World Learning In The News
2010 News Stories
- International study inspires student to visit Yemen (The Boerne Star)
August 16, 2010
A 26-year-old sight-impaired graduate student leaves Boerne to embark on a humanitarian effort in a distant and dissimilar corner of the world as part of her master's work at SIT Graduate Institute.
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- Iraqi and American teens build bonds in Vermont (WCAX)
August 04, 2010
A group of Iraqi chaperones sits on the campus of World Learning in Brattleboro brainstorming ways to break barriers that divide nations. A local news station features World Learning's Iraqi Young Leader Exchange Program.
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- Iraqi teenagers forge friendships in Seattle visit (The Seattle Times)
August 03, 2010
High school students from across Iraq and Kurdistan came to the U.S. for the first time as part of a World Learning program of leadership and cultural enrichment.
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- Iraqi, American teenagers come together (Vermont Public Radio)
August 02, 2010
A World Learning exchange program brings together Iraqi, American teenagers to build trust and lasting relationships and plot a better future.
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- At peace in the world far from the war (The Boston Globe)
July 29, 2010
Iraqi youths visit US, and find friends and hope for the future on World Learning's Iraqi Young Leaders Exchange Program.
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- A New View on America (KGWN CBS 5)
July 24, 2010
25 Iraqi University students are having the trip of a lifetime, especially with a stop right here in Cheyenne. The students are involved with a very special summer exchange program made possible through World Learning and Baghdad's United States Embassy.
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- Iraqi Students Challenge American Assumptions (WNIN)
July 19, 2010
An NPR affiliate in Indiana is featuring a four-part series on the Iraqi Young Leaders Exchange Program for Undergraduate Students, a World Learning program funded by the US Department of State and US Embassy in Baghdad.
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- Iraqis take in "Daddy of 'em All" (Wyoming Tribune Eagle)
July 25, 2010
25 Iraqi students attended the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo as part of a World Learning exchange program.
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- Future Iraqi Leaders Visit US and USI (Fox 7 WTVW)
July 23, 2010
The University of Southern Indiana is one of only two colleges in the nation taking part in a student exchange program with Iraq. The Iraqi students recently learned about the problems of homelessness and the hard work of volunteers at the Evansville Rescue Mission.
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- SIT Study Abroad alum wins VH1 best young world-changer award (VH1 DoSomething.org)
July 19, 2010
World Learning congratulates SIT Study Abroad alumna Jessica Posner for winning at the 2010 Do Something Awards, broadcast live on VH1 July 19.
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- Iraqi students gain valuable knowledge on Loveland Habitat job (The Loveland Reporter-Herald)
July 18, 2010
In an ironic twist of international aid, 25 Iraqi college students recently framed a Habitat for Humanity home and painted another in Loveland, Colorado. Sponsored by World Learning, the group was featured in a local newspaper.
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- Iraqi students to visit U. of Southern Indiana (Chicago Tribune/AP)
July 08, 2010
Twenty-five Iraqi college students will visit the University of Southern Indiana this summer as part of a program to strengthen their leadership skills.
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- Jessica Posner: Changing lives in a hell on Earth (The Denver Post)
July 06, 2010
What began as a theater project during Jessica Posner's Independent Study Project with SIT Study Abroad is now making things better in Africa's largest slum.
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- 'Silenced Voices': Documentary explores death of migrant worker on Vermont farm (Burlington Free Press)
July 02, 2010
A documentary film about Mexican migrant workers in Vermont premiered in Burlington, VT. The film was directed by SIT Graduate Institute alum Gustavo Teran and featured in the Burlington Free Press.
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- IU student gets firsthand look at World Cup fervor (IndyStar)
June 26, 2010
Indiana University student Aaron Schultz writes about his “front row seat to the workings of the World Cup” on SIT Study Abroad's newest program in South Africa.
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- Studying the Effects of the World Cup (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
June 27, 2010
Billions of television viewers are expected to tune in to this year's World Cup. But off the field, what effect will the tournament have on the development of a nation with deep social and economic divides? That is the question that students will tackle as part of the School for International Training's study-abroad program in South Africa this summer.
