SALW 2013 Theme: Educate yourself @ your library.
Opportunity for an EducationUSA Session @ your library for students interested in studying in the United States.
Dear Librarian:
We would like to offer to partner with your library on the 2013 theme “Educate yourself @ your library” and promote access to education and information resources. The U.S. Mission arranges a variety of programs and resources that link South Africans and Americans. These programs and resources are intended to introduce participants to the United States and American people and culture, as well as provide them with possibilities to exchange ideas and collaborate with Americans. Educational exchanges and access to information resources create bonds and enduring relationships that build bridges of cooperation and understanding.
One of our prominent initiatives is educational advising offered through our EducationUSA offices. It promotes U.S. higher education by offering accurate, comprehensive, and current information about educational institutions in the United States and guidance to qualified individuals on how best to access those opportunities, at the undergraduate or post-graduate level. Millions of prospective students learn about U.S. study opportunities through EducationUSA centers through orientation sessions, individual counseling, and maintenance of useful publication collections for use by advisees. Our centers are staffed with an adviser, who has first-hand experience having studied in the United States and adheres to ethical standards, abides by the policy to refrain from working with commercial recruitment agents, and has received State Department-approved training about U.S. higher education and the advising process.
Services offered:
· Study in the USA introductory group sessions
· Follow-up individual advising sessions
· College fairs
· Advice on standard exams for university admission (SAT or ACT)
· Information resources on US colleges and application process
· Financial assistance for the university application process for qualifying individuals
· Fulbright scholarships for post-graduate study
We are often undertaking outreach to locations in your area and would be interested to learn your interest in hosting an introductory EducationUSA session at your library for local high school and/or university students. We are planning our calendar now, and we would happy to receive any date suggestions you may have for us to visit your libraries. If you are interested in hosting a session between February and April , please contact us by February 2, 2013. We will then connect you to the closest EducationUSA center for coordination purposes.
Karin Kitching- POC for expression of interest
IRC Director/Youth Outreach Coordinator
011 290 3079- KitchingK@state.gov
Claire Owen
EducationUSA Adviser
U.S. Consulate General- Johannesburg
Phone: 011 290 3108
Email: owence@state.gov; educationusajhb@state.gov
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