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Bangladesh 2011-12 Alumni reflections on the Conference on Diversity in International Affairs
May 17th 2013
Recently, five Alumni of the World Savvy American Youth Leadership Program in Bangladesh 2011-12 traveled to Washington DC to attend a conference hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations and the Global Access Pipeline. The Conference on Diversity in International Affairs offered students and ... Read More
Photo Friday: Seeking Solutions
Laura Klivans
August 31st 2012What is World Savvy about? One thing we’re about is seeking solutions. In all World Savvy programs we encourage youth and educators to view a global issue from multiple perspectives, to understand the nuances surrounding such issues, and then to look at how we can address these issues on a global ...
Read More“Better Living Through Imitation” Article Review
Amy Westby
August 30th 2012I was excited to receive my copy of Smithsonian Magazine, September 2012, focused on style and design. I foresee a great movement towards teaching design as a way to boost creativity and critical thinking in the classroom so I was thrilled to read the article, “Better Living Through Imitation” ...
Read MoreTips Tuesday: ORBIS
James McLean
August 28th 2012Leave it to the folks in Silicon Valley to collaborate and come up with a super cool, interactive program called ORBIS showing travel in antiquity. Scholars of ancient history and the IT folks from Stanford University combined forces to develop this web based application which allows the user to ...
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