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In 2003 the organization Soliya was founded by Lucas Welch and Liza Chambers in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. Soliya's Connect Program has become an important model of online facilitated dialogue and is based on principles of intergroup dialogue and peacebuilding. In this model of virtual exchange, students from universities across ...
Welch founded Soliya, [1] [2] an international nonprofit organization that works on virtual exchange programs among university students in Western and Muslim-majority countries. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] He is known for his role in the establishment of the J. Christopher Stevens Virtual Exchange Initiative, [ 5 ] to connect one million young people in the ...
The Kennedy Lugar Youth Exchange and Study Programs (KL-YES) are fully-funded student exchange programs administered by the U.S. Department of State. [1] YES includes the "inbound" program for students from close to 40 Muslim majority countries to study and live in the U.S., and the "outbound" program, called YES Abroad, for students from the U.S. to study in [2] selected YES countries.
The eight programs administered are (in order of creation): [2] [4] Upward Bound Upward Bound (UB) is a federally funded educational program within the United States. The program is one of a cluster of programs referred to as TRIO, all of which owe their existence to the federal Higher Education Act of 1965.
Student Sponsor Partners is a non-profit organization based in New York City founded by Peter Flanigan in 1986. Student Sponsor Partners (SSP) gives students in underserved communities across New York City the opportunity to receive a quality private high school education, one-on-one mentorship, and college and career programming.
BYU–PW started in 2009 as PathwayConnect, a program of BYU–Idaho. PathwayConnect is a non-matriculated program that makes higher education more attainable. Since its creation, PathwayConnect enrollment has risen exponentially, from 50 original students, to approximately 7,000 students in 2013, to more than 15,000 in 2017. [5]
International Student Volunteers (ISV) is a non-profit organization originally based in Yorba Linda, California. The organization dissolved in California in 2018. [ 1 ] Originally founded under the name Youth in Action, the organization operated on a voluntary basis and provides educational and travel programs for university students.
The Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors (formerly called Microsoft Student Partners) is a program to sponsor students majoring in disciplines related to technology. The MSP (now MLSA) program enhances students' employability by offering training in skills not usually taught in academia , including knowledge of Microsoft technologies