On Friday, December 06, 2019, starting at 19:00 at Menza Ramiz Sadiku, Kosovo American Education Fund (KAEF) organized its annual fundraiser "The Night of the Rising Stars." Over 150 guests attended the event, among whom the former President Mrs. Atifete Jahjaga (KAEF Honorary Committee member), US…
On Friday, December 07, 2018, starting at 19:00 at Hotel Emerald, American Councils for International Education organized the gala night "The Night of the Rising Stars" on the occasion of reaching the 100th Scholarship of the Kosovo American Educational Fund (KAEF). Over 250 guests attended this ev…
KAEF Fellow Albulena Basha (Kosovo, Iowa State University) was invited to attend the 2018 World Food Prize Laureate Award Ceremony held on October 18, 2018, in Des Moines, Iowa. The World Food Prize is considered as the equivalent of a Nobel prize in agriculture. Albulena was nominated by Iowa State…
February 2017 has brought Kosovo American Education Fund (KAEF) Graduate Fellowship program great news and successes of its alumni on the world stage. Zana Zeqiri Rudi, an alumna of the KAEF program was recently named Kosova's Ambassador to Panama. Zana (Master in Public Policy, Harvard University …
WhenWednesday February 17, 2016 from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM ESTWhereAmerican Councils Office 1828 L Street, NWSuite 1200Washington, DC 20036…
The Whitman International week is a celebration of diversity and culture organized by the Whitman Graduate Student Organization. It is a festival of sorts that brings together the entire graduate community to showcase the international diversity that all of us bring along. The Diversity Expo was one…
The selection process for the 2016 group of KAEF finalists continued with interviews being conducted in Prishtina for the 20 tier-1 semifinalists during the weekend of September 12-13, 2015. Semifinalists were interviewed by American Councils staff from the U.S., Andrew Horsfall from Syracuse Univer…
The incoming 2015 group of KAEF Fellows arrived in the U.S. to begin their program on August 12, 2015. A Beginning of Program Orientation (BOP) was held for those KAEF Fellows on August 13 - 14, 2015 in Washington, DC. Several American Councils staff members conducted the orientation. A variety of t…
An EVENING OF CULTURE AND DISCOVERY was held in Washington, DC on the evening of March 27, 2015. We are pleased to report that the event generated great interest about the KAEF Program in the Washington, DC community and beyond. The event was recently highlighted on Voice of America.…
"Don't know why the effort, it's not going to get any better in here. Why haven't you stayed in the States?" - It is precisely the expression that Brikena hears the most since her return to her native Kosova. It is this expression, which Brikena does not want to hear any more. She is strongly dedica…
The Kosovo American Education Fund (KAEF) celebrates its tenth anniversary as well as the arrival of its newest class of seven graduate fellows. This group of select students from Kosovo will begin their studies in some of the country's most prestigious university graduate programs. Over the last te…