- The Judith Ehm Foundation Fellowships support highly motivated and deserving individuals who have completed at least one year of Korean language study (or the equivalent) and plan to participate in American Councils’ new Korean Intensive Summer Language Program (KISLP), hosted by Chungbuk National University. Applicants should demonstrate the academic and personal qualities necessary to succeed on, and benefit from, the program. Applicants will also demonstrate a strong commitment to the study… Read More
- One of the ways UBL builds lasting partnerships between emerging leaders from Uzbekistan and the United States is through reciprocal projects. This September, UBL administered two reciprocal exchange projects in Uzbekistan that brought U.S. business leaders to inspire new ideas among Uzbek entrepreneurs.Chocolate DiplomacyAmanda Wright, a chocolatier and co-founder of A519 Chocolates, visited Tashkent to collaborate with UBL participant Mariya Portnova on a project titled “Chocolate Academy in… Read More
- Three American foundations, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Richard Lounsbery Foundation, and The Stirling Foundation have awarded grants to American Councils for International Education to create a Ukrainian Visiting Scholars Program (VSP). The program will support displaced Ukrainian university faculty and researchers whose work has been disrupted by the Russian invasion of Ukraine and continuing violence. The VSP allows affected scholars and teachers from Ukraine to resume their work in… Read More
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- Olga Chyzhova, a 2005 FLEX alumna, is one of the exceptional people creating lasting change in her community despite the ongoing conflict as the founder of the Angels of Freedom project. Chernihiv, Ukraine, is roughly 88 miles north of Kyiv in an area that saw significant destruction during the first months of the war. Russian shelling, bombing, and airstrikes left 27 out of the 34 schools in Chernihiv either damaged or destroyed. Olga and the Angels of Freedom project dedicated their mission… Read More
- With support from the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, alumni of the Ukrainian Public Diplomacy Enhancement Program (UPDEP) continued their professional examination of public diplomacy while attending the University of Southern California Center of Public Diplomacy’s (USC CPD) annual Summer Institute at the Annenberg School for Communications and Journalism. The two-week program brought together UPDEP alumni Iryna Borovets (Director General for Public Diplomacy and… Read More
- The annual TCLP Orientation began on August 3 and, over the course of nine days, the exchange teachers participated in a variety of in-person sessions to prepare them to effectively transition into their schools and communities. Throughout the Orientation, the exchange teachers attended pedagogical sessions on lesson planning, differentiated instruction, total physical response (TPR), assessment and cooperative learning.The exchange teachers also visited the National Portrait Gallery, where… Read More
- Enhancing Assistance to Internally Displaced People in Lviv With assistance from the initiative, Olena Gunko, an alumna of the Professional Fellows Program (PFP), recently secured resources for internally displaced people living in Lviv. Through her works as a Director of Information Technology for the Lviv City Council, Olena used the funds to purchase computer equipment to facilitate communication, legal, educational, and employment assistance for forcibly displaced Ukrainians. The… Read More
- While host families provide international students with transforming opportunities for language and personal development—the experience can be equally rewarding for participating families. Each day is a chance to appreciate new perspectives and welcome an exchange student into their community. U.S. host families include single parents, couples without children, military families, empty nesters, and retirees. “The main thing that matters is your heart for hosting and desire to learn about other… Read More
- The Central Asia Academic Writing Workshop is one of several ongoing initiatives under the Central Asia University Partnership Program (UniCEN) platform. UniCEN was launched in 2018 as a regional public affairs and higher education initiative to enhance and promote partnership between higher education institutions in the United States and Central Asian republics (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan). Since its inception, UniCEN has cultivated over 70 collaborative university-to-… Read More
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