AIESEC in the news

Every day, AIESEC members from across our network of over 95 countries, are demonstrating how they are active leaders making a positive contribution to their society. The efforts and achievements of the top talent represented across our membership of over 22,000 are often covered by the mass media across the world.  This space is intended to be a forum for that coverage, serving as examples of how AIESEC members are truly the leaders of tomorrow.

 

 

 

May 2008

Calling all youths!

Malaysia Star - Malaysia
The brainchild of AIESEC UPM, the conference – themed “Greeneurship” – is part of the fifth Miracle project. It aims to enhance environmental awareness ...

AIESEC Organizes Entrepreneurship Seminar for UAE Students

Al-Bawaba - Amman,Jordan
AIESEC, the world's largest student organization, today announced that they are organizing ‘The Second AIESEC Dubai Entrepreneurship Seminar’ on May 3rd, ...

 

 

April 2008

Twenty-five Companies Win Worldwide Award for Democracy in the ...

Newswire Today (press release) - London,UK
They are 1-800-GOT-JUNK?, AIESEC International, Axiom News, BetterWorld Telecom, Beyond Borders, Continuum, Equal Exchange, FBS Data Systems, Great Harvest ...

Work/study worthwhile

Metro Canada - Toronto - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
AIESEC is the world’s largest student-run organization, and provides university and college students and graduates with leadership experiences as well as ...

 

 

March 2008

Ever smiled for five months straight?

Studentský list - Praha,Czech Republic
AIESEC wants to introduce you couple of people who took such an opportunity and kicked off their career abroad. AIESEC Praha, based at University of ...

‘ Intern’-national opportunity for business student

The Charlatan - Ottawa,Canada
AIESEC, a student-run organization, works with businesses around the world to give university students the chance to develop leadership and job skills in an ...

Kellogg dean talks business for first time with undergraduates

Daily Northwestern - Evanston,IL,USA
AIESEC, a student group that works to set up cross-cultural exchanges in several business-oriented fields, organized the event. About 200 students attended ...

 

 

February 2008

Microsoft welcomes Youth Organization to Round-Table

By JADE Executive Board
The present organization, AEGEE, AIESEC International, BEST, ELSA, ESN and JADE are all part of an informal group, the IFISO group, that regroups a large scope of studnet organizations. As such we are familiar with each other, ...
JADE | European Confederation... - http://www.jadenet.org/

Young leaders learn lessons for a bright future

Shanghai Daily - Shanghai,China
To motivate future Chinese youth leaders to make a positive impact on society, the "Dragon in You" conference on charity was recently held by AIESEC, ...

Students Aim for Fun at Work

Talent Management - Oakland,CA,USA
A new survey of the “Digital Generation” has been launched by workplace experts at Career Innovation, in partnership with AIESEC, the world’s largest ...

 

 

October 2007

'Future bright for India in area of core technologies'

Siasat Daily - India
Over 60 members of AIESEC, a platform for youth to discover themselves and develop their potential participated in the programme conducted at Vidyaranya ...

Association looks to build internship program

Windsor Star - Ontario, Canada
Manry Xu, a graduate in biological sciences from the university and a former board member of AIESEC, said the organization has focused in the past on ...

Want to work in Africa?

The Eyeopener - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
He secured his internship through AIESEC, a global student organization that arranges international internships for students and grads. ...

The sky is the limit, say Int'l University high-achievers

Thanh Nien Daily - Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam
Phuong is the Vice Chairman of People Development at AIESEC Vietnam; Thinh was one of 450 students selected worldwide to attend the Global Festival held in ...

Hope mission

Al-Ahram Weekly - Cairo,Egypt
There, Abduh participated in the broadest range of student activities, and in 1995 became president of the Egyptian branch of AIESEC, the largest student ...

 

 

September 2007

Kenya: Students Honour ICDC Chairman

AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
Industrial Commercial and Development Corporation (ICDC) chairman, Kent Libiso has been inducted into the 2007 AIESEC alumni Hall of Fame. ...

The art of the start

Hindu - Chennai,India
Student groups such as AIESEC have sustained programmes on entrepreneurship, while there are also independent initiatives such as Proto.in which aim to ...

The Pride and Passion of Overseas Internships

Shanghai Daily - Shanghai,China
Li, an optical science and engineering major junior at Fudan University, applied last year for a management trainee internship through AIESEC, ...

AIESEC to open branch office at Abu Dhabi Women's College

AME Info - United Arab Emirates
AIESEC, the world's largest student-run organization, will open an office on the campus of HCT's Abu Dhabi Women's College. AIESEC is an international ...

AIESEC: Fulfilling Global Dreams

Merinews - India
AIESEC IMPARTS the opportunity to get trained in a top-of-the-line corporate set-up to suit one's qualifications across India and abroad. ...

Global world, global learning: The student AIESEC experience

Current - St. Louis,MO,USA
For those interested in the latter, there is a resource on campus that may not be known to many students: AIESEC. According to the national website, ...

