Applications are now being accepted for the 2023 Young Pacific Leaders (YPL) Embracing Equity, Inclusion, and Human Rights Regional Workshop. The U.S. Department of State, in partnership with Cultural Vistas, is pleased to announce that the application for the 2023 Young Pacific Leaders (YPL) Embracing Equity, Inclusion, and Human Rights Regional Workshop is now open. …
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By U.S.Embassy Samoa | 9 May, 2023 | Categories: Education, News | Tags: Human Rights Regional Workshop., Young Pacific Leaders
U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa Tom Udall travelled to Samoa from February 9 – 14 to welcome back the U.S. Peace Corps Volunteers and launch a new American Corner in Salelologa. Starting off his trip in Savai’i, Ambassador Udall and Minister of Education, Sports, and Culture Honorable Seuula Ioane cut the ribbon to …
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By U.S.Embassy Samoa | 14 February, 2023 | Categories: Ambassador, American Spaces, Education, News | Tags: Ambassador Udall, America Corner, and Culture Honorable Seuula, Minister of Education, Peace Corps, Salelologa Primary School, Sports
U.S. Ambassador Udall and Ms Cooper made their first official visit to Samoa last week. Welcomed with a traditional ‘ava ceremony, they then had a busy and productive week with the Samoan people. “Fa’afetai Samoa! Jill and I had an incredible first trip to Samoa. We love Samoa and its people, and are looking forward …
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By U.S.Embassy Samoa | 16 August, 2022 | Categories: Ambassador, Art & Culture, Business, Education, Environment, Events, News | Tags: 'Ava welcome ceremony, Aga Reef Resort, American Corner, Deputy Prime Minister Tuala, Minister Faualo, Peace Corps Samoa, Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mata’afa, Samoa, U.S. Ambassador Udall
Thirty-seven participants sponsored by #usaidclimateready received certificates of completion from United States Embassy Apia, Political/Economic Officer Mark Hitchcock after successfully completing an Asset Management foundation course delivered online by the Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia (New Zealand).“With the increase in severity and frequency of extreme weather events in the Pacific, countries have had to …
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By U.S.Embassy Samoa | 21 December, 2021 | Categories: Education, Environment, News | Tags: Samoa, USAID
Meet Sefuiva Moeumu Uili. Sefuiva Moeumu Uili is 36 years old and from the village of Levi – Saleimoa, Poutasi, Lefagoalii and Sili. She graduated from the National University of Samoa with a Bachelor’s Degree in Science (2007) and also from the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji with a Postgraduate Diploma in …
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By U.S.Embassy Samoa | 11 March, 2021 | Categories: Education, Environment, News | Tags: environmental studies, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, National University of Samoa, Poutasi, Saleimoa, Sefuiva Moeumu Uili, South Pacific in Suva
The Embassy of the United States in Wellington announces an open competition for past participants (“alumni”) of U.S. government-funded and U.S. government-sponsored exchange programs to submit applications to the 2021 Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF 2021). We seek proposals from teams of at least two alumni who reside in New Zealand, Samoa, The Cook Islands …
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By U.S.Embassy Samoa | 22 December, 2020 | Categories: Alumni, Education, Environment, News, U.S. & Samoa | Tags: Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund
Chargé d’Affaires Jon Yoo presented completion certificates September 30 to participants who successfully completed the Project Management Practice course supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The course is part of the USAID Ready Project’s partnership with the University of the South Pacific/Pacific TAFE to help Pacific Island countries become more resilient …
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By U.S.Embassy Samoa | 7 October, 2020 | Categories: Chargé D’Affaires, Education, News, Success Stories
EducationUSA held a one-week virtual program, at the American Corner, to promote higher education in the United States to students from Samoa. These live sessions allowed students and teachers to virtually join discussions with EdUSA Advisers and twenty U.S. university admission experts who shared their knowledge on a range of topics surrounding the student admissions …
