Results are Tagged with "Western Hemisphere"
UGRAD Alum Organizes Charity Run Across Ukraine
While studying in the United States, Eurasian Undergraduate Exchange Program (UGRAD) alum Andriy Maksymovych met an activist who biked across the U.S. to raise money for charity. Andriy decided to adapt the idea to raise money for premature babies in his native Ukraine.
International Writing Program - Video
Christopher Merrill, Director of the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa, explains the valuable cultural exchanges that take place each year when writers from around the world gather for a semester in Iowa City to discuss and share their craft.
A Year of Salvation and Professional Development
A Year of Salvation and Professional Development
Uncharted Waters
Beatriz Recinos, an undergraduate student from El Salvador, studied oceanography and geophysics at Humboldt State University in Northern California while participating in the Global Undergraduate Exchange Program.
Reflections on the Impact of the International Visitor Leadership Program - Dorothy Riddle
Dorothy Riddle tells a story of how the simplest of activities can change someone's whole perspective on life and relationships.
Reflections on the Impact of the International Visitor Leadership Program - Jena Melancon
Jena Melancon, Executive Director, Gulf Coast Citizen Diplomacy Council, talks about the visit of a group of Boy Scout Leaders to the local Boy Scout chapter, and how their interaction has had lasting community effects.
Reflections on the Impact of the International Visitor Leadership Program - Katka Lessing
Katka Letzing, Lead Program Officer and Marketing Manager, Institute for International Education, West Coast Center, San Francisco, California tells a story of learning about individual courage while having fun and developing a new hobby on the San Francisco Bay.
Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX)
The Congress -- Bundestag Youth Exchange Program (CBYX) known in Germany as the Parlamentarisches Patenschafts -Programm (PPP), is an academic scholarship for both German and American teens.
I am a Citizen Diplomat
National Council for International Visitors "Citizen Diplomats" from around the country share what they believe it means to be a citizen diplomat.