CSIET Press Releases:

• 3/30/10: Widespread Interest in International Youth Exchange Reported
• 1/08/10: Saint Edwards School named 2010 Global Classroom Award Winner
• 1/08/10: Lodi High School named 2010 Global Classroom Award Winner
• 11/10/09: PSA Campaign to Encourage Hosting Foreign Exchange Students Wins Prestigious Award
• 7/1/09: CSIET Statement on Program Quality and Student Safety
• 4/23/09: U.S. Department of State and CSIET Launch NEW Public Service Campaign
• 4/2/09: Interest in International Youth Exchange Remains High
• 12/22/08: Westford Academy Named 2009 Global Classroom Award Winner
• 12/22/08: Roosevelt High School Named 2009 Global Classroom Award Winner
• 12/22/08: Milwaukee School of Languages Named 2009 Global Classroom Award Winner

Youth Exchange in the News:

• Exchange students discuss their tenure in Chelmsford (Chelmsford, Massachusetts - Chelmsford Independent 2/1/10)
• Big New World: School Hosts Its First Hearing Impaired Foreign Exchange Student (Herald-Review 1/24/10)
• St. Edwards School named 2010 Global Classroom Award Winner (Vero Beach Press-Journal 1/13/10)
• Italian Exchange Student Experiencing America in Azle (Azle News 12/31/09)
• On Top of the World: Teen Describes Home of the Reindeer (Weekly Calistogan 12/31/09)
• Christmas is Midpoint for Foreign Exchange Student (The Holyoke Enterprise 12/30/09)
• Exchange Student Spends Holidays Thousands of Kilometres from Home (Vulcan Advocate 12/30/09)
• ‘I Don’t Care if I Freeze’ (Waukegan News Sun 12/30/09)
• Exchange Student Shares… (River Falls Journal 12/28/09)
• Korean Student Experiences American Culture, Christmas (Chickasha Express Star 12/28/09)
• A World of Traditions (Beatrice Daily Sun 12/28/09)
• Exchange Students Celebrate Holidays American Style (Lancaster Eagle Gazette 12/27/09)
• Afghan Exchange Student Hopes to Get Stevens Diploma (Rapid City Journal 12/26/09)
• Students Shine at Hiland Talent Show (Wooster Daily Record 12/26/09)
• McGehee Foreign Exchange Students Experience Holidays with Host Family (Pine Bluff Commercial 12/25/09)
• German Student Settles into Life in Colchester (Norwich Bulletin 12/24/09)
• Finland Native Fitting in Nicely with East/Loyola (Mankato Free Press 12/23/09)
• Exchange Students Experience Valley Life (The Monitor 12/23/09)
• Catalina Parra to Have First Christmas in USA (Press News 12/23/09)
• Papai Noel, Wihnachtsmann: Different Names, Similar Traditions (Monroe Evening News 12/22/09)
• Christmas Away from Home for Foreign Exchange Students (Yakima Herald-Republic 12/20/09)
• Battlefield, MO Woman Honored for Her Pursuit of World Peace (Ozarks First 12/18/09)
• French Exchange Student Looking Forward to a Colorado Christmas (Wet Mountain Tribune 12/17/09)
• International Exchange Students Share their Culture with Families (Agoura Hills Acorn 12/17/09)
• Bosnian Exchange Student Enjoys Volunteering at The Shook Home in Chambersburg (Chambersburg Public Opinion 12/14/09)
• Tbilisi Student Thrives in Coventry, Green (Suburbanite 12/13/09)
• The Tradition of Lucia (Fort Dodge Messenger 12/13/09)
• Eight Is Great for Exchange Student Host Family (Atascadero News 12/11/09)
• Duluth Exchange Students Help Lowell Third-Graders Broaden Their Horizons (Duluth News Tribune 12/09/09)
