Another Open World alumna earned a top post in Ukraine this month.
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When Jelena Jevtic first heard about the U.N. Youth Assembly, she wasn't sure if she should apply.
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This year's Top 30 Under 30 Ukrainian Leaders includes politicians, entrepreneurs, athletes, and two Future Leaders Exchange Program alumni.
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Ulukbek Abdubaliev, a 2015 fellow in the US-Central Asia Education Foundation Enterprise Student Fellowship Program, is part of the team that won the Smart Civis competition. The contest is hosted by the nonprofit, The Common Good, and is open to students at Italian universities...
The Kyrgyzstan native entered while he was on an Erasmus exchange semester in Milan through his master's program.
There were about 100 other entries in the competition and Mr. Abdubaliev said it wasn't until they arrived at the awards ceremony that they believed their MI-Care health card concept had a chance.
"We knew that [our idea] was not something that was innovative," he said. "But at the same time it was something that Milan really needed." - Alumni UpdatesAlumni Highlight
When a speaker presented on NSLI-Y at her school in Texas, Morgan was immediately intrigued. She had enjoyed studying Greek and Latin but wanted a new challenge.
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Four FLEX alumni visited DC as part of the GoViral Reporting Tour.
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Mirgentian, a YES Alumni from Albania, sits down with a fellow alum to discuss his civil society work since his exchange year in Wisconsin.
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By Ma Jianhong, Teacher of Critical Languages Program 2016-17, on his experience as an exchange teacher at Izard County Consolidated Elementary School in Arkansas.
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Living for a year in the United States often provides opportunities for exchange students that would have been unthinkable in their home countries. For Youth Exchange and Study (YES) student, Nehemiah, from Nigeria, spending an exchange year in Arvada, Colorado meant feeling accommodated in a way he had never experienced in his home country.
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In Southeast Europe, YES and YES Abroad students initiated service-oriented projects that underscored the collective power of youth to improve their communities.
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US Vice President Mike Pence was deeply impressed with the achievements of YSEALI alumni in Indonesia.
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Elena Soboleva founded an academic integrity system to help colleges and universities grapple with new methods of cheating.