- I love being an exchange student because of the way confusion turns into amazement. Earlier this year, while doing homework in my room, my host mom walked in and asked if I wanted to come to a jazz concert. Of course I said yes. The number one rule of being an exchange student is to always say yes when someone invites you somewhere. My host mom then added, "You should change, it's at the President's residence!" President, I assumed at the moment, meant the president of the jazz association, who… Read More
- American Councils is pleased to congratulate William Brumfield--Professor of Slavic Studies at Tulane University, Honorary Fellow at the Russian Academy of Fine Arts, and historian of Russian architecture--on receiving the Dmitry Sergeyevich Likhachev Foundation Prize "for outstanding contributions to the preservation of the historic and cultural heritage of Russia." Mr. Brumfield was awarded the Likhachev Prize during a ceremony held in main hall of the St. Petersburg's Kochubei Mansion on… Read More
- Story adapted from African Languages Initiative (AFLI) Student Jacqueline Rojas, Florida State University We arrived at the Belgian NGO APOPO laboratory in Eduardo Mondlane University's College of Veterinary Medicine in Maputo, Mozambique, and were introduced to Galinha, Henry, and Tariq African pouched rats the size of small dogs who are being trained in laboratories by APOPO to be HERO rats in locations such as Maputo. Rats like Galinha, Henry, and Tariq were initially used as mine-… Read More
- In September, Professional Fellows Program (PFP) alumnus Gegham Gevorgyan hosted his US supervisor Joe Ayala in Armenia. Mr. Ayala is Principal Deputy Legislative Counsel from the State of California Office of Legislative Counsel in Sacramento, California. Through the PFP program, the pair implemented a joint project called Creating Business Guides. The goal of the project is to prepare a sample business guide on all processes of the services provided by the Armenian government. The draft… Read More
- The Kosovo American Education Fund (KAEF) celebrates its tenth anniversary as well as the arrival of its newest class of seven graduate fellows. This group of select students from Kosovo will begin their studies in some of the country's most prestigious university graduate programs. Over the last ten years, KAEF has awarded 64 merit-based scholarships to Kosovar students who have distinguished themselves with high academic achievement and who have returned to Kosovo after their graduate studies… Read More
- YES Exchange alum Moiz Rehan is helping young students in Pakistan's rural area of Pallandri a small town in the province of Kashmir learn English. Moiz, who studied in the US and lived with an American host family as a part of the YES program in the 2012-2013 academic year, is also a member alum of the Workshop for Youth Leaders in Teaching English (WYLTE), an enhancement opportunity offered to select students and is sponsored by the US Department of State's Bureau of Educational and… Read More
- Since returning to Kenya, YES program alumnus Mwalimu William Karisa ('12) has become an adovocate for positive change on several development service projects in his home community.While on the YES program, Mwalimu lived with a host family and attended high school in Blue Grass, Iowa, where he learned about American society and values, developed leadership skills, and helped educate Americans about his country and culture.During his time in the US, he began "looking at the differences that we… Read More
- As a part of a sister school exchange, Chinese students from No. 6 Middle School in Yichang, China visited Sonoran Trails Middle School in Cave Creek, Arizona, with the support from the Teachers of Critical Languages Program (TCLP).While in the U.S, the students spent several days in Arizona, where they visited the Grand Canyon, attended a rodeo, and shadowed their sister school peers.Chinese students noticed several differences in student life between the two countries. The trip's organizer,… Read More
- This July, six Japanese students and an educator from Tokyo's Keio SFC High School traveled to Washington, D.C. for a two-week exchange, where they lived with host families, as part of the TOMODACHI US Japan Youth Exchange Program. While in the US, the Japanese students were joined by six high school students from Washington, D.C. public schools. In November, the D.C. group of students will travel to Tokyo and to the Tohoku region, which was devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.… Read More
- The Young Professionals Network, an initiative of the Eurasia Foundation (EF), selected staff member Olivia Goldstein, Program Associate for Innovation and Capacity Building at American Councils, as a member of the 2014-15 cohort. The program identifies young professionals who share EF's commitment to international engagement and the expansion of economic and social opportunities for all citizens in the Eurasia region. The program identifies young professionals who share EF's commitment to… Read More
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