• English Lesson: Russian, German Fitting in at Baraboo High School (Baraboo News Republic 12/09/09)
• From Shenzhen to Streator (MyWebTimes.com 12/09/09)
• Former Youth Exchange Student Champions Rotary (Rotary International 12/08/09)
• Exchange Student Shares Stories from His Native Bangladesh (Shore News Today 12/08/09)
• German Hound Learns Football (Atascadero News 11/30/09)
• Sardinian Student Used to Living by the Sea (Faribault County Register 11/30/09)
• Swedish Exchange Student Has First Thanksgiving (Cleburne Times-Review 11/29/09)
• Life-Changing Experience (Denton Record Chronicle 11/27/09)
• Their First Thanksgiving (Hattiesburg American 11/26/09)
• Students and Host Families Learn through Rotary Youth Exchange (Norman Transcript 11/25/09)
• LHS Exchange Student Excited for Her First Thanksgiving (Mundelein Review 11/25/09)
• Exchange Student Gets Buck in First Wisconsin Deer Hunt (Fox 21 Online 11/25/09)
• Exchange Student Finds Arizona Hot, Big and Great Shopping (Payson Roundup 11/24/09)
• German Exchange Student Enjoys Playing Hockey for Rochester Edge (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle 11/24/09)
• Independence Elects Exchange Student Queen (2TheAdvocate 11/23/09)
• A Little Holiday Cheer Goes a Long Way (The Kingston Whig-Standard 11/23/09)
• Rotary Club Exchanging Ideas, Experiences (Sierra Vista Herald 11/22/09)
• Stillwater High Student Enjoys Time in Spain (Stillwater NewsPress 11/21/09)
• Foreign Exchange Program Brings Armenians to Broadneck (Tribruin Online 11/18/09)
• A Return Visit (Albany Democrat Herald 11/17/09)
• Open-Enrolled Area Exchange Student Enjoying Time in United States (Spring Valley Tribune 11/17/09)
• Brazilian Student Enjoys Deer Hunting Experience (The Osakis Review 11/17/09)
• Exchange Student Draws Inspiration from Hollows Founder (Hornsby and Upper North Shore Advocate 11/16/09)
• Afghani Exchange Student Teaches Kids about Differences (Bennington Banner 11/12/09)
• Brazilian Teen Experiences Life in Libertyville (Waukegan News Sun 11/12/09)
• Area Organization Busts Foreign Exchange Myths (The Observer 11/11/09)
• Exchange Students Adjust to Life in American Suburbs (Sammamish Review 11/10/09)
• No Surprises Here for Danish Student Laura Nielsen (Faribault County Register 11/09/09)
• Exchange Students Hosted by Newman Rotary (Westside Connect 11/07/09)
• Exchange Students Challenged, Grow (Penn Live 11/06/09)
• Exchange Students Visit Rotary Club (Tri-County Leader 11/05/09)
• Senior Exchange Student Brings Cultural Lessons to Coventry (The Suburbanite 11/01/09)
• Former Winthrop Exchange Student Takes on Hollywood (Morning Sentinel 11/01/09)
• Unfamiliar Scare-itory (Casper-Star Tribune Online 10/31/09)
• Carl Richter – Exchange Student from Germany (Fulda Free Press 10/30/09)
• Rotary Exchange Student Reflects on Year in Taiwan (Petersburg Pilot 10/29/09)
• From Russia with…Rotary (Monmouth Daily Review Atlas 10/28/09)
• Exchange Students Soak up American Culture at Metro-East High School (Belleville News Democrat 10/28/09)
• A Year in America: New Friends, Volleyball and Pop Tarts (Powhatan Today 10/28/09)
• Deaf Exchange Student from New Zealand Spending Senior Year in Olathe (Kansas City Star 10/27/09)
• German Teen, Gaylord Family a Perfect Match (Gaylord Herald Times 10/23/09)
