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Seven Yemeni Students Chosen for PLUS Exchange Program
January 11, 2005Congratulations are in store for seven Yemeni university students. They are among 114 candidates from throughout the Middle East and South Asia that have been chosen to participate in the 2005 Partnership for Learning Undergraduate Studies (PLUS) exchange program.
The PLUS program selects outstanding students who have completed two years of undergraduate study at home or regional institutions, provides full scholarships for enhancing their English language and study skills at American institutions before completing an undergraduate degree program and graduating from a U.S. university. The program is designed for students in liberal arts, humanities and social sciences from underserved regions and social groups who have demonstrated leadership potential and are highly committed to returning to make a difference in their home countries.
The successful candidates are:
• Lamya Al Sakkaf
• Ali Hussein
• Belal Abdo
• Yasmin Ali
• Mohammed Ghanim
• Mahdi Khalil
• Ghamdan Qamhan
Many thanks go out to AMIDEAST in Sana’a for their successful administration of the program. For more information on the PLUS program in Yemen, please visit AMIDEAST’s site at http://www.amideast.org/programs_services/exchange_programs/plus/yemen.htm or contact the American Embassy Public Diplomacy Section at +967 1 755-2454.
We wish all the best to our traveling students!