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News, Updates and Food for Thought from Our Global Education Team and Partners in the field
Student Reflects on Impact of AYLP - Bangladesh: Cole Norgaarden, Blake School
May 22nd 2013
Cole Norgaarden, a student with the 2011-2012 Bangladesh cohort, reflects on the unexpected and life-changing lessons from his month-long trip to Asia. Read on for his first-person account of the AYLP experience and how it motivated him to take action on an important environmental issue once back ... Read More
Remembering an Inspiring friend of the Organization: Hansoo Lee
Dana Mortenson
March 28th 2013Earlier this month, we received the terribly sad news that Hansoo Lee had passed away at the age of 35 after a brave fight with non-smokers lung cancer for more than a year. Hansoo was a World Savvy Board member from 2006 until a few months after his diagnosis in 2012, and was an inspiration to ...
Read MoreKeynote Speech at the 2012 Global Education Conference
Josie Larimer
November 30th 2012On November 12, 2012 our Executive Director, Dana Mortenson, gave a keynote speech at the 2012 Global Education Conference. Her keynote, Integrating Global Competency into Teaching and Learning: Framing the Challenge & Exploring Interventions, examined the results of World Savvy's 2012 Global ...
Read More10th Anniversary Letter from the Director and Special Video Presentation
Dana Mortenson
May 21st 2012World Savvy readers, On April 8th, World Savvy celebrated 10 Years in existence; 10 years of work with inspiring teachers and students, loyal supporters and hard working volunteers. From very humble beginnings, I am proud to say that in that time we’ve reached more than 250,000 youth and ...
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