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 Read More
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 Read More
Sharing American Culture Abroad November 26, 2015February 3, 2025 by Jon CBYX 2015-16 participant Cynthia W. writes about presenting during International Education Week in Alfeld, Germany. My presentation was about comparing German and American stereotypes. I gave information about my life in school and at home to provide a perspective about how I live and how it doesn’t necessarily conform to the stereotypical American teenager. It Read More
‘Fulfilling a Dream’ – Washington Student Wins CBYX Scholarship January 1, 2010October 2, 2018 by Jon Most 16-year-olds would be apprehensive about leaving everything and everyone they know behind to go to a foreign country for a year. But not Eidelynn Stagg. “I spent a summer traveling all over the country with my grandparents when I was little and I loved it,” she said. “And I always have wanted to go Read More
