Idealist.org Grad School Blog Project

Sometimes it’s easy to get lost in theory. One theorist leads to another, and soon you have a stack of books and a folder full of notes that are too big to cover in a 15,000-word paper. So what do you? Go back to the research object...

Q: What are graduation requirements at SIT Graduate Institute? A: The graduation requirements are the successful completion of the on-campus phase (28-36 credits minimum), Reflective Practice Phase (12 credits) and the Language and Culture Proficiency Requirement...

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Experts get down to business at 2009 Humanitarian Action Summit By Corydon Ireland Harvard News Office In December 2000, Dorothy Sewe and her family — fleeing tribal violence in Kenya — escaped across the border into Tanzania...

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Steve was asked to write some thoughts on how he came to work on the SIT Farm Project,and his experiences with it thus far. His submission is below: I was hired in mid-March as Farm Manager for the new Sustainability Farm on World Learning’s campus...

This is the third episode of The Moleskine Podcast, which features interviews with students and staff about graduate school in the United Kingdom. In this podcast, I will interview my former anthropology professor Stefan Ecks about the MSc...

by Megan McBride, SIT Graduate Student/World Learning Americorps VISTA Those who attend SIT Graduate Institute attest to its strength in field-based learning...

It is never too early to start thinking about paying student loans. Some good news on the repayment front is that there are two new options that will help many students repay their loans: The first is the Income Based Repayment (IBR) plan (available beginning July 1, 2009)...

Written by Megan McBride, SIT Graduate Student/World Learning Americorps VISTA Laura Beth Barnes, alum of SIT Graduate Institute’s Program in Intercultural Leadership and Management, quips that she first logged on to LinkedIn as a way to avoid working on her capstone, the final project SIT...

TWO MONTHS since my last post, internets. TWO MONTHS. I am not going to apologize for my dereliction of duty because a) let’s be honest, couldn’t we all tell where my next few posts were going to go (policy lab) and b) Tushar and Laura were such a breath of fresh air around here. I [...]

The SIT Brattleboro campus now has an active community farm, thanks to the hard work of SIT Graduate Institute students, alumni and staff from the Brattleboro-campus Environmental Working Group...

Now that classes have come to an end, I spend most of my time alone reading and writing for my dissertation. In the UK, education is fairly hands-off, especially at the graduate level. Your supervisor will provide you with guidance, but for the most part, you are left to your own devices...

Hey everyone- Babysuit has moved to a new location! Catch me at http://newandsplendidlife.blogspot.com !-Lindsey

Last Friday morning I found myself standing outside of an Ohio Best Buy with my mother in law, waiting with a couple hundred other bargain hunters. But, I have to admit, I wasn’t looking for gifts for family and friends. I was shopping for me! I got a new monitor for my computer...

Like most students during this time of year, we are in the midst of final classes and projects and many final tests will be taken next week. This semester I took a class called Education and International Development...

It’s definitely spring, finally… but it is rainy and COLD today. Which I suppose is a good thing, since bad weather motivates me to stay inside and study. Only 3 more weeks until finals, here at Milano, and today I made an inventory of every project, paper, test, poster, etc. etc...

Andrew and I just went for a phenomenal bike ride around New Haven and Leith. This was our first time cycling together in Edinburgh and we had a blast exploring the city by bike. The trails by the harbours are especially scenic. Hurray for cycling! Western Harbour

If you’re in Edinburgh this Friday, be sure to check out Yann Tiersen, the composer responsible for the Amelie and Goodbye Lenin! sound tracks — two of my favorite movies...

At SIT Graduate Institute, our faculty are practitioners as well as facilitators of the learning process...

Hello! I’m back! Last time I wrote I was trying to narrow down a thesis topic. Now, six months and four classes later, I’m finally posting again! This has been by far the hardest semester I’ve had. In order to finish in time, I had to take four classes...

