1. Supporting English Teachers through Training in El Salvador

   Supporting English Teachers through Training in El Salvador.

2. Building a Democratic World through International Education

   

   Celebrate International Education Week November 17-21, 2014.

3. Jonathan Franzen - Fulbright Student to Germany, 1981

   

   American writer and novelist Jonathan Franzen - who received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award to Germany in 1981 for a project in creative writing - discusses his Fulbright experience and its impact on his career. Mr. Franzen is interviewed by recently-returned Fulbright Alumnus Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, whose Fulbright U.S. Student award to Germany in 2009 was also for a project in creative writing.

4. ECA Launches the Get Fit Virtual Campaign

   This week, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ (ECA) Sports Diplomacy Division will launch the Get Fit virtual campaign.

5. Egyptian Soccer Coaches Visit the U.S.

   

   Egyptian soccer coaches visited the United States for a Sports Visitors Program.

6. Networks Can Stop the Black-Market Antiquities Trade

   In the Middle East, an age-old problem has resurfaced. Thieves are taking advantage of any chaos caused by recent conflict to loot historical treasures.

7. A Bridge Between: Creating Opportunities for Women Entrepreneurs

   Creating Opportunities for Women Entrepreneurs

8. The IVLP Community and Volunteerism

   Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) and Meridian International Center, a national program agency, hosted an International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) virtual salon series titled, “Effective Volunteer Engagement during Uncertain Times.”

9. Have Courage! Be a Leader

   

   "The idea of being a leader was not in my mind [before], but now I have courage to play a role in my school. [TEA] gives us hope that we can be leaders." -Mifdal Bouchaib, from Morocco on the Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program

10. Egyptian International Exchange Alumna Visits Dallas, Fort Worth

    Earlier this month, the World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth welcomed IVLP alumna Riham Awad to Dallas, Texas.

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