1. My Extended Minnesota Family

   Fahmida Zaman sometimes missed her family in Bangladesh during her Global Undergraduate Exchange Program experience. She spent the better part of 2012 at St. Catherine University in Minnesota, well removed from her home. But, she is thankful for the connections she made with professors, her “friendship family,” American and international students, and one very memorable meeting with another Bangladeshi.

2. Learning a Language and Making Personal Connections

   CLS Participant Makes Personal Connections While Learning a Language

3. CBYX German Participant of the Month: March 2019

   We are happy to announce Karina Meitinger, a Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) young professional participant, as the March 2019 CBYX German Participant of the Month.

4. October 2019 CBYX German Participant of the Month

   We are happy to announce Isabelle Dik, a Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) young professional participant, as the October 2019 CBYX German Participant of the Month.

5. CBYX Inbound Participant of the Month: June 2018

   We are pleased to announce Nicole Peckhaus, a participant of the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) for young professionals from Leverkusen, Germany, as the June 2018 CBYX
   Participant of the Month.

6. English Language Fellow Program - Eligibility & Application

   Through the English Language Fellow Program (EL Fellow) highly qualified U.S. educators in the field of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) participate in 10-month-long fellowships at academic institutions throughout the world. This program is an English For All initiative.

7. Understanding Through First-Hand Experience

   There may be small differences in the way we dress and what we eat, but we are all basically the same in our needs for protection, love, comfort, and freedom.

8. Kennedy-Lugar YES Program

   

   The Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) Program provides scholarships to high school students.

9. P2P: Challenging Extremism Together

   To combat the spread of hateful and deceptive propaganda, the U.S. government is investing in creative ways to work with civil society and academia to challenge the rhetoric. The P2P (Peer to Peer): Challenging Extremism initiative is a leading example.

10. Teaching Others to Reach for the Stars

    The outreach abroad program sought not only to engage optical scientists and engineers, but to also make a lasting impact on local high school students.

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