Media Coverage
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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/ÃÛÌÒAPP's unique history. ÃÛÌÒAPP President Dr. Sophia Howlett speaks about this history and ÃÛÌÒAPP's dynamic future as a 21st-century global university.
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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 Commons (Brattleboro, VT) | March 27, 2024
ÃÛÌÒAPP 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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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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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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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 ÃÛÌÒAPP’s campus.
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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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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 ÃÛÌÒAPP 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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The Hill (Washington, DC) | December 18, 2023
ÃÛÌÒAPP’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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Scripps News (Atlanta, GA) | December 14, 2023
ÃÛÌÒAPP'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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Brattleboro Reformer (Brattleboro, VT) | November 3, 2023
ÃÛÌÒAPP organized a trunk-or-treat for refugee families, most of whom had never experienced a U.S. style Halloween. In January 2021, ÃÛÌÒAPP 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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The Washington Report (Washington, DC) | November 3, 2023
ÃÛÌÒAPP'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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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 (ÃÛÌÒAPP) has the largest portfolio of education abroad programs on the African continent."
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Enab Baladi (Istanbul, Turkey) | November 1, 2023
On excursion to Istanbul, students on ÃÛÌÒAPP Jordan visit Enab Baladi, a media organization run by young Syrian refugees.
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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.
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WNHN FM 94.7 (Concord, NH) | October 4, 2023
New Hampshire Public Radio and Pacifica syndicated radio host Arnie Arnesen talks with ÃÛÌÒAPP Professor Bruce W. Dayton about the likelihood of a peace process to resolve the crisis in Ukraine.
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Brattleboro Reformer (Brattleboro, VT) | August 13, 2023
At School for International Training’s 57th commencement, 35 new graduates were welcomed to an extensive global network of alumni working to confront the injustices and existential challenges facing today’s world.
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Washington Post (Washington, DC) | April 25, 2023
ÃÛÌÒAPP alumna Liza Burrell-Aldana, principal of Mount Vernon Community School in Alexandria, was named The Washington Post’s Principal of the Year.
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VT Digger (Montpelier, VT) | December 13, 2022
World Learning CEO Carol Jenkins writes about U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy's impact throughout his eight terms in the U.S. Senate and how he has proven to be a real-life superhero to many, including those at World Learning and School for International Training, his constituents across Vermont, and all those around the world whose lives have been improved by his leadership in diplomacy, development, and peacebuilding.
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Vermont Public (Brattleboro, VT) | August 12, 2022
Peace Corps CEO Carol Spahn talks with Vermont Public ahead of her visit to Brattleboro, where she will speak at School for International Training’s 56th commencement ceremony on Saturday, Aug. 13.
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Brattleboro Reformer (Brattleboro, VT) | August 9, 2022
Peace Corps CEO Carol Spahn will speak on August 13 during the dedication of a new historical marker on the ÃÛÌÒAPP campus. The marker denotes the historic significance of ÃÛÌÒAPP’s origins as one of the first institutions to train outbound Peace Corps volunteers starting in the early 1960s.
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WCAX-TV (Brattleboro, VT) | August 4, 2022
Afghan refugees continue to make their way to Vermont to start a new life. A new multicultural community center in Brattleboro is helping with that transition.
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WCAX-TV (Brattleboro, VT) | April 7, 2022
While scores of refugees from Afghanistan remain housed on U.S. military bases, some have been resettled in Vermont thanks to a variety of organizations coming together with one goal—providing hope for a brighter future.
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VermontBiz (Brattleboro, VT) | March 9, 2022
World Learning honors its 90th anniversary since the 1932 launch of its flagship program The Experiment in International Living. The program led to the establishment of both the School for International Training and World Learning.