Leigh Lawrence credits NSLI-Y for first sparking her now long-term interest in language and culture studies. After participating in a summer 2010 NSLI-Y program to Beijing, China, Leigh went on to study Chinese through The Language Flagship program at Arizona State University.
Category: Across the Globe
Across the GlobeIn 2015, students in Armenia will have access to a new scholarship opportunity through the Opportunity Fund, thanks to a partnership between the US Department of State, EducationUSA, and American Councils for International Education.
Across the GlobeAfter four successful years in the South Caucasus, the FLEX-Ability Conference launched in Almaty, Kazakhstan to offer FLEX alumni in Central Asia intensive training to develop community service projects and effectively share their projects with their communities
Across the GlobeOn November 14, 2014, the American and Japanese participants of the 2014 TOMODACHI US-Japan Youth Exchange Program gathered in Tokyo to present their experiences on the program. The American students from Washington, D.C.
Across the GlobeI love being an exchange student because of the way confusion turns into amazement.
Across the GlobeCongratulations to William Brumfield!
Across the GlobeWe arrived at the Belgian NGO APOPO laboratory in Eduardo Mondlane University's College of Veterinary Medicine in Maputo, Mozambique, and were introduced to Galinha, Henry, and Tariq African pouched rats the size of small dogs who are being trained in laboratories by APOPO to be HERO rats in locations such as Maputo.
Across the GlobeThe Kosovo American Education Fund is a perpetual fund dedicated to providing promising Kosovars with the opportunity for a master's level education at America's best universities. KAEF provides future leaders of Kosovo with the tools they need to promote the country's economic development.
Across the GlobeYES Exchange alum Moiz Rehan is helping young students in Pakistan's rural area of Pallandri learn English. Moiz is a member alum of the Workshop for Youth Leaders in Teaching English, an enhancement opportunity offered to select students and is sponsored by the US Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
Across the GlobeDuring his time in the US, Mwalimu (YES '12) from Kenya realized that access to clean water was vastly different across countries. In particular, the bright young scholarship student was struck by the number of water fountains in the US where the water is fresh and clean compared his Kenyan village's man-made dam, riddled with diseases like malaria, in which people walked miles every day to gather water. Mwalimu knew he wanted to bring fresh water to his coastal Kenyan community.
Across the GlobeAs a part of a sister school exchange, Chinese students from No. 6 Middle School in Yichang, China visited Sonoran Trails Middle School in Cave Creek, Arizona, with the support from the Teachers of Critical Languages Program (TCLP).
Across the GlobeThis July, six Japanese students and an educator from Tokyo's Keio SFC High School traveled to Washington, D.C. for a two-week exchange, where they lived with host families, as part of the TOMODACHI US Japan Youth Exchange Program.