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Vietnamese exchange student in Patterson Patterson Irrigator, Patterson, California, May 28, 2020 by Cee Cee Howell / author Ngan Doan, known by her new American family and friends as “Nan,” has been in the United States since August 9, 2019. Originally from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Doan is a 15-year-old sophomore at Patterson High School. Doan was placed at … Read More

Exchange Student Program Enriches Lives of Guests, Hosts and Those around Them Juniata Sentinel, Mifflintown, Pennsylvania, May 6, 2020 by Paige Smith / writer I have always been fascinated by other cultures. Their traditions, their communities, their cuisine. I just never realized that I could learn all about these things firsthand without traveling the world. It turns out, I can, … Read More

Coronavirus impact on exchange students WFMJ.com, Youngstown, Ohio, April 2020 Phone interview with Debbie VanWinkle, ICES field staff in Ohio Some students are thousands of miles at home while experiencing the pandemic. Some of our current students are still here in Ohio and elsewhere across the country with their host families helping out their local communities with outreach projects, such … Read More

Italian foreign exchange student finds strength during pandemic in San Antonio KENS5-TV, San Antonio, Texas, April 24, 2020 by Mat Gaskins / author Rebecca Padellini, originally from Florence, chose to remain in the US to finish her school year despite the challenges posed by coronavirus. Rebecca Padellini came to the US in August as a foreign exchange student. The 18 … Read More

Exchange students in central Indiana miss experiences due to virus restrictions WISHTV.com, Indianapolis, Indiana, April 20, 2020 by Staff Reports The impact of coronavirus restrictions has been tough on students in Indiana, but it’s been especially tough on some of their classmates who are visiting America from other countries. Students with J-1 visas for cultural and educational exchange opportunities are … Read More

Michigan City exchange student gets to have her prom experience The Michigan City News-Dispatch, Indiana, March 25, 2020 by Jim Peters, staff writer It’s a modern-day Cinderella story, and the only thing missing was the actual dance. Despite the COVID-19 virus and her country’s mandate to return to Spain, Michigan City High School exchange student Paula Fonz was able to … Read More

For international students away from home, coronavirus is ‘scary’ and ‘stressful’ USA Today, Orgon, March 20, 2020 by Lindsay Schnell USA Today interviewed our French student about how she is feeling. This is part of a longer article: To stay in America, or go home? Coronavirus pandemic brings stress, fear for international students. It’s not just college kids who are … Read More

Brazilian exchange student finds second family in Rigby Post Register, Idaho Falls, Idaho, February 24, 2020 by Brennen Kauffman Moving to another hemisphere, from tropical South America to often-chilly Idaho, wasn’t the biggest adjustment Lucca Silva faced when he started at Rigby High School. He encountered an unfamiliar culture and would live with a new family during his year abroad. … Read More

Local foreign exchange student recognized as Student of the Month The Jessamine Journal, Nicholasville, Kentucky, February 21, 2020 International Cultural Exchange Services (ICES) has named Lina Eschenlauer from Laboe, Germany as the ICES Student of the Month for February. Lina is being hosted by the Lewis family in Nicholasville, Kentucky and attends East Jessamine High School. ICES has more than … Read More

More Copper Country families needed to host ICES students TV 6 / Upper Michigan’s Source, Houghton, Michigan, February 6, 2020 by Remi Murrey When Amelie Adler heard she’d spend a year in the UP, she didn’t know how to react. Not because she feared moving away from home, but because she didn’t know it existed. “It was kind of surprising … Read More