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- Bay State students get kick out of World Cup (The Boston Herald)
June 26, 2010
Miguel Montiero and Lelia Bullitt can’t escape the shriek of vuvuzelas. Montiero and Bullitt are surrounded by the 2010 FIFA World Cup madness in Durban, South Africa, thanks to the School for International Training Study Abroad program. Both live with a host family and take classes on the relationship between sports and economic development.
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- Keys Students Go Globetrotting (KeysNet.com)
June 26, 2010
Twenty Monroe County sophomores and juniors leave on June 27 to travel abroad to participate in the Experiment in International Living program, which takes them to countries all over the globe for extended stays.
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- Making Every Mother and Child Count: Protecting the Medically Vulnerable (The Huffington Post)
June 22, 2010
In a remote corner of the world, one man is making a difference. Dr. Kunchok Gyaltsen, SIT Graduate Institute alum and founder of The Tibetan Healing Fund, has decided that saving women and children is the key to a healthy future for his people.
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- Program teaches conflict resolution (Brattleboro Reformer)
June 21, 2010
Over the past 14 years, nearly 1,500 people from the United States and 60 countries around the world have traveled to Brattleboro to participate in the Conflict Transformation Across Cultures (CONTACT) program, a three-week summer course conducted at SIT Graduate Institute.
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- UI staff accepted into “Young Turkey /Young America” program (International Accents, University of Iowa)
May 25, 2010
Danielle Dahl, a University of Iowa staff member, is one of 14 Americans accepted into Young Turkey/Young America, a program organized by World Learning.
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- Essay: A mother lands in the US (GlobalPost)
May 10, 2010
Journalist Julia Kumari Drapkin writes an essay about her mother's journey to the farm houses and orchards of Vermont with the School for International Training - not quite the cowboys of Western novels.
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- SIT Study Abroad alum Awarded $36,000 in Scholarships to Continue Public Health Work in Africa (Pamona College)
May 10, 2010
Daniel Low '11, Pomona College, who ultimately plans to work in sub-Saharan Africa as a doctor, has been awarded both a $10,000 grant from the Donald A. Strauss Public Service Scholarship Foundation and a $26,000 Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship.
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- A semester in Nepal (The Boston Globe)
April 26, 2010
Judson Peck, a junior at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, got his chance to explore the “roof of the world’’ through a program in Nepal with the Brattleboro-based SIT Study Abroad.
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- SIT Study Abroad alum develops political consciousness for South African street children (The Simmons Voice)
April 15, 2010
When Simmons College senior Maya Semans got involved with helping some of the most impoverished children in the world last spring in South Africa, she had no idea she would have the opportunity to return and make them rich.
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- SIT summer Arabic students featured on popular Jordan television show
April 05, 2010
SIT summer Arabic students on SITs Jordan: Intensive Arabic Language Studies program showcased their Arabic language skills on Jordans nationally-televised morning show, Yawm Jadeed (New Day) while discussing their experiences studying abroad with SIT.
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- 12 Risky Issues When Hiring Abroad (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
March 21, 2010
As American colleges employ more people overseas, navigating the dos and don'ts presents an intricate and potentially hazardous set of challenges. Peter May, World Learning's VP of Administration, Legal Affairs & Corporate Secretary, shares his experience in dealing with the challenges of handling legal and regulatory issues relating to the employment of staff members overseas.
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- 25 MBA students to learn languages abroad (The Tennessean)
March 23, 2010
High school grant recipients choose The Experiment in International Living for deep cultural and language immersion.
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- Turning young minds from radicalism (Brattleboro Reformer)
March 05, 2010
Last month, World Learning hosted seven leaders of Pakistan's madrasa community for a week of training at its SIT Graduate Institute. SIT Graduate Institute alumnus Azhar Hussain leads the Madrasa Project, part of a larger program at the International Center for Religion & Diplomacy (ICRD), where he is vice president for Preventive Diplomacy.
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- Michelle Obama welcomes World Learning inbound Brazilian Youth Ambassadors to the White House (World Learning NOW Blog)
March 04, 2010
In January, 35 Brazilian Youth Ambassadors, part of World Learning Youth Ambassadors program, had the opportunity of a lifetime: a trip to the White House and a visit with the first lady, who answered questions on topics ranging from volunteerism to healthy eating.
