News from Academic Evaluation Services, Inc. (AES):

Tatiana McKenna, Senior Credentials Evaluator for Academic Evaluation Services, Inc. (AES), presented on the topic of “Ukrainian Education During the War: Resilience, Resistance and Reconstruction” on October 8th at the 2024 Regional Conference, Region X, Atlantic City, New Jersey. Tatiana McKenna, together with the co-presenter Ildiko Bors (The Evaluation Company) focused on the main war-related Ukrainian education topics relevant for credential evaluators and international education professionals. AES also sponsored and exhibited at the 2024 NAFSA regional conferences: Region X, Bi-Region I and II, and Region III. In support of education in Ukraine, AES submitted an article titled “Digital Ukrainian Credentials Accessible via Diia Digital Application” authored by Tatiana McKenna for the TAICEP 2024 newsletter. Kurt Baumbach, the Director of Evaluation and Translation Services, co-presented a virtual workshop titled “International Credential Evaluation: Secondary-Level Credentials” in February 2024 for NAFSA. He also co-presented the Credential Evaluation 101 workshop at the 2023 annual TAICEP Conference in Redondo Beach, California.

News from Edicational Records Evaluation Service, Inc. (ERES)

ERES attends the 2024 AACRAO 109th Annual Meeting

April 7-10, 2024

We are thrilled to announce that Cheng Sha, Senior Evaluator, and Yezi Kong, Director of ERES, attended the 2024 AACRAO 109th Annual Meeting. This prestigious event brings together leaders in higher education to discuss innovations in admissions, enrollment management, and credential evaluation. Cheng and Yezi highlighted ERES’ expertise and commitment to excellence in international academic evaluation.

News from Foreign Academic Credentials Service

Foreign Academic Credentials Service (FACS) has had a busy year!  Last October, our staff attended the annual TAICEP Conference in Redondo Beach, California, and are looking forward to attending again this year in Quebec City!  Our staff enjoyed many professional development opportunities in person and through webinars.  FACS is pleased to sponsor a scholarship for an attendee of the Quebec City TAICEP Conference.  Our Executive Vice-President and Senior Evaluator, Justine Watts, serves on the TAICEP Wiki Advisory Group and as Secretary on the NACES Board of Directors.  FACS is always looking for new ways to make the evaluation process easier and help our clients achieve their goals.

News from Foundation for International Services:

This year, Foundation for International Services enjoyed participating in exciting events, conferences, and more throughout our community in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Springtime brought the TAICEP Spring Webinar series, at which our Director of Evaluations, Severine Kassimou presented on Francophone West Africa Tips & Tricks. In June, we were honored to support the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project at their 40^th Annual gala and also had the pleasure of connecting with some of our fabulous clients at the AILA Conference in Chicago. After a busy summer of growing our amazing team of evaluators and administrative staff, we have welcomed fall with more events including a team outing to our local food bank fundraiser and participating in the NAFSA bi-regional conference in Vancouver, BC. We look forward to presenting Secondary Exams: France, China and the UK and The Educational System of the Philippines as well as connecting with our wonderful fellow NACES members at October’s annual TAICEP conference in Quebec City. 

News from Global Credential Evaluators:

Global Credential Evaluators (GCE) was busy during the past year offering and completing training.  GCE participated in the NAFSA Texas State Meeting held in April. We enjoy meeting with clients and colleagues. 

News from International Education Evaluations:

International Education Evaluations has participated in the following conferences, either as an exhibitor or given presentations. AACRAO, NAFSA, SACRAO, PACRAO, NAGAP, GDN, and TAICEP (multiple presentations). We have served on the boards or committees of TAICEP and NACES. IEE has also presented webinars for TAICEP and completed in-house training for post-secondary institutions in the US.

News from Transcript Research:

• May 2024 – Peggy presented “An Introduction to French Higher Education” and “Supplemental Resources for ‘An Introduction to French Higher Education’,” TAICEP Spring Webinar Series
• October 2024, Olivea co-presented, “Pre-Conference Workshop: Read a Document, Write a Report: Transcriptese and Accreditricks for New Credential Analysts,” TAICEP Annual Conference
• October 2024, Olivea co-presented, “Community Building and Maintaining Your Emotional/Mental Well-Being as an International Credential Evaluation Professional,” TAICEP Annual Conference
• October 2024, Olivea co-presented, “TAICEP Annual Pub Trivia Night!,” TAICEP Annual Conference