Some of my favorite memories come from spending time with my students outside of class. I once joined a group of seniors on a mountain hike to a local temple. It was the beginning of a holiday, so the students … Continue reading →

Today’s dispatch comes from Maria Wrabel, a current VIA vol in Vietnam. She writes about her experience at a water-top market she went to with a student. My student called me at 10 minutes to 5:00 in the morning. I … Continue reading →

For VIA’s 50th Anniversary, current volunteers have collected photos that show “How Asia Has Changed Me” . Hope you enjoy this great collection of responses, and suspect that many of you can relate to these as universal experiences VIA volunteers … Continue reading →

“The Long Side of a Little While” is an anthology of short stories written by then current volunteers and recent alumni published for VIA’s 35th anniversary in 1998. Hope you enjoy the two excerpts, by former staff Diane Niblack Fox … Continue reading →

Current Dr. C.J. Huang Teaching Fellow Signe Knutson shares memories from a recent holiday at the OYY Experimental Middle School in Hunan, China. The Annual Christmas Talent Show is one of OYY’s biggest events of the year. It is traditionally … Continue reading →

The next VIA alumni tours will be to Burma (June 15-29) and Vietnam (May 28-June 9) – a great opportunity to travel and learn about some of the countries where we are working. The Experience Vietnam tour offers a unique … Continue reading →

VIA has been very fortunate to have many alumni from Asia who have returned as coordinators and take leadership roles in planning and running our programs. Steven Huang first joined VIA’s Asia-U.S. Service-Learning (AUSL) program in 2008 and served as … Continue reading →

One of VIA’s 2nd-year Vietnam volunteers, Amy Baum, discusses the collaborative NGO community in Hue, Vietnam. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ One of the things I love most about living in Hue, Vietnam is the large NGO community, which is made up of both … Continue reading →

Stanford Medical Programs Director Jonathan Tran reflects on attending the Stanford Medicine X Conference _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ One significant advantage of attending or working at Stanford is being at the heart of Silicon Valley. Computer Science major or not, everyday life is … Continue reading →