The Future Leaders Exchange program celebrated its 25th cohort of students yesterday, at a ceremony in the Kennedy Caucus Room on Capitol Hill.
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Habib Debaya, Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study student
From Tunisia; Hosted in Nebraska
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What story do you tell the most when people ask, "What was your program like?"
Across the GlobeThe students at the Youth Exchange and Study English Camp in Senegal had a chance to practice their language skills with a diplomat last month.
Across the GlobeOfficials are hopeful about an uptick in Americans attending university in Belarus, following a three-day education workshop.
Across the GlobeMost discussions of why Americans need to study Russian, or any other world language, understandably begin with a recognition of the demands of the 21st-century global economy, of US international security concerns, and may go on to include acknowledgment of the cognitive benefits of bilingualism and the increasingly multilingual nature of US society today. But the issue of foreign language study for Americans is as old as America itself.
Across the GlobeAt the recent US-Uzbekistan Business Forum, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev noted his desire for collaboration between American Councils, the Uzbek Ministry of Higher Education, and the Uzbek Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Across the GlobeWe were pleased to collaborate with the Global Taiwan Institute on their biweekly public seminar series on US-Taiwan public diplomacy efforts.
Across the GlobeExchange programs come in variety of forms, from high school or college students to researchers and professionals including entrepreneurs.
Across the GlobeThe American Learning Center (ALC), a private foreign language school in Moldova, has recently launched a new interactive course cheekily known as "Face Robots" on robotics, electronics, and hardware programming taught entirely in English.
Across the GlobeLearning another language is a gateway to a better understanding of the world. Speaking another language enables unencumbered movement and exchange in an interconnected economy. Yet, too few of today's graduates are studying world languages.