NSLI-Y Taiwan 2023 – Week 1

NSLI-Y Taiwan 2023 - Week 1 Our Week 1 adventure kicked off with a marathon journey from our cozy hotel in Washington D.C. to Shih Chien University in Taipei, Taiwan. Over the course of 28 hours, multiple buses, planes, and three airports later, we arrived around 10:30pm local time on...

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NSLI-Y 2023 Latvia – Week 1

NSLI-Y 2023 Latvia - Week 1 Greetings from Riga! This is Peter and Karen, and we are the Resident Directors of this year’s NSLI-Y program in Latvia. We will be posting photos from the program each week to give you an idea of how the students are spending their summer and all the...

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NSLI-Y Turkey Alumni Travel Program

NSLI-Y Alumni Travel Program - Bursa, Turkey Like most things since 2020, this winter’s NSLI-Y program was a bit unconventional. We kicked off the year as a return of sorts, bringing 6 alumni from the NSLI-Y online programs from 2020 and 2021 to Turkey in order to polish their Turkish...

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NSLI-Y Latvia Alumni Travel Program

NSLI-Y Alumni Travel Program - Riga, Latvia Druz’ya! (Friends!) It is hard to believe that we have already reached the halfway point of our trip! We have had quite the adventure thus far and are looking forward to an action-packed week to conclude what is guaranteed to be a...

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NSLI-Y 2022 Korea – Week 6

NSLI-Y 2022 Korea - Week 6   This week the group learned about traditional stamp making. We received a lecture about different kinds of stamps.   Dahria designing her stamp.   Dahria engraving the design into her stamp.   Kali working on her stamp.   Daniella...

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NSLI-Y 2022 Latvia – Week 6

NSLI-Y 2022 Latvia - Week 6 Dear friends, It is hard to believe that six weeks have passed since we arrived in Riga, ready to embark on the experience of a lifetime. As our program comes to end, I would like to share photos submitted by the students in response to my request for...

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NSLI-Y 2022 Turkey – Week 6

NSLI-Y 2022 Turkey - Week 6 Fond Farewells With the last week of the program upon us, it was clear the students’ minds had already begun to wander back home. In between the classes and last minute gift shopping and the many farewells, you could overhear conversations about what each...

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NSLI-Y 2022 Korea – Week 5

NSLI-Y 2022 Korea - Week 5 This week, we did calligraphy in a fusion style. After a presentation on hanji (traditional handmade paper) fans; we learned how they are made and decorated using calligraphy. The students then got to make their own hanji fans. Students enjoyed researching...

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