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Local student earns exchange scholarship

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Pendleton Heights High School’s Quinlan Huntzinger is one of 350 students from across the United States selected as a 2019-20 recipient of the Congress- Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) Scholarship.

Initiated in 1983 to strengthen ties between Germany and the United States, the CBYX program is jointly funded and managed by the U.S. Congress and the German Bundestag.

Students who participate in the program learn about German culture first hand by living with a host family and attending a German high school for a year.

Youth For Understanding USA (YFU) administers the CBYX program in Indiana through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

For more details about CBYX, visit exchanges.state.gov/cbyx or call YFU at 1-800-TEENAGE.

The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs promotes international mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries through a wide range of academic, cultural, private-sector, professional and sports exchange programs.

The Bureau’s exchanges engage youth, students, educators, artists, athletes and emerging leaders in many fields in the United States and in more than 160 countries.

Alumni of State Department exchanges comprise one million people around the world, including more than 75 Nobel Laureates and more than 450 current or former heads of state and government. Visit eca.state.gov for more details.