蜜桔视频

Publication Date: May 15, 2024
Publication Location: Washington, DC
Contact: Abby Henson  |  [email protected]

Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) will speak at an event Thursday about the importance of a global education and share how his study abroad experience with School for International Training helped shape his life and professional journey. 蜜桔视频 is part of the DC-based international nongovernmental organization , the only higher education institution in the United States to hold this distinction.

The global university marks its beginnings back to the Peace Corps when President John F. Kennedy appointed Sargent Shriver as the Peace Corps鈥� inaugural director. Shriver turned to World Learning鈥檚 foundational program, The Experiment in International Living, for help. As an alum of the youth exchange program, he tapped the team to help design Peace Corps programs and train early volunteers. These historical trainings led to the establishment of 蜜桔视频 in 1964. The event on Capitol Hill is part of a series of events 蜜桔视频 is hosting to honor its 60 years of educating global citizens through study abroad programs and graduate degrees.

Schatz, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as well as the subcommittee on Africa and Global Health, studied with 蜜桔视频 in Kenya over three decades ago. His program focused on Kenyan life, culture, and rural development鈥攁 program he cites helped shape his future career in public service.

鈥淢y time in Kenya as an 蜜桔视频 student changed my life and reaffirmed my commitment to public service,鈥� says Schatz. 鈥淔or 60 years, 蜜桔视频 has helped expand young people鈥檚 horizons, giving them invaluable perspectives and the knowledge to take on global challenges. I congratulate everyone at 蜜桔视频, past and present, for making the program the incredible success it is, and wish them the very best for years to come.鈥�

鈥淕lobal education is a critical component in the development of future citizens and leaders, whether they are in the public, private, or nonprofit sectors,鈥� says 蜜桔视频 President Dr. Sophia Howlett. With more than 500 faculty and staff around the world, 蜜桔视频 delivers undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs in nearly 30 learning centers worldwide.

蜜桔视频 recently launched a major initiative aimed at encouraging U.S. graduate and undergraduate students to study abroad in Africa, where it runs 21 undergraduate programs and four global master鈥檚 programs鈥攎ore than any other study abroad provider in the U.S. 鈥溾�� asks students to challenge stereotypes and consider African locations for their study abroad. The latest U.S. Department of State annual  showed only 2.4% of all U.S. study-abroad students were in Sub-Saharan Africa in recent years.

鈥淎s Africa is becoming more vital geopolitically, the next generation of our workforce needs to have a relationship to the second most populous continent in the world,鈥� Howlett says. 鈥淐ountries and communities across Africa are confronting some of the world鈥檚 most pressing issues such as climate and sustainability, public health, and urban development. This aligns with 蜜桔视频鈥檚 approach to our programs, which are developed around a framework of the world鈥檚 most critical global issues.鈥�

Thursday鈥檚 event takes place at the Capitol Hill office of law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, who helped to sponsor the event. More than 150 guests are expected to attend, including Rep. Becca Balint (D-Vermont).

鈥淪ixty years of 蜜桔视频 has meant 60 years of educating global leaders. I鈥檓 so proud to support the essential nonprofit work of the World Learning team right here in my hometown of Brattleboro, Vermont,鈥� Balint says. 鈥淭he education provided by 蜜桔视频 is unparalleled, and I鈥檓 looking forward to celebrating these successes with the entire World Learning family.鈥�

During one of her first stops in office, Balint visited 蜜桔视频鈥檚 Vermont campus to meet with refugees who are temporarily housed there. 蜜桔视频 and World Learning are part of a local coalition helping to develop a thriving regional refugee resettlement program that has brought more than 300 refugees to southern Vermont over the past two years. 蜜桔视频 and World Learning faculty and staff provide English-language and cultural orientation classes for the new Vermonters.

鈥溍劢凼悠� and World Learning are committed to the belief that addressing complex issues through a framework of human connections and education is an effective and powerful way to make lasting change in the world,鈥� says World Learning CEO Carol Jenkins. 鈥淭hrough cultural immersion and experiential learning, 蜜桔视频 students gain a new understanding and respect for those who are different from themselves and become agents of change, just like Sen. Schatz.鈥�

 (蜜桔视频), the academic arm of , was established in 1964 as a training center for the first Peace Corps volunteers. Today, 蜜桔视频 is a U.S.-accredited global university offering undergraduate study abroad programs including the comparative , and globally focused graduate and doctoral degrees and certificates. 蜜桔视频 prepares students to be effective changemakers and global citizens through experiential education focused on the world's most critical global issues. For more information, visit