International Education Week (IEW) – Postcards Home

International Education Week (IEW) – November 16-20, 2020 – is an opportunity to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide.

On Friday, November 20 Residence Life, ISE and OISS will host “Postcards Home” from 11am- 1pm EST in the 15 West and Met lobbies. Pick up a postcard and send them to family or friends anywhere in the world! Postcards will be stamped, including extra stamps for international postage, and feature a beautiful view of the RISD campus.

Throughout the week, OISS, RISD Global and ISE will be highlighting RISD student international experiences on social media, sharing how these experiences have impacted them in different ways. Please like or follow our offices on social media to learn about international education and the students who have or are still participating in their international experience.

RISD values the role of international education in creating global citizens—not only what it offers to an individual student experience and their growth, but how it enriches our campus and teaches us about places, cultures, people and ideas that we might not otherwise be exposed to. While we do not always have to leave home to learn across differences, our international students and our students who have had an opportunity to study in a country that may be different than their own are able to gain a different perspective on the world. Creativity, diplomacy, global learning and culturally-informed approaches are all some of the many reasons to celebrate international education at RISD!