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By U.S.Embassy Samoa | 7 August, 2020 | Categories: American Spaces, Education, News | Tags: American Corner, EducationUSA, Samoa
After months of being closed, to adhere to the Government of Samoa’s State of Emergency Orders, we are back in business. We have reading and writing programs along with basic computer skills for Year 1 – Year 8. Check out these dates and learn more about America: August – November: Reading. Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday, for years 1-8 …
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By U.S.Embassy Samoa | 3 August, 2020 | Categories: American Spaces, Education, English Language Learning, News, U.S. & Samoa | Tags: American Corner
“Misinformation has real world consequences. It can lead to people dying…. Far from being theoretical, misinformation causes real world harm that we can directly measure and it seems to be increasing.” – Damaso Reyes Damaso Reyes is an award-winning journalist with more than 20 years of domestic and international reporting experience and is currently the …
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By U.S.Embassy Samoa | 17 April, 2020 | Categories: Education, News | Tags: damaso reyes, news literacy project, NUS, SAMPOD
Great to be apart of the APS Samoa ’s Launch of their “Pets are Family” campaign. The program aims to promote awareness about caring for animals and encouraging pet owners to have them de-sexed and treated on a regular basis. A slogan competition was open to the public, which Aniva Clarke was awarded the winning prize by …
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By U.S.Embassy Samoa | 1 May, 2019 | Categories: Education, News | Tags: Animal Protection Society
What does the U.S. have to offer? An ever so common question asked by the Samoan community, especially with the school year just beginning. Parents, teachers and students were eager to find out what is out there and available as they start to explore their options for higher education. This urged the EducationUSA Adviser, Sharon …
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By U.S.Embassy Samoa | 1 March, 2019 | Categories: Education, News | Tags: Apia, EducationUSA, Meredith sisters, Samoa, the American Corner
UPDATE: The deadline has past. Apply by Monday January 14, 2019 at 5pm New Zealand time using this form . What is the program about? The five-week Study of the U.S. Institutes for Secondary Educators are intensive post-graduate level academic programs with integrated study tours whose purpose is to provide foreign secondary educators and administrators the opportunity …
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By U.S.Embassy Samoa | 6 November, 2018 | Categories: Education, News, Study in the U.S. | Tags: My SUSI Experience: The American Dream, Secondary School Educators, U.S. Institutes for Secondary Educators
2018 COMPETITION ANNOUNCEMENT. The United States South Pacific Scholarship Program (USSP), authorized by the U.S. Congress and funded by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State, is a competitive, merit-based scholarship program that provides opportunities for Master’s and Bachelor’s degree study at the University of Hawai‘i in fields that …
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By U.S.Embassy Samoa | 27 September, 2018 | Categories: Education, News, Scholarships and Exchanges, Study in the U.S., U.S. & Samoa | Tags: eastwestcenter.org, South Pacific Scholarship, USSP
U.S. Embassy Apia, Press Release. U.S. Embassy Apia is pleased to award the 2018 J. William Fulbright Foreign Student Scholarship to Ms. Pilisita “Sita” Leota, who will be heading to Brandeis University this month to study for a Master’s Degree in Sustainable International Development. The Fulbright Foreign Student Program is a highly competitive opportunity that …
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By U.S.Embassy Samoa | 8 August, 2018 | Categories: Education, News, Press Releases | Tags: Brandeis University, Fulbright, Leota, Pilisita “Sita” Leota, Sustainable International Development
July 13 – 17. The U.S Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa, Scott Brown and Mrs Gail Brown visited Samoa last week to commemorate American Independence with a reception held at the U.S Residence in Vailima. Honored guests included Their Highnesses Head of State Tuimalealiifano Vaaletoa Sualauvi & Masiofo Faamausili; the Prime Minister of Samoa, …
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By U.S.Embassy Samoa | 25 July, 2018 | Categories: Culture, East Asia & Pacific, Education, Former Ambassadors, News, U.S. & Samoa | Tags: Independence Day, Magiagi Primary School, Samoa, Savaii
