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We are happy to announce Noura Hassan, a Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) Young Professional participant, as the May 2022 CBYX German Participant of the Month. After attending a semester of college at the University of West Alabama (UWA) in Livingston (Alabama), Noura is now interning at the University with both the theatrical costume department and

The German Bundestag and U.S. Department of State are pleased to announce Leah Byrne as the May 2022 Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) U.S. Participant of the Month! Leah, a CBYX vocational participant from Colorado, is hosted by the Brunk family in Berlin. COVID restrictions kept Leah from really exploring her career possibilities during her last

The U.S. Department of State and German Bundestag are pleased to announce Leni Beulen as the March Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) German Participant of the Month! Leni, a CBYX High School participant, is placed by YFU at New Prague High School and hosted by the Burns family in Lonsdale, Minnesota. Having jumped right into high

The German Bundestag and U.S. Department of State are pleased to announce Emily Doi as the March Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) U.S. Participant of the Month! Emily, a CBYX high school program participant from Valencia, California and recruited by ASSE, is hosted by the Kowalenko-Feldmann family in Schwabach, Bavaria. As soon as Emily arrived in

The U.S. Department of State and German Bundestag are pleased to announce Tineke Kleinert as the February Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) German Participant of the Month! Tineke, a CBYX High School participant, was placed by AFS at Whitney M. Young Magnet High SChool and hosted by the Palkoner family in Chicago, Illinois. Tineke and her

Share an experience. One single experience. Three months ago, this would haveseemed like a straightforward enough task. After all, an experience is exactly what Iconsidered this opportunity to be. The thing is, though, since then I’ve realized that anexchange is so much more than that. It’s not a single experience, but a whole collectionof experiences

Embarking on the journey to be an exchange student is truly challenging.  From leaving family and friends behind, to learning a new language, it is a very demanding experience.   Departing the United States, more specifically, the rural area where I lived my whole life, involved saying goodbye not only to friends but also aging, sick

The German Bundestag and U.S. Department of State are pleased to announce Nina Loewer as January’s Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) German Participant of the Month! Nina, a CBYX High School participant, is placed by CIEE and hosted by the Pierson family in Portland, Oregon. Nina is a Junior at Ida B. Wells High School, excelling

The past 5 months in Germany for me have been comparable to cooking a largesteak on a raclette grill. In theory it should work, but in reality you might need to cut thesteak into smaller pieces. For those who don’t know, raclette is a type of indoor party grillthat is very popular in Germany, or