Advisers' Professional Partnership Program (APPP)

Funded by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the Advisers’ Professional Partnership Program (APPP) sponsored the visits of 10 U.S.-based international educators to EducationUSA advising centers in 14 countries worldwide.

The Purpose

The purpose of this program was to facilitate an international exchange experience that strengthens ties and improves understanding of the role and work of EducationUSA advisers and U.S. based international educators and their home institutions.

Visits with EducationUSA Advising Centers

Each participant spent approximately one week delivering practical presentations on U.S. higher education, the admissions process, and campus life. Participants were also actively involved in general orientation sessions, meetings at the Consular and Public Affairs offices, and small group educational advising sessions with students from local universities and high schools.

Participants

Congratulations to the following individuals who were selected to participate in the 2006 Advisers' Professional Partnership Program.

• Barbara Clark, CUNY - College of Staten Island - Cyprus & Turkey
• Alea Cot, University of New Orleans - Germany
• Beverly Fowler, University of Evansville - Colombia
• Linda Gentile, Carnegie Mellon University - India
• Heidi Gregori-Gahan, University of Southern Indiana - Jordan
• Katherine Hammett, Xavier University - Burma & Thailand
• Michael Ickowitz, University of Tennessee - Ethiopia & Uganda
• Beverly Plowucha, SUNY-Broome Community College -
  El Salvador & the Dominican Republic
• Seda Mansour, Stanford University - Ukraine
• Tawny Townsend, Whatcom Community College - Kyrgyzstan

The Advisers' Professional Partnership Program was made available through funding from the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State, under the authority of the Fulbright-Hays Act of 1961, as amended. Funding will no longer be available for this program.