• Cedar Park Hosts Foreign Exchange Students (The Wolfpack 10/22/09)
• Rotary Exchange Student Settles back into Life in the U.S. after Year in Europe (Hudson Hub-Times 10/21/09)
• Living an American Dream (Woodburn Independent 10/20/09)
• French Toast (Chadron Record 10/20/09)
• Differences Between U.S., Sweden Add to Interesting Experiences for Foreign Exchange Student (Kearney Hub 10/20/09)
• ‘Sisters’ Bond over Dance (Omaha World-Herald 10/18/09)
• Foreign Exchange Student Enjoying Time in Seneca (Seneca News Dispatch 10/16/09)
• Two Hearts: Two Homes (Niagara Falls Review 10/16/09)
• Exchange Students Adjusting to School in America (Gaylord Hub 10/15/09)
• Non-Stop German Leaves Andover Exchange Student Kaput (Andover Townsman 10/15/09)
• Facing the Unknown as an Exchange Student (Midlothian Exchange 10/15/09)
• Traveling Traditions (Midland Daily News 10/10/09)
• Rotary Club Gets Lesson in Scandinavian Culture (Fairview Post 10/10/09)
• Exchange Student Finds School Changes in Brush (Fort Morgan Times 10/09/09)
• Foreign Exchange Student Enjoying His Camp Verde Experience (Camp Verde Bugle 10/08/09)
• Exchange Student from Thailand Joins Mid-Prairie Junior Class (Kalona News 10/08/09)
• Exchange Student at Middletown High Speaks at UN (Times Herald-Record 10/08/09)
• OHS Welcomes Four Exchange Students (Seminole Chronicle 10/07/09)
• CF Rotary Hosts Lithuanian Student (Cannon Falls Beacon 10/01/09)
• Exchange Student Adjusts to Brush (Brush News-Tribune 09/29/09)
• Exchange Student Gets Comparison of Local Lifestyle to that of German (The Erwin Record 09/29/09)
• Belgian Student Finds Sporting Time in Seguin (The Gazette-Enterprise 09/29/09)
• Exchange Student Learning about American Life in Statesville (Statesville Record and Landmark 09/28/09)
• Rotary to Share Exchange Program (The Journal News 09/27/09)
• Foreign Exchange Students Begin to Adapt to U.S. Culture (The News-Messenger 09/26/09)
• Fun, English Mastery on Exchange Students’ List (Wadena Pioneer Journal 09/25/09)
• Woodstock School Hosts Senegalese Students (The Norwich Bulletin 09/24/09)
• Foreigners are Flocking to Belleville Henderson (Watertown Daily Times 09/24/09)
• Hosting Norwegian Student Completes Circle (Port Clinton News Herald 09/23/09)
• Nigerian Student Adapts to American Life (Article and Video Clip) (KHAS-TV 09/21/09)
• Student from the Netherlands Enjoying Udall (The Winfield Daily Courier 09/21/09)
• Austin Welcomes Exchange Students (The Austin Daily Herald 09/21/09)
• Rotary Exchange Student Reports on Year’s Experience Abroad (The Freeport News 09/21/09)
• Families Welcome Exchange Students (The Fremont Tribune 09/19/09)
• Indonesian Student Arrives Just in Time for Middfest (The Middletown Journal 09/17/09)
• Exchange Student Alina Sagimuldina Hails from Kazakhstan (Wet Mountain Tribune 09/17/09)
• Foreign Exchange Student from Germany excited about the chance to play football for East Kentwood (Michigan High School Sports 09/17/09)
• Learning the American Way (The Pensacola News Journal 09/16/09)
• A Culture Shift (The Monroe News 09/14/09)
• This Year, Menahga Gets Taste of Ecuadorian Culture (Park Rapids Enterprise 09/12/09)
• Exchange Student Adapts to Life in Chase County (09/10/09)
• Families Open Homes to Spanish Students (Grayslake Review 09/10/09)
