Three SIT students share with us their involvement in this historic experience. By Jessica Bashford, Writer/Editor, SIT Study Abroad After twenty years of National Republican Alliance (ARENA) leadership, on March 15, 2009 El Salvador elected Mauricio Funes, lead candidate with the opposing political party, the Farabundo Marti Front for National Liberation (FMLN), to be [...]
Inspired by Abraham Adzenyah, renowned Master Drummer and professor of music at Wesleyan University, Samuel Bathrick first traveled to Ghana in the Fall of 2002 on the SIT Ghana: Arts and Culture study abroad program to study drumming and dance. His Independent Study Project focused on spirit possession music and practices in the Blekete Shrines [...]
Written by Jen Durben, Programs Officer, Child and Youth Programs, World Learning Stimulating discussion continues to accompany each panel of the conference that World Learning attends. Even as they adjourn, World Learning team members can be seen ushered out of the room as they connect with colleagues and keep the conversation torch lit. Berhanu Manallew [...]
Charleston, SC, March 22 – March 26th, 2009 By Jen Durben, Programs Officer, Child and Youth Programs, World Learning This week, World Learning’s Child and Youth team are attending the Comparative International Education Society Conference, in Charleston, SC. Members from the Child and Youth team are giving presentations based upon our work in Ecuador and [...]
by Megan McBride, SIT Graduate Student/World Learning Americorps VISTA Those who attend SIT Graduate Institute attest to its strength in field-based learning. Current graduate students Demba Diallo and Rachel Unkovic had the opportunity to apply this learning when they completed their practicum in Northern Uganda with the International Development section of World Learning. Rachel and Diallo [...]
By Megan McBride, SIT Graduate Student/World Learning Americorps VISTA When asked to reflect on her experience on The Sights and Sounds of Italy – Language, Culture, and Travel program with the Experiment in Internatational Living, Yasmine Holloway describes her feelings as “a sensation reminiscent of one who has just woken from a very good dream.” [...]
by Alvino E. Fantini, Former Academic Leader for Study Abroad / The Experiment in International Living (programs of World Learning) (Part I of Technology and Study Abroad was published on the World Learning NOW blog on January 13, 2009) Recently, I was asked to do what I found to be an interesting task: reflect on [...]
A diverse and engaged group of World Learning alumni gathered at Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore in Berkeley California on February 24. Marion Abbott, Experimenter to France and the bookstore’s owner kicked off the event which included readings from World Learning’s Senior Director of Strategic Communications, John Fox and SMAT alum Melody Knoll. World Learning Executive Vice [...]
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