International Education Summit

The International Education Summit is a program designed to raise awareness of high school students regarding their future careers in the international field. Each year a different global topic is chosen and experts in that field are brought in to discuss their role in combating the issue. Not only are students able to listen to a panel discussion on the designated subject, but they are provided individual opportunities to speak directly with the presenters in “speed networking” sessions where they are encouraged to interact and learn from the professionals in their field of interest. The Summit focuses on all workforce opportunities as representatives from governmental, community and private organizations are represented.

5th Annual International Education Summit 2011:
Global Economy: October 7th, 2011

This November over 230 high school students from the greater Cincinnati area and 37 speakers gathered at Northern Kentucky University for the Greater Cincinnati World Affairs Council’s International Education Summit. The World Affairs Council planned this event as part of its mission to educate and inform the students of this region on timely topics which affect not only the Greater Cincinnati region but the entire globe. The theme for this year’s summit was Global Citizenship. Attending students from Princeton High School, Campbell County High School, Wyoming High School, Saint Bernard High School, Dixie Heights High School, McNicholas High School, Indian Hills High School, Bisshop Brossart High School and Anderson High School.

Thank you to the sponsors which made the program possible.

Summit Host
Northern Kentucky University

Summit Champion Sponsors
Northern Kentucky University

Thank you, also, to all of the professionals and experts who took time out of their busy schedules to meet with the students!

The attending students began the day hearing from Ben Ranz, Ranz served as a basic Sanitation Peace Corps Volunteer in Bolivia from 2006-2008 and recently returned from Honduras where he spent two years with a medical non-profit called Shoulder to Shoulder as the Director of Operations.. Following this keynote there was a series of panel discussions for the students to attend which focused discussion on specific areas including the career and education opportunities in each field. Students had the benefit of an open dialogue with the panelists, all experts in their field, as they questioned and discussed these specific issues and opportunities. Over lunch, the students had the unique chance to participate in “speed networking” sessions with our speakers, panelists and other professionals in small groups, facilitating a close interaction for every student with these experts. The speed networking sessions allowed each student to become more intimately engaged with the specifics of careers and education paths in internationally focused fields.