Stories

The NSLI-Y program languages include Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Indonesian, Hindi, Korean, Persian (Tajiki), Russian and Turkish. Listed below are all multimedia stories written, and shared by NSLI-Y students, alumni, partners, and supporters. These stories include all NSLI-Y program languages and are ordered chronologically from the most recent post.

Alumni and current students, join the conversation by submitting your own story.

Click on a language below to see stories and media related to a specific NSLI-Y program language:

Displaying stories from 2015.

Image of NSLI-Y students in a radio station with microphones

Chinese (Mandarin)

March 2015 American Abroad Student of the Month

Brendan Ryan, a National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) participant studying Chinese in Taiwan, has been named American Abroad Student of the M...
Image of Dylan sitting at a table in a suit in front of a microphone

Russian

Alumnus Advocates for Russian Language to Local Board of Education

Photo credit: Marilyn Lehren, TAPinto.net NSLI-Y Russian Language alumnus Dylan was spotlighted in an article on TAPinto.net for his involvement as student repr...
Image of NSLI-Y students sitting at a table with chinese peers and drinking coffee

Chinese (Mandarin)

Chatting Over Coffee in China

The Beijing American Center hosts a continuing series of "coffee hours" twice a month for American student volunteers to chat with Chinese students over coffee ...
Image of two NSLI-Y students sitting in a tent and smiling while holding bowls

Korean

Camping Culture in South Korea

By: Jennifer, NSLI-Y Korea, Summer 2013 Many Koreans seem to enjoy participating in camping and hiking. These activities proliferate more campsites, more outdoo...
Image of nSLI-Y students taking a group picture in front of the fo guang shan monastery

Chinese (Mandarin)

Trip to Fo Guang Shan Monastery

On March 13, nine NSLI-Y Taiwan Academic Year 2014-2015 students took a tour of Fo Guang Shan monastery, the largest Buddhist monastery in Taiwan and headquarte...
collage of NSLI-Y students volunteering in different countries; one image shows a classroom setting, another shows students picking up branches in the forest, and another shows nsli-y students with young children

Global

NSLI-Y Service for Global Youth Service Day

The purpose of Global Youth Service Day (April 17-19, 2015) is to celebrate and mobilize the millions of young people who improve their communities through serv...
image of four nsli-y students in very beautiful, colorful, and intricate traditional moroccan dresses

Arabic

May 2nd: "One Day in the Life in Morocco" Virtual Event

On Saturday, May 2nd, 2015, NSLI-Y Interactive will host be hosting the next virtual event with four National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) st...
image of the ay korea cohort taking a group photo in front of a colorfully lit temple at night

Korean

Sharing Culture Through Volunteering

During their winter break, as a community service activity, NSLI-Y students in Korea went to the Mapo District Youth Center to volunteer with their after-school...
collage image with text like "nsliy service" and "community service" and "volunteering" as well as the nsli-y languages

Global

#NSLIYService for Global Youth Service Day

From April 17-19, the world will be celebrating Global Youth Service Day (GYSD) and young people who make a positive impact on the world through service to th...