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SIT Graduate Institute Announces Accreditation for Landmark New Doctoral Degree in Global Education
October 2, 2020
School for International Training has received accreditation for its milestone EdD in Global Education, SIT Graduate Institute’s first doctorate, as well as the first degree of its kind offered by a U.S.-based higher education institution.
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SIT Graduate Institute announces first doctoral degree with EdD in Global Education
May 26, 2020
SIT Graduate Institute, a leader in international education, is launching an EdD in Global Education.
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SIT increases scholarships for Peace Corps volunteers repatriated due to COVID-19
March 31, 2020
SIT Graduate Institute is offering enhanced academic scholarships to thousands of returning Peace Corps volunteers forced to leave their posts this spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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SIT safely repatriates 920 students in massive global evacuation effort
March 31, 2020
SIT repatriates 920 undergraduate and graduate students as global pandemic unfolds.
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SIT Graduate Institute announces accreditation for three new Global Master’s degrees
March 17, 2020
SIT receives accreditation for three new master's degrees, in Global Health Policy, Administration & Management; International Education; and Diplomacy & International Relations
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SIT alumni shine at Notre Dame Human Development conference
February 24, 2020
Eleven SIT Study Abroad alumni presented undergraduate research at the 2020 Human Development Conference at Notre Dame University, where SIT Senegal alumna Tyeesha Webber of Howard University won a prize for research she conducted on SIT Senegal.
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SIT symposium to examine issues of human resilience
February 18, 2020
Registration is now open for School for International Training’s first annual Critical Global Issues Symposium, May 14-16 in Brattleboro, Vermont.
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SIT names new dean for Africa South of the Sahara
December 10, 2019
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SIT Uganda alumna named Alice Rowan Swanson Fellow
November 19, 2019
SIT announces the newest Alice Rowan Swanson fellow, Shaylah Nichols, an alumna of SIT Study Abroad in Uganda. She will return to Kampala to develop a girls empowerment program.
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SIT ranked top institution for English Language Fellows program
November 7, 2019
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SIT Iceland program set to achieve carbon neutrality
September 3, 2019
An SIT summer program in Iceland will offset its carbon footprint by planting about 220 trees.
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UNRWA deputy director to speak at SIT commencement
April 9, 2019
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SIT launches global MA in Humanitarian Relief and Crisis Management
January 14, 2019
Responding to one of the most critical global issues of the 21st century, School for International Training has introduced a groundbreaking new master’s degree that brings students face to face with real-world challenges and solutions to the crises that have displaced more than 68 million people worldwide.
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December 2018 Capstone Seminar
December 7, 2018
SIT welcomes 12 students to its December Capstone Seminar on the Brattleboro campus from Monday, Dec. 10 through Friday, Dec. 15. The capstone presentation and paper is the culmination of every SIT degree program, the demonstration of students’ integration of theory and practice in their field.
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New MA in Peace & Justice Leadership
September 20, 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, DC.
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Colombia, Vietnam added to SIT summer portfolio
September 13, 2018
During summer 2019, SIT Study Abroad is offering 23 programs in 17 countries that will appeal to a wide range of majors and interests, including five skills-building internship opportunities. New to the SIT Student Abroad summer portfolio this year are: Colombia: Building a Culture of Peace and Vietnam: Nongovernmental Organization Internship.
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Look for SIT at these events this fall
September 11, 2018
Representatives from School for International Training (SIT) are fanning out across the country this fall to talk with potential students about the exciting new global and low-residency master’s degree programs available through SIT Graduate Institute.
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Program fair brings the world to Brattleboro
July 24, 2018
On Wednesday, Aug. 8, visitors to the SIT Study Abroad Program Fair at the River Garden will have a chance to chat with more than 50 academic directors from across the globe. The event, from 3-5 p.m., is free and open to the public.
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SIT Study Abroad partners with the Fund for Education Abroad
April 11, 2018
In partnership with the Fund for Education Abroad (FEA), SIT Study Abroad is pleased to announce that six of 100 study abroad scholarships awarded by FEA this cycle will go to students participating on SIT programs. The scholarships, which provide financial accessibility for underrepresented U.S. undergraduate students participating in study abroad programs, have helped to double the numbers of FEA scholarship recipients this year.
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Rwanda alumna named Rowan Swanson Fellow
April 9, 2018
Leslie Massicotte, a U.S. NGO worker in Rwanda, is the newest Alice Rowan Swanson Fellow, the School for International Training announced today. Massicotte is a 2014 graduate of Earlham College in Indiana and a 2013 alumna of the SIT Study Abroad program Rwanda: Post-Genocide Restoration and Peacebuilding.
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Peacebuilders wanted
February 27, 2018
One of SIT’s most impactful initiatives, the Conflict Transformation Across Cultures Peacebuilding program (CONTACT) will bring together peacebuilders from around the world June 4-22 in southern Vermont.