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CBYX Participant Reflects on Host Family Experience

August 4, 2017October 23, 2017
by Jon

Participant Yaa K. writes about her experience in Germany, while attending a language camp for the first month of her stay. Imagine this, waking up early in the morning and going down to the dining room to find a placemat, set deliciously with American style pancakes and scrambled eggs. Your host mom specifically made this

CBYX Participant Wins Video Competition

August 4, 2017October 23, 2017
by Jon

Phong H. of San Jose, California, a CBYX participant, won an ASSE video contest with his entry about his exchange year in Germany. ASSE is one of five CBYX implementing organizations in the United States. Recounting his experience in Germany, Phong says “In 2011, I went to Germany with my family, and found the land

Local News Piece about Dayton, OH Student’s Participation in…

August 4, 2017October 23, 2017
by Jon

C-J senior spends year in Germany She’s one of 250 in U.S. to earn Congress-Bundestag scholarship. By Virginia Burroughs Chaminade-Julienne senior Grace Klosterman has been in Germany since Sept. 4, living with a Bavarian family and attending school for the year. She’s one of just 250 students nationwide to receive the prestigious Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange

U.S. Department of State Selects German CBYX Student of…

August 4, 2017November 26, 2019
by Jon

Jamal hosted in Wyoming (top) and Sina hosted in Missouri (bottom) The CBYX program is proud to present the U.S. Department of State’s German CBYX students of the month! Learn more about our winners below! Jamal Ali Gaal Jamal is a German ASSE student is who currently participating in the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange Program. He is

U.S. Department of State Selects German CBYX Student of…

August 4, 2017October 23, 2017
by Jon

Frigga, hosted in Ohio The CBYX program is proud to present the U.S. Department of State’s German CBYX student of the month! Learn more about our winner below! German CBYX Student of the Month: Frigga Franke Frigga is a German YFU student who is currently participating in the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange Program. She is being hosted in

CBYX Participant Reflects on a Year of Change

August 4, 2017October 23, 2017
by Jon

CBYX participant, Mary D., reflects on her growth in Germany with the CBYX program. Taking the first step is never easy, but CBYX helped me make it. It gave me the tools I needed to get myself out there and open up to the world of people, sights, and emotions. Never have I experienced something

Reflecting on a Year

July 12, 2017October 23, 2017
by Jon

CBYX participant Chloe W. of Massachusetts, hosted in Sinsheim, Germany, reflects on the growth she has experienced during her exchange. Sometimes it’s easy to forget that the people I’ve met here, the surroundings I’ve familiarized myself with, and even the language, are less than a year old to me. I can remember my first day in

U.S. Department of State Selects German CBYX Student of…

July 12, 2017October 23, 2017
by Jon

The CBYX scholarship is pleased to announce Josi Bregulla, an AFS-placed, Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) student from Germany, hosted in Arizona, as the CBYX Participant of the Month. An active member of her school community, Josi participates in a wide variety of student organizations including World Cultures Club, Student Senate, Dance Committee, Spirit Store Club,

The Impact of CBYX

April 26, 2017November 26, 2019
by Jon

Kara S., 2014-15 AFS CBYX alumna, reflects on how the scholarship significantly influenced her life post-program. If people were airplanes, my house would be Newark Liberty International Airport. With the hustle and bustle, ins-and-outs and constant, vibrant motion, my house has always been the reliable place to land. Whether it be my Middle Eastern cousins

Spending the Holidays in Germany

January 26, 2016February 3, 2025
by Jon

CBYX 2015-16 participant Bonnie J. writes about her experience celebrating the holidays and finding new perspectives in Freiburg, Germany. I’ve always worked on Christmas Day. My family restaurant required the workforce of my entire family to set business into motion, which required the loss of about twenty well deserved school vacations from twenty high school

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