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2008 News Stories

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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'Wheels' of democracy (Brattleoro 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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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 peaceߞEducator 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

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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