Today’s blog post comes to us from API Global Leader & Hofstra University student Penelope Lopez. She’s opening up about her experience volunteering in Cuba. The best part of studying abroad, in my opinion, is the chance we have as students to submerge...
Volunteering can look like many things. Small or big. Local or distant. How can you get started, you may ask? Well, Martin Luther King Jr.’s Day of Service had us at API asking the same question within our own community. The Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Holiday...
Today is #GivingTuesday! Our mission at API is to transform lives by providing enriching academic and cross-cultural experiences that foster increased self-knowledge, cultural sensitivity, and understanding of the global nature of our contemporary world. With this in...
In the spirit of giving, we’re highlighting “API Gives Back” projects occurring at our host sites all over the world this Fall. API is committed to finding opportunities for our students to contribute to the communities in which they are living and learning abroad....
More research supporting the theory that acts of generosity, however large or small, make people happier? Endless opportunities to give constantly surround us in our everyday lives, try not to let a day pass by without selflessly extending yourself to others. Whether...