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Tag: YES Abroad
AFS has been mentioned in several articles within the past few weeks. Please use these stories to help promote our work and mission.
America the Bilingual Podcast Interviews AFS-USA AFS-USA President Jorge Castro participated in a podcast episode about the benefits of immersive, long-term study abroad programs. The episode is part of the America the Bilingual podcast hosted by Steve Leveen and supported by the Lead with Languages campaign of ACTFL. With the help of several guest speakers, […]
AFS/YES Student From India Receives Full Scholarship to Wellesley College In 2014, Manvi Chaudhury was a Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) scholarship recipient from India who was hosted with AFS-USA in Minneapolis, MN. “After that year I started dreaming of doing more,” she said. Now Manvi, who comes from a rural village in India, […]
The following stories are great examples of AFS-USA programs, students and families featured in the media. You can use these pieces to promote AFS in your area and as inspiration for pitching stories to your own local media outlets! AFS Exchange Students in Minnesota Reflect on Study Abroad From learning how to be more independent to […]
Back in the fall, my school hosted a special day where all of the classes sold food or handicrafts to other students to raise money for class trips and other activities. My class decided to sell moo bing, or grilled flavored pork on a stick. I joined many of my classmates the day before to […]
I’ve always been interested in other cultures, but never thought much about my own. Prior to coming on exchange, I had a hard time identifying American culture. I saw culture as presentable things such as traditional dress, foods, dance, holidays, etc. Of course we do have holidays, but they were just “normal” holidays to me. Thus, when […]
Great news! You can now view lists of ALL 2017-18 NSLI-Y summer and academic year finalists and 2017-18 YES Abroad finalists. How to Access the Finalists Lists: As a security measure to safeguard student privacy, volunteers must possess an AFS Wiki username and password to access the finalists lists. Please log into your AFS Wiki […]
AFS-implemented CBYX and YES Abroad Finalists can be expected in Global Link by April 7, and we’ll plan to send emails to all TDS staff as soon as they’re available so that in-home information session and PDO invites can go out! In the meantime, we’re happy to share two YES Abroad highlight stories: Reflections from […]