1. Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board Discusses New Initiatives, Alumni Experiences, and the Impact of the Fulbright Program on Local Communities.

   Fulbright U.S. Student Program Alumni Ambassador Allie D. Surina (China, 2012-2013) shares her story with members of the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board during their quarterly meeting on September 14, 2017.

2. ECA Announces Fulbright Program’s 75th Anniversary Celebration at Kennedy Center, Invites Public to View Via Livestream

   The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs is pleased to announce that it will host a celebration of the Fulbright Program’s 75 years of impact at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. on November 30 at 7:00 PM EST.

3. African Women's Entrepreneurship Program

   The African Women’s Entrepreneurship Program(AWEP) is a State Department initiative launched to identify and build networks of women entrepreneurs across Sub-Saharan Africa.

4. Dr. Jill Biden and Billie Jean King Headline Ten-Year Celebration of Department of State-espnW Global Sports Mentoring Program and the 50th Anniversary of Title IX

   The U.S. Department of State-espnW Global Sports Mentoring Program (GSMP) celebrated its 10-year anniversary with a slate of programming and events to cap a decade of international efforts by the State Department and its partners to strengthen society by empowering women and girls through sport.

5. 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.

6. Launching the 80th Anniversary of the International Visitor Leadership Program

   Throughout 2020, the U.S. Department of State is celebrating the 80th anniversary of its flagship professional exchange program, the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP).

7. Virtual Sports Visitor Program Connects Coaches and Administrators from Ten Countries

   Last month, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ (ECA) Sports Diplomacy Division hosted a virtual Sports Visitor Program (SVP) with participation from approximately 60 soccer coaches and sports administrators from ten countries including Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Burma, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Kitts and Nevis, Israel, and Nicaragua.

8. Religious Leaders Arrive in the United States for International Visitor Leadership Program

   Twenty six community and faith leaders from around the world arrived in the United States to begin an International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) on interfaith dialogue and religious freedom. The participants, representing different religious and faith-based organizations, as well as secular institutions, will engage in discussions with one another and their American counterparts to promote interfaith dialogue and explore ways to ensure the rights of religious minorities are protected.

9. 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.

10. 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).

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