Celebrating 60 Years of Connecting & Learning Across Cultures

VIA (originally Volunteers in Asia) began in 1963 with a group of 23 Stanford students led by Dean…

Celebrating 25 Years of Health Care Programs!

This retrospective of VIA’s health care programs was researched, compiled, and written by Assistant Program Director Hinda Majri,…

Beyond Exchange: Supporting a Lifetime of Impact for 21st Century Leaders in the VIA Community

Cover Photo Credit: Fitri Mulyaningsih (Yangon Alumni Summit, March 2019) VIA’s alumni community, which spans 56 years of…

Do Our Bit Project: VIA Medical Programs Alumni Doing Their Bit to Respond to COVID-19

Program Director Lina Yamashita recently had a chance to chat with four Medical Exchange and Discovery (MED) and…

Celebrating 10 Years of Exploring Social Innovation

The Exploring Social Innovation (ESI) program, currently held twice a year in Silicon Valley and once a year…

Alumni Interview: Laura Shirreff

2005 Bali Summer Immersion alumna Laura Shirreff shares her reflections on a global journey exploring the intersection of…

VIA Holds First Ever Alumni Leadership Summit!

In June, VIA held its first Alumni Leadership Summit as part of a new initiative in building a…

To Mindanao and Back Again: Adventures in Transformational Technologies with Martti Vallila

VIA Experience How did you first become involved with VIA? I became aware of VIA when Dwight Clark…

Contraceptive Diplomacy: Interview with Aiko Takeuchi-Demirci

Aiko Takeuchi-Demirci, PhD, joined VIA’s American Culture & Society program at Stanford University in 2001. Her interest in…

Enlightened Aging: Interview with Dr. Eric Larson

Dr. Eric Larson joined VIA’s volunteer program in Hong Kong in 1968. This international service experience was the…