AFS-USA will be closed from 2:00 PM ET December 22 and will reopen on January 2. There will be Duty Officer coverage the entire time.
Tag: Participant Support
We are excited to announce that the Participant Support Department has hired an Administrative Assistant—Nahla Menasy!
We are excited to announce the newest member of the Participant Support Department: Natalie Rehberger!
View an updated chart of Participant Support’s current Area Team assignments, with the addition of two new staff.
We are excited to share the Belo USA programs being offered to AFS participants in the 2017-2018 program year. Many of you will remember the time when AFSers spent several days together on their AFS Bus Trips prior to returning home. These trips were fun, educational, and perhaps most importantly, they helped foster a sense […]
Dear Volunteers, As Hurricane Irma makes its way north, support staff has been working closely with support volunteers and TDS staff in Florida, Georgia, South and North Carolina to monitor all placements. All partners, whose students’ host families have left their homes and moved to different locations, have been notified. As we expect more student […]
Have you ever wondered, “Which teams (besides mine) does my Participant Support Specialist work with?” This chart shows all Participant Support Staff’s current Area Team assignments, as well as the coverage plan until a new Support Specialist for the East team is hired. You can also view and contact the Participant Support Specialist assigned to your team on […]
This time of year we get a lot of questions about student medical cards. This is a friendly reminder that this information is available on MyAFS and ID cards (which contain medical information) can be printed in bulk from Global Link. Once all of the students have arrived, new cards will be sent directly to […]
We are excited to announce the newest member of the Participant Support Department, Alyssa Berusch! Alyssa attended the University of Albany and graduated in 2013 with a B.A. in Psychology and European history. She studied abroad in Barcelona, Spain during her undergraduate studies where she furthered her love of travel, culture, and language. After graduation, […]