A farewell after almost two decades at AFS
After almost two decades at AFS leading cornerstone strategic initiatives to strengthen AFS as a future-ready education organization and, most recently, serving as the Executive Director of the AFS Center…
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New Study Abroad Scholarships for Greek High Schoolers
High schoolers from Greece can now apply to study abroad in one of 18 destinations across Europe, Asia, North America, and South America through AFS Intercultural Programs. Eight full scholarships…
AFS changemakers from 22 countries take part in virtual bp Global STEM Academy
110 scholars from 22 countries are participating in the first-ever virtual edition of the bp Global STEM Academies. The Academies, which are typically four-week in-person programs in Brazil, Egypt, India…
The Next Generation of STEM Leaders Will Be Global
110 students receive scholarships to start their STEM and global competence education this July The bp Global STEM Academies, full scholarship study abroad programs for young people energized to solve…
When Global Events Expose Global Needs
How education systems are—or are not—helping learners develop global competencies in the era of COVID-19 by Ana Caroilna Cassiano, Head of Educator & School Relations, AFS Intercultural Programs “In…
AFS WWII Ambulance Drivers Last Post
Arthur Bruce Boenau (IB 57) Arthur B. Boenau was born on May 12, 1926 in Casper, Wyoming and grew up in Sunnyside, Queens. Like his father, he attended Amherst College, but…
Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Bergen-Belsen Liberation
This year’s 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp was a rather different occasion from the one planned, due to the coronavirus pandemic. However, AFS deeply honors…
What We’re Learning from the Black Lives Matter Movement
By the team at AFS International We are in pain. We hear the painful outcries triggered by the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, João Pedro…
AFS to resume limited study abroad programming for 2020 with heightened safety protocols and innovative program content
Since March, when COVID-19 forced AFS to suspend study abroad programs, many AFSers have been wondering if and when our exchange programs will resume. Today, we are able to announce…