- American Councils’ supporters enjoyed a reception and tour last week at the Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center in Washington, DC at the 2019 donor appreciation event. This annual gathering celebrates the generous contributions of American Councils' donors, whose support funds scholarships for outbound participants and helps to make study abroad programs more accessible to students across the United States. To date, donors have supported more than 100 scholarships for American students studying… Read More
- Editor's note: Yulia Bychkovska spent the 2015-16 school year attending high school in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, as part of the Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) program. She is currently studying international business and business administration at Columbia College in Missouri. She's not sure yet what she'll do after graduation, but she knows she'll have her mom's support. When my mom met me at the airport after my exchange year in Ohio, instead of balloons or a cheesy poster, she met me… Read More
- When the outgoing Kyrgyz ambassador to the US invited me to join him at his farewell reception in January, I gladly accepted. Attending a gathering at Blair House–the US president’s guest house–was a first for me. I was doubly honored when Ambassador Kadyr Toktogulov thanked me by name during his remarks. And I was completely surprised by what I heard next. “Did you study in Moscow in the 1980s?” a man standing near me asked. We recognized each other immediately.… Read More
- Exchange programs come in variety of forms, from high school or college students to researchers and professionals including entrepreneurs. Our innovation programs work with startup founders to establish relationships between emerging technology leaders and US-based experts. The ultimate goal: to get out of the building and validate their products in a global setting. Recently, our Innovation team welcomed three international EdTech startups to the United States for customer discovery… Read More
- The 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. The course, which is part of the STEM education component of the American Language Center, aims to help students develop the mindset of an engineer, increase their ability to construct and program open-source robots, and further their overall programming… Read More
- Interest in study abroad is strong in Kyrgyzstan, as evidenced by high attendance at the International Education Fair held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan this past fall. The fair attracted 300 high school students, university students, and adults interested in pursuing education abroad. Attendees had the opportunity to receive individual consultations as well as to attend presentations on opportunities to study English, how to prepare for US university entrance exams, and how to apply for study abroad… Read More
- Ten alumni of the Future Leaders Exchange initiative (FLEX) from Kyrgyzstan were honored for their completion of the Exchanges to Internships Program this past September. The program selects a group of FLEX alumni each year to participate in internships with the Kyrgyz government. The program also celebrated its sixth year in Kyrgyzstan and its growing alumni community. At the ceremony, interns discussed the opportunities and challenges of working in government with potential future applicants… Read More
- The US Central Asia Foundation's (US-CAEF) summer regional internship program offers sophomore fellows an opportunity to take the first steps on their career paths. Formerly held only in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic and Almaty, Kazakhstan, the Foundation expanded the internship program to Dushanbe, Tajikistan this past summer. Directors hope that internships in Tajikistan can help fellows foster business contacts that will increase the likelihood of Tajik fellows returning to their country to find… Read More
- Romania is getting newly acquainted with young, energetic students wearing blue t-shirts reading, "FLEX!" The Future Leaders Exchange Program (FLEX) is a longstanding US Department of State-funded initiative that brings over 800 exceptional high school students from 16 countries in Europe and Eurasia to spend a year living with an American family, attending a local US high school, and immersing themselves in American culture. Included in these 16 are seven newly added countries: Estonia, Latvia… Read More
- Towards the end of an immersive summer in China, National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) students studying Chinese in Nanjing through a US Department of State grant administered by American Councils, traveled to Shanghai for a meeting with US Secretary of Education John B. King, Jr. The meeting was held at the US Consulate in Shanghai's historic district, home to many embassies and historic mansions. Joshua Lustig, Cultural Affairs Officer and Marina Ritseme, Vice Consul of the… Read More
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