President and CEO of World Learning Adam Weinberg moderated a panel discussion at the Brookings Institution June 23 that revealed research findings on the impact of international volunteering on American diplomacy. The panel was part of a forum hosted by Brookings and Washington University’s Center for Social Development. The panel featured Susan Jenkins and Janet [...]
Monthly Archives: June 2010
Experiment group leaders expanding global awareness
This past Wednesday 78 Experiment in International Living group leaders descended on World Learning‘s Brattleboro, VT campus for the annual leadership training workshop. The workshop, which lasts through this weekend, will prepare group leaders to facilitate safe, compelling experiential education programs in nearly thirty countries around the world. Carmen Barcelona, a two-time group leader to Spain, took a few minutes [...]
The Huffington Post features SIT Graduate alum working on global health
SIT Graduate Institute alum Dr. Kunchok Gyaltsen, founder of The Tibetan Healing Fund, dedicates his life to improving the health conditions of women and children in Tibet. He was recently featured in an article on The Huffington Post. The article begins by saying “In a remote corner of the world, one man is making a [...]
Conflict Transformation In the News
Today’s Brattleboro Reformer has a great article introducing the Conflict Transformation Across Cultures (CONTACT) program to the greater southern Vermont community: Over the past 14 years, nearly 1,500 people from the United States and 60 countries around the world have traveled to Brattleboro to participate in the Conflict Transformation Across Cultures (CONTACT) program, a three-week [...]
SIT Graduate student from Darfur bridges cultures in Fort Wayne, Indiana
SIT Graduate Institute student Mastora Bakhiet recently made the news in her hometown of Fort Wayne, Indiana. As executive director of the Darfur Women’s Peace & Development Network, Bakhiet hosts cultural events and educational programs to help the community of Fort Wayne connect with refugees from Darfur. Two Fort Wayne newspapers recently wrote about a cross-cultural [...]
An Interview with Emily Lubell, SIT Chile Alumna and Fulbright Grant Recipient
Emily Lubell is a recent graduate of the University of Vermont where she majored in psychology, concentrating in behavioral neuroscience. In the spring 2009 semester, Emily participated in the   SIT Study Abroad Chile: Public Health, Traditional Medicine, and Community Empowerment program. Emily was recently awarded a Fulbright grant to pursue research on the correlation between urinary [...]
The Experiment prepares for summer abroad in 2010
In just a few weeks, 820 high school students from across the globe will begin their summer adventures with The Experiment in International Living. Experimenters will travel to over 30 countries worldwide to live with host families, engage in community service projects, and learn local languages. They will be accompanied by over 75 group leaders. [...]
SIT Viet Nam Ecology Alumna Wins Fulbright Grant to Examine Biogas Systems
Written by Joanna Tsai, Spring 2007  My introduction to biogas took place during my spring 2007 semester studying abroad on SIT’s Viet Nam ecology program. Our group studied the benefits of harnessed biogas as a source of energy on rural farms. By helping to fabricate and install digesters, we saw firsthand how the set [...]
SIT Graduate Institute Congratulates Class of 2010
On Saturday Provost Lynne Rosansky, Dean David Shallenberger and Associate Dean Barbara Carver presented the 2010 SIT Graduate Institute class with their diplomas at a ceremony on World Learning’s Brattleboro campus. The 2010 class consists of more than 200 graduates who received master’s degrees in programs ranging from conflict transformation and sustainable development to international education [...]
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