VIA Experience
How did you first become involved with VIA?
I became aware of VIA when Dwight Clark visited Grove House during my sophomore year. I was interested in international issues because of my past (born in Prague, Czech mother,
Aiko Takeuchi-Demirci, PhD, joined VIA’s American Culture & Society program at Stanford University in 2001. Her interest in cross-cultural learning and the US led her to return for a graduate degree and ultimately influenced the evolution of her PhD research.
Since 2015, VIA has collaborated with Stanford University’s Haas Center for Public Service and Rikkyo University to bring US and Japanese university students to Rikuzentakata. This community is located in the Tohoku region of Japan, and was devastated by the
Erik Hammarlund, current VIA fellow posted in Jogjakarta, shares his experience assisting with the Art & Social Movements Program.
Last week, I had the opportunity to join up with one of VIA Indonesia’s January programs, the “Art and Social Movements”
The hurricanes that struck Houston, Texas in late August and the Florida Keys and Puerto Rico in September. The fires that have ravaged Northern California (Napa, Santa Rosa) in October, and now Southern California (Santa Ana, Los Angeles). Lives have
Dr. Eric Larson joined VIA’s volunteer program in Hong Kong in 1968. This international service experience was the beginning of a rich career in medicine and medical research. This year, Dr. Larson released his book, Enlightened Aging: Building Resilience for
This coming spring we have an amazing team of social innovation coordinators. Learn more about these energetic innovators who are excited to inspire the next generation of changemakers in the US and Asia!
Exploring Social Innovation – 2018 February
One of this summer’s GLE participants, David, was unable to travel to attend the program in person in Thailand, but he didn’t let that stop him. Below is David’s reflection about what it was like to join the program virtually.
About the Enlight Scholarship
The Enlight Scholarship can be applied to the 2018 Indonesia Summer Internship in Indonesia. This is both a merit and need-based scholarship. Award amounts will be determined based on the student’s qualifications for the program
We learned clinical English, patient privacy, USMLE, design thinking, and so on. Especially, LGBTQ＋ health issues thinking left a strong impression on me. In the first LGBTQ＋ class, our lecturer told us that he had two mothers. I was surprised
