The U.S. ExchangeAlumni Fellowship is a new professional development and networking program for U.S. citizen alumni of U.S. government exchange programs (U.S. ExchangeAlumni). The Fellowship, to begin in January 2025, will engage U.S. ExchangeAlumni as regional advocates for international exchange programs and strengthen alumni networks throughout the United States.
The Fellowship will equip six U.S. ExchangeAlumni to organize, network with, and manage outreach to local alumni in their assigned regions. Each Fellow will cover a specific region of the United States, with one Fellow to be based in Washington, DC at the Global Ties U.S. office.
Fellows will be tasked with building regional alumni networks across U.S. government-sponsored exchange programs (e.g. Peace Corps, Critical Language Scholarship, Fulbright, and other U.S. ExchangeAlumni groups), and engaging with them regularly through in-person and / or virtual programming. The Fellows also will lead outreach to inspire local audiences to become future exchange participants, as well as to support U.S. ExchangeAlumni events in their region.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
To participate in the U.S. ExchangeAlumni Fellowship, applicants must be U.S. citizen ExchangeAlumni. You will be asked about your U.S. alumni program when applying. Stay in the know by signing up for our emails using the form on the right.
More details about the Fellowship is HERE.
An FAQ is HERE.
Read announcement HERE.
TIMELINE
Fellows are expected to serve in the position for nine months, from January to October 2025 (in addition to program onboarding). Fellows must attend orientation and professional development programming and report on their activities throughout the program.
Key dates include:
- August 1, 2024: The application opens
- September 17, 2024: application closes
- September and October, 2024: Application review period*
- November and December, 2024: Selected Fellows will be notified and onboarded
- January 2025: Fellowship term begins
- October 2025: Fellowship term ends
*Top candidates may be invited to a virtual interview in fall 2024 prior to final selection.
More Information:
Fellowship Informational Webinar | August 20 at 12:00 p.m. (noon) ET
Recording HERE
Fellowship Informational Webinar | September 10 at 5:30 p.m. ET
Register HERE
QUESTIONS
Contact USAlumni@GlobalTiesUS.org
The U.S. ExchangeAlumni Fellowship is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State with funding provided by the U.S. Government and implemented by Global Ties U.S. in partnership with the Office of Alumni Affairs in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.