Peace Corps Week 2010 is from March 1 to March 7. World Learning and the Peace Corps have shared an enduring partnership over the years. Both organizations have a common goal of empowering all people to realize their potential. In honor of Peace Corps week, we want to celebrate that partnership through our shared history, [...]
Two World Learning alumni had a place of honor at the 2010 National Council for International Visitors (NCIV) Annual National Meeting. Conference organizers selected Guy Michel Sukho of Mali and Albert Stankowski of Poland to give keynote addresses at a luncheon February 11 that highlighted the importance of the International Visitors Leadership Program, which is funded [...]
SIT Graduate Institute and the INTERLINK Language Centers have renewed their agreement to offer very exciting professional development. The SIT INTERLINK Fellowship consists of two summers of full-time study on campus at SIT, and, at the Saudi INTERLINK Language Center at Al Yamamah University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, a one-year supervised internship and two years [...]
Manuel Garcia Cruz didn’t set out to be a firefighter. Cruz was an engineering student at a university in Caracas, Venezuela, when a friend convinced him to take first-aid classes with her at the local volunteer fire department. Thirty-two years later, Cruz is captain of the Miranda State Firefighters Corps and fresh from a 10-day [...]
Thanks to so many World Learning alumni and friends who responded to the Global Dialogues survey. Many either responded to our survey or have been in communication with us about World Learning’s new intercultural travel programs for alumni and friends of the organization. Overall the response has been enthusiastic and inspiring. We received over 550 [...]
Nick Grasso, 2009 Experimenter to Southern Chile, creates a story about making connections across language and culture through skateboarding.
Are you a high school student interested in going abroad? Do you know a high school student interested in going abroad? Help spread the word about The Experiment in International Living. Programs are filling up. Applicants are accepted on a first-come, first-basis. But, we’d love to have your daughter, son, sibling, family member, friend or neighbor be part of [...]
Written by Emily Legault, SIT Study Abroad Panama alum and current member of the Austin, TX chapter of Engineers Without Borders. When I came to Panama with SIT in the fall of 2007, I had no idea that this initial exposure to poverty would lead to seeing the power that engineering and friendship can have [...]
Great news for any US college student who wants to see the world, attain an enriched cultural education and explore critical global issues. SIT Study Abroad will begin matching funds for qualified Pell Grant recipients that enroll in a SIT semester abroad program. This is a great opportunity for anyone who is interested in fully immersing [...]
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