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- Diversity and Global Citizenship: Thoughts from a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer and World Learning Employee (World Learning NOW Blog)
March 02, 2010
Continuing the trajectory towards global citizenship she began during her Peace Corps service, Veleka works in the International Development Programs division of World Learning.
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- Consul's bridge-building between W. Pa., Germany honored (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
February 23, 2010
David Murdoch traveled to Germany with The Experiment in International Living in 1961, a trip that changed his life. This week he was honored with Germany's highest civilian award, the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. Today Murdoch serves as World Learning Chair Emeritus.
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- Serbs Cheer Pomeroy on his Return (Grand Forks Herald)
February 23, 2010
As a 20-year-old UND student, Congressman Pomeroy went to Serbia through the Experiment in International Living, an exchange program championed by the late Dr. Richard Frank, a Holocaust survivor and longtime UND professor who died at 94 in 1995.
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- Passage to India: Monsoon Wedding Meets Slumdog Professor (Huffington Post)
February 24, 2010
Derek Shearer, Professor of Diplomacy at Occidental College and former US ambassador, writes about connecting with an Indian family, a family he grew close to thanks to his sister's experience with The Experiment in International Living in 1967.
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- National Council for International Visitors Conference Features World Learning Alumni (World Learning NOW Blog)
February 23, 2010
Two World Learning alumni were selected to give keynote addresses at the annual National Council for International Visitors Conference, highlighting the importance of the International Visitors Leadership Program.
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- World Learning Exchange Program Strengthens “Firefighting Brotherhood” (World Learning NOW Blog)
February 18, 2010
Venezuelan firefighters visit American cities as part of a 10-day professional exchange program.
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- Michelle Obama Greets Brazilian Youth Ambassadors (America.gov)
January 15, 2010
World Learning hosted 35 Brazilian teenagers in January as part of the 2010 Youth Ambassadors Program. The program, funded by the US State Department, builds bridges between the people of the US and Brazil and prepares youth leaders to contribute to their communities.
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- Trip will give anthropology student close-up view of China (Kenosha News)
January 23, 2010
Cassie Jordan, an anthropology student at Illinois Wesleyan University won the prestigious Gilman International Scholarship. She chose SIT Study Abroad's China: Chinese Cultures and Ethnic Minorities program.
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2009 News Stories
- SIT Graduate faculty and CONTACT alum featured on CNN (CNN World)
November 19, 2009
Joseph Sebarenzi, SIT Graduate Institute faculty member and CONTACT program alum, was interviewed by Christiane Amanpour on CNN about his home-country Rwanda.
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- SIT professor helps Nepal to build peace (Brattleboro Reformer)
November 30, 2009
Americans can learn a lot from the women of Nepal, said Paula Green, a professor at SIT Graduate Institute, who travels to the Himalayan nation three times a year to teach workshops in how to build peace in post-conflict nations.
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- SIT Graduate Institute student featured in the Utne Reader (UTNE Reader)
November 10, 2009
Noah Baker Merrill is co-founder of Direct Aid Iraq, a peace-building network of Americans and Iraqis. The organization connects refugees with medical care and advocates for resettlement.
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- Five SIT Graduate Institute students receive the 2009 National Peace Corps Association Scholarship (Peace Corps Connect)
October 29, 2009
The scholarship was established in 2000 to recognize the long-standing ties between SIT and the Peace Corps. This year, awards were given to five former Peace Corps Volunteers to pursue their studies at the SIT Graduate Institute.
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- Former Experiment Group Leader and family planning advocate loses battle with cancer (Boston.com)
October 16, 2009
Dick Gamble, group leader to Finland, Norway, and Nigeria, spent much of his life involved with family planning organizations and to bettering the world and fostering good in others.
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- SIT Student hopes to break down barriers (ThisWeek Community Newspapers)
October 13, 2009
SIT Graduate Institute and Graduate Certificate in Conflict Transformation student Audra Teague talks about her work at the Interfaith Center for Peace.
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- SIT Alumnus Daniel Woodham featured in ‘Growing community, independence, justice -- and food’ (News-Record, Greensboro & the Triad)
October 01, 2009
Throughout his life, Woodham has found ways to use his farming skills to help people in India and Guatemala, the homeless in Oregon and now Montagnard immigrants in Greensboro.
