PRESIDENT MACRON VISITS VILLA ALBERTINE TO LAUNCH LAFAYETTE FELLOWSHIP

On Tuesday, September 23, His Excellency Mr. Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic, visited Villa Albertine in New York to discuss the launch of the Lafayette Fellowship, a new higher education initiative celebrating 250 years of French-American friendship and fostering the next generation of transatlantic leaders. Villa Albertine is a division of the French Embassy in the United States focused on Culture and Education

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Earlier in 2025, the Directors of the Lounsbery Foundation awarded a grant to Villa Albertine in a show of early support of the Lafayette Fellowship. The Lafayette Fellowship supports up to 30 outstanding American students for one year of master’s-level study at 15 top French institutions.

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