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What Adam Sandler Gets Right About the Effects of Travel

Personal change through travel isn’t automatic or inevitable. Adam Sandler seems to get this.

On his recent hosting gig for Saturday Night Live – his first time back on the show in nearly 25 years since he was a cast member – Sandler played a travel agent named Joe Romano.

Marketing Luxury Goods With Theodore

Event Planning Internship

InterExchange really facilitates the process for coming to the US for a short period of time and enriching your knowledge of American culture.

From Selling Clams to Shaping Government Strategy

Ulla in Cape Cod during the summer of 1988

Life brings us experiences that profoundly impact our trajectory, but we often don’t recognize them until we take time to look back. For Finnish native Ulla Härmä, it was the summer of 1988 that set her on the course for her career.

The Arc of Advocacy Requires Patience and Persistence

Wisconsin advocacy group with Sen. Ron Johnson in 2017

Milwaukee, WI was also a frequent stop, especially to visit the office of Sen. Ron Johnson. As a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and representing a strong Summer Work Travel (SWT) host state (the Wisconsin Dells and Door County are home to many SWT students each summer), he was a key advocacy target.

Promoting cross-cultural understanding in the Dominican Republic

Mariposa girls.

While teaching health and science at the Mariposa DR Foundation—an organization devoted to empowering and educating girls and young women in the Dominican Republic to end generational poverty—Mexican-American Christianson Fellow Beatriz (“Betty”) D.

Your Montevideo, Uruguay Survival Guide

Standing in front of the Montevideo sign.

I’ve been interning at the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research in Montevideo, Uruguay for the past six months, thanks to generous funding from the Christianson Fellowship.

A Brief History of Two Years of Advocacy

Capitol Building, Washington D.C.

As the exchange community fans out across the country to advocate during Exchange Week in the District, it’s worth taking a look back at all that’s happened over the past two years.

Three Tips from An Advocacy Rookie

Rep. Nydia Velazquez (second from right)

Many new members of Congress began their tenures this past winter, so it’s a key time to make sure that the voices of international exchange supporters are heard.