International education week celebrated in Kolkata

International Education Week 2014 was inaugurated with The Education USA Alumni Roadshow, a flagship program organized by the American Center to encourage Indian students to pursue their higher education in the United States.

The Director of the American Center-Kolkata, Joanne (JJ) Joria, along with exchange alumni Aashna Doshi, Akash Prasad, Faizan Ahmed and Anupam Kumar interacted with school and college students. 

The alumni speakers shared their personal experience of studying in an U.S. educational institution – life on campus, extracurricular activities, dorm life, grading system, making friends, staying connected with family, community service and other details that went into the study abroad experience.

This roadshow travelled to Guwahati on Nov 4 and will take place in two other cities – Ranchi and Patna in Dec.

PAO JJ Joria also spoke on the American Center’s involvement and initiatives for engaging with U.S. State Department Exchange alumni in Kolkata and other U.S. – India Education Foundation (USIEF) initiated programs celebrating International Education Week this year.

USIEF Kolkata will hold a series of events throughout the month to engage Indian students including a dance workshop by U.S. Fulbright scholar Jie Wu for school students, a writing workshop for high school and college students by U.S. Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Awardee, Dr. Richard Jahna, film  screening of “Radio Days” and “American Universities in the Movies: What Hollywood does right and wrong” and a book reading session by U.S. Fulbright-Nehru English Teaching Assistant Amelia Gentile. 

This is the fifteenth annual International Education Week celebration.