WASHINGTON—As the cities, states, and countries where American Councils operates begin to reopen, the senior leadership team continues to prioritize the safe
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AnnouncementsThe 2020 National Examinations in World Languages (NEWL) for Arabic, Korean, Portuguese, and Russian have been postponed until May.
AnnouncementsUS and Uzbek officials celebrated the official launch ceremony of the English Speaking Nation: Secondary Teacher Training program on March 9.
AnnouncementsWASHINGTON—American Councils’ leadership continues to closely monitor the rapidly-developing reports on the COVID-19 pandemic, including the recent reco
AnnouncementsTASHKENT, Uzebkistan—For the first time in 13 years, a cohort of Uzbek scholars are spending several months in the US through the Faculty Enrichment Program.
AnnouncementsThe US Department of State will provide $4 million to continue the US-Central Asia Education Foundation (US-CAEF) Enterprise Student Fellowship, a prestigious scholarship program enabling students throughout Central Asia to complete undergraduate degrees in business and economics at the American University of Central Asia (AUCA) in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
AnnouncementsIn celebration of National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day, aptly named for the atomic weight of element number one, hydrogen, American Councils for International Education is pleased to announce the inaugural recipient of the Robert Rose Education Award in Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology, Mr. Zachary Batts, a master’s degree student in chemical engineering at Purdue University. Through the Rose Award, Mr. Batts will complete a nine-month residency on hydrogen safety research at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, Washington. PNNL is managed and operated by Battelle for the Department of Energy.
AnnouncementsThe US Department of Education’s Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA) program has a
AnnouncementsAmerican Councils for International Education and its Board of Trustees are pleased to announce the appointment of David Patton, PhD, as the third president and CEO to lead the 45-year-old nonprofit. Dr. Patton’s tenure as president began on August 1, 2019. For the past five months, Dr. Patton has served as acting president and CEO.
AnnouncementsAmerican Councils for International Education joins the international community in mourning former Senator Richard Lugar, who died Sunday at the age of 87.
AnnouncementsWASHINGTON — American Councils’ leadership met with Russia's Ambassador to the US, Anatoly Antonov, and representatives from the Russian Embassy to discuss U
AnnouncementsWASHINGTON — The US House of Representatives invited American Councils’ Acting President David Patton to offer testimony yesterday on the impact of