Study Abroad: It’s Not All Drinking And Nude Beaches

In the summer of 2012 students from the Middle East, South Asia, and the United States met in Ireland to learn about 1998’s historic Good Friday Agreement that ended decades of violence in Northern Ireland. Here are just some of the lessons they learned about peacemaking that they’re bringing back to their own communities.

Conservation

Helicopters dump 6,000 logs into rivers in the Pacific Northwest, fixing a decades-old mistake

Culture

Boomer grandma challenges family norms by asking why she has to do the traveling for visits

Culture

An 8th grader challenged his teacher to a dance-off. Her response made her famous.

Culture

People rally behind an older woman who refused to train her 25-year-old replacement