On March 27th, AFAM organized an online event to present its Sequoia program. This event was organized in partnership and on the platform of Pôle Carrière.

Sequoia committee members - Nicolas Horde (Ai 214), zident of the West Coast group, Valentin Fehr ( Cl 212), Atlanta group representative and Albina Patou-Chebykina, AFAM community manager, talked to students and alumni about the program Sequoia which helps gadz'arts prepare admissions to American Universities.

Participants got some time at the end of the event to ask their questions.

We will be happy to accept students and alumni to our new Sequoia program. You just need to contact us!

To know more about the Sequoia  program, please visit our website

Thank you, to Pôle Carrière and in particular to Frédérick Beck and Julienne Nadin for helping organize this conference.

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For the first time in 2024 French American Chamber of Commerce organized an event in San Jose and not in San Francisco which is often the case. The San Jose location attracted many French speaking people living in the South Bay. The event took place on the last day of February -29th.

A lot of French speaking engineers, entrepreneurs, managers, consultants, teachers and other professionals attended the networking spring event to meet new people and make new connections.

Some gadz'arts were also seen among the audience.

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On the picture (from left to right): Xavier Wartelle (AFAM CEO), Jean Pommier (AFAM CFO ) with his wife Agnès, Vincent Durieux and AFAM community manager Albina at the event

NYC-based gadz group gathering took place in February. On Thursday, February 15th, a group of gadz'arts led by Sasha Ghebali, West Coast Zident, gathered for Happy Hour in one of NYC bars.

It looks like they enjoyed being together.

Thank you, Sacha, for sharing this picture below with AFAM.

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On February 6th, AFAM representatives - AFAM CFO Jean Pommier (An 183), Robert Stelly (Ch 197), member of Shasta committee and Valentin Fehr (Cl 212), member of Sequoia committee, AFAM board member, as well as Albina Patou-Chebykina, AFAM community manager,  - met with Daniela Stelmaszyk, Head of European and International Mobility, and two Rinters (stands for "relations internationales").

Cathérine Epis, from the Châlons campus team, also attended the meeting.

Rinters Amir Azzouz (Li 2022) and Elliot Nendick (Me 2022), in charge of international relations on Lille and Metz campuses, met AFAM volunteers and AFAM community manager to learn about our Shasta, Sequoia and Yosemite programs and ask questions about AFAM and its activities.

AFAM would like to thank Daniela Stelmaszyk for organizing the meeting.

We hope that Amir and Elliot as well as other Rinters on Aix, Paris, Cluny and other campuses will become our partners to facilitate communication with our students.

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Additional information about AFAM and its programs:

If you are looking for an internships in the US to start in September 2024, please contact us to join the Shasta program

If you are willing to study in the US, please join our Sequoia program

Traditional French Galette des rois was organized in Houston on the 17th of January 2024. French Consulate in Houston hosted the event at the initiative of the gadz group based in Texas. We would like to thank Patrice Brossard (Bo 195), DG Amériques, who came up with the idea and helped organizing this event!

A&M students and alumni as well as French speaking University professors and faculty members gathered to celebrate the Epiphany.

This was a great occasion to connect, discuss and feel a sense of belonging to a big French speaking community in Houston.

Looking forward to seeing other Houston-based events in partnership with the French consulate!

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Please read about Galette des rois organised in Saratoga, CA