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Published: 31 March 2023

Congratulations to Marc Amblard (Cl 84) for being awarded with SOCE bronze medal for community engagement and dedication!

The medal was presented by AFAM CEO Xavier Wartelle during March board members' informal gathering in one of the restaurants in Palo Alto.

Thank you, Marc, for all your excellent work as AFAM CEO and dedicated gadz community volunteer!

from left: AFAM board members Aurore Prevot, Yarith Phay, Jean Pommier, Marc Amblard, Eric Benhamou, Xavier Wartelle, Nicolas Horde and AFAM community manager - Albina Patou-Chebykina

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Published: 29 March 2023

As you all certainly know, AFAM is a non-profit association being able to help our student financially thanks to our donors.

Thanks to of our biggest donors - Louis Magne (An 130) - AFAM was able a few years ago to offer Shasta grants to our students and apprentice students pursuing internships in the United States.

In March AFAM had a pleasure to help five out of our current eleven interns in the United States.

5 students and apprentice students received in March Shasta grants from $1500 up to $4000.

We congratulate our students and wish them all the best in their future endeavors!

Here is what one of our Shasta recipients said:

"I was able to benefit from the support of AFAM as part of my search for an end-of-study internship at Arts et Métiers. I have always dreamed of doing an internship in a country like the United States and this dream has come true thanks to the help received from AFAM.

I am very satisfied with the support received by AFAM, Albina has always been there to inform me, answer my questions, send me offers, give me contacts or even share my CV. My mentor has also always been there to advise me, encourage me and give me feedback on his experiences from the US. 

I therefore take this opportunity to thank them once again."

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Published: 28 March 2023

International Week organized by Arts et Metiers Institute of Technology is taking place this week. There are several workshops and testimonials regarding international mobility, internships and professional experience abroad taking place online.

Our alumnus, Shasta committee member, Robert Stelly (Ch 197) participated in one of the workshops on March 27th: "Gadzarts: l'international comme tremplin vers le monde professionnel".

Albina Patou-Chebykina, AFAM community manager took part in "SFE à l'etranger - faites le grand saut! " workshop to talk about the Shasta program. It happened Tuesday, March 28th.

Pierre Heger (CL 218), Berkeley alumnus, working in Texas today, shared his experience of pursuing an internship in the United States. Besides Pierre and Albina, Foucault de Franclieu and Maël Silbande also talked about their internship experiences in Switzerland and Japan respectively.

More than 60 participants took part in this workshop.

Besides, Albina presented Shasta to Arts et Metiers apprentice students the same day.

To know more about AFAM programs, please visit our website:

Shasta program

Sequoia program

Yosemite program

Robert Stelly during the workshop ( and the program of the International Week)

Pierre, Albina, Foulcaut and Maël talking to students during the conference

Maël presenting his Japanese experience

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Published: 21 March 2023

As is customary every three years, we will be holding an election to our board.

Election key dates

• March 17-31: Applications are accepted
• April 16 - May 16: Ballots are collected via a survey monkey; an email with the link will be sent to all eligible voters
• June 05: Results are reviewed and will be officially validated during our June board meeting, to be held on June 5th 2023.

Who can vote

The AFAM board and officers election vote is open to all AFAM donors who donated at least once in the past 3 years. If you have any questions, please reach out to Albina Patou-Chebykina, AFAM community manager.

Current AFAM officers

• CEO - Xavier Wartelle
• CFO - Marc Amblard, with Jean Pommier in the interim
• Secretary - Yarith Phay

Current board directors (non executive)

Aurore Prevot

Eric Benhamou

JB Commans

Jean-Luc Nauleau

Louis Renaux

Thomas Ferré

Current ex-officio board directors

Arts et Metiers Relations Internationales - Audrey Stewart

SOCE West Coast Group - Nicolas Horde

If you have any questions, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Yarith Phay, AFAM Secretary

A word from our interim CFO Jean Pommier (An 83), AFAM longtime volunteer and friend:

"After having contributed to AFAM these past 10 years, both on the Board and as Chair of our Shasta program and committee, I look forward to serving as CFO, grateful for the outstanding work which Marc Amblard has done these past 5 years in this key role for our organization. In addition to all the hours our volunteers contribute to support our community, ensuring the proper management and allocation of funds is essential to the success of our AFAM mission. The CFO acts as the direct link between the generosity of our donors and the financial needs of the students and alumni we support through our Shasta, Sequoia and Yosemite programs and grants. To allow me to focus on such responsibilities, Nicolas Horde has accepted to take over the leadership of our Shasta initiative, with the support of our active members and mentors, Corentin Lazarus, Robert Stelly and Merwan Benhabib, and along the essential personalized assistance our Community Manager, Albina Patou-Chebykina, provides to each candidate.”

AFAM Board members Marc Amblard, Yarith Phay, Eric Benhamou, Xavier Wartelle and Jean Pommier along with AFAM community manager Albina Patou-Chebykina during March board meeting discussing AFAM elections