Category: Awards

  • 2024 Scholarship Winner

    The Salem-Ota Cultural Exchange is proud to announce that Jessica Valatka is the recipient of this year’s $500 scholarship. Her essay on what the exchange program has meant to her […]

  • 2024 Salem-Ota Scholarship!

    Are you, or do you know, a High School senior going to college this fall who has participated in The Salem-Ota Cultural Exchange?  We have an opportunity for you! What […]

  • 2023 Scholarship Winner

    The Salem-Ota Cultural Exchange is proud to announce that Grace Milano is the recipient of this year’s $500 scholarship. Her essay on what the exchange program has meant to her […]

  • 2023 Scholarship!

    Are you, or do you know, a High School senior going to college this fall who has participated in The Salem-Ota Cultural Exchange?  We have an opportunity for you! What […]

  • 2022 Scholarship Winner

    The Salem-Ota Cultural Exchange is proud to announce that Corey Aras Ide Kaulenas is the recipient of this year’s $500 scholarship. His essay on what the exchange program has meant […]

  • 2021 Scholarship Winner

    The Salem-Ota Cultural Exchange is proud to announce that Deya Arnold is the recipient of this year’s $500 scholarship. Her essay on what the exchange program has meant to her […]

  • 2020 Scholarship Offering

    Are you a senior going to college who has participated in The Salem-Ota Cultural Exchange? We have an opportunity for you! What has this program meant to you? Tell us […]

  • 2018 Scholarship Winner

    The Salem-Ota Cultural Exchange is proud to announce that Connor Heenan is the recipient of this year’s $500 scholarship. His essay on what the exchange program has meant to him […]

  • Thayer Award

    We are delighted to announce that in October, 2016, the Salem-Ota Cultural Exchange was awarded theJohn E. Thayer, III Award for Outstanding Contributions to Cultural Exchange between the United States and […]