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- Princeton's First Bridge Year students embark on service abroad (Princeton University)
September 03, 2009
Princeton's Bridge Year students have departed for their extended period of international service. Two of the four programs, Ghana and Serbia, are with World Learning/SIT.
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- A Seething Below Rwanda's Surface (NPR)
September 08, 2009
SIT Graduate Institute alum and CONTACT faculty member, Joseph Sebarenzi, was interviewed on NPR's All Things Considered to discuss his new memoir God Sleeps in Rwanda: A Journey of Transformation.
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- It's easy being green (Brattleboro Reformer)
August 26, 2009
World Learning, along with two other businesses, is being recognized by Brattleboro Climate Protection for its efforts to reduce energy and water usage and to make its operations more environmentally friendly.
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- Iraqi Youth Leadership Program Featured on CNN (CNN)
August 26, 2009
A CNN crew from the program "The Situation Room" came to Vermont to get an up-close view of World Learning's Iraqi youth program in action.
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- Iraqi Teens Visit Louisville (The Courier-Journal)
August 19, 2009
Youths Will Apply What They Learn at Home Article from the Louisville, KY Courier-Journal about participants from the Iraqi Youth Leadership Program who stayed with host families in the community.
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- Iraqi Teens Get Close-Up Look at US (The Burlington Free Press)
July 20, 2009
An Associated Press reporter recently visited with World Learning's Iraqi Youth Leadership Program in Brattleboro, VT and wrote a story that was picked up in the Washington Post, LA Times, and several other outlets.
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- Norwell-based fundraiser to benefit small village in Nepal (Taunton Daily Gazette)
July 08, 2009
SIT Study Abroad Nepal alum honors a fellow student's memory by raising money to support education efforts in their host community.
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- Growing and Adjusting Abroad (Inside Higher Ed)
June 01, 2009
SIT Graduate Institute Professor David Shallenberger contributes to a discussion at NAFSA's 2009 annual conference on the impacts of short-term study abroad.
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- Provost Adam Weinberg's letter to the editor in response to misleading USA Today article (USA Today)
June 04, 2009
USA TODAY's article "Students abroad and alone" sensationalizes a tragic incident and spreads misleading allegations regarding the role of SIT in a random act of violence against one of our students.
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- Peace Corps program subject of film at SIT (Brattleboro Reformer)
April 28, 2009
The documentary consists of interviews interspliced with photographs of vaccination project volunteers working in Afghanistan in 1969 and 1970.
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- SIT CONTACT Faculty George Lakey shares his thoughts about nonviolent change (Swarthmore College Bulletin)
April 01, 2009
Rebel Energy -- George Lakey is unstoppable in his quest for peace and justice. (Mr. Lakey is on leave of absence from CONTACT and will return in 2010.)
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- SIT Graduate Institute student Dorothy Sewe attends Harvard 2009 Humanitarian Action Summit (Harvard University Gazette Online)
April 02, 2009
At the 2009 Humanitarian Action Summit, sponsored by the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, experts from around the world discussed the challenges of international aid.
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- Experimenter Wins Network Solutions Award (Web Host Industry Review)
April 01, 2009
Network Solutions and the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship have named Newark, NJ high school student, Daliswan Morgan, 16, the winner of the national NFTE/Network Solutions Web Site Challenge.
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- SIT Study Abroad Alum and Wheaton Senior Wins Watson Award (Wheaton News)
March 18, 2009
Senior Kelly Maby's childhood fascination with the value of discarded objects and an intellectual curiosity about the waste scavengers she encountered during her study abroad has earned her a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship.
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- Unsung Hero (Brattleboro Reformer)
February 27, 2009
There's an unsung hero on the campus of SIT Graduate Institute and on April 9 she will receive an award from the Dalai Lama for her work to improve communities around the world.
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- Local Woman To Travel To Cuba (Brattleboro Reformer)
February 11, 2009
For a local pyschologist, traveling to Cuba is a great way to connect with people and to learn how a poor island nation can provide health care to all its residents.
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- World Learning helps Princeton with studies (Brattleboro Reformer)
February 06, 2009
In a partnership with Princeton University, World Learning is developing a program to send students to Ghana and Serbia to perform community service, live with local families, study the language of each country, engage in enrichment workshops and participate in cultural excursions.