 

 

August 2007

PNOC to speed up privatization

Manila Standard Today - Philippines
He founded AIESEC Philippines, an international student exchange program in the area of finance and business that has benefited thousands of Filipinos and ...

This 22-year-old is a marketing whiz in DHL Singapore

INQ7.net - Philippines
She was interfaced with the company through the internship program of AIESEC, the world's largest student organization, which she availed of during college. ...

Youth made proposals for tackling some problems

- ,Azerbaijan
In turn, the representative of International Student Association for Economy and Management in Azerbaijan AIESEC, undergraduate of the Kennedy management ...

AIESEC: An Introduction

UQ News - Brisbane,Queensland,Australia
AIESEC`s international platform enables young people to discover and develop their potential to provide leadership for a positive impact on society. ...

 

 

July 2007

KCB unveils small business service

Daily Nation (subscription) - Nairobi,Kenya
Backed by staff in its 125 branches countrywide, the bank will partner with United States International University (USIU), TechnoServe and AIESEC, ...

JCI Sri Lanka instills leadership skills in youth

Daily Mirror (subscription) - Sri Lanka
AIESEC members from the University of Moratuwa recently launched the first stage of their IT education project for school children in Piliyandala Central ...

 

 

April 2007

AIESEC promoting entrepreneurship

Malta Independent Online - Malta
AIESEC, the global student organisation that operates in over 100 countries and territories, including Malta, has set up a new initiative with the ...

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Students look abroad to gain internship edge Shanghai Daily - Shanghai,China Twice as many candidates compared to last year have applied to AIESEC, an NGO run by university students and formerly known as the Association ...

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What to expect on April 7-9, 2007 The Edge Daily - Malaysia AIESEC Malaysia launches Malaysians Abroad Program 2007 at Lot 2.01, 2nd Flr, The AmpWalk, Jln Ampang, KL at 10am. 2. Launch of Miyazu Malaysia advance ...

Arab Firms Project to be launched in Tunisia

Alarab online - London,UK
Alarabonline- AIESEC has the pleasure to announce that Arab Firms project will be launched soon in Tunisia. Including the economic, international cooperation ...

Behavioural change, only panacea to HIV prevention

Vanguard - Apapa,Lagos,Nigeria
The programme organized by members of the local AIESEC chapter and facilitated by international university students, she further explained that involvement ...

Fair delves into various 'facets of international education'

The Spartan Daily - San Jose,CA,USA
Campus organizations such as the International House, Study Abroad Office, Peace Corps and international networking club AIESEC, set up booths on Paseo de ...

TCS: Chasing growth with care

Indiatimes - New Delhi,India
To increasingly diversify the workforce in 2004 TCS partnered with AIESEC (the largest youth run programme worldwide) to attract foreign graduates. ...

Fountain Day to host Ben Kweller and student activism

Daily Colonial - Washington,DC,USA
GreenGW, the global-networking group AIESEC, the College Democrats, the College Republicans, and the GW Democrats are also slated to participate, ...

WORLD IS A GREAT VILLAGE

A1plus - Armenia
To note, the programme is initiated by the AIESEC Armenian office and is financed by the Armenian Open Society Institute. The programme is aimed at bridging ...

Appalachian joins global organization

ASU The Appalachian Online - Boone,NC,USA
“This organization exists in over 90 countries and 800 universities,” Sarah C. Green, junior accounting major and AIESEC president, said. ...

 

 

March 2007

Entrepreneurship opportunities at Entrepreneurship Expo 2007

Malaysia Star - Petaling Jaya,Malaysia
Jointly organized by AIESEC, the world's largest student-run organization and AIC Events Sdn Bhd, the Entrepreneurship Expo 2007 will feature over 500 ...

Strive for a happy world, youth told

Hindu - Chennai,India
Others present included AIESEC Asia Pacific Regional Director Ryan Shepherd, United Bank of Switzerland COO Mathew Fairless, Rishab Chopra and Sampreeth ...

brave pioneers

New Straits Times - Persekutuan,Malaysia
Today, the bank has linked up with several NGOs like AIESEC Malaysia — an international student body — and the Malaysian Aids Council to spread the ...

Leaders & Success

Investor's Business Daily (subscription) - USA
Izosimov was familiar with AIESEC, an international student organization, from a trip to Yugoslavia. In 1989, he set up a chapter at the Moscow Aviation ...

Student organisation signs memorandum with Parliamentary Secretariat

Malta Independent Online - Malta
Student organisation AIESEC yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding with the Parliamentary Secretariat for Small Businesses and the Self-Employed ...

Career Days 2007: Not only a job, but a career too

Jakarta Post - Jakarta,Indonesia
The job fair, titled Career Days 2007, was organized by students from AIESEC, an international platform for young people to discover and develop their ...

AIESEC Career Days in Iceland

IcelandReview - Reykjavik,Iceland
The Icelandic branch of AIESEC, which the largest student-run organization in the world, is organizing the 13th annual Career Days in Iceland on March 9. ...

