MORGANTOWN — WVU has been selected as the recipient of the Heiskell Award for innovation in international partnerships with its strategic partner in the Middle East, the Royal University for Women in Bahrain.
Awarded by the Institute of International Education, the distinguished award is given to institutions that demonstrate excellence in international education. As a recipient, WVU will be showcased as a best practice at the 2018 IIE Best Practices conference and will be represented on a panel-discussion with other leaders in international education.
“It is a tremendous honor to be recognized with the Heiskell Award,” said WVU President E. Gordon Gee. “Our partnership with the Royal University for Women is unlike any other. To receive this award is a testament to the level of commitment between our two universities.”
WVU’s partnership with the Royal University for Women started in 2009, shortly after RUW was founded by four WVU alumni with the goal of increasing women’s access to high-quality education in the Middle East. The founders, four brothers who graduated in the 1970s and ‘80s, looked toward their alma mater for a partnership focused on creating opportunity, developing cultural understanding and advancing access to quality education.
