- Celebrate Kosovo and Albania In October, we will welcome 200+ guests for our 9th annual Silent Auction in Washington, DC. The annual event highlights unique regions of the world where we work while raising money for scholarships. This year, we invite you to learn more about our work in Kosovo and Albania, while supporting and promoting scholarships for emerging leaders of both countries.The Kosovo American Education Fund (KAEF) and the Master’s and Internship Program (MIP) extend merit-… Read More
- Join experts from Amazon, Duolingo, and the American Councils Research Center, as they discuss the intersection of artificial intelligence and linguistics. Early bird tickets for this one-day event are available until July 15. Digital advances are revolutionizing our linguistic landscape, our possibilities for communication, the interaction between languages, and our very identities. Language apps and other forms of language automation are increasingly impacting language teaching,… Read More
- It started with a text message in 2012: “Love it. Definitely!”That was Sheila Green’s response after her husband Brian asked if she was open to hosting a fellow from Ukraine.Five fellows later, the Green family has no plans of stopping. They’ve hosted two fellows from Ukraine, two from Georgia, and one from Armenia—all through the Professional Fellows Program (PFP). The State Department sponsored program, which is administered by American Councils, is a two-way exchange for young professionals… Read More
- When Kyle Spawn decided to study abroad in Moscow in 2018, he already knew a thing or two about living in Russia. He played with Russian alphabet blocks as a child. The family dog could sit and stay if asked in English or Russian. His mom even made a few Russian meals for him and his brother. Her family is Dutch, but Carla Spawn made an effort to share Russia with her children as well. Nearly 40 years before her son studied in Russia, she had studied abroad there too -- and on the same… Read More
- Share your corner of AmericaFor decades, our exceptional exchange students have shared meals, holidays, and laughter with American host families. To date, more than 40,000 students from over 50 countries have been hosted in every U.S. state, thanks to generous and welcoming American families of every kind.Sponsored on U.S. government scholarships, exchange students supported by American Councils spend an academic year at local high schools, eagerly sharing their cultures, contributing to their… Read More
- WASHINGTON — More than 200 exchange students celebrated on Capitol Hill last week, marking their graduation from the Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) program. The ceremony for the 26th graduating class included students from Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Poland, Romania, and Ukraine, and featured special speeches by students from Ukraine and Moldova. State Department officials, congressional staff, and embassy representatives joined host families, local coordinators… Read More
- American Councils is pleased to invite you to a reception, cordially hosted by the Embassy of Uzbekistan to the United States, to celebrate our shared commitment to international education. Join us as we enjoy Uzbek hospitality, food, drinks, and conversation with colleagues new and old. Remarks will begin at 5:15PM with a welcome from Ambassador Javlon Vakhabov. RSVP
- Editor's note: Maria Karapetyan arrived in Wisconsin in 2003, an exchange student on the Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) program. Through the program she learned about American society and values, shared Armenian values with her community, and developed leadership skills. She has continued to hone her leadership skills through the years and in January 2019, she became a member of parliament in her home country of Armenia. Give us an overview of your… Read More
- Editor's note: This letter to the editor was originally published in the Washington Post on May 10. I was disappointed to see in the April 29 front-page obituary for former senator Richard G. Lugar, “Senator was key in U.S. foreign policy,” no mention of his role as co-founder of the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) Program, which brings nearly 1,000 high school students to the United States every year. The Indiana Republican spoke annually to these students about how… Read More
- American Councils for International Education joins the international community in mourning former Senator Richard Lugar, who died Sunday at the age of 87.The longest serving senator in Indiana’s history, Mr. Lugar dedicated much of his 36-year career to foreign policy, advocating for nuclear non-proliferation and twice serving as the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012.In the wake of 9/11, he and the late Senator Edward “Ted”… Read More
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