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 [...]
As a student on the SIT Study Abroad Ghana: Social Transformation and Cultural Expression program, Peter Glidden was placed with a homestay family in Beposo village. Though Peter’s time in Beposo was short, he made some amazing friendships, and the leaders of the community asked Peter to be Beposo’s Chief of Development. Before accepting, Peter consulted with SIT’s program coordinator Kwame [...]
Experiment France group leader Breeze Willis and his group were determined “to get to know France as the French know it… and have fun doing it.” The group’s adventurous spirit led them to hidden alleys, lesser-known neighborhoods, and corner cafes that foreigners rarely visit. In a small community outside of Paris, the Experimenters explored the medieval architecture and rich [...]
Geoff Hunt first traveled with the Experiment to Australia as a high school student. This past summer, after nearly 25 years away from Australia, Geoff had the opportunity to lead a group of his own. Experimenters in Geoff’s group came from throughout the US, Australia, and Israel. This diversity allowed Geoff and his Experimenters to [...]
Andy Cunningham, a 2010 Experiment group leader to China, recently sent us this digital story about his summer. Cunningham first traveled abroad as an Experimenter to China in 2002, and this seminal experience lead him to study Chinese at Duke, and later co-found WISER, a non-profit NGO that promotes girls’ education in Kenya. “It was an opportunity of [...]
For Orli Fridman, the recent conflict in the Balkans provides an exciting, yet challenging backdrop for her work as Academic Director of SIT Study Abroad Serbia, Bosnia, and Kosovo: Peace and Conflict Studies in the Balkans. The semester-long program engages undergraduate students interested in peace and conflict studies, history, international relations, and political science with [...]
Paloma Martinez, a native of Florida, traveled with the Experiment to Thailand last summer. Though Thailand was not her first choice destination, Martinez quickly adapted to the surroundings. During the homestay outside of Chiang Mai, Thailand, her Experiment group worked alongside homestay families in the rice paddies, and taught English at a local school. ”I learned about the human [...]
Tori Raymond, a sports management major at the University of Michigan, scored a lifetime of memories when she experienced Africa’s first World Cup during SIT Study Abroad’s South Africa: Globalization, Sports, and Development program. The six-week summer program brought Raymond and 34 other American undergraduates to Durban, South Africa, where they lived with a Zulu-speaking [...]
The chance to view a world-class soccer match and experience a home stay in a Zulu township are what makes the 2010 FIFA World Cup experience different for SIT Study Abroad students. Several students on the South Africa: Globalization, Sports, and Development program have recently been featured in their local newspapers describing their unique [...]
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. [...]
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