Marlene Baker
Vice President, Development, Alumni Relations, & External Communications Marlene Baker spent the first 25 years of her career in senior management positions in marketing and communications. After 12 years with…
Vice President, Development, Alumni Relations, & External Communications Marlene Baker spent the first 25 years of her career in senior management positions in marketing and communications. After 12 years with…
Vice President, Hosting and Strategic Operations Steve Thrush leads AFS-USA’s core hosting operations and is responsible for oversight, strategic priorities, and operational implementation of AFS-USA’s hosted student admissions, field hosting…
Vice President, Host Family Experience & Stakeholder Engagement Mary Jo Brock first experienced the transformative effect of exchange as a host sibling to AFS student Manuela from Peru in 1980.…
Willie Thompson: Vice President, Digital Strategy & Business Intelligence Willie has over 17 years of experience with AFS Intercultural Programs. Having participated in a study abroad opportunity in Russia in…
Executive Vice President, Compliance & Government Relations
Vice President, Marketing, Study Abroad, and Participant Support & Learning International student exchange has been a part of Melvin Harmon’s life for more than 40 years, starting with his own…
President and Chief Executive Officer
Chair of the Board of Directors
AFS Returnee Samantha Cristoforetti adjusts her Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit. Photo Credit: NASA For many AFS participants, studying abroad is the beginning of a lifelong international journey. For Italian…
Studying abroad can seem a little scary. You’re far from home in unfamiliar surroundings. You’re dealing with the language barrier and adjusting to new cultures. You’re disoriented and maybe experiencing…
Goal: Participants will discover and recognize the many ways in which they are similar and are different from others in the group, as well as the ways in which each…
Overview: The purpose of this activity is to introduce U.S. students to the world beyond their classroom borders through the bounty of hosting international students. An introductory exploration of culture…
Goal: Known as the official start of the holiday season to many, the American secular holiday of Thanksgiving has been a long tradition that brings together family and friends from…
Sourced from the UN: Investments in infrastructure – transport, irrigation, energy and information and communication technology – are crucial to achieving sustainable development and empowering communities in many countries. It…
Sourced from the UN: Roughly half the world’s population still lives on the equivalent of about US$2 a day with global unemployment rates of 5.7% and having a job doesn’t…
Sourced from the UN: Energy is central to nearly every major challenge and opportunity the world faces today. Be it for jobs, security, climate change, food production or increasing incomes,…
Sourced from the UN: Clean, accessible water for all is an essential part of the world we want to live in and there is sufficient fresh water on the planet…
Sourced from the UN: While the world has achieved progress towards gender equality and women’s empowerment under the Millennium Development Goals (including equal access to primary education between girls and boys), women…
Sourced from the UN: Obtaining a quality education is the foundation to creating sustainable development. In addition to improving quality of life, access to inclusive education can help equip locals…
Sourced from the UN: Ensuring healthy lives and promoting the well-being at all ages is essential to sustainable development. Significant strides have been made in increasing life expectancy and reducing…
Sourced from the UN: It is time to rethink how we grow, share and consume our food. If done right, agriculture, forestry and fisheries can provide nutritious food for all…
While global poverty rates have been cut by more than half since 2000, one in ten people in developing regions are still living with their families on less than the…
Sourced from the UN: Sustainable consumption and production is about promoting resource and energy efficiency, sustainable infrastructure, and providing access to basic services, green and decent jobs and a better…
Sourced from the UN: The world’s oceans – their temperature, chemistry, currents and life – drive global systems that make the Earth habitable for humankind. Our rainwater, drinking water, weather,…
Sourced from the UN: Climate change is now affecting every country on every continent. It is disrupting national economies and affecting lives, costing people, communities and countries dearly today and…
Sourced from the UN: Forests cover 30.7 percent of the Earth’s surface and, in addition to providing food security and shelter, they are key to combating climate change, protecting biodiversity…
Sourced from the UN: The threats of international homicide, violence against children, human trafficking and sexual violence are important to address to promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development.…
Sourced from the UN: A successful sustainable development agenda requires partnerships between governments, the private sector and civil society. These inclusive partnerships built upon principles and values, a shared vision,…
Sourced from the UN: The international community has made significant strides towards lifting people out of poverty. The most vulnerable nations – the least developed countries, the landlocked developing countries…
Sourced from the UN: Cities are hubs for ideas, commerce, culture, science, productivity, social development and much more. At their best, cities have enabled people to advance socially and economically.…
Balance Billing The claims administrator, GMMI, negotiates with medical providers to reduce their costs even after they have provided the medical service. Medical providers often agree to forgo part of…
Local scholarships for students attending The Barea Midpark High School in Ohio.
