Waterloo International is pleased to announce this year’s Staff International Experience Fund (SIEF) award recipients. The SIEF provides opportunities for staff members to travel to global peer institutions in order to exchange ideas and advance learnings with like-minded colleagues. It also serves as a chance to deepen Waterloo’s global relationships and forge new connections with innovative counterparts around the world.
This year’s award recipients are:
Sarah Howard, Graduate Student Experience Specialist (GSPA)
Sarah Howard will travel to Northern Europe to gain insight into graduate student wellbeing and support mechanisms that are currently in place at various universities, while sharing the knowledge and experience she’s cultivated in her role at Waterloo.
Chantal Vallis, Communications Officer, Internationalization (SSO)
Chantal Vallis will travel to East Asia where she plans to broaden her understanding of communications strategies at some of the world’s most internationalized universities in order to enhance international programming and services at Waterloo. She also aims to gain a deeper cultural understanding of the international student population she serves at Waterloo.
