Even in an era where technology has made the world feel increasingly small, nothing can replace in-person connection when it comes to genuine intercultural exchange. AFS-USA fosters that sort of ...

In 1966, then-high school senior Kathy Harenski rode a ship to Germany to study abroad with the AFS exchange program. She loved the experience, and decided to start hosting students at her own home in ...

Ron Devlin’s article about Nativity BVM High School’s program for international exchange students awakened memories of Pottsville Area High School’s American Field Service club.AFS had a large ...

Student exchange programs, previously paused during the pandemic, have reopened and now families are needed to host international exchange students interested in living and studying in Fairfax County.

Friendships that last for more than 40 years across the great oceans of the world are rare, but several Carroll County families who hosted exchange students at Westminster High School long ago still ...

AFS-USA in Humboldt County is participating in the Department of State’s American Leadership Experience (ALEX) program this summer. This two-week program includes a stay with host families in Humboldt ...

Twenty-five years ago as a high school student, Dottie Boyd left her home in Albany to go on a trip of a lifetime to the south side of the Equator. The impact it made on her life encouraged her in ...

AFS Intercultural Programs visits the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square to ring the Opening Bell for the first time in the organization’s more than 100-year-long history. AFS is a global ...

As Russian missiles devastate Ukraine, people around the world are yearning for the day when peace will return to Eastern Europe. A hemisphere away, in Hempfield, two young men from disparate ...

Each year, AFS Intercultural Programs/USA, an international high-school student exchange for more than 60 years, welcomes 2,500 high school students from more than 90 countries into communities such ...