AMITY HISTORY

In 1962, Dr. Ernest and Emily Stowell of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, founded Amity Institute to meet the needs of American foreign language teachers and students for direct and personalized contact with world languages and cultures. They also sought to involve young people from abroad in American education, family and community life. Several decades later, Amity Institute has broadened into exchange programs that work toward achieving the mission of building international friendship and cultural understanding through teaching exchange. Since its inception, Amity programs have enabled thousands of people throughout the world to travel and enrich schools and communities as international educators. The Intern Program places teaching assistants in language departments at public and private elementary, middle, and secondary schools, colleges and universities. The Exchange Teacher Program arranges for certified, experienced educators from other countries to serve as temporary faculty at primary and secondary levels in the US