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- Professor Paula Green to Receive Award from the Dalai Lama (SIT Graduate Institute Admissions Blog)
January 14, 2009
SIT Graduate Institute Professor and CONTACT Program Director Paula Green has been named an "Unsung Hero of Compassion" by Wisdom in Action, a California-based nonprofit organization, for her lifelong work in conflict transformation and peacebuilding.
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2008 News Stories
- We Need Your Support (World Learning)
December 17, 2008
Give today to World Learning and help us "reboot" the US image in the world.
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- SIT Study Abroad alum featured on KPFA in Berkeley, CA (La Raza Chronicles)
December 17, 2008
Moira Birss (SIT Study Abroad, Argentina, 2003) was featured in La Raza Chronicles on KPFA in Berkeley, CA, about her work on human rights in Colombia. (MP3)
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- SIT Graduate Institute alum featured in South Asian Journal (Peace Prints:
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December 17, 2008
Eirene Chen, SIT Graduate Institute alum, co-authored the article "Gender and Community Peacebuilding in Rural Afghanistan" (PDF) for Peace Prints: South Asian Journal of Peacebuilding.
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- World Learning trustee, Wangari Maathai, featured in The Guardian (The Guardian)
November 06, 2008
Wangari Maathai, World Learning trustee emerita, comments on the US election in The Guardian
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- Witnessing History in Nepal (The Boston Globe)
October 26, 2008
SIT Study Abroad Nepal alum-turned-reporter returns to Nepal after eight years to find out how the country has changed.
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- Studying Abroad Offers Much More Than An Education (Knox College)
September 30, 2008
Wise spent the better part of her junior year at the School for International Training (SIT) in Ireland. "I was really interested in the peace and conflict"
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- World Learning with USAID distribute school kits to Ethiopian orphans and vulnerable children. (U.S. Embassy)
September 23, 2008
5,000 kits containing contain notebooks, writing tools, a dictionary and a uniform are donated to school children affected and infected by HIV/AIDS.
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- Booleroo Hosts Young Americans (The Flinders News)
August 14, 2008
A group of eleven young Americans and their leader Laura Cruz visited the Booleroo Centre district for a nine day home stay with Booleroo Centre District School students and their families in the school holidays.
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- Teens Turn Culture Shock Into a Plus (Navajo Times)
August 07, 2008
Twelve teens experience the Experiment in International Living in the Navajo Nation.
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- Young artist creating a cultural mosaic (Star Ledger - Newark, NJ, USA)
July 02, 2008
A summer 2008 Experimenter shares her thoughts about her upcoming experience studying abroad in Mexico.
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- 'Wheels' of democracy (Brattleboro Reformer)
March 14, 2008
An idea that started in a classroom at Brattleboro Union High School got a step closer to becoming a Vermont law on the floor of the Statehouse, Thursday.
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- American Students Repair Village School In Inegöl (Today's Zaman)
July 18, 2008
A group of Experimenters performed repairs on a Turkish primary school to make it ready for the upcoming school year.
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- iTuned to Issues: Teens Have a Lot To Say This Political Year (Rutland Herald Online)
July 06, 2008
Ask Vermont teenagers to list their concerns this election year and you might assume summer vacation would melt away most complaints. So imagine teacher John Ungerleider's reaction when five dozen students recently pelted him with problems.
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- How Do We Ensure Clean Drinking Water For All? (AlterNet - San Francisco, CA, USA)
March 17, 2008
A group of organizations that implement clean water projects in varying regions of the world have some ideas.
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- The Moral Adventurer in a World of Need (Adventure Travel News)
September 11, 2008
Carol Bellamy speaks to the Adventure Travel Trade Association at their Global Summit about responsible and ethical tourism.
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- SIT Study Abroad Alum Promotes Fair Trade Through Fashion (Boston Globe)
August 28, 2008
Valerie K. Parker of Lowell, filmmaker, activist, and social entrepreneur, says she fervently believes that stylish clothes that are also manufactured under safe conditions by people who receive a living wage make for the most beautiful attire.
