Poet and SIT Study Abroad Senegal alum Clint Smith just can’t seem to keep quiet. At least that is Clint’s hope when it comes to advocating for global issues in South Africa. This time, he’s speaking out about miners’ rights. We featured Clint’s piece “Winds of Change” in a previous post where he spoke out about increasing social and civic [...]
The World Learning 2011 Photo Contest is well underway. We’ve received hundreds of photos but there is still time to tell your story through the power of an image. The deadline for submission is fast approaching – May 15th. Submit a photo if you are an alum of a World Learning program, including The Experiment [...]
Serbian exchange student Kristina Koprivica and a team of classmates from her adopted University of Maine will shave their heads April 27 to raise money for cancer research and support children fighting cancer. A participant on the USAID-funded FORECAST Exchange: Serbia and Montenegro program, Kristina was inspired to shave it all off after seeing children [...]
In honor of Earth Day on April 22nd, World Learning would like to recognize a few of our many alumni who are working to make a difference in the environment. Some alumni have chosen to focus their academic careers on researching specific environmental issues while others are devoting their professional lives to improving our environment. [...]
Sonya Shadravan is an alum of the SIT Study Abroad Senegal: National Identity and the Arts program and a Barnard College graduate. She recently arrived in Senegal where she will be implementing a series of youth-empowerment programs as a World Learning Alice Rowan Swanson Fellow. This is the first of several blog posts we will receive [...]
Sonya Shadravan is an alum of the SIT Study Abroad Senegal: National Identity and the Arts program and a Barnard College graduate. She recently arrived in Senegal where she will be implementing a series of youth-empowerment programs as a World Learning Alice Rowan Swanson Fellow. This is the first of several blog posts we will [...]
President Adam Weinberg is blogging this week from Chile, where he is visiting SIT Study Abroad programs and meeting with counterparts from The Experiment in International Living Federation. In his second post, Adam talked about an important World Learning value–reciprocity–and how our Chilean staff members ensure that our SIT students and programs give back to [...]
President Adam Weinberg is blogging this week from Chile, where he is visiting SIT Study Abroad programs and meeting with counterparts from The Experiment in International Living Federation. In his first blog, Adam recounted what he learned during a late night dinner with SIT Study Abroad homestay families, who open their hearts, minds and homes to SIT students. [...]
World Learning’s Conflict Transformation Across Cultures program is nearing its ambitious goal of training professional peacebuilders in half of the world’s countries—and just in time to celebrate the program’s 15-year anniversary. Read the press release. The three-week professional development course covers conflict analysis, interventions and strategies for use in protracted conflicts, and the essential tools [...]
President Adam Weinberg is blogging this week from Chile, where he is visiting SIT Study Abroad programs and meeting with counterparts from The Experiment in International Living Federation. Over the next four days, he will introduce you to some of the extraordinary people he meets and give you an inside look at how those [...]
World Learning is a nonprofit organization advancing leadership through education, exchange, and development programs.
World Learning is a 501(c)3 organization.
The Online Global Community is a social networking site for connecting to World Learning's global network.
wl-admin
lauraingalls
reneewoliver
Carla
michaelroberts
josealfaro
daracarroll
Kathryn Schoenberger
aburnette