Innovation and Advocacy Celebrated at the Annual Conference 2025

In 2025, more than ever, The Forum on Education Abroad’s Annual Conference, with in-person programming in Toronto, Canada, from March 19-21 and virtual programming from February 26-27, told a story of challenge, response, and innovation. ​​​

​Throughout the virtual conference programming, participants had the opportunity to engage in 29 concurrent sessions led by 95 presenters, gaining insights and professional development across a wide range of topics. A few weeks later, more than 1,200 participants gathered in Toronto to participate in more than 75 sessions across three conference days. From the pre-conference events to the Closing Celebration Luncheon, Annual Conference attendees leaned into the difficult discussions shaping our field, not just to acknowledge them, but to actively engage and innovate beyond them.  ​

Read the Virtual Conference Recap

Read the IN-Person Conference Recap

Browse all the photos from the Annual Conference in Toronto on Flickr.

Annual Award Recipients Represent Excellence, Achievement, and Advocacy in Education Abroad

The Forum's 2024 - 2025 Annual Awards were announced during the virtual and in-person portions of the Annual Conference. We celebrate the winners of the following awards:

• Award for Advancing the UN SDGs through Education Abroad
  • AFS Intercultural Programs
• Award for Excellence in Education Abroad Curriculum Design
  • The University of Florida - Course/Program: Technological Applications for Disability Access; UF in London  
• Award for Academic Achievement Abroad 
  • Madison Kennedy-Kequom 
    Project Title: "Indigenous Studies in Southeast Asia" 
    Discipline: Area, Ethnic, Cultural and Gender Studies 
    Program: Inter Mountain Peoples Education & Culture Association (IMPECT), Thailand and Cambodia 
    Home Institution: Michigan State University ​

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• Peter A. Wollitzer Advocacy Award
  • Dr. David Wick, Associate Professor and Program Chair, International Education Management at Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
• InnovateEA pitch competition
  • “Belonging and Wellbeing” by WorldKind founder and Executive Director Dr. Meg Ramey
• Ron Koehn Conference Grant Award
  • Dr. Boyko Gyurov, Professor of Mathematics at Georgia Gwinnett College
• Loren Ringer Award for On-Site International Educators
  • Dr. Loren Ringer, co-founder of the European Association of Study Abroad (EUASA) and former president of APUAF, the Association des Programmes Universitaires Américains en France

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Thank You to Our 2025 Conference Committee

Special thanks to our Conference Committee for their guidance in preparing for the Annual Conference 2025.
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• CJ Tremblay, Alethea Global Cooperative (Chair)
• Aven Anderson, Southeast Missouri State University
• Gayathri Banavara, Community College of Philadelphia
• Wil Biddle, University of Bristol
• Elaine Del Rossi, Cigna Global
• Magdalena Dieterle, Constructor University
• Sara Gutierrez, The University of New Mexico
• Katherine Haan, Chicago State University
• Andy Hinnant, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
• Sakura Hirata, Okanagan College
• Jessie Hodgson, Montana State University
• Alexandria Johnson, Georgia State University
• Amanda Jurden, The Ohio State University
• Luis Kauachi, Boston College
• Janine Knight-Grofe, Durham College
• Mike LaFleur, George Brown College 
• Chelsey Laird, Vancouver Community College (University Mobility In Asia And The Pacific (UMAP) host)
• Ada Lee, Kwantlen Polytechnic University
• Whitney Longnecker, Texas Tech University

• ​Daniel Lutaaya,  Charowa Consult & Advisory Ltd 
• Marco Marino, Sant'Anna Institute
• Susan McGury, DePaul University
• Kellie McMullin, Nova Scotia Community College
• Alex Nichols, Sea Education Association/SEA Semester
• Destiny Oppe, IES Abroad
• Guanglong Pang, Michigan State University - Broad College of Business
• Mariam Raza, Conestoga College 
• Andrea Rizzotti, FLACSO-Argentina
• Amanda Roshan-Rawaan, Indiana University-Bloomington
• Adam Rubin, University at Buffalo, Forum Council
• Linda Rust, The University of Melbourne
• Girija Shinde, Volunteer State Community College
• Kate Simmons, DePaul University
• Carolyn Stevenson, Purdue University Global
• Maisee Thao, UCEAP
• Popi Triantafyllidou, CYA / College Year in Athens
• Sara van der Horst, EF Education First International Ltd
• Voytek Wloch, College of Lake County
• Elizabeth Frohlich, The Forum on Education Abroad, [email protected]