- Nearly 90 percent of today's 20 million college undergraduates miss out on the opportunity to study abroad. That means, far too often, students do not receive the chance to develop global competencies and cross-cultural understanding. When 94 percent of US companies with international operations state a desire for a workforce with global competencies, there is a real missed opportunity at stake.As college and university faculty, you are on the front line of today's study abroad challenge; and… Read More
- In the stately Longworth House Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. where Congressional Representatives and their staff work and convene over 50 people gathered to attend a briefing held by the International Exchange and Study Caucus. The event focused on the importance of international exchange and study programs, particularly those sponsored by the US Department of State's Bureau of Intercultural and Educational Affairs (ECA). Coordinated by the Alliance for International Exchange… Read More
- At the Eastern-Europe FLEX-Ability Workshop in Kvareli, Georgia, 62 alumni of the Future Leaders of Exchange program known as FLEX gathered at the Ministry of Justice Training Center. Alumni representing the past nine years of the FLEX program travelled to the workshop from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine with a shared goal: take a community need and transform it into a social enterprise using entrepreneurial skills, technology, and STEAM techniques. (STEAM is science,… Read More
- By Kuttubek Rakhmanberdiev, US-Central Asian Education Foundation (US-CAEF) alumnus In this rapidly changing world and this age of increasingly globalized technologies, education has become available practically to anyone who wants to study. Now youth from developing countries, including Kyrgyzstan, can study at leading world universities and work at big international companies. However, many young people in remote provincial regions of our country still do not have enough information about… Read More
- As an American living in Belgrade, Serbia for the past two years, my daily life is a paradox of passing anti-American graffiti and placards mourning those killed in the 1999 NATO bombings as I walk to the homes of Serbian friends who welcome me warmly. To friends in Serbia, I am an American, but not America. To those who don't know me, I am merely a representative of the United States an American conflated with America for better or worse.In Belgrade, taxi drivers speak openly about their fear… Read More
- National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) staff and alumni are pleased to announce "A Day in the Life in Tajikistan," a virtual event presented by NSLI-Y Interactive on September 26, 2016 at 7:00PM EST. Four NSLI-Y summer alumni will reflect on their experiences as Persian (Tajiki) language students, cultural ambassadors, and NSLI-Y scholarship recipients, and present on specific aspects from their summer in Tajikistan, followed by a Q&A. The alumni are looking forward to… Read More
- The Russian Chamber Art Society concert series is dedicated to bringing this beautiful but rarely heard repertoire to concert halls across North America. Founded and directed by Vera Danchencko-Stern, the 2016-17 concert series is sure to delight concertgoers and appreciators of Russian vocal chamber music, especially in the genre of Russian "romance" art songs, which are virtually absent from the concert halls. The Russian Chamber Art Society will celebrate the opening of its 11th season… Read More
- The US Central Asia Foundation's (US-CAEF) summer regional internship program offers sophomore fellows an opportunity to take the first steps on their career paths. Formerly held only in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic and Almaty, Kazakhstan, the Foundation expanded the internship program to Dushanbe, Tajikistan this past summer. Directors hope that internships in Tajikistan can help fellows foster business contacts that will increase the likelihood of Tajik fellows returning to their country to find… Read More
- Romania is getting newly acquainted with young, energetic students wearing blue t-shirts reading, "FLEX!" The Future Leaders Exchange Program (FLEX) is a longstanding US Department of State-funded initiative that brings over 800 exceptional high school students from 16 countries in Europe and Eurasia to spend a year living with an American family, attending a local US high school, and immersing themselves in American culture. Included in these 16 are seven newly added countries: Estonia, Latvia… Read More
- This past school year, K-12 English teachers across Moldova teamed up to launch Operation P.E.A.C.E: the Practical and Entertaining Adventure for Conflict Resolution and English Teaching Program.The teachers founded the initiative based on a belief that, in an ideal education system, learning techniques to solve interpersonal conflicts and build cooperation could be incorporated into all classroom subjects.The teachers decided to apply games as a means of integrating these topics into their… Read More
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