This summer, VIA proudly hosted 40 of Asia’s best and brightest medical students at Stanford University on our annual Medical Exchange and Discovery (MED) program. This intensive three-week cultural immersion and professional development experience empowered students to critically examine the
This summer, 10 student-athletes from Stanford and Duke joined a VIA program in Gyalthang, Yunnan, China for a three-week service learning program. The inaugural Rubenstein-Bing Student-Athlete Civic Engagement Program was designed to send 40 students to communities across the globe
Last January, Senior Asia Programs Director Patrick Arnold traveled to Indonesia to interview high school students and mentors for the third cycle of the Indonesia-US Youth Leadership Program. While interviewing a group of students in Madura he met Achoe Sunhiyah
This year we celebrate 40 years of the American Language & Culture (ALC) program! The genesis of this program took place in 1977, when two Japanese universities approached VIA to create a program that could immerse their students in the
This summer, several of VIA’s summer programs in Asia were led by PhD students. Check out some interviews and profiles of our staff scholars.
Alex Cromwell, Co-Director for the Indonesia-US Youth Leadership Program
What was your summer role with VIA?
Melissa Golden (Program Operations Director) recently interviewed Christy Inhulsen (Leadership Programs Director) about this summer’s new GLE Thailand program.
Melissa Golden: This summer you piloted a new program model – Global Leadership & Engagement in Thailand. As part of our
During the second week of the ALC program, students visited companies in Silicon Valley, and participated in some volunteer work in local communities.
So far, students have visited Udemy, Google, and Blippar. All visits were great because students were able
ALC kicked off its 40th(!) program at the beginning of August. Participants from Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Thailand are studying English and immersing themselves in the unique flavor of American culture in Silicon Valley,
Sharing Cultures
On the very first day of Global Leadership and Engagement Program 2016 in Thailand, we got an opportunity to travel around Thailand, taste all the local food and learn more about Thai taboos, religions and so on from
I am very happy to announce that I will begin my new role as executive director at VIA from July 1, 2016. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Cliff Chan, my predecessor for all he has
