Student Exchange 2024 – Nederland Community Library

The 2024 Exchange Program

16 STUDENTS + 2 COUNTRIES = LASTING MEMORIES
Students and librarians from Nederland the Netherlands collaborated on a project that promoted the value of global cooperation and learning. The program culminated in a 10-day homestay exchange the summer of 2024.

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE 2024 PROGRAM

COMING IN OCTOBER
Information on our 2024-2025 Sister Library Program
email Elektra Greer for more information

A SISTERS LIBRARIES PROGRAM

OUR PARTNERS

Why “Going Dutch”?

FROM MOUNTAINS TO SEA

Students on the beach in The Netherlands

On the beach in Zeeland

Students on the porch of Colorado Mountain Club cabin

At the Colorado Mountain Club cabin in Colorado

A refreshing swim in Zeeland

Who you gonna ask? A Librarian, of course!

Dutch chaperones Bjorn and Shammie, and Exchange Team Leader Jeanine

a student in a barrel at the Greeley Stampede in Colorado

Caught in a barrel at the Greeley Stampede in Colorado

Boating on a canal in The Netherlands

Resting in Madurodam

Students and chaperones in Amsterdam

Student presentations

Students and chaperones on ZB Library steps

Paddleboarding in Zeeland

2024 LEADERSHIP TEAM

“We believe it gives our Nederland-area youth the opportunity to be ambassadors for our community and to develop 21st century skills necessary to take on today’s global challenges.”
–Elektra Greer, Director, Nederland Community Library

Jeanine Naerebout

ZB Library of Zeeland Exchange Team Lead

Patty Krus Stanfield

Nederland Community Library Foundation, Treasurer

Dr. Perry Moree

CEO of ZB Library of Zeeland, Netherlands

Elektra Greer

Director, Nederland Community Library, Colorado

Dr. Scarlett Ponton de Dutton

Nederland Community Library District Board Member and Global Educator

Lisa Ryder

Nederland Community Library District, President

Dr. Susan Kelly

Nederland Community Library Foundation, President and Global Educator

GETTING READY TO GO

Nederland exchange students show off their new T-shirts at the Nederland Library in Nederland, Colorado, USA.

Professor Dr. Anya Luscombe of the University College Roosevelt, Netherlands, leads a discussion with American and Dutch students on how to combat global misinformation and disinformation.

Exchange students connect online.

Professor Dr. Anya Luscombe of the University College Roosevelt, Netherlands leads a discussion with American and Dutch students on how to combat global misinformation and disinformation.