A current SIT Study Abroad student, Ben Taylor, from our Chile: Cultural Identity, Social Justice, and Community Development program is blogging about his experience in country. Ben and his group are getting a hands-on learning experience of post-earthquake recovery and reconstruction. Read his personal experiences from Chile from the In Country Student Correspondant blog. SIT Study Abroad Chile students [...]
Monthly Archives: March 2010
Forum on Education Abroad Conference: Day 1 (March 24, 2010)
Forum on Education Abroad Conference: Day 1 (March 24, 2010) An SIT Study Abroad Morocco Fall 2009 alum, Sarah Hager, presented at The Sixth Annual Forum on Education Abroad Conference. The Forum on Education Abroad Conference is a critical conference for international educators. Sarah’s presentation gave a frank student perspective in a session entitled, ”Where Does Student Responsibility for [...]
SIT Graduate students investigate policy advocacy and social change in Washington D.C.
Written by SIT Graduate Institute students Shayne Bell and Jill Terrell-Ouazzani The SIT Graduate Institute‘s Public Policy Advocacy elective course held in Washington, DC provided us with the invaluable opportunity to link theories of social change and development with present-day public policy advocacy. The three-week, intensive course was held at World Learning International Development Program [...]
CONTACT South Asia inaugurated in February in Kathmandu
In February, 48 participants from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka gathered in Kathmandu to take part in the first CONTACT (Conflict Transformation Across Cultures) South Asia Program in Kathmandu. The program was started in response to requests from South Asian students participating in the US program, as well as to the [...]
Transparency Around the World: A Huffington Post blog entry
Transparency Around the World, a blog entry written by Avelino Maestas of the Sunlight Foundation in The Huffington Post, discussed a conversation with a South Korean National Assembly staffer about open government and transparency. Avelino met with the group from Korea as part of the International Visitor Leadership Program arranged by World Learning and administered by the U.S. [...]
SIT Study Abroad Student Finds Hope in Chilean Disaster
Quinn Lockwood, a Brandeis student currently on the SIT Study Abroad Chile: Cultural Identity, Social Justice, and Community Development program was featured in an article on Brandeis University’s community newspaper about finding hope amidst the recent Chile earthquake. The story, featured on Monday, March 12th in The Brandeis Hoot, describes how Lockwood and her Chilean host family [...]
Congressional delegations visit World Learning program sites
I am constantly awed by the scope of World Learning’s global network which includes Nobel Peace Prize winners, Supreme Court Justices, leaders of governments, academics, and social entrepreneurs. Last month, we were reminded once again of the unique nature of this network when our programs in Oman and Serbia attracted the attention of two U.S. [...]
An update from SIT Study Abroad Chile faculty and staff
March 8, 2010 As many of you are aware, on the dawn of Saturday February, 27, we were awakened by a tremor that quickly turned into one of the biggest earthquakes in Chile’s history. Although Chile is a country and a population that has experienced similar events, nothing can prepare one for something as powerful [...]
Michelle Obama welcomes World Learning inbound Brazilian Youth Ambassadors to the White House
In January, 35 Brazilian Youth Ambassadors, part of World Learning Youth Ambassadors program, had the opportunity of a lifetime: a trip to the White House and a visit with the first lady, who answered questions on topics ranging from volunteerism to healthy eating. Described by one of the participants as, “Amazing and very friendly,” [...]
US Congressman Pomeroy Returns to Site of His 1973 Experiment
US Congressman Earl Pomeroy of North Dakota was the guest of honor at a reception in Serbia February 20 that reunited him with host families from his 1973 Experiment in International Living to the former Yugoslavia. More than 60 people attended the event in the town of Kraljevo, including the town’s mayor and Jennifer Brush, [...]
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