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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The SIT Graduate Institute will soon welcome 175 talented students to the campus in Brattleboro, VT and another 31 to the new International Development Management program based in World Learning’s Washington DC office. The students come from 30 countries including Burma, China, Ghana, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Liberia, Nicaragua, Norway, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Tadjikstan and Uzbekistan and [...]
We already knew the youth leaders on the Jóvenes en Acción program were smart, inspired and compassionate, but it turns out they’re budding filmmakers too! During their two weeks in one of five US cities – Baltimore, Charlotte, Chicago, Cleveland or Seattle – each group of students created a short video about their trip and [...]
In July, 51 SIT Graduate students returned to World Learning‘s Brattleboro campus to present their capstone projects. The capstone seminars are the culminating event for SIT Graduate Institute students. Having already completed the on-campus phase and a practicum, the students come together to present their findings on a variety of self-directed topics. The seminar is [...]
This past Spring SIT Study Abroad Senegal alum Sonya Shadravan traveled to Senegal as an Alice Rowan Swanson Fellow. The Fellowship, a living tribute to SIT Study Abroad alum Alice Rowan Swanson, provides awards of up to $5,000 for alumni to pursue human rights projects in the communities they visited while studying abroad with SIT. [...]
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