July 2016 | Vol. 3, Issue 5

World Learning News

World Learning is proud to announce Carla Lineback has been named director of alumni engagement. She most recently served as associate dean for academic affairs for the School for International Training. Carla's family has been involved with World Learning/SIT since 1954 and she hopes to foster new connections among alumni of all of the organization's programs.

Executive Director of The Experiment, Aaron Morehouse spoke to The Atlantic about how study abroad programs are working to keep students safe in the face of recent terrorist attacks and the importance of continuing these programs to build relationships and understanding between people of different cultures.

World Learning would like to thank our donors who helped empower students and strengthen communities in more than 60 countries around the world. Watch our new video to hear from participants about what their experiences with World Learning mean to them.

Follow The Experiment this summer on Snapchat @the.experiment.

Every year, SIT Study Abroad and SIT Graduate Institute students and alumni open a window on the world through the SIT Photo Contest with breathtaking images that capture SIT's mission and values. The

public chose the winner of the Crowd Favorite category, which this year went to Anna Wadhwani alumna of the India: Public Health, Policy Advocacy, and Community Program, for her photo of two girls in a village in Uttar Pradesh, India. Visit the SIT Study Abroad blog to see all of the winning photos.

In the News

After Recent Terror Schools Grapple with Study Abroad (The Atlantic) Leah Willingham: Roadblocks to Reconciliation (Concord Monitor) Philadelphia Student Receives Experiment Scholarship (University City Review) Aaron Brazelton: Foreign Exchange is America's Real Currency (Alabama Local) How Vermont Teenagers View Present Day Politics (Battleboro Reformer) Balkan Youth Office Aims to Breach Wartime Divides (Balkan Insight) Bigger but Not Necessarily Better (US News) IYLEP Participants Represent the Youth of Today at Fourth of July Celebration (Brattleboro Reformer)

Education

The Experiment

The Experiment Leadership Institute held a 2016 kickoff event at the Hillyer Art Space in Washington, DC, on July 7 for a diverse group of 30 high-schoolers going to South Africa and India to

focus on leadership development. Alumni of The Experiment and other World Learning programs, board and Global Advisory Council members, and staff came together to send off the new participants and share advice on making the most of the program. The event also featured remarks from Mark Hanis, alumnus of The Experiment and social entrepreneur and Executive Director of The Experiment Aaron Morehouse. They discussed ways with the attendees on how to incorporate the program's lessons into everyday life. Read more in our blog post, watch our video to learn more about the participants' week in Washington, DC, and listen to our podcast with Hanis about social entrepreneurship.

SIT Graduate Institute

SIT Graduate Institute has launched a new scholarship fund thanks to a generous $500,000 donation from Stephen and Nita Lowey. Stephen Lowey is a chair emeritus trustee of

World Learning and Nita Lowey is a member of Congress from New York. They have pledged $100,000 per year over five years to support needs-based scholarships for students enrolled in master's degree programs starting in fall 2016.

John Ungerleider, SIT Graduate Institute Peace and Conflict Transformation professor and degree chair, has released a new book, Let's Talk About It: A Guide to Leading Youth Dialogue Across Communities and Conflicts. Ungerleider has taught conflict transformation at SIT for more than 25 years. His new book includes ideas and lesson plans for conflict transformation education. Nkenge Ransom-Friday, SIT grad admissions officer and student affairs coordinator in Washington, DC, presented at the June 2016 NASPA Closing the Achievement GAP: Student

Blogs

The Experiment Leadership Institute Kicks off Summer 2016 First Few Days: India Welcome to Amman!

Multimedia

Podcasts Mark Hannis Social Entreprenuership - A Modern Tool to End Genocide IDEP Social Media Infographic IYLEP Social Media Infographic

Videos

Our Ocean Youth Leadership Program Lessons from Mandela Humans of SIT: Chad LaRoche Malawi Scholarship Program World Learning Says Thank You The Experiment Leadership Institute Orientation How Has UGRAD Inspired You?

Success in Higher Education Conference in Maryland. Her presentation was titled "At the Intersections During Historic Social Unrest: Understanding the Current Experiences of International Students in Higher Education."

Internationally known language acquisition expert Dr. Diane Larsen-Freeman returns to SIT's campus in Vermont this summer to teach the course Second Language Acquisition for SIT Graduate Institute's MA TESOL Low-Residency Program. A professor emerita of SIT Graduate Institute, she served on the faculty from 1978-2002. She holds a Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of Michigan, where she is also professor emerita, and is also a visiting senior fellow at the University of Pennsylvania. SIT Graduate Institute Interim Dean Dr. Ken Williams will present a paper at the International Council on Education for Teaching 60th World Assembly in Jamaica titled "Successful Principal Practices and Behaviour in Caribbean Schools: The Case of Barbados & St. Vincent." Dr. Beth Pratt-Sitaula, academic director for SIT's summer program Nepal: Geoscience in the Himalaya, has received a national award from the Western States Seismic Policy Council for her Cascadia EarthScope Earthquake and Tsunami Education Program. Dr. Alison Heller, travelling faculty with the IHP Health and Community program, has been awarded the School for Advanced Research Campbell Fellowship for Transformative Research on Women in the Developing World to write a book on women with obstetric fistula in Niger. She will accept the post this fall and then continue to a tenure track faculty position at the University of Maryland College Park as assistant professor of cultural anthropology, where she will develop her research on humanitarian representation, reproductive health, and biomedical engagement in West Africa.

SIT Study Abroad SIT Study Abroad is accepting applications for spring 2017programs. SIT Study Abroad will launch a journalism track for the South Africa: Social and Political Transformation program in spring 2017. Students will partner with young South African

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journalists and will be mentored by journalists and Round Earth Media to produce a major feature story. Stories by alumni of SIT's Morocco and Balkans journalism programs have been published in major outlets. Recent publications include SIT Morocco alumnus Darren Sprik's story about the Tanger-Med port project for U.S. News & World Report and SIT Balkans alumna Carolyn Paletta's story about a new youth reconciliation program in the region for Balkan Insight. SIT Study Abroad will produce six videos at the 2016 Human Development Conference at the University of Notre Dame. The first video features South Africa: Community Health and Social Policy alumnus and Fulbright fellow Joel Burt-Miller, who presented his research at the conference on disability in rural communities. The upcoming videos will focus on SIT, the conference, and other students' stories.

Exchange

The Digital Young Leaders Exchange Program (DYLEP) launched in June and currently connects 78 students from Iraq and the United States through Google Classroom and other online platforms. The program aims to develop the students' leadership skills, increase their knowledge of civic engagement and global issues, and promote mutual understanding and an appreciation for diversity. The Youth Team will implement a new high school Arabic language exchange under the Iraqi Young Leaders Exchange program (IYLEP), beginning in summer 2017. Senior Youth Program Officer Rizwaan Akhtar will lead the program, which allows participants who may not have strong English language skills to take part in the in-person exchange in the United States. The Youth Team will also collaborate with the Academic Exchange Team to implement the IYLEP undergraduate program in summer 2017. This month Jessica Mead and Ben Gauley traveled to Bangkok to administer the third Alumni TIES seminar for Alumni of the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative(YSEALI) focused on Community Organizing and Project Management. The seminar jumpstarts a six-month-long outreach campaign

that will strengthen and institutionalize the YSEALI alumni network, culminating in a service initiative called "YSEALI YOUnified" to celebrate the third anniversary of YSEALI in December 2016.

Development

World Learning's Malawi Scholarship Program is improving healthcare, building leaders, and saving lives by training healthcare workers to provide better services in public health, nutrition, and reproductive health and family

planning. Watch our new video to learn more.