Scholarships

Scholarships

Here are some other awesome State Department funded scholarships.

• National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y)

http://www.nsliforyouth.org

NSLI-Y is geared toward learning a critical foreign language.

NSLI-Y provides scholarships to high school students who are interested in learning,

- Arabic
- Persian
- Russian
- Mandarin
- Hindi
- Korean
- Turkish

Students may be placed in countries such as

- China
- Egypt
- Jordan
- India
- Korea
- Morocco
- Oman
- Russia
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan

To learn there given language

NSLI-Y offers full year and summer scholarships!

• Congress-Budestang Youth Exchange (CBYX)

http://www.usagermanyscholarship.org

CBYX is a State Department funded scholarships that sends students to Germany for a year.

NSLI-Y and CBYX are both full scholarship programs paid for by the Department of States. In each of these programs you will be assigned a host family and school, while being given the incredible opportunity to learn about a foreign culture and language.

I encourage you to apply you never know, like me, you may be spending a year in a foreign country.

Applications usually open up in late summer to early fall, probably in September...


Youtube and Google CBYX and NSLI-Y and you will find a lot more information.

YES-Abroad Turkey 2014-15

I am pleased to announce that I have been accepted to the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange Student (YES) scholarship program to study in Turkey for ten months. YES abroad is funded by the State department and the program in Turkey is implemented by American Councils and AFS. 64 other US students will be studying abroad in predominantly Muslim countries including, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Oman, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Macedonia, South Africa, Morocco, Ghana, Philippines, Thailand and of coarse Turkey.

Some possible cities I could go to are Aydin, Denizli, Gaziantep and Kayseri. I may be attending a public or private school were the primary language of instruction will be in Turkish. School typically runs Monday through Friday and from early September to mid June. Fortunately, Turkish language instruction will be provided during orientation and additional language instruction will be provided by Rosetta Stone program.

A variety of local cultural activities will be offered to me over the course of the year. Many activities will be focused on educational themes, such as using museums and places of worship to supplement information presented in schools and language classes. I will also have the opportunity to learn traditions and crafts such as Turkish folk dancing, paper marbling, and traditional music. Additional activities may include volunteering with organizations for children with disabilities or at orphanages and participating in extracurricular activates including sports and clubs.

Best,
Kyle

 

YES Abroad Alumni Video

Video of YES alumni sharing their thoughts about the program.

YES Abroad In-person Selection Event (IPSE)

Last Friday I received an invitation to attend the in-person selection event (IPSE) in Washington D.C. for the Kennedy-Lugar YES Abroad program late this March. It is a great honor to be accepted as one of the 120 semi-finalist for the program and I am very exited to travel to D.C. and meet other young adults like me who want to become better world citizens and study abroad. To give you a little background information, The Kennedy-Lugar YES Abroad program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, is offering American high school students and recent graduates in the U.S. full scholarships for up to one academic year to live and study abroad in countries with significant Muslim populations. Scholarships cover expenses for program fees, pre-departure and arrival orientations in Washington DC, secondary health insurance, and ensure careful placement with host families that, like me, are eager to share themselves with the world.

YES Abroad countries include

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Egypt

Ghana

India

Indonesia

Mali

Malaysia

Morocco

Oman

South Africa

Thailand

Tunisia

Turkey

In late April, I will receive notice of my status if I have become one of the 65 finalist and have the great opportunity to become a youth ambassador for the United States for the 2014-2015 school year. Hopefully everything goes well at IPSE. Wish me luck!

Interested in applying next year? Go to http://www.yes-abroad.org/ and check it out!

Best,
Kyle