[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 23 (Thursday, February 6, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Page S819]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR FOREIGN STUDY

 Mr. MURPHY. Mr. President, I want to bring to the attention of 
my colleagues an important accomplishment achieved by the American 
Institute For Foreign Study, AIFS, based in Stamford, CT. In 2014, AIFS 
will be celebrating its 50th year of providing unique cultural and 
educational opportunities to young people around the globe through its 
mission--``we bring the world together''. Through its study and travel 
abroad, high school exchange, camp counselor, au pair, and gifted 
education programs, young people from diverse backgrounds have 
interacted with others from different cultures, gaining a better 
understanding of their values and ideas.
  Since its inception, AIFS has provided this educational opportunity 
to over 1.5 million people. In fact, over 800,000 American high school 
or college aged students have broadened their horizons by traveling 
abroad in structured educational programs. Whether it is through 
faculty-led educational travel programs or college semester/summer 
study abroad programs, young Americans have gained unique insights into 
a world that is rapidly shrinking.
  Mr. President, I congratulate the leadership of AIFS for its tireless 
pursuit of its goal of achieving a greater global understanding. 
Working closely with the U.S. Department of State, AIFS' programs have 
positively changed the way their participants view the world as well as 
their place within it.

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