, is the ultimate European city.  It has everything: university life, business and cultural sights, as well as over two thousand years of history.

What can I study there?  
KEI offers:

• Business, Law and Diplomacy

• Italian Tourism and Hospitality

• Communications and Media Management

• Italian Language and Humanities

All students will take intensive Italian language and an intensive Italian Art and History class at the beginning of the semester, and then two courses in your area and one elective course.

See here for more info: www.KEIabroad.org. 

In the News: Open Doors 2006 Released
The data from the 2006 Open Doors was released on November 13, 2006. 
This annual publication gathers statistical data on international student mobility to and from the United States.  From year to year, it monitors the US's growth or decline in incoming international students and outgoing study abroad students, broken down by varying factors.  

Selected findings include:

• With a 35% increase from last year, China is now the 8th-most popular destination for study abroad, and the only Asian nation in the top ten.

• Study abroad overall increased by 7.7% from last year.

• Students in the STEM majors (sciences, technology, engineering and medicine) make up only 15.1% of all students studying abroad.

Read the press release and summary for free at www.opendoors.iienetwork.org/. 

International Trivia Question
Which country became a federated independent nation in 1901?

[The first 2 people who e-mail KEI with the correct answer will win a money belt. When submitting your answer, please include your mailing address, email and telephone number. Hint: The answer can be found on KEI's website...]