1. U.S. Partners are the Powerhouse of the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP)

   The International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) is the U.S. Department of State’s premier professional exchange program.

2. Artists Imagine a Post-Pandemic Future through ECA’s International Writing Program

   When the global pandemic halted in-person interactions, the team at the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) and the University of Iowa immediately began thinking through creative ideas to engage artists who were eager to participate in the International Writing Program (IWP).

3. Philippines Program in Phoenix: Baseball Sports Visitors Experience Spring Training

   

   The U.S. State Department hosted six female and six male baseball and softball coaches from the Philippines for a Sports Visitor program.

4. Reflections on the Impact of the International Visitor Leadership Program - Matt Madden

   

   Matt Madden, Program Manager for the Kentucky/Southern Indiana World Affairs Council, tells of a musical journey from Iran to Owensboro and Louisville, Kentucky for a folk, bluegrass and jazz jam.

5. Youth Programs

   The Youth Programs Division is committed to empowering the next generation and establishing long-lasting ties between the United States and other countries.

6. Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Program

   The Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Program sends select U.S. primary and secondary school teachers abroad for three to six months.

7. Student Program

   The Fulbright U.S. Student Program offers fellowships for U.S. graduating college seniors, graduate students, young professionals and artists to study, conduct research, and/or teach English abroad.

8. Collaboratory: Virtual Exchange Programs

   State Department's Collaboratory supports virtual exchanges and the use of digital tools to increase the reach & impact of traditional exchange programs.

9. Global Sports Mentoring Program

   Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and ESPN President John Skipper announced the U.S. Department of State and espnW Global Sports Mentoring Program.

10. Fulbright-Hays Program

    The Fulbright-Hays Program -- a Fulbright Program funded by a Congressional appropriation to the United States Department of Education-- awards grants to individual U.S. K-14 pre-teachers, teachers and administrators, pre-doctoral students and postdoctoral faculty, as well as to U.S. institutions and organizations.

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