by Alliance Staff | Sep 23, 2015 | Congressional News, Department of State News, Federal Register, Funding, Public Diplomacy
The U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy (ACPD) officially released yesterday its “2015 Comprehensive Annual Report on Public Diplomacy & International Broadcasting.” The report itemizes Department of State and Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) public diplomacy and international broadcasting activities, including Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) exchange programs.
by Alliance Staff | Sep 17, 2015 | Department of State News, Federal Register, Public Diplomacy
The Russian government has decided to close the U.S. Embassy’s American Center at M. Rudomino All-Russia State Library of Foreign Literature in Moscow, according to the U.S. Embassy in Moscow.
by Alliance Staff | Sep 16, 2015 | Department of State News, Federal Register, Funding, Public Diplomacy
Fulbright University Vietnam (FUV) is set to enroll its first class of students “from around Asia and beyond” in fall 2016, according to PIE News. The University, which received partial funding for its establishment from the Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), will be the first independent, non-profit, U.S.-affiliated university in Ho Chi Minh City.
by Alliance Staff | Sep 11, 2015 | Evan Ryan, Exchange Visitor Program, Federal Register, Public Diplomacy
Exchanges will play “a unique and critical role” in the normalization of U.S.-Cuban relations, Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs Evan Ryan said in her opening remarks for a symposium at George Washington University on Wednesday.
by Alliance Staff | Aug 27, 2015 | Exchanges in the Media, Federal Register, Public Diplomacy, Study Abroad
American students return from study abroad more nationalistic, but feeling less threatened by their host countries compared to their peers who have not yet studied abroad, according to a study recently discussed in the Washington Post.
by Alliance Staff | Aug 17, 2015 | Department of State News, Exchange Visitor Program, Exchanges in the Media, Federal Register, Public Diplomacy
In response to political unrest in Yemen and concerns for their safety, a group of Yemeni exchange students have received a waiver to complete an additional year of studies in the U.S., according to a listing in the Federal Register last week. The students were participants in the Department of State’s Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) program during the 2014-2015 academic year.
