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Tag: Sending Kick-Off
The Outbound Sponsored Programs (OSP) team is happy to announce that the 2019-20 National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) application is now available online.
The second Sell Sheet highlights the details and benefits of the Italy High School Program, the Spain High School Program, and the Costa Rica Summer Community Service program.
Which study abroad program would you pick: a year attending high school in Germany or a summer exploring language and culture in China?
To highlight a few of our priority programs, Marketing is producing a series of fact sheets that outline the details and benefits of select destinations.
As we move into “sending” season, we want to make sure you’re aware of all the resources available to volunteers. New and updated marketing materials: We’re excited to announce that marketing has a newly-redesigned study abroad catalog that you can order on the Field Hub. The catalog includes an up-to-date list of year, semester, 4-8 […]
The student portal has been in place now for two sending cycles. During this time, many have joined us in discovering hiccups along the way. We’ve kept the application developers busy with updates and system tweaks which means that there are some aspects of the process that have been adjusted, improved, or redesigned completely. As […]
Just over a year ago, in an effort to adjust the perception of the student interview, we announced a change to our terminology by re-naming the interview as an “Information Session.” Our goal was to make the interview less of an intimidating event and, instead, a more welcoming activity for students and their parents. The […]
We know that building local relationships is essential to sending participants abroad. We are designing and building a Sending widget in MyAFS to help you say “Hello!” to sending applicants and their parents. See who in your team has started an application and use the provided talking points and email templates to help you start […]
Purpose: The Sending Plan Template is a document to help Sending Coordinators and other volunteers plan and prioritize Sending tasks for the upcoming cycle. While it is primarily a tool for the volunteer, it also communicates goals to your TDS and Study Abroad Specialist so there is a reference point for checking in throughout the […]