#study abroad because

[exchangealumni]

Citizen Diplomacy Challenge Photo Winners 2016: Third Place

Shaheed Sabrin, English Language Fellow to Malaysia, 2014-2016

As a U.S. Department of State English Language Fellow, I exercised my skills at being able to sustain the attention of large groups. Along the way, students had fun, too!!! #StudyAbroadBecause you'll enjoy tackling the uncertainty, unknown, and surprises of being in a foreign country. Here I am embracing the responsibility of teaching 412 elementary school students at an English language motivation workshop in Jeli, Malaysia!!!! #CitizenDiplomacy is where great change takes place. Take the leap!!!!! @elprograms

[exchangealumni]

Citizen Diplomacy Challenge Photo Winners 2016: Third Place

Victor Yau, David L. Boren Scholarship to South Korea, 2016-2017 

#StudyAbroadBecause there are languages to be spoken. Thank you @statedept and @deptofdefense for supporting my mission to communicate with youth worldwide through not only foreign languages, but also the universal language of hip-hop.

[exchangealumni]

Citizen Diplomacy Challenge Photo Winners 2016: Second Place

Jayson Wang, Critical Language Scholarship to Tajikistan, 2015

#StudyAbroadBecause you might live with a host family that becomes your second one, and find a second home halfway across the world. #CitizenDiplomacy #ExchangeOurWorld

[exchangealumni]

Citizen Diplomacy Challenge Photo Winners 2016: Grand Prize

Ariana McShayne-Anada, Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to Tanzania , 2015 

#StudyAbroadBecause you never know what you will find by leaping into the unknown. New experiences, friends, or if you're lucky, you may even find yourself... Oh how I miss Tanzania.

[exchangealumni]

[exchangealumni]

Did you know that in 2015/16 over 1,000,000 international students studied in the United States? 

[exchangealumni]

"You can read as many books, magazines, newspaper articles to try and find out more about a country’s people, culture, societal norms, but nothing beats meeting citizens of the particular country and bombarding them with questions and seeking their invaluable inputs."

Yeo Quan Yi, YSEALI alumnus 

[exchangealumni]

Wow. Did you know that the top major field of study for U.S. study abroad students in 2015/2016 was Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM): 23.9% (74,896)?