The art of unlearning By HOWARD WEISS-TISMAN, Reformer Staff Monday, June 1 BRATTLEBORO — Former School For International Training professor Diane Larsen-Freeman told the 2009 graduates that they needed to master the art of unlearning as they went out into the world with their degrees...

Southeast harvester is rising star in Alaska fisheries By Margaret Bauman Alaska Journal of Commerce Friday, March 13, 2009 Editor’s note: “Working Women” is a series that features a few of today’s women who have forged their way into jobs that are traditionally known as male-dominated...

Sorry for the long absence, I got back from South Korea yesterday. I was hoping to blog while I was in Seoul, but just didn’t have the time. My research went well, I was able to conduct in-depth fieldwork at my former English Academy. I will post a couple of detailed entries on my time in [...]

Today is a rainy and cold day in Paraguay and like most rainy days, life has virtually stopped. Most of the students have not come to school today, so my classes have been canceled...

I was on the 143 bus in Seoul when I saw this women-only parking lot. I recently had read about women-only parking spaces in Iksan, a city in the southwestern part of South Korea, but didn’t know that they also existed in Seoul...

by Susal Stebbins, SIT Graduate student Michael Roberts, a group leader with The Experiment in International Living, has been part of an ever-widening circle of Mongolia and World Learning since 2002, learning, teaching, playing music, and connecting people from two cultures...

At PIM Admissions, we are always open to your questions. To get the ball rolling, let me address one question that often comes up...

I’m sorry! I haven’t written in this blog in weeks…in my defense, the universe seems to have decided to fall apart around me, while still insisting that i go to work and class everyday and get my homework done. i know that’s no excuse, but what can i say? a few weeks [

I don’t want to further jinx us but I think after another round of revisions, that our Round 1 brief is finally completed. Today my new group met with our client (also new to Round 2) and, frankly, I still don’t know exactly what day it is owing to how crazy this week has been. One [...]

Recap of a good week:- Monday, April 27th, 2009: Reception with Abdul Kalam, former President of India at the Indian Consulate in New York City. Dr. Kalam mentioned that the India of the future needs to be powered by alternative energies such as Solar/Wind, Bio-fuels and Nuclear...

A random thought occurred to me as I was driving to work this morning, listening to a crappy British novel on CD:I really appreciate the British colloquialism, "Sort it out." As in, "Charlie, why don't you go sort it out," or "What a poor sod...

I haven’t had a LOT of group work since I started this Master’s program – maybe 2 or 3. But when I have, its always been difficult to find meeting times. I know everyone has crazy schedules, but as a mom you also have to juggle your kids’ schedules too. And since it take almost an [

One thing about being a mom – you start to realize all the things you are modeling for your kids that you wish you weren’t. Whether its picking up your socks, fussing at people in traffic, or putting your elbows on the table – we all have something that we do, but that we tell [..

In Phoenix, I live in a far west, burgeoning suburb called Goodyear. It's just now developing, so there isn't much where I live other than empty fields, endless sky, and mountains...

In 1964, the SIT Graduate Institute (formerly the School for International Training) was founded as a training center for the first generation of Peace Corps Volunteers...

This week has been a booger. As the semester end nears, the papers and projects that are due increasingly overwhelming. I’ve actually done a decent job of staying on top of things...

Nothing much new to report other than the SOPHAS application deadline is tomorrow (the centralized application system for public health schools), and my apps are complete and submitted...

New Year’s resolutions are easier said than done...

If you’re in need of more sources for your thesis or dissertation, check the university staff pages of the seminal theorists and thinkers in your field to see what journals they have published in...

Upon the recommendation of Andrew, I purchased a Zoom H2, a wonderful recorder for novices who are interested in recording high-quality sound. It is light, easy-to-use and fairly intuitive...

