Media Coverage
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SIT alum and professor emerita recognized for contributions to TESOL field
U.S. Department of State (Washington, DC) | January 5, 2021
SIT Graduate Institute alum Mary Scholl and TESOL emerita professor Diane Larson-Freeman were recently recognized by the U.S. Department of State for their contributions to the English Language Specialist program and the field of TESOL.
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Elon student reflects on fall 2020 study abroad in Rwanda with SIT
Elon University (Elon, NC) | November 9, 2020
Elon University student Mary Thidodeau discusses studying abroad in Rwanda with SIT in fall 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Vermont nonprofit director departs after 30 years
VPR (Barre, Vermont) | October 29, 2020
SIT Graduate Institute alumna Beth Stern discussed her time with the nonprofit Central Vermont Council on Aging after stepped down from her role as executive director in 2020.
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SIT Student Visit Rwanda’s National Commission for the Fight Against Genocide
National Commission for the Fight Against Genocide (Kigali, Rwanda) | October 15, 2020
While studying abroad in Rwanda, students visited the National Commission for the Fight Against Genocide to learn about the country's post-genocide peacebuilding process.
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Nobel laureate and SIT alumna honored with plaque
The Commons (Brattleboro, VT) | October 7, 2020
A plaque honoring Nobel Laureate Jody Williams, who is an alumna of SIT Graduate Institute, was installed at Green Street School in Brattleboro, Vermont.
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Vermont Nobel laureate Jody Williams redefines national security in a COVID world
VTDigger (Brattleboro, VT) | October 5, 2020
Jody Williams, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and alumna of SIT Graduate Institute, discusses security and activism amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The pandemic is shifting how students study abroad
Condé Nast Traveler (New York, New York) | September 2, 2020
COVID-19 has rocked the international education industry—and presented an opportunity to build it back better.
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Innovation Awards 2020: Winners & Finalists
GoAbroad (Fort Collins, Colorado) | June 15, 2020
In June, GoAbroad recognized School for International Training with its 2020 Innovation in Crisis Response Award for Operation Bring Our Students Home. In less than two weeks, School for International Training successfully carried out a worldwide operation to repatriate 920 undergraduate and graduate students from 56 program locations in response to the spread of the novel coronavirus.
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Sophia Howlett, President, SIT, US
THE PIE NEWS () | March 4, 2020
A career of teaching and leadership with the Central European University ultimately led Italian Renaissance studies expert Sophia Howlett to bucolic Brattleboro, Vermont. Today Howlett is the president of School for International Training, a pioneer in experiential, field-based programs that offers more than 90 undergraduate and master’s degree programs on all seven continents. She spoke to The PIE about her journey into intled, and her vision for the future of SIT.
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School for International Training knows it must adapt to survive
VTDigger (Brattleboro, VT) | January 5, 2020
The School for International Training, a 55-year-old institution with a sprawling rural campus in southern Vermont, has erased a sizeable budget deficit and is reconnecting with the community as it adapts to survive.
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SIT ranked top institution for English Language Fellows program
Vermont Business Magazine () | November 8, 2019
57 SIT alumni have been named U.S. State Department Fellows since 2006 - The U.S. Department of State has recognized School for International Training with the English Language Fellow Top Producing Institution Award, which celebrates SIT’s position as the institution that has prepared the largest number of TESOL professionals to become Fellows.
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SIT Iceland program set to achieve carbon neutrality
The Brattleboro Reformer (Brattleboro, VT) | October 1, 2019
An SIT summer program in Iceland is set to become one of the first U.S. study abroad programs to fully offset carbon emissions resulting from air and ground travel that contribute to the climate crisis.
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Take climate action – help plant a forest
The Brattleboro Reformer (Brattleboro, VT) | September 26, 2019
As part of an effort to cap a week of climate action, SIT Graduate Institute will host a tree planting event at its campus, 167 Kipling Road, on Saturday, Sept. 28, starting at 10 a.m. Participants will be planting 250-300 trees to reforest roughly three acres of land on the lower field at the campus.
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50 years of educating language teachers at SIT
Brattleboro Reformer (Brattleboro, VT) | February 25, 2019
Fifty years ago last September, three forward-looking students enrolled in a new program offered by School for International Training (SIT).
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Trip to Jordan inspires engineering students
University of St Thomas Newsroom (Minneapolis, Minn.) | February 19, 2019
Five St. Thomas mechanical engineering seniors spent last summer in Amman, Jordan, as part of the School of Engineering’s inaugural Global Summers Senior Design program, a partnership with SIT Study Abroad.
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Judging Movies Reconnects Balkan’s Divided Postwar Young
Balkan Insight (The Balkans) | January 3, 2019
Joining a pan-Balkan arthouse film jury proved a transformative experience for youngsters brought up to think of their peers in other former Yugoslav countries as strangers and enemies.
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Reviving peacebuilding
Peace Insight () | October 4, 2018
In this opinion piece, Dr. Bruce W. Dayton assesses the state of peacebuilding around the world and the roadblocks that peacebuilders have faced over the last quarter century.
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New SIT master’s degree includes residency in South Africa
Brattleboro Reformer (Brattleboro, VT) | October 2, 2018
A new peace and justice master's degree from School for International Training will include a formative two-week residency in South Africa, and classes through two influential organizations, the United States Institute of Peace and the Alliance for Peacebuilding in Washington, D.C.
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Pace Students to Circle the World with Scholarships from the U.S. State Department
Pace University (New York, NY) | July 26, 2018
Three Pace University students will study overseas thanks to academic scholarships funded by the United States Department of State.
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Teaching ‘civil civic discourse’ in the Twitter age
Brattleboro Reformer (Brattleboro, VT) | July 9, 2018
When teacher John Ungerleider began leading what's now the Governor's Institute on Current Issues and Youth Activism in 1990, he hoped to link Vermont teenagers to the world at a time before smartphones and social media.
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Joselyn dives into ultimate Chaos at Western Washington University
Snoqualmie Valley Record () | July 4, 2018
Nellie Joselyn missed the competitiveness that she thrived on during the soccer and softball seasons at Mount Si High. She learned how to be a leader along with honing her athletic skills as a Wildcat. And she was looking for more.
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Crafting mosaic tile is an endangered tradition. Here are the folks keeping it alive
USA TODAY (FEZ, Morocco) | June 7, 2018
Morocco prides itself on an artisan culture that creates striking jewelry, metal, leather and wood. But one traditional craft is in danger of fading — the centuries-old skill of making zellige — the mosaic tile that adorns mosques and palaces.
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5 US scholarships all African students should know about
Study International () | May 2, 2018
As the second largest and second most populous continent on Earth, it is no wonder why Africa remains a key source market for international students.
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Oxfam America CEO to speak at SIT commencment
The Keene Sentinel (Keene, NH) | April 25, 2018
The chief executive officer of Oxfam America will be the speaker for SIT Graduate Institute’s commencement exercises next month.