2011 AFS Network-SIIC Scholarship Awarded

We are pleased to announce that the following staff & volunteers will attend this year's Summer Institute of Intercultural Communication (SIIC) in order to gain insights on Intercultural Learning and multiply these back home.

A total of 32 AFSers will be in Portland this July, not only attending workshops but also hosting a "Meet AFS" evening and running an evening educational session on the topic of "Intercultural Learning without Leaving Home."

Volunteers

Africa

• Christina Noi-Okwei, Volunteer and ICL Responsible, AFS GHA
• Jana Holla, Volunteer, Trainer and Member of the EFIL Pool of Trainers, Member of the EFIL Training Advisory Body, AFS EGY

Asia Pacific

• Helen Walker, Volunteer, Chapter President and Facilitator, AFS NZL

Europe

• Anna-Maria Hass, Volunteer, Member of the EFIL Pool of Trainers, Training Coordinator, AFS GER
• Anne Hitzegrad, Volunteer, Chapter Representative and Member of the EFIL Pool of Trainers, AFS GER
• Eva Vitkova, Volunteer, Member of the EFIL Pool of Trainers, Member of the EFIL Training Advisory Body, Member of the European Pool of Representatives and Partner Chair, AFS CZE
• Katya Bagdasarova, Volunteer, ICL Responsible, Member of the EFIL Pool of Trainers and Partner Vice Chair, AFS RUS

South America

• Francis Mason, Volunteer, AFS CHI
• Julia Taleisnik, Volunteer and Chapter President, AFS ARG
• Natalia Salazar, Volunteer and Chapter President, AFS CHI
• Silvia Roloff Posnik, Volunteer, Member of the National 18+ Programs Group and Member of National ICL Development Group, AFS BRA

STAFF

• Marcia Hodson, Support and Quality Assistant and ICL Responsible, AFS BRA
• Myriam Berube, Director of Volunteer Development, AFS CAN
• Nathalie Guzmán, Participants Support Coordinator and ICL Responsible, AFS DOM
• Susan Adams Yamada, Hosting Coordinator, AFS JPN

Six additional AFS representatives from around the Network will also be attending, with
Anna Collier, Manager of Intercultural Learning Services, AFS INT, present this year as
a resident fellow. Including the 11 US AFSers attending through AFS USA, a total of 32
AFSers will be present in Portland this year.

We hope to offer this same opportunity to members of the AFS Network for the July 2012
edition of SIIC in Portland so, please stay tuned for this and other future opportunities for
AFSers to increase our intercultural learning.

For further information about the Summer Institute of Intercultural Communication, please visit http://www.intercultural.org/siic.php

Many thanks to all who applied!

Best regards,
The AFS-SIIC Selection Committee and
AFS Intercultural Link Learning Program Steering Team