Calling Scholars: Apply for a fully funded 2018 exchange program in the United States Apply by Friday, January 12, 2018 at 5pm Samoa time online using the application form from educationusasamoa@state.gov What is the program about? Study of the U.S. Institutes for Scholars (SUSIs) are intensive post-graduate level academic programs with integrated study tours whose purpose …
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By U.S.Embassy Samoa | 22 November, 2017 | Categories: Education, News, Scholarships and Exchanges, Study in the U.S., U.S. & Samoa | Tags: Samoa, Scholars, Scholarships and Exchanges, SUSI
Apply for a fully funded 2018 exchange program in the United States Apply by Friday, January 12, 2018 at 5pm Samoa time online using the application form from educationusasamoa@state.gov . What is the program about? The five-week Study of the U.S. Institutes for Secondary Educators are intensive post-graduate level academic programs with integrated study tours whose …
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By U.S.Embassy Samoa | 22 November, 2017 | Categories: Education, News, Scholarships and Exchanges, Study in the U.S., U.S. & Samoa | Tags: Education USA, SUSI
The U.S. Embassy New Zealand is excited to share the following opportunity for students from Pacific island countries to apply for a merit-based scholarship to pursue Bachelor’s and Master’s level study at the University of Hawai’i. Applications opened in August 2017 and will close February 1, 2018. What is the U.S. South Pacific Scholarship? The East …
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By U.S.Embassy Samoa | 2 November, 2017 | Categories: Education, News | Tags: agriculture, Business, communication/journalism, environmental studies, Fiji, gender studies, Kiribati, Nauru, NGO management, political science, public administration, public health, Solomon Islands, STEM fields, Tuvalu, U.S. South Pacific Scholarship, Vanuatu
The new Ambassador of the United States to the Independent State of Samoa, Mr. Scott Brown and his wife Mrs. Gail Brown arrived in Apia on the eve of the 26th of July 2017 for their inaugural visit. While it was their first official visit to Samoa, the Ambassador and his wife made great strides …
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By U.S.Embassy Samoa | 4 August, 2017 | Categories: Art & Culture, Education, Environment, Former Ambassadors, Former U.S. Government Leaders, News, Sports Diplomacy, Youth Diplomacy | Tags: Deputy Prime Minister of Samoa, Honorable Fiame Naomi Mataafa, Letter of Credence, Maagiagi Primary School, Pacific Women Leaders, Peace Corps Samoa, To Sua Trench
This week Nobesity Samoa launched its “Sugar Crush Week” – one of the eight projects funded through U.S. Embassy Apia’s 2016 Public Diplomacy Small Grants scheme. The aim of the partnership between Nobesity Samoa and U.S. Embassy is directed at using approaches and methodologies already used by Nobesity Samoa but at a wider scale. …
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By U.S.Embassy Samoa | 19 January, 2017 | Categories: Chargé D’Affaires, Child and Family Matters, Education, News, U.S. & Samoa | Tags: Ambassador Gilbert, Chargé d’ Affaires Ms. Angelina Wilkinson, Nobesity Samoa, Samoa
By Public Affairs staff, U.S. Embassy, Apia. In early December 2016 Ambassador Mark Gilbert and his wife Nancy made their final official visit to Samoa. While it was a time to bring closure to their official duties, the trip was also business as usual. The Ambassador and Nancy laid the groundwork for current projects to …
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By U.S.Embassy Samoa | 13 January, 2017 | Categories: Education, Environment, Former Ambassadors, Former U.S. Government Leaders, News, U.S. & Samoa | Tags: Ambassador Gilbert, Ambassador Mark Gilbert, and Civic Aid, Barack Obama, Disaster, Faitau = Atamai, Faleolo Medical Center, Linda Esposto, Nancy Gilbert, Overseas Humanitarian, Rotary Club of Apia, Saanapu Primary School, Safata College, Sataoa Primary
On August 24th Chargé d’Affaires Angelina Wilkinson opened Samoa Family Health Association’s (SFHA) U.S. funded ‘Train the Trainers’ workshop in Sapapalii, Savaii. Samoa Family Health was one of the awardees of the U.S. Embassy’s Public Diplomacy Small Grants Scheme in 2015. This funding is to enable Samoa Family Health to bring their Mobile Health Clinics …
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By U.S.Embassy Samoa | 25 August, 2016 | Categories: Education, U.S. & Samoa | Tags: Chargé d’Affaires Angelina Wilkinson, Samoa, Sapapalii, Savaii, Train the Trainers