• French Exchange Student Finds Westcliffe Très Agréable (Wet Mountain Tribune 09/10/09)
• Visiting Student Adapts Quickly to U.S. Ways (The Clinton News 09/10/09)
• Italian Visitor Will Attend North Salem (Statesman Journal 09/09/09)
• Still Family: Ties of Affection Strong Three Decades after Exchange (The Ironton Tribune 09/08/09)
• Rotary Student Looking Forward to Seeing Snow (The Echo 09/08/09)
• German Student Welcomed to Area (The Herald News 09/07/09)
• Exchange Students Looking Forward to American Experiences (The Daily Courier 09/03/09)
• BHS Math Teacher Welcomes German Exchange Student (The Berthoud Recorder 09/03/09)
• Exchange Student Enjoys Stay in USA (The Clinton News 09/03/09)
• Swiss Foreign Exchange Student Explores New Culture in Holyoke (The Holyoke Enterprise 09/01/09)
• ’72-73 Japanese Exchange Student Still Visits his Hosts in Manitowoc (The Herald Times Reporter 08/28/09)
• Ponte Vedra Interact Club Welcomes Foreign Exchange Students to America (The Florida Times-Union 08/28/09)
• Making a Life Far from Home: Thai Exchange Student Settles In (Berthoud Recorder 08/27/09)
• Students Experience New World (The Chieftain 08/27/09)
• Expanding Horizons (The Oakdale Leader 08/26/09)
• Their Welcome Mat Has No Borders (St. Petersburg Times 08/26/09)
• Oakland Families Open Homes for Chinese Exchange Students (The Detroit News 08/25/09)
• Students Get Warm Welcome to United States (The Examiner 08/24/09)
• First Day of School: Exchange Student Will Be Learning Ropes of a New School – and a New Country (The Bradenton Herald 08/24/09)
• En Route to Ecuador (The Sleepy Eye Herald Dispatch 08/20/09)
• B’Ville Teen Lands in Japan (Cnylink Local News 08/20/09)
• Family Opens Home to Student (The Clinton News 08/20/09)
• Exchange Program a Tradition for Clinton Family (The Clinton News 08/20/09)
• ‘Au Revoir’ Equals Big OE for Nikita (The Stratford Press 08/20/09)
• ‘They Opened their Arms and I Walked into Them’ (The Dexter Leader 08/20/09)
• 1975 Exchange Student Returns to Visit Gastonia (Gaston Gazette 08/17/09)
• Local Host Family Meets Their Foreign Exchange Student (The Journal Times 08/16/09)
• Special Delivery: From Norway, to Hamilton (Hamilton Space 08/15/09)
• Foreign Exchange Student Travels Almost 6,000 Miles to Come Back for Reunions (The Daily Register 08/14/09)
• Exchange Student Returns Home after Year in Ecuador (New Richmond News 08/14/09)
• Exchange Student New to the Country, not New to Soccer (The Star Press 08/14/09)
• Foreign Exchange Program Builds Lifetime of Memories (The Hastings Star-Gazette 08/13/09)
• NAHS First Exchange Student Returns for 45th Reunion (The News and Tribune 08/08/09)
• Shawgo to Be First Outbound Foreign Exchange Student in Canton Rotary Club History (The Canton Daily Ledger 08/07/09)
• Foreign Exchange Student Can’t Wait to Make New Friends (Roscommon County Herald News 08/04/09)
• Exchange Student Broadens Horizons on Belgium Venture (Hannibal Courier-Post 08/04/09)
• Experiencing Life Abroad (The Spectrum 08/03/09)
• Coming to America (The Spectrum 08/03/09)
• Exchange Student Experiences Life of American Teenager (Shakopee Valley News 07/30/09)
• Exchange Student Experiences Wide Range of Clarion Culture (The Clarion News 07/30/09)
• Austrian Teen Reaps Benefit of Exchange (Roseville Press-Tribune 07/29/09)
