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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What’s New in 2012
It’s a new year and we’re excited to announce some of the upcoming programs we’ll be launching in 2012. With initiatives in youth leadership development, health education, and international capacity development, we’ve got a busy year ahead. Here are some of the latest additions to World Learning’s efforts around the world. World Learning will host [...]
Out of the Streets and into the Classroom
Christine Elizabeth Horansky is an advocate for global education and a 2002 alumna of SIT’s Study Abroad program in Cochabamba, Bolivia. She was recently named a Global Shaper by the World Economic Forum. She earned her bachelors degree in International Relations from Mount Holyoke College and her masters degree in International Education Policy from the [...]
Applications for Summer Alice Rowan Swanson Fellowship Projects Due March 1st
The Alice Rowan Swanson Fellowship returns SIT Study Abroad alumni to the country where they studied to conduct short term human rights projects. The fellowship is a living tribute to Alice Rowan Swanson, an SIT Study Abroad alumna who had a passion for human rights. Proposals are reviewed twice annually, and the next deadline for [...]
Four Books to Expand Your World This Holiday
Still looking for that perfect holiday present for the bookworm in your life? Need some reading material for the long trip over the river and through the woods to grandmother’s house? You’re in luck! We’ve reviewed four books by authors with World Learning connections just in time for all of your holiday shopping and travel [...]
World AIDS Day, December 1st
Today marks World AIDS Day and World Learning students, staff, and alumni are researching the topic, leading awareness campaigns, and designing HIV/AIDS education programs around the globe. Lillie Fleshler, like many SIT Study Abroad students, made HIV/AIDS the topic of her independent study project in Vietnam earlier this year. After discovering that stigma was a [...]
From the Field: Promoting childhood literacy in Bolivia
Laura Sprinkle is an alumna of SIT Study Abroad’s Bolivia program, and a current Alice Rowan Swanson Fellow. I returned to Bolivia in July of this year to work with Kids’ Books Bolivia, an organization founded by SIT Study Abroad Bolivia director Heidi-Baer Postigo. Kids’ Books Bolivia is a program by which SIT Study Abroad [...]
Celebrating International Education Week: SIT Brazil alumna stays focused on learning and action
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 an essay by doctoral student and SIT Study Abroad Brazil alumna Rebecca Tarlau. By the end of 2011, I will have spent [...]
Rwanda Symposium to Offer Perspectives, Inspiration
A renowned Argentine collective memory scholar and the executive secretary of the Rwanda Governance Advisory Council will be the keynote speakers for SIT’s upcoming interdisciplinary symposium on Conflict, Memory, and Reconciliation: Bridging past, present, and future in Kigali, Rwanda, January 10-13, 2012. Practitioners and scholars in the fields of memory, reconciliation, conflict transformation, peace and [...]
SIT Alumna Wins Fellowship for Prisoner Art Project
Stephanie McKee, a graduate of Maryland Institute College of Art, and an alumna of SIT Study Abroad’s South Africa program is the newest recipient of the Alice Rowan Swanson Fellowship. McKee will work with the restorative justice organization Phoenix Zululand to create new painting and art therapy programs for prison inmates in South Africa. During [...]
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