 

 

 

February 2007

AUD career fair big draw

Trade Arabia - Manama,Bahrain
... Standard Chartered Bank, The Nielsen Company, Unilever Middle East, and Worldwide Marketing Consultants and AIESEC. TradeArabia News Service.

Youth get involved with NGOs

Chandigarh Newsline - Chandigarh,India
AIESEC is another organisation which involves the youth in a number of activities, including literacy campaigns, HIV/AIDS awareness programmes and ...

Research confirms AIESEC leaders’ unique characteristics

Sri Lanka Daily Mirror (subscription) - Sri Lanka
A research paper recently presented at the International Positive Psychology Summit in Washington DC, United States, shows that AIESEC members possess ...

 

 

February 2007

Research confirms AIESEC leaders’ unique characteristics

Sri Lanka Daily Mirror (subscription) - Sri Lanka – February 2, 2007
A research paper recently presented at the International Positive Psychology Summit in Washington DC, United States, shows that AIESEC members possess ...

Association looks to build internship program

Windsor Star - Ontario, Canada
Manry Xu, a graduate in biological sciences from the university and a former board member of AIESEC, said the organization has focused in the past on ...

Initiative to boost Eli entrepreneurs

Yale Daily News - New Haven,CT,USA – February 1, 2007
... for student entrepreneurship are useful, though the fellowship’s goals overlap with existing programs offered by organizations such as YES and AIESEC. ...

 

 

January 2007

UW students become ambassadors to the world through AIESEC

University of Wisconsin-Madison University Communications - Madison,WI,USA – January 31, 2007
"AIESEC gives students the opportunity to know their global neighbors," says Lynn Parins, a senior from Green Bay who spent a summer in Morocco through the ...

AIESEC to host annual meeting in Egypt

Sunday Times.lk - Columbo,Sri Lanka -- January 15, 2007
AIESEC, the world's largest student-run organisation, will host the annual International President's Meeting 2007 in Egypt from February 18-27 where the ...

CEO for NCHE Secretariat appointed

Malta Independent Online – Malta -  January 15, 2007
Limited, Malta BAN Limited, Economic Thinkers, a former associate with PricewaterhouseCoopers in London, and was president of AIESEC Malta. ...

 

 

December 2006

AIESEC partners with PricewaterhouseCoopers

Malta Independent Online – Malta – December 24, 2006
The foundations of the local student organisation AIESEC were laid in 1969. Since then, the organisation has been providing Maltese ...

 

 

November 2006

Looking beyond short term profits

Bahai’ World News Service – International – November 8, 2006
… George Starcher, EBBF co-founder, and Larry Miller actively engaged in conversation with each other, while Arthur Dahl, an EBBF governing board member, explains a concept to Cornelia Raportaru of AIESEC International…

An AIESECer in India

Insider Media Group - Toronto,Ontario,Canada – November 10, 2006
... I went to India on behalf of AIESEC Canada’s Cultural Envoy for Exchange Development program - otherwise known as CEED. AIESEC ...

World Fest gives students a trip around the globe

Red and Black - Athens,GA,USA – November 10, 2006
... One of its larger groups, AIESEC, the world’s largest international student organization, has taken on a large role in organizing the event. ...

Establishing a muslim student organization

Hugin - Stavanger,Rogaland,Norway – November 8, 2006
... The international organization AIESEC (The Association for International Students of Economic and Commercial Sciences) also has plans of starting up a branch ...

AIESEC’s Worldview project concludes

Chandigarh Newsline - Chandigarh,India – November 1, 2006
Chandigarh, October 31: A Two-month project Worldview organised by AIESEC in collaboration with Educare concluded today. The aim ...

 

 

October 2006

SWU installs 9th president

Sun.Star – Philippines – October 16, 2006
... Manila University in 1989. Holopainen had his internship (AIESEC Exchange Program) at Omni Investments, New York, USA. He took his ...

Student program offers jobs abroad

Red and Black - Athens,GA,USA – October 5, 2006
... Kaki Summerour, a senior from New Orleans, is a member of AIESEC, an international student-run organization with the goal of turning out globally-minded ...

 

 

September 2006

IMEX Future Leaders programme in Poland brings students to ...

Travel Daily News International - Athens,Greece – September 28, 2006
... must go to Krzystof Celuch, a 2005 Future Leaders’ Forum student, who saw the opportunity to extend the programme’s scope by offering it to AIESEC in Warsaw ...

Canuck markets the People’s Republic

The Eyeopener - Toronto, Canada – September 28, 2006
... and Ryerson. He was set up with his position though AIESEC Canada, a student-run leadership and development organization. The organization ...

Kolkata ‘ Experience’ for a Polish Student

Kolkata Newsline - New Delhi,India – September 24, 2006
... She enrolled herself for a development traineeship programme with the AIESEC, a global student organisation. The AIESEC in turn ...