With the MyAFS Contacts & Visits widget now available to all volunteers, the Monthly Contact Mobile site will be shut down in mid-July (final date to be announced). If you haven’t started using the C&V widget yet, now is the time! We encourage you to use it to record any remaining contacts for the year. […]
Dear AFS-USA Volunteers, I am very pleased to announce that we are finished with our rehiring process! We were very lucky and appreciative to have so many wonderful applicants, and felt that this necessitated a thorough review of the applicants that we selected. Now, I would like to introduce our three newest members of the […]
It’s almost time for the most emotional day of the AFS year…Departure Day! With many teams about to begin their pre-departure orientations, we decided to show the world how AFSers are feeling right now with a Facebook post. Want to share it with your Facebook friends? Highlight and copy the sample caption below, and then […]
This week, we launched the Placements widget on MyAFS, and it has never been easier for every AFS Volunteer to see the host students that are community placed in their team and regionally available. The Placements widget is launching as we get ready for the upcoming End of Stay orientations and D-Days, which are happening […]
Each year, a few countries elect not to allow us to waive a rule (The AFS International Presidential Policy for Timely Placements) created by AFS International that requires placement earlier than we normally set our FPC deadlines. This year, those countries are POR, PER and ESP. In order to avoid additional fees/expenses charged to AFS-USA […]
AFS-USA Alumni, Tom Robertson (U.S. to Germany 1967-68) and John Canning (U.S. to Germany 1991-92), attended their alma mater, Princeton, for a panel discussion event earlier this month. Below is a recap of the event from Tom and John: It was great to be joined by so many AFSers in their orange finery at Princeton […]
In order to clarify the Religion question (Form C, Q 11) in our Host Family Online Application, we have revised the question based on feedback and input from representatives from Hosting Operations, RMCQA, Team Development and Field Operations. We hope the question is now clear, based on the department of state requirements, and helpful in […]
During the recent House State-Foreign Operations (SFOPS) Appropriations Subcommittee Hearing on the administration’s FY2018 budget request for the Department of State, Pennsylvania Congressman Charlie Dent (R) voiced his strong support for educational and cultural exchange programs and expressed concern about the 55% cut to exchange program funding proposed by the Trump administration for FY2018. Focusing particularly […]
I am very pleased to let you all know that the Customer Experience Department is making a positive change in the way that we interact with volunteers and field staff. After gathering feedback from volunteers and staff at the NVA, organizing individual meetings, and conducting in depth team review of the 2016-2017 year in Sending, we […]
Congratulations! Now that it’s June, we are officially in the final month of the NH16 hosting cycle and our students will return home soon. While we understand this can be a very emotional and busy time of year, remember that every student and their host family must have a contact recorded in the month of […]