- WASHINGTON—In celebration of National Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Day, aptly named for the atomic weight, 1.008, of element number one—hydrogen—American Councils for International Education announces its plans to establish the “Fuel Cell Rose Education Award.” This award is a tribute to Robert Rose, who founded the US Fuel Cell Council in 1998, the national trade association for fuel cell technologies in the US, which ultimately became the Fuel Cell Hydrogen Energy Association. Mr. Rose served… Read More
- Washington, DC —American Councils for International Education and the Ministry of Public Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to formally advance international education initiatives between Uzbekistan and the United States. American Councils President Lorne W. Craner and Minister of Public Education Sherzod Shermatov, Republic of Uzbekistan, signed the MoU on Thursday morning at American Councils’ headquarters in Washington, DC.“We look… 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 semester-long programs in Moscow and Dushanbe. US K-12 teachers are also eligible for the new scholarship funding and are strongly encouraged to apply. A total of 30 scholarships will be awarded – 10 each for summer 2019, fall 2019, and spring… Read More
- WASHINGTON, DC — US Ambassador Pamela Spratlen and Deputy Justice Minister Akbar Tashkulov officially welcomed American Councils for International Education to Uzbekistan yesterday. The US Department of State announced that American Councils is the first nongovernmental organization (NGO) to be registered in Uzbekistan in 15 years. This announcement was formalized when Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited the White House earlier this summer.The new partnership between… Read More
- American Councils has signed on to support a master’s degree fellowship for Albanian professionals, the sponsoring organizations announced on Saturday. The Master’s and Internship Program, first established by Albanian-American Development Foundation (AADF) in 2016, is a merit-based opportunity for Albanians to earn master’s level degrees at accredited US universities. The fellowship is open to Albanian residents who are expected to demonstrate professional aptitude and leadership potential in… Read More
- KYIV – The former president of Bulgaria spoke at the American Councils office in Ukraine, this week, as part of a special envoy promoting educational opportunities between the two countries. The American University in Bulgaria (AUBG) organized “The Future of Leadership” event, which featured an address by former President Rosen Plevneliev, who pointed out proudly that AUBG is located in his hometown of Blagoevgrad. Mr. Plevneliev’s time in office saw major foreign investments in Bulgaria and… Read More
- American Councils for International Education and the Portugal-based, Camões, Institute for Cooperation and Language, I.P. are partnering to strengthen the study and teaching of Portuguese language and cultures in the United States of America, and to support world language education at large. The partnership will directly promote the National Examinations in World Languages (NEWL ), a series of language assessments in critical and less-commonly taught languages, including Portuguese.The NEWL… Read More
- We are pleased to announce the launch of the Academic Fellowships in Russia program. Provided by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York, the American Councils Academic Fellowships in Russia (AFR) will support US graduate students enrolled in PhD programs in the social sciences, post-doctoral fellows, university faculty, and independent scholars to conduct on-site research and fieldwork in Russia for periods of three to nine months on topics within the social science disciplines. About… Read More
- Friends, partners, and colleagues joined us to celebrate Dr. Dan E. Davidson's legacy in international education by raising money for scholarships. President Lorne Craner and Trustees of American Councils for International Education were pleased to host our partners and friends at the Cosmos Club in Washington, D.C. on November 8th to celebrate American Councils' President Emeritus Dr. Dan E. Davidson's 45-year legacy of expanding US engagement in international education and academic… Read More
- Filling the stately Kennedy Caucus room in the Russell Senate Office Building today, 230 exuberant high school exchange students from the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) program capped off their 2016-17 academic year with some well-earned fanfare. Speakers at-the-ready to congratulate the group of scholarship students included former US Senator Richard Lugar (YES program co-founder) and Mark Taplin, Acting Assistant Secretary for the US Department of State's Bureau of Educational… Read More
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