Özgür Çetinkaya (Ankara, Turkey) and Danielle Dahl (Iowa City, Iowa, USA), partners in World Learning’s Young Turkey / Young America exchange program, were recently featured on the University of Iowa International Accents web page. In this exchange program funded by the U.S. Department of State, Danielle and Özgür are one of 14 pairs of participants [...]
Monthly Archives: May 2010
SIT Graduate student during capstone week: What sets SIT apart
This week the SIT Graduate Institute held its spring capstone seminar. Students returned to Brattleboro to present their research, share ideas, and reflect on what they have learned since completing the on-campus phase. Robert Benedict, a management student, took a few minutes out of his busy schedule to talk about what makes the SIT Graduate [...]
MAT Sandanona Conference
Each year at the SIT Graduate Institute, the Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT)Â students collaboratively design and implement a three-day, professionally-structured conference. Each student is responsible not only for his or her presentation but also for working on a committee which facilitates the preparation and execution of the conference. The conference culminates a year’s worth [...]
Fmr. Senator Hagel: citizen diplomacy key to solving global issues
Former Senator Chuck Hagel visited World Learning’s office in Washington May 6 to trade views on US foreign policy with 14 young emerging leaders from Turkey. The group is in the United States as part of World Learning’s Young Turkey/Young America Program, which is funded by the US State Department. Hagel told the group that they [...]
Doing something about it: An SIT Nicaragua alum works on immigration
Written by Mariella Castaldi, SIT Study Abroad Nicaragua alumni Fall 2009. Mari is currently a student at Oberlin College. I am the one who cries. In my family, my group of friends and especially in the group of students on my SIT program in Nicaragua, one could count on me to well up at least once [...]
Alice Rowan Swanson Fellows to Pursue Mental Health Projects in Nepal and Uganda
World Learning is pleased to announce two new  recipients of the Alice Rowan Swanson Fellowship, an annual award that returns SIT Study Abroad alums to their host countries to conduct development projects that benefit human rights. This year’s recipients include Salome Vanwoerden, a Rice University senior and 2009 participant of SIT Study Abroad’s Nepal: Culture and [...]
SIT Graduate Student Learns to Teach Social Justice in an English Language Classroom
Prior to her teaching internship in South Africa, SIT Graduate student Nayeon Kim had one simple goal. She wanted to improve her resume in order to get a high salary job back in her native South Korea. But during her teaching internship in South Africa, all of that changed. While teaching English in a public elementary school, Kim [...]
SIT students in Chile build bridges through song
In her blog Travels Around, Emma Fialka-Feldman shares several examples of the kinds of meaningful and profound cross-cultural exchanges that are typical of SIT Study Abroad programs. Currently a student in the SIT Study Abroad Chile: Comparative Education and Social Change program, Emma recalls a moment when she and the other SIT students were asked [...]
Communicating Across Cultures, Teacher Inquiry…and More
So many teachers work in multicultural settings – is communication in those settings as effective as it could be? We know that good will isn’t enough, and even a shared language doesn’t guarantee success; for example, a wide smile or a pat on the back, meant to engage and encourage students, parents, or colleagues, can [...]
SIT alum finds education scholarships for Kenyan youth
Written by Lydia Spitalny, a SIT Study Abroad Kenya alum. She is currently the Co-Executive Director of Education for the Future Foundation, an education nonprofit organization in Kenya that is partnering with SIT Study Abroad Kenya. Lydia has also completed the SIT Graduate Institute CONTACT course in peacebuilding and conflict transformation. The greatest lesson I [...]
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