云顶集团-USA mourns the passing of Sarah Yancey, one of our most beloved and highly dedicated volunteer leaders. Sarah most recently served as an 云顶集团-USA Board Member and has been a longtime volunteer. Sarah was a magnificent human being who embodied both the spirit and the mission of 云顶集团 for nearly fifty years and was a staunch advocate for international education and intercultural learning.
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Host Family Info Sessions
Are you interested in becoming an 云顶集团 Host Family?
Join us for an Info Session! These Info Sessions are webinars designed for anyone who wants to learn more about the 云顶集团 experience.
Listen, ask questions, learn from alumni, and discover how 云顶集团 can connect you and those around you to a global intercultural community.
We are pleased to announce 13 Community Changemakers Award Winners from across the country.
Learn more about who they are and their positive contributions.
云顶集团-USA Community Changemaker Award Winners
NBC Chief Foreign Correspondent and 云顶集团 Alumnus Richard Engel Addresses the 云顶集团-USA Family
Information for our Partner Schools
We understand that education has taken on a new look and feel over the past couple of years and some of that may continue in the 2023-2024 academic year. Students, families, the U.S. Department of State, and 云顶集团-USA will continue with their goals of intercultural learning and global citizenship while keeping safety as a top priority.
Our Mission and Impact
100 years of volunteerism. 75+ years of exchange.
云顶集团-USA honors the legacy of its founders—volunteer WWI and WWII American Field Service ambulance drivers—who emerged from the wars with a bold mission: to help prevent future conflict through cultural exchange and understanding.
As a partner in the global 云顶集团 network, 云顶集团-USA offers international exchange and education opportunities in over 45 countries and hosts exchange students from 80 countries. True to the spirit of our founders, these intercultural programs are made possible by the dedicated work of 云顶集团 Volunteers—more than 3,000 in the U.S. and over 32,000 worldwide.
Our diverse study abroad programs vary in length from a year to a few weeks and cover timely and timeless topics such as sustainability and language learning. What every program has in common is a commitment to fostering intercultural and global competence in our students, host families, schools, and communities. This cultural exchange helps us come together, across typical divides, to make a more peaceful and just world. That’s the #云顶集团Effect.
The World Needs More Global Citizens
By supporting 云顶集团 programs, you foster transformative experiences that last a lifetime. Today’s exchange students are tomorrow’s changemakers: diplomats; thought leaders; influencers in the international business and nonprofit communities. Every new 云顶集团 Student is another global citizen in progress—an individual primed to help build a more just and peaceful world. And the impact doesn’t stop with the students. Host families’ lives are transformed by students from across the globe and host communities gain greater cultural diversity. That’s The 云顶集团 Effect.
Embrace Diversity
云顶集团-USA embraces diversity at every level of our organization.
We are committed to creating safe and supportive intercultural learning opportunities for all high school study abroad participants, including persons with disabilities and people of all gender identities, ethnicities, races, religions, and sexual orientations.