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Major Ward B. Chamberlin, 1945.  Photograph by Irving Penn
AFS Archives, AFS Volunteer, Changemaking, History, Stories from the Stacks

Ward B. Chamberlin, Jr., 1921-2017: AFS Volunteer, Broadcaster, and Changemaker

“I learned that with the right leadership, a good idea, and a volunteer spirit, you could accomplish wonders, and those are the principles we applied to the AFS exchange programs.” –Ward B. Chamberlin, Jr.

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Research

Generation Z eager for cultural exploration, mindful of security and affordability, report finds

Comprehensive, global AFS Intercultural Programs research explores the motivations for and hindrances to high school international study among Generation Z…

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AFS Scholars, AFS Student, Intercultural Learning

Making memories with great friends

To my best understanding, friendship is a relationship of mutual affection between two people. A friend is someone who knows…

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AFS Archives, Archival Spotlight, History

Travels with Artie

Arthur “Art” Howe, Jr. was an individual who dedicated much of his life to AFS: first as a volunteer ambulance…

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AFS Scholars, AFS Student, Intercultural Learning

Sharing my experience with amazing friends

Being an exchange student doesn’t only expose you to the culture of your host country, but also to the cultures…

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Changemaking, Education, Global Citizenship, Intercultural Learning

AFS Intercultural Programs Advocates for More Global Exchanges and Intercultural Learning

AFS Intercultural Programs, a global network of 60 member organizations with nearly 50,000 volunteers and programs in 99 countries, is…

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AFS Scholars, AFS Student, Intercultural Learning

Making friends is the best part of my exchange

It took me just a couple of weeks to get to know nice people in my school and start hanging…

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AFS Scholars, AFS Student, Intercultural Learning

Becoming friends with people from around the world

When I first arrived, before school started, I didn’t have any friends and I couldn’t speak Italian. However, when school…

Waldo Peirce sketching on the side of an ambulance, circa 1915-1916
AFS Archives, Archival Spotlight, History

A Lifelong Friendship: Waldo Peirce and Ernest Hemingway

In 1915, Harvard graduate Waldo Peirce volunteered as an ambulance driver with the American Field Service in France. After the…

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