Press Releases
2/28/2010 - Statement on the Earthquake in Chile
10/19/2009 - Foreign Exchange Students Get Taste of American Life
10/6/2009 - AFS-USA Galatti Nominee Announced!
8/6/2009 - When You Have To Say Goodbye--One Family's Story of Hosting a High School Exchange Student with AFS
6/29/2009 - 2009 Galatti Award Nominations Now Being Accepted
12/20/2008 - 2008 AFS-USA Galatti Nominee Announced!
11/24/2008 - Thanksgiving Greetings from Margaret Crotty & AFS-USA
10/9/2008 - AFS Students from Malaysia Star in Reality TV Show
7/1/2008 - 2007 Galatti Award Winner Judy Weyand Honored
12/1/2007 - Travelzoo and AFS Intercultural Programs Join Forces
12/1/2007 - AFS recognized for 50 years of student exchanges
11/7/2007 - AFS' 2007 IEW Press Release
9/27/2007 - AFS Intercultural Programs Celebrates 60th Anniversary with Gala Event
8/30/2007 - AFS Intercultural Programs/USA Announces Transition to New President and CEO
4/27/2007 - Worldwide Petition Calls for Increases in Student Exchanges Programs
3/5/2007 - Oscar for the AFS Alumni
6/28/2006 - 18+ Community Service Call Schedule
10/1/2004 - Archived General Information Press Releases
AFS in the Media/News
3/11/2010 - Exchange Program Helps Educate about other Cultures
3/11/2010 - AFS exchange program founder speaks at ORR High School
3/10/2010 - Opening Doors of World with Relationships
2/25/2010 - Senator Oemig Discusses Education with International Students
2/23/2010 - Medford Teen Wins Scholarship, Trip to Russia
2/23/2010 - Local AFS Chapter Celebrates 50 Years
2/19/2010 - Student traveling from Peru to Peru
2/10/2010 - Culture of learning — Soldotna student readies for Costa Rica Exchange
2/1/2010 - Exchange students meet at Washburn University
1/4/2010 - Good Memories Bring Exchange Student Back
11/12/2009 - Thai that Binds: Tritown schools make Special Connection with Educators from afar
10/28/2009 - Former Exchange Student is Maid of Honor at Berea Host Family Wedding
10/19/2009 - A 40-Year Friendship
10/18/2009 - AFS Fundraising Workshops
7/24/2009 - Haggard to study abroad
7/20/2009 - Around Broadneck: Student forges friendships during semester in Italy
7/15/2009 - Reflections on a year in Humboldt: Chilean exchange student returns home
7/14/2009 - All-in-one Asian experience
6/23/2009 - Exchange student made STAND at AHS
6/23/2009 - Park Ridge family opens home to Swedish exchange student
6/1/2009 - Beware: Exchange Students May Change Your Life
5/27/2009 - MIHS an ‘international experience’
5/21/2009 - Dover-Sherborn exchange students look back on the year
5/18/2009 - South Caldwell student ready for her dream adventure
5/7/2009 - AFS: World Peace Begins in High School
5/7/2009 - AFS instructor enjoys learning while she teaches
2/2/2009 - Exchange students compete for Bearcats
1/31/2009 - AFS student on Keyser: 'I love it here'
1/28/2009 - Bethel teen to study in New Zealand
1/23/2009 - Exchange student continues a Keyser, Boggs tradition
1/22/2009 - Exchange students expand cultural understanding
1/22/2009 - Islam and Judaism Prayer Session Places Two Religions Side by Side
1/12/2009 - Exchange student returns 30 years later
1/12/2009 - Former exchange student enjoys return visit 'home'
1/7/2009 - Hosting a 15-year-old Muslim Girl a Life Changing Experience
11/20/2008 - At Riverdale Jewish Center Muslim student finds a haven for prayer
11/10/2008 - Exchange student keeps in touch with AFS family
11/7/2008 - Behind the Scenes
11/4/2008 - Thai student is enjoying Boothbay and America
11/3/2008 - Spending my senior year in Germany
11/3/2008 - German experience hard to put into words
11/3/2008 - Still climbing mountains
10/22/2008 - AFS memories shared during recent ORHS 50th class reunion
10/22/2008 - Exchange students head to Sitka for Alaska Day
10/6/2008 - Forty Years Later, She Still Calls Her 'Mom'
10/3/2008 - Returning AFS student says town not changed much
10/3/2008 - Intercultural Dialogue Day marked in Hungary
9/30/2008 - Visiting Students Get Inside Look at Local Government
9/29/2008 - Eagle Scout a not-so-typical teen
9/29/2008 - Postcards from Italy
9/1/2008 - Best of Friends: Petaluma’s first foreign-exchange student returns to visit her host
9/1/2008 - Exchange student revisits, 50 years later
9/1/2008 - Meet: Carolina Branco, Shenandoah's '08 AFS student
