WASHINGTON, D.C. May 21, 2012 – Senior government officials and leaders in international education were convened on Monday to testify before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, chaired by Hawaii Senator Daniel Akaka.
On February 11, 2012, Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) program alumna, Yana Mizyakivska, and seven volunteers arrived at Planet dog shelter in Vinnytsya, Ukraine with monetary donations, gloves, brooms, buckets, and dog food. During their sixth visit to the shelter, the volunteers fed and tended to the dogs, and painted their enclosure.
Washington, D.C., May 15, 2012 –– American Councils for International Education announced a new strategic partnership with the National Council for Eurasian and East European Research (NCEEER). In a new collaborative agreement between the two organizations, Dr. David Patton, a Vice President at American Councils, has been formally appointed as the new President of NCEEER, while continuing in his current role at American Councils.