For most amateur photographers, loved ones are a common subject. For Experiment alumnus Mark McCormick, it took 16 years and a chance encounter half a world away to discover that the anonymous subject in one of his photographs taken on the Experiment was the love of his life. McCormick traveled with the Experiment to Germany [...]
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A Living Legacy
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 [...]
Home run!
Documentary filmmaker Jay Shapiro first traveled to Africa in 1999 with the Experiment in International Living. He is currently creating a film about the Ugandan little league baseball team. I didn’t know where I wanted to go. I just knew I wanted to do something different. I was 15. I didn’t know much about the world [...]
Reader’s Choice: Best Story of 2011
Last month, we asked what you thought was the best World Learning story of 2011. The choices were: World Learning Alumna Wins Nobel Peace Prize Honoring Wangari Maathai’s Legacy of Leadership Experimenter Introduces Barack Obama Program Helps Mexican Youth Counter Violence US Program Cultivates New Generation of Iraqi Leaders The winning story was “World Learning [...]
Celebrating International Education Week: New Algeria Project Promotes Youth Leadership
World Learning is expanding its work with Algeria’s Higher Education Ministry with a new project to promote civic engagement among university students and other youth. The two-year project is funded by the US State Department and will partner World Learning with Handicap International. The project will train nearly 500 Algerian university career center staff, students, [...]
Experiment Alumna Becomes Huffington Post Blogger
Margaret Weinberg, who went to China in 2010 with The Experiment in International Living, has landed a steady blogging gig at The Huffington Post. In the first of two posts, Margaret expresses excitement that the Occupy Movement could mean the “rebirth of political activism in America,” but raises concern that protesters have no specific demands. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Celebrating teachers around the world
As I sat down to write this blog post on World Teachers’ Day, I started thinking of my favorite teachers and the qualities that made them so special. Some presented controversial ideas, others guided me in my interests, some were inspirational, and others were simply kind. They all made a difference in their own way. [...]
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 [...]
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