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ICAway (I-SEE-A-WAY) is a training company providing career coaching programs for international students and workshops for international higher education professionals.

Founded in 2017 by Kwan Segal, an experienced human capital consultant and passionate global talent mentor, the company’s mission is to empower international students and first-generation immigrants to become globally-employable individuals and be able to successfully enter the American job market. The company also serves as a trusted advisor to International Education and Career Services Leaders. In 2020, ICAway’s resources were featured in the National Career Development Association (NCDA) International Student Services’ resource guide and today they are trusted by over 20 universities and professional affiliations in the US.

For more info, visit icaway.com/advisors

95.3% of students get interviews or job offers within 3 weeks of finishing the program.

Their average salaries are twice the average national salary for college graduates. Students were recruited by top tech companies without applying online.

Alumni have reported success in getting a promotion within one year.

About ICAway

ICAway (I-SEE-A-WAY) helps international students find CPT, OPT, and H-1B jobs through comprehensive networking & career branding training. As a trusted advisor for colleges and universities’ career services and ISSS, ICAway has launched its Train-the-Trainer workshop to help international higher education professionals better understand international student barriers and provide a support system to meet their needs.

According to “A Passport to Work” written by Karin Fischer, while more colleges have invested in programming to help orient and integrate international students in recent years, many campuses have been slower to focus on career services tailored to their particular needs.

International students usually feel unprepared and find the American job search process to be quite difficult. ICAway’s programs have helped students and universities solve this problem.

The ICAway Train-the-Trainer (TTT) program is designed to help career services and campus partners understand the barriers that international students come across during the job search process. This program includes the current state assessment of the international student support system, a LIVE workshop for the advisors, post-program recommendations, an international student webinar series, and ongoing support.

A few words from ICAway clients

"A great presentation with informative content. Provided a good foundation for understanding the unique barriers that international students face. The timeline was super helpful and I believe it will be impactful for future practices."

Northern Arizona University

"Kwan helped me think in new and creative ways about how to support the international student population."

Northern Arizona University

For more info about the Train-the-Trainer program, please visit icaway.com/advisors

Connect with ICAway today to receive your complimentary webinar and one-on-one free consultation.

Mark Beirn

AFFILIATE

An experienced global researcher and administrator, Mark Beirn brings a critical approach to risk management, factoring structural racism and identity-based violence into his rubric for supporting equitable global mobility.

Specialization Areas:

– Global Risk Management
– Education Abroad
– Diversity, Equity, Inclusion in International Education
– Health and Safety
– Curriculum Development

 

Stephen Appiah-Padi​

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Stephen Appiah-Padi is an international educator with several years of teaching and administrative experience in both 4 and 2-year HEIs. An experienced global education practitioner-scholar, with a demonstrated history of success in the field.

Dr. Appiah-Padi has a Ph.D. from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada in Educational Policy & Administration with a specialization in International/Intercultural Education.

At Northwestern College, he provided oversight in the administration of education abroad and international student services. In Lansing, Michigan, he first oversaw diversity and intercultural education at Lansing Community College, and later created the Center for International and Intercultural Education (CIIE) which merged intercultural engagement and international education programs of the institution, and he became its first director. Additionally, Dr. Appiah-Padi taught a course, “Diversity in the American Workplace”, to undergraduate management students of the College. In his current position, he provides leadership and vision in advancing strategic internationalization initiatives, including international partnerships and study abroad programs at Bucknell University.

Dr Appiah-Padi has created and facilitated several workshops for faculty and staff development in higher education and in business organizations. He has presented at several national and international conferences. In NAFSA, among several volunteer leadership positions, he has served as Dean of the Fundamentals of Intercultural Communication Workshop, the Leadership Development Committee member, Chair of the Africa Special Interest Group, and a Fellow of the Global Fellowship Program for mentoring emerging leaders of internationalization in African HEIs. He currently serves as a member of the NAFSA Board of Directors.

Specialization Areas:

– Education Abroad
– International education leadership development
– Intercultural education and engagement
– International partnerships and linkages

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Rosa Almoguera

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Dr. Rosa Almoguera has worked as an international educator for over twenty years. She was trained as a Hispanic Philologist at the Universidad Complutense, in Madrid, and did her M.A. at the University of Pennsylvania. Her Ph.D., from Universidad Complutense included a field study and edition of written balladry “Romancero”. During many years Rosa combined teaching and her role as a senior administrator at the Fundación Ortega-Marañón in Toledo, Spain. At the Foundation, Rosa directed and, in many cases created, programs for the University of Minnesota, Notre Dame, Princeton, Ohio State, Arcadia, and the University of Chicago. She has also been a visiting professor at the University of Minnesota, University of Portland, and Interamericana de Puerto Rico.

Beginning in 2016, Rosa works as an international education consultant for both public and private European and US higher education institutions. Rosa has been successful in developing new partnerships and programs, as well as helping improve already existing ones.

Rosa is a member of Forum and NAFSA and has presented with higher education professionals on innovative academic and research programming, STEM in study abroad and Nationalism in Europe. Rosa is currently completing the final Professional Certification from the Forum on Education Abroad.
 

Specialization Areas:

– Student services
– Education abroad programming
– Institutional partnerships
– Education and training