1. Parliamentary Leaders from Japan and the Republic of Korea participate in the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP)

   Participants focused on the importance of trilateral cooperation.

2. IDEAS Grant Competition Now Open for U.S. Colleges and Universities

   The U.S. Department of State’s IDEAS Program is pleased to announce the launch of its 2024 IDEAS grant competition, which assists U.S. colleges and universities in creating, diversifying, and/or expanding their study abroad programming in support of U.S. foreign policy goals.

3. U.S. Fulbrighters in South Africa, Featuring Mark Nehrenz

   

   Fulbright U.S. Student Program participants to South Africa share their experiences.

4. NSLI-Y Summer Language Program

   

   Established in 2006, the National Security Languages Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) promotes the study of critically needed languages by sending American high school students overseas for intensive language study.

5. Learn Arabic in Morocco!

   

   Kalyn and Nathan, National Security Language Initiative for Youth students in Marrakech, Morocco, describe how their experiences learning Arabic in the classroom, speaking with locals in the country's native language, and making personal connections with the people they meet have positively impacted and enriched their lives.

6. Top 5 Ways for High School Educators to Promote Study Abroad

   Less than 10% of U.S. students study abroad, and very few of these students are in high school. Yet, studying abroad early builds global competencies such as language and cross-cultural skills, maturity, and clarity about one's post-secondary education and career. Learn how to help high school students achieve their dreams of studying abroad.

7. FLEX Celebrates 21st Year

   The Future Leaders Exchange Program (FLEX) celebrated the end of its 21st year with approximately 168 students of this year’s 800 scholarship recipients.

8. Nicholas Wong's Fight for Peace

   

   “Fight for Peace uses boxing and martial arts and combines that with education and employment for at-risk kids,” says Nicholas Wong, a U.S. Fulbright student.

9. HEARTBEAT

   

   HEARTBEAT is a group of young Israeli and Palestinian musicians who work together to build mutual understanding and transform conflict through the power of music. Founded in 2007 by Aaron Shneyer during his Fulbright-mtvU Fellowship, HEARTBEAT is centered on the idea of music as a force of cultural change.

10. Butterflies in My Stomach: Foreign Language Teaching

    

    The FTLA program provides young educators of English as a Foreign Language the opportunity to teach foreign language at universities in the United States.

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