Welcome

The Institute of International Education is committed to the proposition that peace and prosperity in the 21st century depend on increasing the capacity of people to think and work globally. In pursuit of this goal, since its founding in 1952, IIE's Southern Regional Center has been promoting international understanding through educational and professional exchanges by presenting Houston's cultural diversity and economic strengths to current and future world leaders and by creating opportunities for Houstonians to serve as citizen ambassadors.

Highlights of IIE Southern Regional Center

• 2006 Establishment of the Iraqi Scholars and Leaders Program
• 2002 The first director of IIE Southern Regional Center, Alice Reynolds Pratt who served as director of the office and eventually Vice President for 35 years passed away. She left an endowment to support an intern to work on the IVLP Program which she loved. She was a pioneer in the field of international education, especially as a woman. She received numerous honors from foreign governments, NCIV, and NAFSA.
• 2000 IIE received a grant from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to administer the Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship Program.
• 1989 IIE Southern Regional Center in Houston, TX absorbed the Atlanta office. Atlanta was the former home of IIE's Southeast Regional Center.
• 1952 The Southern Regional Center (IIE Houston) was established in 1952. At its opening, IIE Houston was the only international organization in the city of Houston of any significance.
• IIE Houston manages programs for the following sponsors: Aramco Services Company, ExxonMobil, U.S. Department of State, as well as private foundations.