The Foreign Service Journal, September 2011

A F S A N E W S 58 F OR E I GN S E R V I C E J OU R N A L / S E P T EMB E R 2 0 1 1 Jason Kazi, son of Foreign Service employee Pamela Kazi and general services office employee Towhid Kazi, has been awarded one of 650 National Security Language Initiative for Youth Scholarships for the 2011-2012 school year. The merit-based scholarships are for eligible high school students to learn less commonly taught languages in summer, semester and academic-year overseas immersion programs. Funded by the Department of State, the NSLI-Y program is administered by a consortium of nonprofit organizations led by American Councils for International Education and includes American Field Service-USA, international Educations And Resource Network-USA and Concordia Language Villages. The NSLI-Y scholarship enables Jason to study Hindi in India for the summer. The merit- based scholarship covers all program costs for participants including domestic and interna- tional travel; tuition and related academic preparation; support and testing for language study; educational and cultural activities focused on language learning; orientations; applica- ble visa fees; three meals per day; and accommodations, preferably in a host family. The NSLI-Y program aims to spark a lifelong interest in foreign languages and cultures among a corps of young Americans with the skills necessary to advance international dia- logue by building on the foundations developed through person-to-person relationships. NSLI-Y offers overseas study opportunities for summer, semester and academic-year lan- guage learning in Arabic, Hindi, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Persian, Russian and Turkish. NSLI-Y scholars are between 15 and 18 years old. Applications for 2012-2013 NSLI-Y pro- grams will be available at www.nsliforyouth.org in the early fall. AFSA/TLG Intern Every year, AFSA and the Thursday Luncheon Group sponsor a minority college student for a summer internship at the Department of State. This year’s intern is Matthew Thompkins, whose name we misspelled in the June edition of AFSA News ― our apologies! Please look for an article on Matthew and his summer experience in the October issue. AFSA NEWS BRIEFS In the article, “Work-Life Balance in the Foreign Service,” in the July-August issue (p. 50): Faye Barnes, not Judy Ikels, quot- ed former Secretary of State Colin Powell. We regret the error. FS High School Student Wins Hard-Language Scholarship dees appreciated the chance to meet active-duty FSOs. 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