New York, NY – Sharabesh Ramesh a high school student from Monroe, OH has been awarded the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) scholarship, which covers a year of study and cultural immersion in Germany. The CBYX program is operated under funding by the U.S. Department of State. Sharabesh is one of only 50 students in the

 Listen to recent CBYX alumni talk about the program and the impact it had on them on NPR in St. Louis! http://www.stlpublicradio.org/programs/slota/archivedetail.php?date=’2011-08-11′ or listen via MP3: http://kwmuweb.streamguys.com/Slota/081111aweb small.mp3

We are pleased to announce Franz Bergholz, a Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) student hosted in Bremen, Indiana, as the May 2018 CBYX Participant of the Month! Franz was placed by Department of State partner ASSE at Bremen Senior High School, where he has demonstrated academic aptitude and maintained a 4.0 grade point average throughout his

 We are pleased to announce Tim Oswald, a YFU-placed Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) student from Germany, hosted in California, as the November 2017 CBYX Participant of the Month. Tim has consistently shown a positive and thoughtful spirit regarding family, school and community. He enjoys talking about Germany and educating his host family members and friends

CBYX participant, Delphine J., reflects on her CBYX experience and how minor interactions can leave lasting impressions. The people I’ve met in Germany have left such a positive impression on me, and I hope to do the same to them. As an exchange student, I am representing the country I come from everywhere I go,