I really wish I could attribute my recent absence from this blog due to an adventure in an exotic foreign land but alas reality is that I just had a head on collision with second semester of graduate school...

to my kind coworkers:after a few years of knowing you, i feel like we've achieved a certain level of intimacy: long past the formal email salutations, we've shared countless birthday cakes, the occasional eye-roll during long-winded meetings, and awkward hellos in bathrooms and hallways...

Revan Hedo, right, stands with his wife, Aseel Pola, and their son, 13-month-old Matthew, in southern California...

Peace Corps program subject of film at SIT By BOB AUDETTE, Reformer Staff Monday, April 27 BRATTLEBORO — Back in the 1960s, the School for International Training pioneered a unique training course for Peace Corps volunteers to vaccinate women and children in Afghanistan...

I was a SIT study abroad student to Oman in 2007. I had such a nice time there that I decided to return for my Fulbright grant. I think I can only describe Oman as a country between worlds. While it possesses all of the modern luxuries of the other Arab Gulf States, it also [...]

Mary Kay Sigda, a PIM alumna, teaching assistant and instructor at SIT Graduate Institute, has recently joined the SIT PIM Admissions team as our Outreach Manager...

I saw this cool video on @zakblogs’s blog Schizofrenetic. If you haven’t checked out her blog yet, you should; it’s one of my favorite Brazen Careerist reads. In My Name is the newest campaign led by YouTube dedicated to motivating people to do their part in helping to end poverty...

So I'm currently working in the finance department."Working."A more honest statement would be that I am desperately trying to avoid anything remotely finance related, to no avail. It's not that I'm not bad at numbers--in fact, I'm not--it's just that it's not at all my style...

This week, I began the daunting process of filling out applications. Unfortunately, schools of public health havenâÂÂt completely converted to a centralized application forum like other graduate schools...

That’s what every newspaper, magazine, and internet article is posting these days. Economic doom! It’s hard not to feed into that Chicken Little mania, especially when I looked at my quarterly 403B statement today...

About half way through my term of service with AmeriCorps, I have written lesson plans for our new college counseling curriculum and I am building our volunteer managment program from the ground up...

I’m currently taking a Cross Cultural Communications class – and I’m loving it! I’ve been looking forward to this course for a long time – ever since I attended (and live blogged from) the Intercultural Managment Institute’s annual conference. Dr...

Today I realized something that has probably been glaring me in the face for a long time. I always plan for the typical week. My schedule, beautifully laid out in multicolored iCal goodness, never includes things like getting sick, emergency room visits, or neighbors stopping by...

Two weeks ago I sucked it up and plunked down $140 to take the GRE at the end of the month. It is seriously crunch time! My friend told me once you commit to a date, you’ll want to study more. It’s true- I’m reviewing vocab words and typing this post as we speak. Some things to [..

One of the biggest challenges of writing a master’s dissertation — or conducting any large-scale research project for that matter — is learning how to focus and choose a specific research object...

Well, sadly, there's nothing new to report on the grad school front, just the waiting that has encroached every aspect of my life: upon waking, in the shower, during meetings, while sleeping (often at the same time as the aforementioned meeting!)...

It is not too late to apply for graduate studies at SIT! Scholarships are still being awarded. For information on applying to SIT, see the blog post,ÂÂyour application to SIT GraduateÂInstitute. NEW SCHOLARSHIPS for 2009 â 2010 SIT offers a variety of scholarships...

I just purchased my ticket to South Korea! I will be in Seoul from May 21 to June 4 to conduct field research on the branding of English in South Korea. You can read more about my research below. Just to warn you, there is a bit of Cultural Studies jargon, but I did my [...]

One way to search for scholarships and grants is to check the acknowledgments section of the books you’re using for your research. Scholars almost always thank their funders in the acknowledgments. I found over ten potential funding bodies by just going through the six books in the photo above...

Advine Tugumisirize is a current student on the SIT campus (PIM 68) in the Sustainable Development degree area. Advine came to SIT as a Ford Fellow from Uganda, and shares reflections on a recent course at SIT which inspired her to contribute to social change...