In February 2020 Eisenhower Fellowships will convene thought leaders from around the world in Cartagena, Colombia, to explore the Future of Education, a critical issue affecting every corner of the planet. This three-day global conference will look at how educational systems prepare young people for the future and how well those systems have adapted to the explosion in technology that has... Read More
In June, Eisenhower Fellowships hosted a dynamic regional gathering in Kigali, Rwanda. The conference was the first on the continent of Africa in EF’s history, following up on EF’s first Africa program which brought 24 visionary African leaders to the U.S. for a seven-week fellowship journey in 2016. The three-day summit brought together leaders in government, business and civil society to... Read More
Twenty-two Fellows in the 2019 Global Program traveled to the United States this spring, representing countries in Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America and the South Pacific. They pursued fellowships ranging from treating pancreatic cancer to preparing Tanzania’s graduates for the workforce to strengthening counterterrorism laws. Their first weeks were marked by interactions and... Read More
In June 2019, Eisenhower Fellowships and the China Education Association for International Exchange celebrated the fifth year of the Zhi-Xing China Eisenhower Fellowship Program. Launched in 2015, CEAIE and EF expanded their longstanding partnership with this prestigious fellowship program, designed jointly and implemented as a component of EF's USA Program. Ascendant American leaders travel... Read More
Thirty years after EF’s historic Single-Area Program brought together Fellows from Ireland’s North and South, 14 new Eisenhower Fellows arrived in the U.S. from the Island of Ireland in May 2019. Amid the chaos and uncertainty of Brexit, the departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union that threatens to unravel the peace that has held for more than two decades, seven fellows from the... Read More
Each year in early May, EF’s Annual Meeting Day brings together in Philadelphia our Board of Trustees, staff and Fellows from around the world for a day of seminars, discussion groups, networking and a renewed call to our guiding mission of making the world more peaceful, prosperous and just. This year the events kicked off on May 8, when our 2018 USA and Zhi-Xing and 2019 Global Fellows... Read More
Eisenhower Fellowships has selected 23 ascendant leaders for its Fall 2019 Latin American and Caribbean Fellowship program. These trailblazing Fellows hail from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Jamaica, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela, and represent a broad range of public, private and nonprofit fields. These Fellows from across the Western Hemisphere include a best-selling... Read More
AN EISENHOWER FELLOWSHIPS GLOBAL CONFERENCE FEBRUARY 13 - 16, 2020 CARTAGENA, COLOMBIA How do we reform our outdated education systems to ensure widespread access to the continuous learning we need to adapt to this brave new world? In February 2020 Eisenhower Fellowships will convene thought leaders from around world in Cartagena, Colombia to explore the Future of Education,... Read More
Eisenhower Fellowships will award its highest honor, the Dwight D. Eisenhower Medal for Distinguished Leadership and Service, to the late U.S. Senator John S. McCain III in recognition of his decades of leadership in the United States military and the Senate. Sen. McCain’s son, Douglas, will accept the posthumous award on his father’s behalf on May 9, 2019. “John embodied traditional... Read More
Philadelphia, March 25, 2019 - Eisenhower Fellowships is proud to announce the selection of 14 highly accomplished mid-career leaders to participate in the 2019 Island of Ireland Program, a premier six-week international leadership program that begins May 1. The recipients, seven from Northern Ireland and seven from the South, work in diplomacy, law enforcement, economics, religious... Read More
