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.
Tag: Sending
Find out what’s new in national scholarships! Plus, don’t forget to send in your updates on local area team scholarships.
The deadline to apply for the NSLI-Y scholarship is rapidly approaching! Digital brochures and posters are now available.
We’re excited to jump into Fall “Sending” season, when our focus shifts to encouraging U.S. students to go abroad and explore the world. This week, we’re promoting our programs in Ghana, where people value taking the time to enjoy the company of family and friends. Help give high schoolers a sense of what an exchange […]
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 […]
Scholarships and Diversity Team: The Scholarships and Diversity Initiatives Team is excited to announce the recent filling of three staff vacancies. Featured below are the names of all team members and their responsibilities. Jon Meyer, Scholarships Advisor Administering national scholarships Reviewing Global Leaders applications –FAST Addressing general scholarships questions with applicants, parents, staff and […]
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 […]