• The Exchange Experience Changed My Life Forever
  (Huffington Post 07/23/09)
• Student Exchange Leads to Budding Family Friendship (Lebanon Daily News 07/22/09)
• The Rewards of Hosting an Exchange Student (Littleton Courier 07/15/09)
• Bridgeton Rotary Exchange Student Gets a Taste of U.S. (The News of Cumberland County 07/15/09)
• Reflections on a Year in Humboldt: Chilean Exchange Student Returns Home (Contra Costa Times 07/13/09)
• Local Families Host Exchange Students (Whitman-Hanson Express 07/08/09)
• Whitman-Hanson Regional High School Summer School Program Takes on European Flair (The Enterprise 07/04/09)
• Local Family Visits Exchange Student in Italy (Devil’s Lake Journal 07/03/09)
• Family Sees Exchange as Enriching for All (Kennebunk Post 07/03/09)
• Sioux Central Honored as ‘School of the Year’ (Storm Lake Pilot Tribune 07/02/09)
• Families Bid Tearful Farewell to Foreign Exchange Students (The News-Herald 06/30/09)
• Exchange Benefits Student and Family (My NC 06/29/09)
• Brazilian Exchange Student Feels at Home in America (The Rural Northwest 06/26/09)
• Exchange Student Says Farewell (The Daily Ledger 06/26/09)
• Sharing Cultures: Brazilian Exchange Student, Host Family Say Goodbye (The Desert Dispatch 06/25/09)
• Family Opens Home to Swedish Exchange Student (Niles Herald-Spectator 06/25/09)
• NHS Exchange Student Reflects on a Year in Nashville (The Nashville Leader 06/25/09)
• Exchange Students Fill Role in Host Families (The Register Mail 06/22/09)
• Hosts Made Exchange Student’s Stay Amazing (The Times Herald 06/21/09)
• Muslim, American Teens Gain Cultural Awareness through YES Program (The Advocate Weekly Online 06/18/09)
• Opening Their Home (Daily Review Atlas 06/1709)
• Man on a Mission (The Clinton Herald 06/17/09)
• Park Ridge Family Opens Home to Swedish Exchange Student (Park Ridge Herald-Advocate 06/16/09)
• Exchange Students Offer Insight, Education to Hosts (The Galena Gazette 06/16/09)
• Exchange Student, Family to Travel U.S. (Tri-County Times 06/14/09)
• From the Mideast to the Midwest (The Indianapolis Star 06/13/09)
• German Student, Family Get Lessons in Culture (Daily World 06/12/09)
• Chilean Student Graduates Far from Home (The Norman Transcript 06/11/09)
• Rotary Exchange Student Enjoys Differences of U.S. (Hannibal Courier-Post 06/05/09)
• German Foreign Exchange Student Loves America (Rural Northwest 06/04/09)
• Brazil Native Gets Taste of Texas as Exchange Student (The Monitor 06/04/09)
• China Discovers Old Lyme: Exchange Student Shares Her Experiences (The Lyme Times 06/04/09)
• Foreign Exchange Student Huber Honored for Community Service (The Palestine Herald 05/28/09)
• Exchange Rotates Students Worldwide (The Daily Astorian 05/28/09)
• Hosts Say Goodbye to Foreign Students (The Daily Republic 05/27/09)
• Exchange Student has Rewarding Year at West (Knoxville News Sentinel 05/27/09)
• It's a Smaller World: Exchange Students Learn About American Life, Offer Their Worldly Perspectives (Mail Tribune 5/25/09)
• Beware: Exchange Students May Change your Life (Midwest Voices 05/25/09)
• Hosting the World (The Herald Journal 05/24/09)
• Exchange Students Learn Values, Life Lessons (Northwest Herald 05/22/09)
• A Lifelong Exchange (The New Lenox Patriot 05/21/09)
