Congratulations to SIT Netherlands alumna Julia Ellis-Kahana! Julia is the newest recipient of the Alice Rowan Swanson Fellowship, which returns SIT alumni to the country where they studied abroad to advance human rights. A rising senior at Brown University, Julia studied in the SIT Netherlands: International Perspectives on Sexuality and Gender program in the fall [...]
Archive | May, 2012
SIT students meet with high-level leaders on excursion to Brasilia
Spring 2012 students in the Brazil: Social Justice and Sustainable Development program visited Brazil’s capital, Brasilia, where they met with representatives from the UN Development Agency, the Brazilian government, and two nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). The visit provided deeper insight into the multifaceted dynamics shaping development patterns in Brazil. Meetings and lecture topics at a glance: [...]
Putting My Personal Experience and Passion into My Independent Study Project
By SIT student Antonia DeMichiel My name is Antonia DeMichiel and I’m currently a junior at the University of Oregon, double majoring in international studies and planning, public policy, and management. I’ve been studying and living in Buenos Aires for the past two and a half months with SIT’s Argentina: Regional Integration, Development, and Social [...]
Leader in International Education Recognizes Ongoing Accomplishments of SIT Alumni
Congratulations to three SIT Study Abroad alumni recently profiled by the Forum on Education Abroad, a leader in the field of international education. Brian Hoyer (Middlebury College), Demetri Blanas (Columbia University), and Beth Ann Saracco (University of Dayton)—all SIT alumni—are past recipients of the Forum’s annual Undergraduate Research Awards, an honor that recognizes outstanding undergraduate [...]
Breaking Ground in Cameroon
By Alex Moore, alumna of SIT’s Cameroon: Social Pluralism and Development program Executive Director, Breaking Ground Lindsay Clarke, Sarah Oxford, and I met while studying abroad on SIT’s program in Cameroon during the spring of 2004. After the semester was over, we knew that we wanted to return to Cameroon and contribute to the communities [...]
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