1. 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.

2. Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program

   The Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship Program provides merit-based scholarships to outstanding American undergraduate students with high financial need, equipping them with the international experience, global networks, and foreign language skills essential to keep the United States safe, strong, and prosperous.

3. National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y)

   National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) provides merit-based scholarships to U.S. high school students interested in learning less-commonly studied foreign languages overseas.

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   EMPOWER Participants Promote Disability Rights Around the World

   

   EMPOWER participants work together to promote disability rights.

5. "Heritage in Peril" Photo Gallery

   

   U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was joined by distinguished members of the preservation and museum community for “Heritage in Peril: Iraq and Syria,” an event at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on September 22, 2014 to highlight the destruction of irreplaceable cultural heritage taking place throughout Iraq and Syria.

6. American Abroad Student of the Month - March 2016

7. American Abroad Student of the Month - October 2016

   Although apprehensive at first about jumping into Chinese-only classes, Mackenzie embraced her experience and has taken advantage of resources such as her tutors and classmates.

8. Lon Gibson Interview

   “CLS was truly an amazing opportunity. It was a chance to study a language and culture that few Americans know about.” –Lon Gibson

9. CBYX Student of the Month – November 2017

   We are pleased to announce Tim Oswald, a YFU-placed, Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) student from Germany, hosted in California, as the November 2017 CBYX Participant of the Month.

10. Fulbright Arctic Initiative

    The Fulbright Arctic Initiative will support a team of scholars and researchers from the Arctic Council member countries to research and assess the impact of change in the Arctic and engage in collaborative thinking, analysis and problem solving.

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