- Editor’s Note: Every year, a select group of high school exchange students converge in Washington, DC for the Civic Education Workshop. For one week, these students learn about civic engagement, the US government, and share stories of their exchange and home countries with representatives in meetings on Capitol Hill. In between meetings with members of Congress and their staff, exchange students reflected on their time in America. Aleksis Satka From: Albania Hosted in: Utah… Read More
- Editor’s note: When Aurelian Dragoș Mohan isn’t representing Romania as a United Nations Youth Delegate, he is a masters student, studying comparative politics at the University of Bucharest. He is an alumnus of the Elie Wiesel Study Tour, a program sponsored by the US Embassy in Romania and implemented by American Councils, with the support of the Embassy of Israel in Romania and Elie Wiesel National Institute for the Study of Holocaust in Romania. Mr. Mohan was selected as one of two UN youth… Read More
- 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
- Editor’s note: American high school student Aya Obeid is spending her 2018-19 academic year in Lithuania participating in the Exchanges for Culture, Education, and Leadership (ExCEL) Abroad program, which is administered by American Councils Lithuania and supported by the Kazickas Family Foundation. She travelled to Yerevan, Armenia this month to participate in an international European Youth Parliament session, as a delegate of Lithuania. The week that I spent in Armenia was one of the… Read More
- WASHINGTON – American Councils for International Education has selected the five US universities that will spend this year working with higher education institutions in Kazakhstan to build partnerships and support internationalization efforts in both countries. American Councils awarded grants to the five US schools this spring, the culmination of the US-Kazakhstan University Coaching program, which is a two-year initiative supported and funded by the US Embassy in Astana to… 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
- Hello! I’m Isabella, and I’m very excited to tell you all about my very busy past semester as a participant on the American Councils Russian Overseas Flagship Program, hosted at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (KazNU) in Almaty, Kazakhstan! I’ve been studying Russian since I was a freshman in college. When I started, I did not think that it would turn into anything very serious. But since then, I have not stopped, and I’m always looking for new ways I can use my Russian. I am really… Read More
- After a decade in DC, I’ve learned that politics are everywhere: in newspapers, overheard conversations on the metro, even the graffiti. So I wasn’t shocked to see a feature on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in Bon Appetit Magazine, but I was surprised by a detail I hadn’t seen reported anywhere else. Studying abroad changed her life. I’m a study abroad alumnus who now works in the field of international education, and I’m not far in age from the youngest congresswoman ever elected, so… Read More
- Editor's note: We polled our staff all over the world about what to bring on exchange. The submissions ranged from snacks to mindsets. (Almost everyone mentioned having an open mind, an absolute exchange essential!) Here is our top ten list: 1. A good pair of shoes for exploring. 2. Small doses of familiar flavors (spices, food mixes, etc.) to share with your host community--or to help combat homesickness. 3. Measuring cups! It makes baking for your host family and friends so much… Read More
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