TIEC facilitated its 17th annual Fulbright American Studies Program for nine Korean secondary school teachers of English on January 1 – February 16, 2018.

TIEC conducted a professional development program for 25 Uruguayan secondary and elementary public school educators, January 3 to February 17, 2018, under the auspices of the Uruguay Fulbright Commission.

Thirteen students from Nihon University in Tokyo, Japan devoted their school break to a four-week intensive English language and American culture program at TIEP, February 3 – March 3, 2018.  

Representatives from the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea along with representatives from the Korean Ministry of Education’s National Institute for International Education visited the Texas Intensive English Program (TIEP) in March as part of an annual site visit for its Korea Work, English Study, Travel (WEST) program.

Since August 1977, Texas Intensive English Program (TIEP) Director Terry Simon, Ph.D., has called 1103 West 24th Street his work home. However, after more than 40 years of services to the organization, Dr. Simon has decided to hang up his TIEP hat and announce his retirement.

Leaders of the PMU curriculum review and design team arrive in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. From left to right: Hongchi Shi (Texas State University), John Bryant (Texas A&M University), Nick Poulton (TIEC), Mark Kroll (The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley), and Robin Lerner (TIEC).