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A global view of breast cancer (Dallas Morning News)
March 11, 2008
Middle-Eastern women surmount stigma, danger to share stories
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Iraqis Observe Democracy in Richmond (Burlington Free Press - Burlington, VT, USA)
March 5, 2008
Nominated by the American Embassy in Baghdad, the Iraqis came stateside for three weeks as a part of the State Department's International Visitor Leadership Program.
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Iraqis visit New Hampshire (Concord Monitor)
March 04, 2008
Henniker major brings officials for exchange
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Fieldwork, community service key in study abroad (Harvard University Gazette Online)
February 28, 2008
Profiles of returning students from fall study abroad, including one from SIT Study Abroad's China: Yunnan Province - Language and Cultures program.
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Don't Ignore the Violence in Kenya (The Wall Street Journal)
January 17, 2008
World Learning Trustee Emerita, Wangari Maathai, calls for the international community to put pressure on the leaders in Kenya to come to the negotiating table, and for the leaders to enter into a dialogue.
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2007 News Stories
Rwandans 'grow themselves' here (The Huntsville Times)
December 17, 2007
World Learning Delphi Program brings Rwandan high school students to Huntsville, Alabama.
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Couple creates system for Malian self-reliance (Worcester Telegram & Gazette News)
December 4, 2007
Gregory Flatt of Princeton, class of 1992, Wachusett Regional High School, has founded Ecova-Mali, a program of economic and ecological viability through agriculture.
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The Foreign Legions (New York Times)
November 5, 2007
A thorough presentation of the study abroad experience and decision-making process.
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The World is My Campus (New York Times)
November 4, 2007
Reflections from SIT Study Abroad alum Stephanie Brockman (Oman), and others.
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Giving Uganda’s stolen children reason to hope (The Providence Journal)
October 9, 2007
Read about SIT Master's degree students practicum work to help vulnerable children in Uganda.
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2007 Brazil Youth Ambassador Video [captioned in Portuguese] (YouTube)
October 8, 2007
View a video created by one of World Learning's Delphi International Brazil Youth Ambassadors
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The Future Serbia (The Huntsville Times)
October 1 , 2007
World Learning Delphi Program brings Serbian high school students to Huntsville, Alabama.
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Teens Bond Over Love of Basketball (Gazette.net - Maryland Community Newspapers)
September 13, 2007
World Learning Youth Program brings Lebanese high school students to US.
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World Citizens: Commentary on The Vermont International Education Resolution (VPR)
September 11, 2007
by John Fox, Senior Director of Strategic Communications, World Learning
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FLA Elects Carol Bellamy Chair of its Board of Directors (PRNewswire-USNewswire)
August 3, 2007
Carol Bellamy, currently the President and CEO of World Learning and its School for International Training, and the former Executive Director of UNICEF and Director of the Peace Corps, has been elected Chair of the Board of Directors of the Fair Labor Association (FLA), effective August 1, 2007.
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Carol Bellamy receives Honorary Degree from Trinity College, Dublin.
July 9, 2007
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Peace Training Program Plants Seeds for Development in Troubled World (International Herald Tribune / AP)
June 13, 2007
72 activists from 33 countries attend CONTACT, a summer peace-building program offered by SIT/World Learning.
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Peace Training Program Seeks to Plant Seeds (Boston Globe / AP)
June 9, 2007
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Quantity or Quality in Study Abroad? (Inside Higher Ed)
May 8, 2007
Adam Weinberg, Executive Vice President, World Learning, Provost, School for International Training, discusses "high road" and "low road" models for international education.
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Maasai warriors to teach zoo visitors about life in Africa (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
May 1, 2007
Kakuta Ole Hamisi Maimai, SIT alum and Maasai warrior, teaches Woodland Park Zoo visitors about Africa
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John Fox, PR Director at World Learning, explores education issues (Vermont Public Radio)
April 20, 2007
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SIT alumna Ellen Quish (SMAT 9, 1991) named ESOL Teacher of the Year
April 17, 2007
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SIT Study Abroad Alum Lucas Thornblade Awarded Fulbright to Vietnam (Hamilton College News)
April 5, 2007
Thornblade attended a SIT Study Abroad program in Vietnam.
