- American Councils welcomed a crowd to its DC headquarters last week for the 9th annual silent auction, which garnered support for scholarships for bright, international scholars.The annual fundraiser focuses on a region of the world where American Councils operates and, this year, programs in Albania and Kosovo took center stage. Dignitaries from both countries addressed the VIP reception, which was officiated by AC board of trustees’ member, Gazmend Gjonbalaj.In his opening address, Mr.… Read More
- WASHINGTON—The US Department of State will provide $4 million to continue the US-Central Asia Education Foundation (US-CAEF) Enterprise Student Fellowship, a prestigious scholarship enabling students throughout Central Asia to complete undergraduate degrees in business and economics at the American University of Central Asia (AUCA) in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.The State Department’s award includes funding for 15 students who began their studies at AUCA in September 2019, and will support 75 students… Read More
- As a little girl in Kosovo, Zana Zeqiri Rudi’s role models didn’t come from fairy tales or TV shows. Instead, she looked up to the ambassadors she heard on the evening news. She was born in Pristina, Kosovo in 1983, when it was still a part of Yugoslavia. Her childhood coincided with conflict as Kosovo struggled for independence, and her early English skills allowed her to watch the international news reports with her parents each night. Those reports contained both horror and… Read More
- Editor's note: In 1996, Thomas Burns decided to take his study of the Russian language to the next level by spending a semester in St. Petersburg and what is now the Russian Language and Area Studies Program. Since then, he's lived and worked in several other countries while building his career as a visual storyteller. Today, he is based in Tbilisi, Georgia. Why did you decide to study abroad in Russia?I had been studying Russian at college in the US, but I just wasn’t happy with… Read More
- NEWL exams are scored by our psychometricians, assessment specialists, linguists, and experienced language raters. Exam results are released in June of each year. Each student’s score is graded on a 5-point scale, comparable to College Board AP scores. Students receive an AP®-style score report, which can be submitted for college credit or placement consideration. To support recognition, each score report is accompanied by the official AP College Board letter sent directly to universities.… Read More
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- Editor’s Note: October 10 is World Mental Health Day. We asked Ms. Huang, program manager for the Chinese Overseas Flagship Program, to talk about the positive impact mindfulness can have, particularly during study abroad experiences. What’s the first image that comes to mind when you hear the word ‘mindfulness’? Is it an idyllic scene of Bohemians in long skirts frolicking across a green field? Or, do you perhaps see a young monk serenely sitting within a Buddhist temple in lotus pose?… Read More
- WASHINGTON—In 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… Read More
- The US Department of Education’s Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA) program has awarded $238,500 to American Councils to continue to provide scholarships to advanced undergraduate and graduate students of Russian and Persian participating in its Advanced Russian Language and Area Studies Program (RLASP) in Moscow and Eurasian Regional Language Program (ERLP) in Dushanbe. US K-12 teachers are also eligible for the new scholarship funding and are encouraged to apply. A total… Read More
- Editor’s note: Anastasiya Gulak is a program assistant for Open World who grew up speaking Ukrainian and Russian. She later studied English and French and has maintained her skills in all four languages. She has worked as an interpreter, volunteered as a translator for refugees and students, and continues to seek out opportunities to hone her skills. She offered her tips for studying, learning, and maintaining a second (or third, or fourth) language. My love for foreign languages … Read More
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