Each year in April, high school students across the state of Iowa are invited to attend the day-long Iowa Youth Institute (IYI) held at Iowa
In the second part of our hosting series, IRIS highlights Alexis Vosburg and her family’s experience with hosting. Alexis Vosburg is a busy woman. She’s
Thirty students from countries across Africa, Central and Eastern Europe and Asia come to Iowa each school year to attend American high school, learn about
Snow, nightlife, and shopping. Those are indeed the best elements for this holiday season. But that’s just Christmas from the outside. Christmas from the inside
Here at IRIS, we’ve been at work getting things prepared for our incoming YES students. But along the way, we also gained a new face
For many, the definition of a ‘global citizen’ is unclear. Afterall, we are all citizens living on this globe. However, being a true global citizen
Though IRIS began in 1993, it didn’t begin officially connecting with communities in Africa until 2001. The year brought the start of two projects, one
[huge_it_gallery id=”18″] Father’s Day is a holiday celebrated across the world honoring fatherhood and paternal bonds. For Youth Exchange and Study students, host parent bonds
Some students look forward to the end of the school year because it’s the sign that summer is almost here. But the month of April
Annastazia Rutatina (YES alumna 2007-2008, Tanzania, hosted by IRIS in Pella, IA) recently wrote in to us to share what she misses most from her
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