• People Who Know Foreigners or Travel More Likely to See Themselves as Global Citizens: Global Survey (World Public Opinions 5/18/09)
• Georgian Exchange Student Heading Home (The Newark Advocate 05/15/09)
• Expats At Work: Living Abroad Gives You a Creative Edge (The Economist 5/14/09)
• Exchange Student at Home in Chetek (The Chetek Alert 05/13/09)
• Exchange Students Say their Goodbyes (The Palestine Herald 05/12/09)
• Hosting a Foreign Exchange Student a Rewarding Duty (East Valley Tribune 05/09/09)
• Foreign Exchange Student now a Southern Bulldog (Hometown Annapolis 05/08/09)
• Kyrgyzstan Teen Received Warm Welcome in Hobe Sound (Hometown News 05/08/09)
• Japanese Student Experiences U.S. Culture (White Mountain Independent 05/05/09)
• Royalton Exchange Student Enjoys Minnesota (Morrison County Record 4/21/09)
• Thailand Foreign Exchange Student Is Enjoying Life In Frazee (Frazee-Vergas Forum 4/14/09)
• Cold Iowa Welcome For Exchange Student (The Britt News-Tribune 4/14/09)
• Governor Baldacci Ceremonially Signs Drivers License Bill (American Towns 4/9/09)
• Conference Offers Students a Global Perspective (Pharos Tribune 4/9/09)
• My Year as a Firebird - Getting to Know the Exchange Students at DLHS (Devils Lake Journal 4/8/09)
• Experiencing the American Life (Daily Courier 4/8/09)
• Maine Teens Can Now Drive with Foreign Exchange Students (The Exception Magazine 4/7/09)
• Exchange Students Can Get Rides From New Drivers (Seacoast Online 3/25/09)
• Building a Link Between Faiths (Washington Post 4/2/09)
• Pembine Couple Organize Foreign Exchange Program (The Iron Mountain Daily News 3/31/09)
• International Students Celebrated in Whitesboro (Utica Observer-Dispatch 3/27/09)
• Exchange Student Embraces America (Kalamazoo Gazette 3/20/09)
• Consider Hosting an Exchange Student (The Livingston Daily 3/17/09)
• Suburban Families Bring European Culture Home (Daily Herald 3/16/09)
• Understanding of Customs Leads to Love of America for Thai Student (The Standard Times 3/12/09)
• Foreign Exchange Students Get First-Hand Look at Life in the U.S. (The Spectrum and Daily News 3/9/09)
• Foreign Exchange Program Promotes Religious Dialogue Among Youth (Maryland Gazette 3/5/09)
• German Students Find Common Ground with Lake City (The Morning News 3/4/09)
• Frana Family Opens Hearts, Home to Foreign Exchange Students (The Cresco Times Plain Dealer 3/3/09)
• Students Get Lesson In Border Culture (The Brownsville Herald 2/27/09)
• Exchanging Cultures (The Huntsville Times 2/23/09)
• Artist Excels At Her Craft (The Evening Leader 2/20/09)
• Exchange Student Finds a Home On Stage (Dothan Eagle 2/20/09)
  
• Exchange Student Follows Father Isabella Franco Attending AHS 28 years After Her Dad Attended Classes (The Ashland Times-Gazette 2/19/09)
• American Ambassador (The Bland County Messenger 2/17/09)
• Bill Would Allow Teenagers to Drive Foreign Students (Kennebec Journal Morning Sentinel 2/11/09)
• State Department Funds Foreign Exchange Program for Diplomacy (The Express-News 2/1/09)
• Ask Amy (The Washington Post, 9/12/08)
• U.S. Economy Affects Foreign-Student Groups (Union Tribune, 8-26-08)
• LHS Nominated for Global Classroom Award (Pharos Tribune, 11/19/08)
  
• WHS is Nominated for Global Classroom Award (Watertown Daily News, 11/14/08)
• Full House Again (Time 11/21/04)