Media Coverage
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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.
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SIT unveils graduate program in line with new global focus
Keene Sentinel (Keene, NH) | April 25, 2018
Starting in August, the School for International Training will offer a global master’s degree in climate change and global sustainability, the college recently announced.
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New solar array comes online at Brattleboro institution
The Keene Sentinel (Keene, NH) | December 18, 2017
The School for International Training will now get some of its electricity from a new photovoltaic system on campus.
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SIT turns on new solar array
Vermont Business Magazine () | December 17, 2017
The School for International Training this week activated a new solar power project that is expected to produce approximately 260,200 kilowatt hours (kWh) of renewable energy annually and mitigate 183 metric tons of carbon in the first year alone.
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Albuquerque’s new first lady brings a wealth of professional, civic credentials to role
Albuquerque Journal (ALBUQUERQUE, NM) | December 1, 2017
Albuquerque’s new first lady brings a wealth of professional, civic credentials to role
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Cyclist traveling from Argentina to Canada stops in Vermont
Brattleboro Reformer (Brattleboro, VT) | November 16, 2017
Despite the political divisiveness he sees now in the United States, Cameron Russell finds that most people throughout the world want to help each other.
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Five ways to bring the world into our homes and classrooms
Brattleboro Reformer (Brattleboro, VT) | November 14, 2017
International Education Week was established in 2000 by the U.S. Departments of Education and State to celebrate education and exchange around the world. IE Week is now celebrated primarily in higher education in more than 100 countries and has great relevance for learners of all ages.
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Job creators look to ‘ecovation’
Greenfield Recorder (Greenfiled, MA) | November 14, 2017
Only one-tenth of Vermont Yankee’s original 650 workers remain at the shut-down nuclear plant, with all but 10 Entergy employees expected to remain once transfer of spent fuel to storage casks is completed a little over a year from now.
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State Department Recognizes Brattleboro Student For Work With Yemeni Refugees
VPR (Brattleboro, VT) | April 14, 2017
Fadia Thabet, a student at the School for International Training in Brattleboro, was recently awarded an International Women of Courage Award from the U.S. State Department.