Application deadlines for 2017 Learning in the World (LITW) programs are approaching, with an upcoming deadline of Friday, January 13, for faculty-led summer programs. A complete list of deadlines is below. With programs in diverse regions of the world, LITW gives students the chance to participate in an in-depth, off-campus learning experience that engages them directly with different practices and perspectives, history, arts, and surprising and enlightening encounters in new cultures. Contact Carmen Muñoz-Fernández, director of Learning in the World, for more information.
“Social entrepreneurship became one of my greatest passions as a result of the trip, and I owe many of my experiences post-PA graduation to Niswarth,” said alumnus Brandon Wong ‘12 of his LITW experience. “I would never have ended up interning at Ashoka: Innovators for the Public in Washington D.C. or joining some of the social innovation initiatives at UNC, if it weren’t for Niswarth. When I look back on my time at PA, Niswarth changed the way that I see the world quite unlike any other experience.”
Programs and Deadlines
Faculty-Led Programs, Deadline January 13:
- American South — American Civil Rights Immersion Program
- Brazil — Brazil PLACES
- China — Lenses on China
- Dominican Republic — Mariposa Foundation
- France — Piette Program
- Germany — Berlin: History, Culture, and Language
- India — Niswarth
- Merrimack Valley, Massachusetts — Confluence
- Peru — HUACA Project
- Russia — Russian Language
Affiliate Programs (please note that applications to our affiliate programs should be made directly to each program); deadlines vary:
Summer 2017
- China — School Year Abroad (SYA), Deadline: January 18, 2017
- France — School Year Abroad (SYA), Deadline: January 18, 2017
- Germany — American Association of Teachers of German , Deadline: April 12, 2017
- Italy — School Year Abroad (SYA), Deadline: January 18, 2017
- Japan — TIES Program at Toin Institute , Please apply through Ms. Shimazu
- Spain — INESLE, Madrid, Deadline: March 15, 2017
- Spain — School Year Abroad (SYA), Deadline: January 18, 2017
- USA (several locations) — National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), Several Deadlines
- USA — NuVu Summer Program, Cambridge, Mass.
- USA — Hurricane Island Outward Bound School, Deadline: February 15, 2017
Semester-Long Programs 2017 – 2018
- The Bahamas — The Island School, Fall Term, Deadline: February 15, 2017
- Maine — Chewonki School, Spring Term,Deadline: February 15, 2017
- Vermont — The Mountain School, Spring Term,Deadline: February 15, 2017
- China, France, Italy, and Spain — School Year Abroad (SYA), Deadline: February 15, 2017
