2025-2026 Programs
Due Date
Submit your LITW Application or Affiliate Expression of Interest via EduCompass, the LITW online portal, by 5 p.m., Friday, November 14, 2025.
PA Faculty-/Staff-Led March Break Programs
Akwaaba Ghana Adventure
The Ghana Adventure is an educational journey that immerses students in Ghana’s culture, history, and ecology while fostering global citizenship through hands-on experiences and cross-cultural connections.
Arctic Adventure: Ski Finland
Cross country ski across Finland from near the Russian border to the Swedish border. In Finnish this event is called Rajalta Rajalle hiihto.
Dark Nights, Celestial Lights
Challenge yourself to brave Arctic winter nights as we chase auroras in hopes of experiencing, understanding, and photographing nature’s most incredible light display.
Nepal: Traditions of the Himalayas
Trek through the Himalayas, including a mountain summit, and immerse yourself in the local culture by visiting a school, Buddhist monasteries, traditional workshops, and villages.
Vietnam Today: From Roots to Rising Future
A transformative learning adventure where students uncover Vietnam’s stories, from war and peace to identity and renewal.
PA Faculty-/Staff-Led Summer Programs
Exploring Alaska: Climate Histories & Futures
The Exploring Alaska program will engage students in experiential learning to understand and address ecosystem and climate change through a historical lens and in ways that honor Indigenous Peoples and places.
Bali: History, Culture, and Sustainability
Explore how history, the arts, and spirituality merge in the diverse landscape of Bali's social and environmental terrain.
Russian Language Immersion in Estonia
A Russian language immersion program in two different Estonian cities, learning about Russian and Soviet influence on Estonian history and culture.
Ecology and Evolution: The Galápagos Islands
Explore what makes the Galápagos Islands terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems unique through hands-on science and conservation work in the Galápagos National Park.
日本の創道ーThe Way of Japanese Craft
Meet with accomplished craftspeople and experiment with our own creating.
Additional Offerings
Affiliate Programs
A variety of in-person and virtual programs run by our partners throughout the year.
Curricular Connections
Local place-based and world-facing opportunities to engage with the world throughout the year.
On Hiatus
The Andean HUACA Project
Andes, Peru
¡Relindo! Language and Cultural Immersion in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Argentina
Berlin History, Culture, and Language
Berlin, Germany
Bomba: Afro-Puerto Rican Expressions of Resilience and Resistance
Puerto Rico
Botswana: Field Ecology and Conservation
Botswana
Lenses on China
China
Civil Rights: The American Story
American South
Confluence: Environment. Culture. Community.
Merrimack Valley, MA
Destination USA! An American Travel Experience
United States
Global Goals: Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
Yachana Ecuador
Ecuador
Piette
France
A Greek Life: Athens, Greece
Greece
Histories of European Art: Italy and Spain
Italy & France
The Maya Cosmos
Mexico
Morocco: Gateway to Africa
Morocco
Pecos Pathways
New Mexico
Performing in the World
Europe
Systems, Sustainability, and Social Impact: The Villars Symposium, Switzerland
Switzerland
South Africa & Arts
South Africa