- In 2015, students in Armenia will have access to a new scholarship opportunity through the Opportunity Fund, thanks to a partnership between the US Department of State, EducationUSA, and American Councils for International Education. The Opportunity Fund will support highly talented but financially disadvantaged Armenian students who have the goal of pursuing higher education at an accredited institution in the United States with funds for university applications, standardized tests, visa… Read More
- After four successful years in the South Caucasus, the FLEX-Ability Conference launched in Almaty, Kazakhstan to offer FLEX alumni in Central Asia intensive training to develop community service projects and effectively share their projects with their communities "It was a great FLEX-Ability Conference with awesome people! I met a lot of enthusiastic alumni who have splendid ideas about ways to improve their communities, societies, and countries. I was really amazed by everyone I met," said… Read More
- High School Students from the U.S and Japan Reunite on the TOMODACHI US-Japan Youth Exchange ProgramOn November 14, 2014, the American and Japanese participants of the 2014 TOMODACHI US-Japan Youth Exchange Program gathered in Tokyo to present their experiences on the program. The American students from Washington, D.C. were at the end of their two-week program in Japan, and had recently returned from the disaster-affected areas of Tohoku, where they had learned about needs on the ground from local nonprofits. Participants shared their stories in front of US Embassy Tokyo Deputy Chief of… Read More
- 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
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