The Program for International Education and Social Change (PIESC)
The extreme indignity and ruthlessness that define our times call for a new and resolute generation of citizens who are committed to initiate change – idealistic and impactful change that is targeted toward increasing the communal well-being instead of the individual being well-off.In 2015 Bard College Berlin established the Program for International Education and Social Change (PIESC), a scholarship program that is aimed at young, promising, strong-willed individuals from regions of crisis or conflict. Over the past three academic years, 32 four-year scholarships were awarded to Syrian, Iraqi, Afghan, Palestinian, Greek, Brazilian and Eritrean students who will become much-needed change agents internationally and/or in their home countries.
Student stories
- Wafa Mustafa: The Story Behind The Name (Die Bärliner student blog, April 4, 2017)
- Videos: Education Matters, in collaboration with IIE - PEER (Sixtine Berquist, LinkedIn, September 5, 2018)