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Emissary of peace—Educator says diversity isn’t as simple as black and white (Times Argus)
February 12, 2007
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Ask What You Can Do for Your Planet - A call to recruit an international army of volunteers (Utne Reader)
March / April 2007 Issue
By Carol Bellamy and Eric Utne, Utne Reader
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Students look to Africa for service, education (The Chronicle, Duke University)
February 7, 2007
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Literacy: A Path Out of Extremism (Washington, DC, PRNewswire-USNewswire)
February 6, 2007
The International Reading Association Fourth Annual Global Perspectives on Literacy
Fakir, Mohammed Golam Samdani presenter, visiting professor at SIT Graduate Institute's Program in Intercultural Service, Leadership, and Management, former director of training at BRAC, Bangladesh.
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Commentary on Vermont Public Radio (VPR)
January 25, 2007
John Fox, PR Director, World Learning, shares how we might learn from ancient societies about how to apply social responsibility to issues of climate change.
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Wrong Question Asked (USA Today)
January 24, 2007
Letter to the Editor by John Fox, PR Director, World Learning, in response to a cover story stating "Generation Y's goal? Wealth and fame."
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Ninety Organizations Call on Congress to Save $1 Billion in Global AIDS Funding (World Vision / Reuters AlertNet)
World Learning is one of the organizations calling on Congress to preserve AIDS funding.
January 12, 2007
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Carol Bellamy Headlines the Glimpse Foundation's Fifth Birthday Celebration (eMediaWire)
January 4, 2007
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2006 News Stories
Women Demand End to Darfur Rapes (BBC)
December 10, 2006
International stateswomen, including World Learning President Carol Bellamy, join in demanding an end to rape and sexual violence in Sudan's Darfur region.
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What Community Participation in Schooling Means: Insights from Southern Ethiopia, by Jennifer Swift-Morgan (Harvard Educational Review)
December 7, 2006
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Bridging Cultures, One Letter at a Time - Through Arabic Calligraphy, Students Gain Understanding of Islam and Middle East (Washington Post)
December 3, 2006
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A cinco años del "corralito" (BBC Mundo)
World Learning SIT Study Abroad Academic Director, economist Alan Cibils, is quoted in an article about the 5 year anniversary of banking restrictions implemented in Argentina called the "corralito" (little play-pen). Frustration with these restrictions, among other factors, led to massive popular protests on December 19-20, 2001.
December 3, 2006
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Heifer Marks World AIDS Day with Conference - World Learning's Helen Cornman is Keynote Speaker (The Morning News)
December 1, 2006
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Rallying for African Women´s Rights - SIT Study Abroad alum reflects on her experience in Mali (Connecticut College News)
November 28, 2006
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New Mission Director for Bosnia-Herzegovina - SIT alum assumes role in USAID (USAID)
November 20, 2006
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Plant a Billion Trees to Fight Warming (The Guardian, London)
November 9, 2006
Maathai Urges World The world should plant a billion trees next year to help battle global warming, Nobel Peace Prize winner and World Learning Trustee Wangari Maathai of Kenya urged Wednesday. Maathai, speaking at the United Nations' climate conference in Nairobi, vowed to plant 2 million trees with the help of her Green Belt Movement.
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TESOL certificate course called most rigorous in Thailand (Bankok Post)
October 13, 2006
As the demand for TESOL (Teaching English as a Second Language) teachers in Thailand increases, the number of TESOL training programs continues to rise. Thus, finding a high quality TESOL certification program becomes more and more difficult. In the Bangkok Post’s article on July 11, 2006, SIT’s TESOL certificate program is lauded as one of the most rigorous and high quality programs available in Thailand.
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World Learning Master's Program To Deal With Tsunami Effects
August 23, 2006
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World Learning's World Cup Sports Initiative youth win ESPY: Shamila Kohestani and Roia Noor Ahman, two World Cup Sports Initiative soccer players, win the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the recent ESPY Awards Ceremony in Los Angeles.
July 20, 2006
- View photo of Awista Ayub, Rola Noor Ahman, actress Ashely Judd and Shamila Abdul Wakil with award on the Gulf Times website in Qatar.
- Read ESPN Soccernet article about Afgan girls
- View video about the ESPYs, including information about the Arthur Ashe Courage Award
- Read ESPN article about the 2006 ESPY Awards
World Learning's work with business women in Bosnia-Herzegovina (International Herald Tribune)
July 7, 2006
Learn more about World Learning's STAR Network.
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