By Adam Weinberg, World Learning President and CEO At its core, World Learning programs are designed to equip people with the tools needed to create a better world. I am often amazed at the things our participants do post-program. Yesterday was an especially telling day. A recent SIT Study Abroad student, Jessica Posner, was featured [...]
A message on behalf of Mary Davidson, a member of the World Learning Board of Trustees. As many of you know from the media worldwide, a giant, Wangari Maathai, has passed from our midst. In her extraordinary work, accomplishments and in her very being she was an inspiration and a brilliant light..a beacon for all peoples [...]
The Experiment in International Living has a long history of sending young people to countries and regions that many US Americans know little about. In the past few years the Experiment has launched new programs in Mongolia, Korea and Tanzania – a testament that the Experiment is keeping that mission alive. In 1971, Experimenter Greg Knudsen was offered a Nene Field Field Ambassador Scholarship through [...]
Though International Honors Program (IHP) alum Justin Fahey led the field in World Learning’s 2011 photocontest, there were plenty of other IHP photo submissions that caught our eye earlier this summer. IHP allows students to compare social justice and sustainability issues on multiple continents over a semester or academic year. Given this unique model, we asked IHP photo contest contestants Yiyuan Qin, [...]
The year he studied abroad in the United States marked a major turning point for Steven Fonseca Ortiz. “My life can be divided: before UGRAD and after UGRAD,” the 21-year-old from Costa Rica said. Fonseca Ortiz spent the 2008-2009 school year at Indiana University of Pennsylvania through the Global Undergraduate Exchange for East Asia and [...]
Congratulations to SIT Study Abroad alum Joshua Carrera, who was recently featured on the cover of The Nature Conservancy magazine. Joshua studied abroad on the Brazil: Amazon Resource Management and Human Ecology program in the spring of 2011, bolstering an impressive record of accomplishments, particularly in the field of environmental science. Joshua describes his experience [...]
By Tatsushi Arai, SIT Graduate Institute Associate Professor Proponents of the global war on terror may remember this year’s September 11 ceremony at ground zero as an important milestone. Two reasons account for its significance. The first is the death of Osama bin Laden in the US raid near Islamabad on May 2, marking a [...]
By Meredith McCormac, World Learning Education, Senior Program Officer Imagine that you are a child who cannot read. You are sitting in a classroom full of children. You are staring at the book on your desk, but the text is incomprehensible. You feel frustrated and lost. Hundreds of millions of adults and many more children [...]
By Adam Weinberg, World Learning President and CEO As you may know, the Brattleboro community was devastated by Hurricane Irene, one of the worst natural disasters in Vermont’s history. Fortunately, our campus sustained no damage and our remarkable employees ensured that incoming SIT Graduate Institute and Study Abroad students could begin their programs. World Learning is [...]
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