1. Gain Cultural Competency: Learn Japanese in Japan!

   Grace Meng, a Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) alumna, tells us about the CLS program enhanced her career in nursing.

2. Creating Space for Chinese Culture in California

   Through his NSLI-Y experience in Suzhou, Ben immersed himself in the language and culture he had only been able to explore from a distance.

3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - Global Cultural Ambassador

   

   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a Global Cultural Ambassador for the U.S. Department of State. He traveled to Brazil to promote education.

4. Discovering American Culture

   Nodirjon Siddikov was expecting many things when he came to Rochester, New York, as part of the Fulbright Foreign Student Program in 2009, but a vibrant food culture was not one of them.

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   Exchange Programs Bring Culture and Diversity to Life For Grantees’ Families

   Exchange Programs Bring Culture and Diversity to Life For Grantees’ Families

6. Center Stage: Connecting Music and Culture

   

   Video of Center Stage group, Democratoz, a band from Algeria that celebrates the way music can connect people throughout the world.

7. Mastering Language, Translating Culture

   Georgia native Evangelista traveled to Suzhou, China during the summer of 2012 to study Chinese as a National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) participant.

8. Connecting Cultures to Combat Climate Change

   

   A recent Museums Connect exchange brought students and museum professionals from Mongolia together with contemporaries in the U.S. to gain deeper understanding of climate change around the world.

9. Exchange Examines the Culture of Service in the United States

   State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs sponsored a multi-regional project through its International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) to examine the impact of volunteerism on the volunteers themselves and the communities they serve.

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    YES Abroad Alumna Receives Citizen Diplomacy Award for Dedication to Service, Cultural Exchange

    After her exchange, Sarah Bibbey cofounded an NGO in Kumasi, Ghana called Enliven Mama Africa, which empowers Ghanaian mothers through a diverse portfolio of strategies.

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