9/1/2008 - Former Exchange Student Recalls Fond Memories
8/22/2008 - Host Family Welcomes AFS Students
8/17/2008 - Bringing the World to a Spare Bedroom
8/17/2008 - Girl's Trip to Ghana a Changing Experience
8/16/2008 - Exchange Student Returns to Tiffin 40 Years After Graduation
7/11/2008 - Memories of Minnesota
7/1/2008 - Exchange Students Say Goodbye
6/13/2008 - AFS Students Experience Cultural Immersion
6/10/2008 - Thai teacher returns home
6/9/2008 - AFS Exchange Program Helps Change Lives
6/8/2008 - Rotolo students get cultural awakening from Chinese teacher
6/4/2008 - Clarksville family surrogates for exchange students
6/3/2008 - The Rewards I’ve Enjoyed Hosting an AFS Student
5/23/2008 - With a little help from her friends
5/21/2008 - Teen must leave his family for 2nd time
5/20/2008 - Exchange students enjoying last days at DLHS
5/16/2008 - Visiting students bring their culture, take back accent
5/13/2008 - My Turn: Reality Writes What Hollywood Can't
5/7/2008 - Year in the Bluffs enlarged world for German astronaut
5/3/2008 - Exchange students break cultural barriers
5/2/2008 - AFS Students 'Become Your Children'
4/19/2008 - Thai Exchange Student Immersed in Cape Life
4/12/2008 - Today's National Volunteer Week Highlights
4/11/2008 - Exchange student learning Chinese for THS play
4/4/2008 - Opening hearts, opening homes
3/30/2008 - Host families sought for exchange students
3/27/2008 - Following her dreams
3/11/2008 - Ambassadors of peace
3/10/2008 - It's about more than a Fun Night
3/10/2008 - Not right or wrong - just different
3/4/2008 - North, South mark 55 years of AFS 'families'
2/24/2008 - Payette High School student set to embark on an educational adventure to New Zealand
2/24/2008 - Bolivia native shares experiences so far
2/19/2008 - Exchange does these families good
2/19/2008 - Exchange Students Offer The World
2/19/2008 - Visiting Egyptian Student Adjusting to Life Downeast
2/18/2008 - North Tonawanda: Student gives back
2/7/2008 - CMS Encourages Study Abroad
1/19/2008 - Japanese student notes differences in North Carolina
1/18/2008 - Bringing the World Home
1/3/2008 - Cargill Global Exchange Fund Scholarship
1/1/2008 - AFS pioneers relive Kiwi experience
1/1/2008 - Central Lee sophomore to participate in AFS program during summer of 2008
12/25/2007 - Families’ bond bridges cultural divide
12/7/2007 - AFS celebrates 60 years in Humboldt County
12/5/2007 - Volunteer Judy Weyand Announced as 2007 AFS Galatti Winner
11/24/2007 - Exchange students take to Sonoma
11/14/2007 - Community Ed. Receives International Flair
11/11/2007 - Some different views of life in the Valley
11/10/2007 - Students learn lessons in a new land
11/10/2007 - Exchange student dispelling misconceptions about Egypt
11/9/2007 - Parents working to send daughter to Australia
10/28/2007 - Students Discuss the Possibility of Peace in Today's World
10/27/2007 - AFS Intercultural Programs Honors Outstanding Volunteers
10/25/2007 - Exchange student takes U.S. to heart
10/19/2007 - AFS stay fostered lasting ties between Swedish woman and Kewanee family
10/16/2007 - Hosting Foreign Students Can Open Up New Worlds
10/6/2007 - Visiting teacher brings taste of Thai culture to PHS
10/6/2007 - Getting past preconceived notions or Creating New Notions
10/5/2007 - Teacher from China shares her culture with students
10/3/2007 - WW II Experience Inspires Student Exchange program
10/1/2007 - 'Aliens in America' Gets It Kinda Wrong
9/27/2007 - World of Experience
9/24/2007 - Ken Burns shares an old friend’s untold war story
9/21/2007 - Exchange students return for host's birthday
9/19/2007 - Expanding Cultural Awareness
9/17/2007 - Apponequet hosts three exchange students this year
9/17/2007 - Redlands-Yucaipa AFS and Colton AFS area teams ice cream social Thursday
9/12/2007 - Our World: Realize the depth of the American Dream
9/10/2007 - New faces from abroad
9/6/2007 - Hosting with a lot of heart
9/4/2007 - Dawsonville Family Welcomes Exchange Student from Iceland
8/27/2007 - Coming to America
8/24/2007 - Family plays host to Siberian teen through AFS
8/22/2007 - Lessons in a foreign land
8/21/2007 - AFS Family: Second Generation
8/21/2007 - So far, foreign exchange student has favorable impression of U.S.