Local scholarships for students in the greater Cleveland area.
Local scholarship for students from Maine.
Local scholarships for students from DelMarPa Area Team
Local scholarships for students from DelMarPa Area Team
The Felicia Buell Study Abroad Scholarship will award one (1) student from any high school in Washington County, Ohio or Williamstown High School in Williamstown, WV, $5,000 to participate in…
Gail Meaker need and merit-based scholarship for semester and year program students
The AFS-USA Pride Scholarship is available to those applying for a year or semester AFS study abroad program.
Local scholarships for students from Nevada and California
Local scholarships for students from Nevada and California
The Greater Los Angeles Area Team Scholarships are made possible by the generosity of volunteers, individual donors, and foundations in the Los Angeles area. Scholarship Types: Needs-Based and Merit-Based Scholarship…
Local scholarships for students from the Massachusetts Bay Area Team.
Students living in Michigan, applying for any of AFS’s study abroad programs, are eligible to apply for a local need- or merit-based partial scholarship.
$500 - $1,500 local scholarships for students in Washington.
Local study abroad scholarships for students from the Greater Cincinnati area.
Up to $2,500 study abroad scholarships for Talawanda High School students from Oxford, Ohio.
$30,000 in study abroad scholarships for students from Central California counties.
$1000 study abroad scholarships for students from Connecticut and New York.
$1000 or more study abroad scholarships for students from Connecticut and New York.
$1000 or more study abroad scholarships to study abroad for students from Connecticut and New York.
Scholarship to study abroad for a year or semester for residents of Colorado.
Full, merit-based scholarship program of the U.S. Department of State to serve as a “youth ambassador” for an academic year home-stay program in Germany.
Full, merit-based scholarship program of the U.S. Department of State to study critical languages in an overseas immersion environment.
Full, merit-based scholarship program of the U.S. Department of State to promote mutual understanding between people of the United States and people of countries of strategic importance.
Full, merit-based scholarship to study abroad for a year in Japan.
AFS-USA Lingco Scholarship
Merit-Based Scholarship for the France Summer Language Camp program.
Many AFS Exchange Students lead impactful lives after their time abroad opened their minds and taught them to collaborate across typical divides. They think globally, then act locally. One AFSer,…
Molly Kisner is AFS-USA’s Alumni Relations intern, an AFS Returnee (U.S. to France, 2010), and she is completing our fall internship program this week. She studied French literature and Japanese…
The mystical art of astrology is almost as old as human civilization. Its staying power has not faded in our data-driven times. If anything, astrology is making a comeback in…
In honor of Black History Month, we’re highlighting influential Black Americans whose experiences studying, teaching, and living abroad shaped their perspectives, lives, and careers. Historically, many Black Americans, including those…
Thanks to the generosity of George Gabb, the AFS Archives recently acquired an oversized scrapbook filled with black and white photographs, letters, newspaper clippings, small brochures, cards, tickets, luggage tags,…
It’s 2018 and I’m sitting in my grandmother’s sunny Ohio kitchen. We just went to two estate sales and are on our way to a quilting expo. She’s a consummate…
Sparkling, sunny, snow tubing fun! Pacific Cascades Douglas County Chapter organized a day of winter sports fun at Diamond Lake on January 12th. Snow shoeing and tubing under bright sunny…
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What type of visa do I need? You will be applying for a Temporary Residence Permit/Visa for Studies-Minor for South Africa How do I apply for the visa? You must…
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If you are an American citizen, you do not need a visa to travel to Portugal for this summer program.
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What type of visa do I need? You will be applying for a Multiple Entry visa. How do I apply for the visa? You will send certain required documents to…
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