The U.S. Embassy in The Hague is pleased to accept applications for the 2023 Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellowship. The program is scheduled to take place in-person from June 24 – July 22, 2023, and will be hosted by Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. Are you between the ages 16-18, and interested in learning more …
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 27 January, 2023 | Topics: Education, Events, Featured Event, News, Public Affairs, Scholarships and Exchanges, Study in the U.S., U.S. & the Netherlands
The U.S. Embassy The Hague is accepting applications for the 2022 Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellowship. Are you a Dutch citizen or legal permanent resident who is interested in learning more about the United States, developing leadership skills, and strengthening the ties between the U.S. and the Netherlands? Were you born between June 26, 2003, and June 26, 2006 (i.e., be …
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 4 February, 2022 | Topics: Education, embassy, Events, Featured Event, News, Scholarships and Exchanges, Study in the U.S., U.S. & the Netherlands | Tags: Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellowship
“Submit your application for a prestigious youth program in the United States during the summer of 2020.” U.S. Embassy The Hague is accepting applications for the 2020 Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellow! Are you a Dutch citizen or legal permanent resident who is interested in diplomacy, the transatlantic relations ship, and public service? Will you be …
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 10 December, 2019 | Topics: Alumni, Education, Events, Featured Event, News, Study in the U.S., U.S. & the Netherlands | Tags: Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellow, BFTF
On June 17, 2019, Public Affairs Officer Sherry Keneson-Hall spoke at the Fulbright Award Ceremony, in the historic Academiegebouw of Utrecht University, on the occasion of Dutch students and scholars being honored as the latest Fulbright grantees. Established in 1946, the Fulbright Scholar program is an American scholarship administered jointly with the Dutch government, in which American students …
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 19 June, 2019 | Topics: Events, Featured Event, News, Study in the U.S., U.S. & the Netherlands | Tags: Fulbright
During International Education Week , the Netherlands Fulbright Alumni Association and the U.S. Embassy The Hague organized an early Thanksgiving event for Fulbright alumni at the Ambassador’s Residence. The fifty guests had a lovely evening which started off with speeches by Public Affairs Counselor Sherry Keneson-Hall and Chargé d’Affaires Shawn Crowley. The Fulbright program is the flagship international …
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 16 November, 2018 | Topics: Alumni, Art & Culture, Culture, Education, Events, Featured Event, News, Study in the U.S., U.S. & the Netherlands | Tags: Fulbright
At two events this week, Ambassador Pete Hoekstra celebrated the U.S. Department of State’s exchange programs with alumni who participated as long ago as the 1970s to as recently as earlier this year. From Fulbright to the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), and from the Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellowship (BFTF) to Women2Women (W2W), the Transatlantic …
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 28 September, 2018 | Topics: Ambassador, Education, English Language Learning, Europe & Eurasia, Scholarships and Exchanges, Study in the U.S.
“Make a short video in English to participate in our competition to earn a nomination for a prestigious youth program in the United States during the summer of 2018.” U.S. Embassy The Hague is looking for the Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellow for 2018! Are you Dutch and will you be 16 or 17 years old …
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 27 December, 2017 | Topics: Alumni, Education, Events, Featured Event, News, Public Affairs, Study in the U.S. | Tags: Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellows, BFTF
If you’re planning to study in the U.S. you need the visa that bests suits your purpose. The organization managing the Student Exchange Visitor Program , the Department of Homeland Security, has an interesting read on what the differences are between an F and J visa, both of which can be used for studying in the U.S. You can …
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 11 August, 2017 | Topics: Consular Affairs, Education, Study in the U.S., Visas
On June 19, 2017, Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Sherry Keneson-Hall attended the Fulbright Award Ceremony in the historic Academiegebouw of Utrecht University. Twenty-three Dutch students and scholars were honored as the latest Fulbright grantees. The Fulbright Program offers scholarships to highly motivated foreign students to study in the U.S. and about an equal number …
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 29 June, 2017 | Topics: Culture, Education, Events, Featured Event, News, Scholarships and Exchanges, Study in the U.S., U.S. & the Netherlands | Tags: Fulbright