Media Coverage
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For World Learning, a new way to bring together cultures: housing
The Commons (Brattleboro, VT) | October 15, 2024
World Learning is looking to develop two parcels of land near SIT's campus for affordable multi-family housing. The project will help address Brattleboro's lack of affordable housing.
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Hundreds of Afghan Evacuees Are Cobbling Together New Lives in Vermont. But They Can’t Help Looking Homeward.
Seven Days (Burlington, VT) | September 25, 2024
Seven Days reporters spoke with more than a dozen refugees now living in southern Vermont. SIT and World Learning, along with their program partners, have provided "essentials such as food staples, bedding, furniture and help in deciphering a new culture" to more than 350 refugees in the area as part of the New Vermonter Education Program.
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The PIEoneer Awards 2024: winners revealed
The PIE News (London, UK) | September 14, 2024
School for International Training's "Africa: See for Yourself" campaign wins marketing campaign of the year by The PIE.
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Thinking globally
The Commons (Brattleboro, VT) | August 14, 2024
Former U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy and his wife Marcelle look at the place of the United States in a large, turbulent, and rapidly changing world during an event for SIT's 60th anniversary of educating global citizens.
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How the New Vermonter Education Program helps refugees
WCAX - TV (Brattleboro, VT) | August 12, 2024
Former U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy speaks about the importance of programs like SIT and World Learning's New Vermonter Education Program. Refugees from the program share about their experiences.
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Leahy visits SIT during 60th anniversary celebration
Brattleboro Reformer (Brattleboro, VT) | August 11, 2024
Former U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy visited School for International Training's campus to celebrate its 60th anniversary.
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Commentary | Carol Jenkins, Sophia Howlett: American colleges and universities can, and should, support refugee resettlement
Brattleboro Reformer (Brattleboro, VT) | June 30, 2024
World Learning CEO Carol Jenkins and SIT President Dr. Sophia Howlett write about the importance of higher education institutions supporting refugee resettlement. This op-ed is in response to a letter co-signed by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A. Cardona to U.S. colleges and universities in light of UN World Refugee Day in June.
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SIT President Sophie Howlett named top women leader in Vermont
Women We Admire (Brattleboro, VT) | June 20, 2024
Women We Admire announce its list of top 50 women leaders of Vermont for 2024, which included School for International Training President Sophie Howlett.
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SIT launches two new online doctoral degree programs
Brattleboro Reformer (Brattleboro, VT) | June 4, 2024
School for International Training (SIT) is launching two new online PhD programs, one in international relations and one in sustainability, as part of the school's 60th anniversary celebration. Both programs expand upon the global university's six decades of experiential education and worldwide network of partnerships.
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SIT marks 60 years of educating ‘global citizens’
The Commons (Brattleboro, VT) | April 3, 2024
School for International Training is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year by hosting various events that spotlight World Learning/SIT's unique history. SIT President Dr. Sophia Howlett speaks about this history and SIT's dynamic future as a 21st-century global university.
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SIT celebrates 60 years of educating global citizens
Brattleboro Reformer (Brattleboro, VT) | April 2, 2024
Celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2024, School for International Training is kicking off a series of events spotlighting the institution’s unique history and its dynamic future as a 21st-century global university.
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The lion in winter
The Commons (Brattleboro, VT) | March 27, 2024
SIT is celebrating its 60th anniversary with a half-day event on the Brattleboro campus featuring Sen. Patrick Leahy and his wife as special guests.
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SIT celebrates 60 years of educating global citizens
Vermont Business Magazine (Brattleboro, VT) | March 22, 2024
Celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2024, School for International Training is kicking off a series of events spotlighting the institution’s unique history and its dynamic future as a 21st-century global university.
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Refugee housing supports economic growth for everyone
The Commons (Brattleboro, VT) | January 24, 2024
Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Greg Lesch talks about the importance of temporary housing for refugee resettlement, which is helping to build southern Vermont's economic and social diversity and strength.
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Refugees and resettlement organizations in Vermont ask for housing help
Vermont Public (Brattleboro, VT) | January 22, 2024
On Vermont Edition, World Learning’s Tim Rivera and leaders from two national resettlement agencies discuss the importance of housing as it relates to Vermont’s refugee resettlement efforts. With local partners, World Learning/School for International Training provides temporary housing and English language and cultural orientation programming for refugees on SIT’s campus.
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Greg Lesch: Support for refugee housing translates to economic growth for everyone
VT Digger (Montpelier, VT) | January 22, 2024
Greg Lesch, executive director of the Brattleboro Chamber of Commerce, writes that State funding for temporary housing for refugees on the World Learning/School for International Training campus is more than a humanitarian gesture; it is a strategic investment in the future of southern Vermont.
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International training center gives lessons, helmets to new Vermonters
Brattleboro Reformer (Brattleboro, VT) | January 16, 2024
World Learning/School for International Training hosted a bicycle safety training for some of the 64 new Vermonters who are temporarily housed on the SIT campus. The training was provided by Rescue Inc., with helmet donations coordinated by World Learning and the Vermont Department of Health.
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Informal diplomacy could play a role in ending the war in Ukraine
The Hill (Washington, DC) | December 18, 2023
SIT’s Dr. Bruce W. Dayton writes an op-ed for The Hill in which he stresses the need for more non-military engagement with Russia. "Military planners have tried to gain territory in hopes that their efforts would result in forcing Russian President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table. This peacemaking must now intensify, and different approaches should be encouraged."
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SIT’s Dr. Bruce W. Dayton explains options in Russia-Ukraine war on national news
Scripps News (Atlanta, GA) | December 14, 2023
SIT's Dr. Bruce Dayton is interviewed about the real world impact of U.S. aid and options in the Russia-Ukraine war on the national news outlet Scripps News.
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“Africa: See for Yourself” featured on The Washington Report
The Washington Report (Washington, DC) | November 3, 2023
SIT's Vice President of Marketing and Communications Nara de Sa Guimaraes joined Stevie Bridgewater on The Washington Report to talk about School for International Training's programs in Africa and how they transform students' worldviews and add invaluable global context to academic and career paths.
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Africa: The next frontier in study abroad
Higher Ed Jobs (Washington, DC) | November 3, 2023
African countries "provide examples of resilience beyond the Western perspectives," writes Dr. Robert A. Scott in Higher Ed Jobs. "The School for International Training (SIT) has the largest portfolio of education abroad programs on the African continent."
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SIT hosts first Halloween for nearly 80 refugees
Brattleboro Reformer (Brattleboro, VT) | November 3, 2023
SIT organized a trunk-or-treat for refugee families, most of whom had never experienced a U.S. style Halloween. In January 2021, SIT began providing housing to people from around the world on its campus in cooperation with the Ethiopian Community Development Council and the Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation.
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SIT Jordan students visit a Syrian refugee media organization in Istanbul
Enab Baladi (Istanbul, Turkey) | November 1, 2023
On excursion to Istanbul, students on SIT Jordan visit Enab Baladi, a media organization run by young Syrian refugees.
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It’s imperative that Africa study abroad opportunities thrive
Diverse Issues in Higher Education (Washington, DC) | October 31, 2023
"My rich experiences erased the limited narrative about Africa that I had been exposed to from American media," writes World Learning Trustee Elizabeth Clay Roy.