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Please Join Us for an Information Night at YFU Headquarters We will discuss our study abroad program options for high school students, gap year programs for recent graduates, and study…

YFU MOURNS LOSS OF DEMOCRACY ADVOCATE, ACTIVIST AND YFU LEADER JOHN RICHARDSON JR. Former YFU President & CEO and wife remembered for long-time contribution to international education and diplomacy. Washington,…

YFU USA WELCOMES CHARLES CADIGAN AS NEW VICE PRESIDENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS Leader to oversee fundraising, communications and alumni efforts for leading exchange organization Washington, DC (January 6, 2015) — Youth…

NEW SCHOLARSHIP HONORS LEGACY OF INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE STUDENT Family of German exchange student to the US sponsors new scholarship for an American high school student from son’s host community to…

With a rich legacy built on more than six decades of excellence in cultural exchange, YFU is delighted to have returned our headquarters to Washington, DC and to have celebrated…

 INAUGURAL GALA TO LAUNCH NEW SCHOLARSHIP, FINANCIAL AID PROGRAM AS YFU RETURNS ITS HEADQUARTERS TO NATION’S CAPITAL Hon. Laurie S. Fulton, U.S. Ambassador (Ret.) & Trevor Gunn, Medtronic Managing Director…

Every year YFU Finland provides a handful of teenagers with an interest in environmental studies with the opportunity to participate in a 5-week cultural exchange with YFU USA to Colorado.…

Last year, YFU welcomed two graduate students, Nicholas Clift and Tomas Molfino, from the University of Michigan’s Tauber Institute for Global Operations to work with us in developing a roadmap to help lay…

A note from YFU USA President & CEO Michael Hill The entire YFU community mourns the tragic death of YFU alum Joep Lange a prominent AIDS researcher who studied abroad…

UN SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS YFU TRUSTEE & FORMER AMBASSADOR AS DEPUTY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR UNITED NATIONS Laurence D. Wohlers tapped to protect civilians and support transition processes in the Central African…