8/21/2007 - Exchange program expands SouthCoast's cultural reach
8/14/2007 - Summer months a time of transition for AFS families
8/13/2007 - Family hosts foreign students to promote peace
8/9/2007 - See the world in your own backyard
8/7/2007 - Bonds Across Boundaries
7/31/2007 - 7 foreign exchange students due soon
7/25/2007 - From Amish-land to Kiwi-land
7/25/2007 - Teens from Around World Graduate from American High Schools
7/24/2007 - Good Exchange in Texas
7/23/2007 - Local Family Knows That Peace Begins at home
7/9/2007 - Exchange students say experience changed them for the better
7/9/2007 - Teens conquer debate jitters, tackle marine biology and snowboarding
7/6/2007 - Planting seeds of understanding worldwide
7/5/2007 - AFS Students Aren't the Only Ones to Gain
7/5/2007 - Residents laud exchange program's efforts, cultural benefits
7/3/2007 - Home away from home: German student spends the year in Shrewsbury
7/3/2007 - Oil City High student to study in Tasmania
6/30/2007 - A Piece of the Peace AFS students head home, sign global peace petition
6/29/2007 - Young scholar bound for classes in Cairo, Egypt
6/29/2007 - AFS Holds Spring Reception; Student Bid Farewell
6/29/2007 - 50 Years Later, Swedish AFSer Recalls H.S. Days
6/28/2007 - Foreign students learn to love America
6/27/2007 - Looking back before they leave
6/27/2007 - Tears flow as families say goodbye
6/27/2007 - Women training to become liaisons for foreign exchange student program
6/27/2007 - Exchange student grows to love U.S.
6/27/2007 - Exchange students say their good-byes
6/25/2007 - Out of chaos: Finding new worlds
6/24/2007 - AFS Exchange Student in Charleston preparing to return to Germany
6/22/2007 - Superstitions among Latvian traditions that leave mark on exchange student
6/21/2007 - My Year in Buffalo
6/21/2007 - Students Sign AFS Petition to Promote Peace Through Student Exchange
6/18/2007 - AFS parents know it's a small world
6/18/2007 - Real Hope for the Future
6/12/2007 - Exchange program a ‘valuable experience' for students, families
6/11/2007 - Study Abroad Isn’t Just for White Students
6/8/2007 - Fawn family has hosted 9 foreign exchange students
6/7/2007 - Sayonara high school: Semester in Japan prepares Maiden senior for college
6/4/2007 - New Hope, MN Student Wins AFX Full Scholarship!
6/1/2007 - Wish for Sister Created a Family
6/1/2007 - The Land of the Rising Sun Welcomes a Californian Student
5/30/2007 - A Hosting Story: The Hope Exchange
5/25/2007 - It Makes the World Smaller
4/4/2007 - AFS and Its Lifetime Impact: Who ever knows “What could have been”?
3/7/2007 - Life After the YES Program
3/5/2007 - Oscar for the AFS Alumni
2/17/2007 - Surin Pitsuwan: A bridge between East and West
1/10/2007 - Guest recalls a special year in Kent: Nigel Roberts was AFS student in 1962
1/1/2007 - Our NYC office has moved!
