1. Dr. Valeria Klitsounova

2. Vered Cohen-Barzilay

3. Monitoring Data for ECA (MODE) Framework

   In 2019, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) Evaluation Division led an initiative to redesign the performance monitoring process across the Bureau.

4. Margaret Chai Maloney

   Margaret Chai Maloney was appointed to the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board in 2020.

5. Alphonso Jackson

   Alphonso Jackson was appointed to the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board in 2020.

6. 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.

7. CATF Members Support Repatriation to Haiti

   The United States has returned over 470 cultural and historical antiquities to Haiti — the largest repatriation of art from the U.S. to Haiti — thanks to a bilateral effort between the two countries.

8. Repatriation to Haiti Photo Gallery

   

   CATF Members Support Repatriation to Haiti

9. Margaret Thatcher, "The Iron Lady"

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   Margaret

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   Margaret Thatcher served as Britain’s first female Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990. Her confidence, resilience, and uncompromising leadership style led her to reshape almost every aspect of British politics, from foreign policy to domestic economy.

   Thatcher’s first exposure to the United States was through the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP). The IVLP served as a vital experience for Thatcher as she began her career.

   A 1990 handwritten note from 10 Downing Street – "Forever more I shall be a friend to the United States" – indicates a friendship that started with an IVLP experience.

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   Margaret Thatcher's 1990 Letter (PDF)

   Home Country

   United Kingdom

   Last name

   Thatcher

   IVLP Alumni

10. Magda Bou Dagher Kharrat, Ph.D

    First Name

    Magda Bou Dagher

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    Magda Bou Dagher Kharrat is an important figure in Lebanese environmental conservation circles. She began her environmental career in 2008, and recently became the president of a nonprofit focusing on reforestation and launched an online database of native Lebanese flora (http://www.lebanon-flora.org).

    In 2013, she participated in the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) entitled “Women’s Innovation in Science and Engineering,” and spent three weeks in different cities across the United States. She expanded her network due to her IVLP and now collaborates with colleagues she met from the Smithsonian Institution. Together, they've researched DNA barcoding and metabarcoding, with the goal of exploring biodiversity. Another favorite memory from her IVLP experience was visiting the National Geographic headquarters in Washington, D.C. to see how they bring science to the world through their interactive programming.

    Prior to her IVLP experience, most of Kharrat’s international collaboration took place with colleagues in other parts of the world. The exchange gave her an even broader network and provided opportunities to collaborate with Americans. Magda Bou Dagher Kharrat is a plant geneticist attempting to understand the historical evolutionary process of tree populations and flowering plants to help inform conservation policies. She has become a strong advocate for international exchange programs to build global connections.

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    Home Country

    Lebanon

    Last name

    Kharrat

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