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Brad Owens

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Brad has enjoyed working with international people for decades. He spent two years working with the refugee population in Austria after college, and then returned to the U.S. to raise a family and host exchange students--15 students so far, from 11 countries. Brad has a degree in English Communications from Montreat-Anderson College, and loves sharing the benefits of cultural exchange. He currently works as the Marketing Director for ICES.





Recent Posts

When an exchange student experiences something for the first time, it's often a "lightbulb" or "A-HA!" moment for everyone...


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Tags: Cultural Exchange, Exchange Student, Youth Exchange,

This month only, we are renaming the ICES Student of the Month… to the ICES StudentS Of The Month. In a fun and unusual twist of...


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Tags: Student of the Month

Congratulations to Paula Martinez Martinez for being chosen as the ICES April Student of the Month! Paula is from Madrid, Spain...


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Tags: Student of the Month, Reasons to host, Student Experience

By Brad Owens On March 25, 2022

March Student of the Month

ICES congratulates Rafael Hormaechea for being selected as the Student of the Month for March. Rafa is from Majadahonda, Spain...


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Tags: Student of the Month

By Brad Owens On February 14, 2022

Share the Love Winners

In preparation for Valentine's Day, we ran a photo contest in which we asked our exchange students to submit a photo showing us...


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Tags: Host Families, Host an exchange student, Student Experience,

What if you could make a life-changing impact on a young person, enrich your local school and community, and bring some fun and...


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Tags: Welcome Family, Host an exchange student

By Brad Owens On April 17, 2021

Dad to Dad

Ok, first, before I get into the meat of this little discussion, I just want to say: I get it. I’ve been there. A friend of your...


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Tags: Host Families, Host an exchange student, Reasons to host

When two things working together are a perfect fit, the analogies used to describe what that feels and looks like are abundant:...


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