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Mychal Guyton |
PRESS RELEASE
Preparing for the Global Marketplace: Local Young
Professional Gains Academic and Work Experience
Through Cultural Exchange to Germany:
Mychal Guyton of Bluefield State College Awarded Prestigious Congress-Bundestag Scholarship
New York, April 2008:
Mychal Guyton of Bluefield, West Virginia has been selected to participate in the 2008-2009 Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals, a year-long, federally-funded program for study and work in Germany. Mr. Guyton is affiliated with Bluefield State College and is a constituent of US Congressional Representative Nick Rahall (West Virginia’s 3rd district). CDS International, the administering organization, selected Mychal as one of 75 participants (among nearly 500 applicants) for this scholarship program. Since 1984, approximately 9,000 Americans have been given this unique opportunity to gain cultural, theoretical, and practical work experience in Germany, and Mr. Guyton will be participating in the historic 25th Anniversary year of the CBYX program.
Through this exchange program, Mr. Guyton will be part of a group of seventy-five Americans who will participate in two months of intensive German language training, four months of study at a German university or professional school, and a five month internship with a German company (internships vary according to professional field and previous work experience). Placed throughout all of Germany, participants have the opportunity to live with a German host and learn about daily life in another culture. Mr. Guyton will be abroad from late July 2008 through July 2009.
Conceived and supported by members of the United States Congress and the German Parliament [Bundestag], the program is financially supported by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the US Department of State under the authority of the Fulbright-Hays Act of 1961, as amended, as well as the German Parliament. Program funding provides for international airfare; orientation, mid-year and final seminars in the US and Germany; insurance; partial local transportation; and limited monthly stipends for housing costs. Interested potential applicants can visit www.cdsintl.org/cbyx for more information; applications for the 2009-2010 program year will be downloadable as of July 2008.
The program is designed primarily for young adults in business, technical, engineering, vocational, and agricultural fields, though candidates in all career fields are encouraged to apply. Participants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents between the ages of 18-24 and have clear career goals and experience in their professional fields. German language ability is not required, but is strongly recommended.
CBYX is a reciprocal scholarship program. While American participants like Mr. Guyton will experience life in Germany, young German professionals will be experiencing life here in the United States. German CBYX participants study at community and technical colleges in the fall then work at local businesses in the spring, all while living with an American host throughout the year. CDS International is currently looking for interested host families, host companies and host colleges who would like to take part in this exciting cultural exchange. Anyone interested in applying for the program or in hosting a German participant can contact CDS via email at cbyx@cdsintl.org.
For more information, or to request an application, contact:
Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals
CDS International
871 United Nations Plaza, New York NY 10017-1814
Phone: (212) 497-3522 Fax: (212) 497-3535
email: cbyx@cdsintl.org www.cdsintl.org/cbyx
For Immediate
Release
CDS International, Inc.
871 United Nations Plaza
New York, NY 10017-1814
Tel: (212) 497-3522
Fax: (212) 497-3535
www.cdsintl.org/cbyx
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