10/25/2006 - Exchange Students Find Common Ground
10/7/2006 - Learning ways of the world
9/30/2006 - Read AFS in the Media/News articles
9/20/2006 - AFS connects Neenah with Middle East:
8/23/2006 - Opening eyes to other cultures
8/3/2006 - Organization promotes world peace through student exchange
7/3/2006 - Notebook: A Son Who Left Us Too Soon
6/22/2006 - Student pair finds a full house in Clarksville
5/4/2006 - AFS students enjoy family experiences while at D-DHS
4/8/2006 - Muslim teen at home with Jewish family in Brewer
4/4/2006 - Down-Easters Return from Down Under after Visiting 'Family'
3/20/2006 - Foreign exchange student returns to Vinton
3/16/2006 - Life in Italy
3/15/2006 - Dell AFS 'brothers' reunite in Italy
3/8/2006 - We will be builders of nations
2/21/2006 - Thinking Globally—Erskine teacher broadens students' horizons
2/18/2006 - AFS Concert celebrates youth exchange students
2/14/2006 - AFS students agree travel experience is 'amazing'
11/29/2004 - AFS Hosting
News from the field
1/5/2010 - Become a Host Family
4/24/2009 - Eric G. John - U.S. Ambassador to Thailand
4/23/2009 - Summer in Cairo a Life-changing Experience
2/9/2009 - Mid-Year Orientation - Snow in San Diego?
1/29/2009 - "Una Poca de Gracia" - A Little Bit of Grace
1/7/2009 - Interfaith Program Brings Muslims and Jews Together
11/18/2008 - A Student Shows What International Education Week Is All About!
10/1/2008 - Post Your AFS Event
8/26/2008 - The Joy of Hosting Exchange Students
7/19/2008 - Hosting YES students!
7/19/2008 - 'Off the Beaten Path' Bloggers
7/19/2008 - AFS as a Way of Life
6/17/2008 - Local Exchange Student Changes Perceptions of Muslim Cultures
6/3/2008 - AFS Student Exchange Program Changes Lives
5/26/2008 - Differences + YES = Understanding
5/15/2008 - The Year that Changed Me for the Better
5/14/2008 - Twin Ports 'Woman Of The Year'
5/1/2008 - National Volunteer Week Highlights
4/28/2008 - My Journey to a YES Country and a Land of Smiles
4/23/2008 - Alumni Video from India
1/17/2008 - Join Us In Welcoming Our 2008 YES Malaysian Scholars!
1/8/2008 - 6th Annual CSIET Advisory List Cover Design Contest
12/24/2007 - AFS-USA Galatti Nominee Announced!
12/10/2007 - International Education Week 2007 Results
12/9/2007 - Pacific Cascades Visiting Teacher from Thailand takes part in on-line video Conference
12/5/2007 - Scholarship for AFS Alumni
11/24/2007 - Paris in Japan
11/23/2007 - AFS-USA/THAILAND Volunteer Exchange Update!
11/11/2007 - AFS Area Team Websites
11/2/2007 - Secretary Condoleeza Rice on International Education Week
10/15/2007 - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Meets With YES Students
10/5/2007 - Japan opens doors to Asian studes, teacher scholars
10/1/2007 - Announcing the NEW Global Educator Program, Global LEAP!
10/1/2007 - AFS students and teachers bring world culture to WEM
10/1/2007 - Peace Event a Huge Success for Malaysian Alumni
9/25/2007 - AFS New Zealand on history tour for 60th birthday
8/21/2007 - Reflections from a FLEX program participant from Russia to USA
8/16/2007 - Catching the AFS Bug
8/6/2007 - Scholarships to Japan
7/26/2007 - Letter: AFS experience life-changing
7/20/2007 - The Greatness of Kansas: One Student's Year in the Heartland
7/20/2007 - A Hosting Experience in Words
7/12/2007 - AFS Essay Contest Winners: My DIfferent View...
7/3/2007 - AFS Exchange Student Awarded for Volunteer Service
6/21/2007 - Challenges and Opportunities
6/21/2007 - Learning the 'C'est la Vie' lifestyle in Illinois
6/21/2007 - Changing the World, One YES Student at at time
6/21/2007 - An Experience without Measure
6/21/2007 - What a Year in Our Nation's Capital!
