Caroline Baratz is a junior at the University of California, San Diego, where she’s majoring in biological anthropology and pre-medicine. In the fall of 2012, she studied abroad on the SIT Madagascar: Biodiversity and Natural Resource Management program. This spring, Caroline was invited to present research she conducted as part of her Independent Study Project [...]
“My Journey Started at the Base of Illimani” – An Alumna Reflects on Bolivia and Telling Stories through Film
By Libbie Weimer On a clear day in La Paz, my SIT Study Abroad companion, Melissa Deas, and I hiked down through a village with our host mother, Reina, leading our way. Over our heads shone the mountain guardian of La Paz, Illimani, a rare sight with La Paz’s extreme altitude and inclement weather. At [...]
SIT Study Abroad Alumni Win Fellowships to Address Environmental Degradation and Domestic Workers’ Rights
The Alice Rowan Swanson Fellowship returns alumni of SIT Study Abroad programs to their host countries to conduct human rights projects. This year, the recipients of the fellowship are William Shlah, a senior at Southern Illinois University and a 2012 alumnus of SIT Study Abroad’s Vietnam: Language, Culture, and Development program, and Alexandra Feldhausen, a [...]
Opening Doors: A Discussion with Priscilla Stone, Vice Provost for SIT Study Abroad
After years of recommending SIT Study Abroad programs to students as an international educator, Priscilla Stone decided to take her own advice. In March, Stone joined World Learning as vice provost for SIT Study Abroad. Prior to SIT, she worked as the assistant provost for international education at Washington University in St. Louis. She also [...]
“The Beauty of Experiential Learning” – An Alum Reflects on South Africa
By Winslow Crane-Murdoch I woke to the sound of my classmates repacking their bags. Many of them, tired from the night before, shoved fistfuls of their possessions back into their suitcases, convinced that whatever had come out must fit back in. I was marooned on the top bunk, in the far corner of a twelve-person [...]
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