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Rockledge Students Douglas and George Dyer to Study Russian on U.S. Department of State NSLI-Y Scholarship

By  //  July 10, 2020

The Dyers were competitively selected from approximately 3,000 applicants

George Dyer, an 11th grader at Rockledge High School, was awarded a National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) Virtual Summer Intensive scholarship to study Russian language for five weeks. (BPS image)

BREVARD COUNTY • ROCKLEDGE, FLORIDA – Douglas Dyer and George Dyer, high school students in Rockledge, Florida, were awarded a National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) Virtual Summer Intensive scholarship to study Russian language for five weeks.

NSLI-Y is a program of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) that promotes critical language learning among American youth.

The 2020 Virtual Summer Intensive program was created as an online alternative to the NSLI-Y overseas immersion program in response to the U.S. Department of State Global Level 4 Health Advisory and ECA’s pause of in-person exchange programs.

These two students, competitively selected from approximately 3,000 applicants from across the United States, are two of approximately 500 students who will study Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Korean, Persian, Russian, or Turkish this summer as part of the virtual exchange.

The NSLI-Y Virtual Summer Intensive program aims to provide robust language and cultural learning opportunities by virtually connecting the participants with teachers, international peers, cultural organizations, and communities where the target language is spoken.

NSLI-Y is part of a multi-agency U.S. Government initiative launched in 2006 to improve Americans’ ability to
communicate in select critical languages, advance international dialogue, and provide Americans with jobs skills for the global economy.

Many NSLI-Y alumni go on to pursue education and careers vital to U.S. national security and credit the program experience with helping them improve their academic, leadership, and cross-cultural communication skills.

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Douglas Dyer, a 10th grader at Rockledge High School, was awarded a National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) Virtual Summer Intensive scholarship to study Russian language for five weeks. (BPS image)

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