| Show 4 Foreign Exchange Students Come to Center for International Studies to Expand program to include German Students i r 1 I i l Ed Lile Lil Liler e r f r Staff Writer l has been hosting foreign t exchange students that has included included in in- J eluded 14 Saudis and two Japanese Japan Japan- ese groups This fall the is quarter program expanding Three German students students students stu stu- dents sponsored by the Congress- Congress Youth Exchange Program Program Pro Pro- Program gram will begin specialized training in hi their chosen areas The students are Olaf Udo r. r 22 from Po who has been working as a gas and water fitter Thorsten Kuchle 20 from Memmingen who is a tech- tech apprentice and Marcus En- En dribB 19 from who will be pe furthering his bank train train- ing The goal of the CB YE is to provide an intercultural educational educational educational and professional means for American and German students families educational institutions and businesses to gain a better understanding of one another's political economic and social living It was conceived and supported supported supported sup sup- ported by members of the United States Congress and the German Gennan the equivalent of the US U.S. Congress and is financially supported by the Bureau of Educational Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Information Agency under the authority of the Hays Fullbright-Hays Act of 1961 as aswell aswell aswell well as the German This is a year one-year work- work study exchange program established established established es es- in 1984 as part of former President Reagans Reagan's International International International In In- Youth Exchange Initiative It combines the efforts efforts efforts ef ef- ef- ef forts of government and private private private vate sectors and is designed to strengthen ties between the younger generations of both countries The Congress exchange exchange exchange ex ex- ex- ex change program is administered by the Carl Duisberg Society a private profit non-profit organization has been designated to administer adminis adminis- ter the program in the United States through a grant agreement with the USIA In Germany the program is administered by the Carl Duisberg of Cologne Funding is through the American American American Ameri Ameri- can and German governments The governments also provide host family compensation during the study tudy portion of the program Applicants are between the i r ages of 18 and 21 and will have had extensive classroom instruction instruction instruction tion and practical training in their chosen professions Representatives tives of the German participate directly in selecting students for the program Alan M. M director director director di di- rector of the Center for International International Studies said that has accepted their role in this program with enthusiasm Host families have been picked for the three German students students students stu stu- stu- stu dents who will be eligible to begin the work-study work portion of the program in January 1994 |
