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Invitation to IIE's Opening Minds to the World Gala Benefit 2012Print this Article | Send to Colleague Dear Colleague,
The Institute of International Education (IIE) invites you to attend our annual Opening Minds to the World Gala Benefit 2012, celebrating the 10th anniversary of IIE's Scholar Rescue Fund. The Gala will take place on Tuesday, September 18, 2012, at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.
Join more than 400 business, education, government, foundation, and policy leaders who will celebrate the 2012 award winners’ commitment to the Institute’s mission of Opening Minds to the World. This year, IIE will honor Western Union with its Opening Minds Corporate Leadership Award; HE John Atta Mills (posthumous) with the Fritz Redlich Alumni Award; and Henry G. Jarecki, Henry Kaufman, Thomas A. Russo, and George Soros, the founders of the Scholar Rescue Fund, on SRF's10th anniversary.
Your support of our annual Gala enables us to expand access to education worldwide and assist students and scholars in need around the world. Please consider attending our 2012 Gala.
For more information and to RSVP, please visit: www.iie.org/gala. Special Guest Presenter
The Honorable Patrick J. Leahy
Honorary Chairs
The Honorable Kofi Annan
HRH Princess Ghida Talal
The Honorary Chairs, Co-Chairs, and the IIE Board of Trustees cordially invite you to attend
Opening Minds to the World Gala Benefit 2012
Benefiting the Institute of International Education
Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of IIE’s Scholar Rescue Fund
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
6:30 pm Reception; 7:30 pm Dinner and Program
Cipriani Wall Street
New York City
Honoring
Western Union
Accepted by Hikmet Ersek, CEO
Opening Minds Corporate Leadership Award
HE John Atta Mills (posthumous)
President of Ghana, 2009-2012; Fulbright Scholar to Stanford University, 1971
Fritz Redlich Alumni Award
IIE's Scholar Rescue Fund Founders: Henry G. Jarecki, Henry Kaufman, Thomas A. Russo, and George Soros
Humanitarian Award
This year’s Gala has been generously underwritten by the Angelson Family Foundation.
Please RSVP online at: www.iie.org/gala. |
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