6/21/2007 - Rocky Start, to an Amazing Ending
6/5/2007 - Swedish VIP returns to Akron
5/31/2007 - A Simple 'Yes' Changed Their Lives
5/30/2007 - Scholarship News Flash: Speedwell Foundation AFS Scholarship
5/29/2007 - Buy "The Exchange Student Survival Kit" by Bettina Hansel
5/16/2007 - An International Thank You
5/16/2007 - Firsts in the U.S.
5/14/2007 - Rock n' Roll Purim Show in Bethesda, MD Invites International Guests
5/13/2007 - Scholarship News Flash
4/30/2007 - The Littles' trip to Thailand
4/25/2007 - Thank You AFS Volunteers: A Message from President Alex Plinio
4/5/2007 - ACTION ALERT: Urge Legislators to Support Exchange Funding today!
3/31/2007 - Excerpts from Under Secretary of State R. Nicholas Burns
2/26/2007 - Honoring the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
1/1/2007 - DEADLINE: January 17 for the 7th Annual Alliance Advocacy Day
10/16/2006 - AFS Volunteer Wins 2006 Maryland Volunteer of the Year!
8/14/2006 - A Wedding in the "Land of Smiles"
8/10/2006 - Journey Back: An AFS Driver’s Memories of France, 1944-45
8/5/2006 - Soccer and AFS: An Intercultural Reminiscence
8/1/2006 - Rekindling the AFS Flame Five Decades Later
7/30/2006 - The 2006 AFS Galatti Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service
6/14/2006 - Promoting Intercultural Exchange and Cultivating International Understanding in China
6/6/2006 - Roses from Isabel: How an AFS student found her Argentine soul
6/6/2006 - New Book By An AFS WWII Ambulance Driver
5/24/2006 - Making History with Your History - AFS Brazil 50th Anniversary
5/8/2006 - EU-Japan volunteer exchange website online!
3/30/2006 - In Memoriam of Prof. Dr. Jaroslava Moserova, Founder of AFS in the Czech Republic
3/30/2006 - India Calling!
3/21/2006 - “Imagine How I Would Have Felt…” - US Ambassador Eaton Visits AFS Panama
3/13/2006 - Developing Herself, Along with the World
3/1/2006 - AFS International President Concludes Successful Visit to Japan
2/28/2006 - Ole! Felix
2/15/2006 - A Passage from India
2/15/2006 - Armchair travelers; AFS students bring a foreign flair to your home
2/1/2006 - Our Neighbors.... Pauliina Posti; AFS student shining brightly at Esko High School
1/27/2006 - Happy Chinese New Year!
1/24/2006 - AFS New Zealand makes prime time with culture shock
1/23/2006 - Friends Around the World
1/23/2006 - AFS Chairperson is Honored with one of New Zealand's Highest Honors
1/5/2006 - AFS Students Carry the Torch for the 2006 Winter Olympics
12/23/2005 - Saudi student gets year-long dose of U.S. culture
11/23/2005 - Two families meet after 32 years of friendship
AFS Highlights
2/12/2010 - Top 5 Summer Programs for 2010
2/8/2010 - 2010 Special Offers and Scholarships
12/15/2009 - Sign up for an Online Info Session
12/5/2009 - Today marks International Volunteer Day 2009
10/22/2009 - NSLI-Y Scholarship Deadline is December 4, 2009
10/20/2009 - Read Blogs written by AFSers
10/14/2009 - Why AFS is Worth the Investment
6/24/2009 - Top 5 Reasons to Study Abroad in the Spring
4/30/2009 - The New Global Skill Set
4/7/2009 - Limited time offer: Preliminary application fee - only $35!
4/2/2009 - Special Offers & Application Deadline: April 15
4/1/2009 - Global Leaders Scholarship Awards
7/26/2008 - Exchange student returns to Red Hook after 50 years
5/25/2008 - A Message of Appreciation to AFS Host Families
3/3/2008 - NEW: AFS Egypt Teacher Program
10/27/2007 - Listen to AFS Founder Ward Chamberlin speak about AFS
12/13/2006 - Holiday Fundraising Tips
10/31/2006 - Calling all Photographers!
AFS News
3/10/2010 - AFS-USA Names Jorge A. Castro President
12/30/2009 - New Year's Message to AFS Volunteers
12/1/2009 - Great Value in Student Exchange
11/9/2009 - Hansen Spent Eight Weeks in Chile
6/1/2009 - Exchange Student Host Opens Her Doors to New Friends
9/29/2008 - Culture shock in Costa Rica