2 days agoFrom Kenya and Panama to the United States: How two Global UGRAD students formed a fast friendshipOne is a law student from Kenya, the other is an aspiring educator from Panama. Yet when they both arrived at Keuka College in New York as part of the Global Undergraduate Exchange Program (Global UGRAD) in fall 2022, Samuel Njenga and Elian González Lara became fast friends. Sponsored by…5 min read5 min read
Nov 30World Learning’s Vice President of External Engagement shares housing solutions with national refugee resettlement expertsVice President of External Engagement and Advocacy Joel Colony spoke with Refugee Housing Solutions about World Learning’s innovative initiative to welcome refugees to the United States. Refugee Housing Solutions is an online resource for refugee resettlement practitioners. …10 min read10 min read
Nov 15In their own voices, World Learning program participants remember their international educationThis week is International Education Week, a joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education to celebrate the enduring value of international education and exchange. Each year, students and participants in international education and exchange programs gain knowledge of critical global issues, immerse themselves…3 min read3 min read
Oct 20How the Digital Communication Network is expanding its reach to combat disinformationWidespread access to factual information is considered by many to be a cornerstone of democracy. And today, much of the world receives and learns about critical information digitally, through online publications, social media, or virtual forums. …4 min read4 min read
Published in World Learning Celebrates 90 Years·Sep 21The Longest Trip: How The Experiment and World Learning created a new bond for a grandmother and her granddaughterMarilyn Gordon was inspired to write about her 1954 Experiment trip to Austria, a story that in the end, formed a new connection with her granddaughter through World Learning. Like The Experiment in International Living, Marilyn Gordon turned 90 this year. She celebrated her milestone birthday earlier this month, enjoying…World Learning7 min readWorld Learning7 min read
Sep 8World Learning celebrates International Literacy DayTo celebrate International Literacy Day, we asked World Learning global education experts and staff to tell us about their favorite fiction book that best captures another culture or country. September 8 marks International Literacy Day, a UNESCO annual observance day dedicated to the importance of literacy as a matter of…Literacy Day4 min readLiteracy Day4 min read
Aug 25Expert Voices: At the Intersection of World Learning and SIT; TESOL and STEMGerman Gomez is director of TESOL and STEM education for World Learning. He spoke to us about how his team often collaborates with SIT, the importance of cultural immersion instruction when teaching English to refugees, and the intersection of TESOL and STEM education.Tesol8 min readTesol8 min read
Published in World Learning Celebrates 90 Years·Aug 19Highlights from commemorative marker ceremony noting history with the Peace CorpsMore than 150 guests and VIPs gathered Saturday in Brattleboro, Vermont, to dedicate a historic marker commemorating the SIT campus as one of the first sites to train outbound Peace Corps volunteers. The event was a celebration of the shared history of SIT, World Learning, The Experiment in International Living…Peace Corps4 min readPeace Corps4 min read
Published in World Learning Celebrates 90 Years·Aug 16Shared history of World Learning, SIT, and Peace Corps focus of eventsDistinguished list of speakers share common belief that a framework of human connections and education is still the solution to address the challenges of today’s world The important place that School for International Training, World Learning, and the Peace Corps hold in today’s world was a consistent theme Saturday as…Peace Corps6 min readPeace Corps6 min read
Aug 2IVLP migration delegates visit new model in U.S. refugee resettlementA U.S. Department of State-sponsored delegation of 10 migration professionals from Central and South America came to Vermont recently to learn about a landmark program that is changing the paradigm for refugee resettlement in the United States. The delegation, part of the International Visitors Leadership Program (IVLP) administered by World…Ivlp8 min readIvlp8 min read
