Sometimes, hope for the future grows out of a tragic event in the past. Such was the death of Alice Rowan Swanson, killed in 2008 while riding her bicycle in Washington, DC. It led to the 2009 establishment of the Alice Rowan Swanson Fellowship. “The first thing I thought of was to establish an SIT [...]
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Celebrating International Education Week: Searching for identity with the Experiment in South Africa
November 14-18 marks international education week in the United States. To celebrate, we are featuring stories, testimonies and program updates from throughout the World Learning family on our blog all week. This post features a video by Ahlia Bethea, who traveled with the Experiment to South Africa this past summer.
Celebrating International Education Week: The Experiment opens hearts and minds in Mongolia
November 14-18 marks international education week in the United States. To celebrate, we are featuring stories, testimonies and program updates from throughout the World Learning family on our blog all week. Our first post features an essay by Experimenter Mitsuki Nishimoto, who traveled to Mongolia this past summer. It was 6:30 AM on the last [...]
Experiment in Focus: Photographs from the 40′s, 50′s and 60′s
Next year will be the 80th anniversary of the Experiment in International Living. In preparation, we are looking back into our long history, pulling out stories, photographs, videos and memories from the last 80 years. Rather than solely dig through our own archives for these photographs, we thought to ask our alumni to share their [...]
Experiment in Focus: Mole, Pozole, and Tamales
Our Experiment in Focus series continues with a visit to Mexico, the United States “oft-misunderstood neighbor to the south,” as group leader Matt Gordon puts it. Prior to their visit this past summer, Gordon and his Experimenters were questioned and scrutinized by friends and family about their decision to travel to Mexico. After only a [...]
World Learning alumni introduce Obama speech, featured in New York Times
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 [...]
Experiment in Focus: France experimenters celebrate 50 years
In 1961, Susan Albro Barkan joined the Experiment in International Living for a summer program in St. Etienne, France. She taught high school English in Massachusetts and California for 35 years, and in her retirement volunteers for the Sierra Club. For the 10 American college students, most of who had never left the country before, [...]
SIT Study Abroad alum reaches new heights with Peaks Foundation
Laura Hartstone is an alum of SIT Study Abroad’s Tanzania: Wildlife Conservation and Political Ecology program. Six years later, she is still residing in Tanzania and has created a new social enterprise, the Peaks Foundation, engaging women to trek around the globe while supporting local girls and women in mountain communities. Living with a Maasai [...]
The Experiment in Focus
Last week 839 Experimenters and 81 group leaders began summer adventures in 30 countries around the world.  Over the next month Experimenters will interact with locals during family homestays while exploring a theme in each country. They will complete community service projects in Ghana, chat with locals during intensive language courses in Japan, investigate ecological issues in Costa Rica, and learn the art of [...]
Join Pres. Weinberg on a South American sojourn
 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 [...]
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