Call for internships

CIVIC is now accepting applications for its summer and fall 2013 intern class! Meet international professionals, build new skills, and work with some of the most amazing people on campus! Hours are flexible, tasks are self-driven, and the experience you can gain at CIVIC is unique in Iowa City for the international experience it can give you. To apply, download the application here and either email it to icfrc@uiowa.edu or turn it in to our office at 1120 UCC (across the hall from International Programs).

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2012 Annual Report

CIVIC has released its 2012 annual report, containing information on program visits, membership plans, community engagement, and the international connections that CIVIC participation in the IVLP program has generated, as well as, naturally, some splendid pictures of our beautiful visitors.

If you'd like to get involved in CIVIC's work, the report has some information on how you (yes, you) can help out with future visits, including volunteering to host a home hospitality event, helping transport visitors, or offering your expertise as a program resource. Volunteering with CIVIC, whether as a member or a citizen of Iowa City, is as rewarding as it is unforgettable.

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From the Executive Director

Dear members,

CIVIC is thrilled to have had such a wonderful year as 2012: in the course of the year, we have held a series of fantastic events in the community, added several new members (including myself) to our team, and most importantly, welcomed scores of international visitors to Iowa, helping forge international links in areas ranging from environmental science to agronomy to political behavior. Soon, you'll be able to review the year in CIVIC's 2012 year-end report, which will be published on this website.

Visitors from Central Asia enjoying
the home hospitality of Christine Sedrel!

Our gratitude to the many organizations that helped us along the way can hardly be fully expressed: from the kind souls at the various programming agencies and the State Department to the experts who met with our visitors, to the volunteers within the organization, to Dave Tiffany, who gave up so much of his time serving as CIVIC's interim Executive Director, many have given their time and effort to help make our visits memorable not only for the visitors, but for the broader Iowa City community.

Of course, the lion's share of our gratitude goes out to our members. This is my first year as Executive Director of CIVIC, and I have been blown away by their responsiveness, enthusiasm, and passion: without their tireless effort in transporting, hosting, planning, and welcoming the visitors, CIVIC would not have achieved the remarkable success it had in 2012. It is thanks to all of our members that we were able to serve, however humbly, as citizen diplomats engaged in strengthening links between Iowa and the rest of the world.

That said, we're not resting on our laurels: CIVIC is ready to make 2013 an even better year. We're already hard at work planning future visits, attracting more international attention to Iowa, and looking at ways we can be more engaged with the one of a kind Iowa City community. However, we can't do it without the solid base of community support and valuable input that only our members can provide.

We hope that you will consider renewing your CIVIC membership or, for those who are new to the organization and would like to get involved, signing up for the first time. With your support, we can continue to expand Iowa's international profile and grow as an organization.

Sincerely,
Robyn Braverman
Executive Director
CIVIC

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Cash Money Tamillionaires

The guests pose with Journalism School dean David Perlmutter in front of the First Amendment

CIVIC is back at what it does best – hosting international visitors like pros. This last week, we welcomed visitors from Sri Lanka and India to participate in a program on the Tamil diaspora and conflict resolution.


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Puttin' the culture in agriculture

Planting seeds of friendship at Monsanto's Holden Foundation. 

As far as agriculture goes, Iowa can't really be beat. Therefore it comes as no surprise that one of the hottest destinations for a group of Latin Americans touring the country to learn about sustainable agriculture was our very own Iowa City, whose farming swagger is the stuff of legend.
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Makin' it Bahrain

CIVIC Executive Director Dave Tiffany about to attack a
Halal burger to honor our troops on Memorial Day

Did you know that Bahrain publishes the most books per capita of any country in the Arab world? I didn’t…not before CIVIC played host to several professionals in arts and culture management from the pearl of the Persian gulf this Memorial Day weekend.
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Iowa City's got Seoul

If you ask me, there’s no better time for a visit to Iowa City than late May – it’s the time of the year when the good of summer – grills and good weather – hasn’t yet been spoiled by the bugs and humidity. That’s why we at CIVIC were so pleased to host a group of three South Koreans for a program on Campaign Organization in the United States precisely around Memorial Day.

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