Rosetta Stone Celebrates International Education Week with Launch of Student Blog Series
14 November 2017 - 1:00AM
Beginning today, students from across the country will lend their
voices to a new student blog series from language learning leader
Rosetta Stone (NYSE: RST). Through a partnership with Global
Citizen Year (GCY)—an award-winning social enterprise on a mission
to reinvent the post-high school gap year as a launch pad for the
next generation of changemakers, innovators and leaders—Rosetta
Stone will feature blogs from both current and alumni student
“Fellows.” The personal blogs will showcase students’
experiences abroad during their gap year, highlighting how language
and cultural immersion play a critical role in the overall
experience. One-hundred and thirty current Fellows, who
departed in September, were given access to Rosetta Stone in more
than 24 languages as they prepared for their time abroad. Debuting
in conjunction with the start of International Education Week, the
blog creates an opportunity to celebrate the benefits of
international education and student exchange worldwide, as well as
the importance of creating global citizens who are culturally aware
and prepared to enter an increasingly diverse workforce. The
inaugural blog will be introduced by Abby Falik, Founder and CEO of
GCY, who has led the organization’s efforts to empower students
through a year-long global immersion with an intensive language
learning experience that has proven to maximize college readiness,
ignite a passion for language learning, and set Fellows up for a
life of impact. “Global Citizen Year provides a path for students
to achieve a global perspective that uses cultural experiences to
unlock passion, potential and purpose, and we know how critical
communication in-country is to a successful experience,” said
Falik. “We’re excited to team up with a trusted leader like Rosetta
Stone to share the stories of our talented and diverse students and
alumni who’ve discovered new potential through language learning
and structured immersion.” The new series will feature a mix of
written and video blogs from students, kicking off with the voices
of former GCY Fellows, now college students, who will share
first-hand accounts of their year-long global leadership journey
and how language proficiency impacted their experience.
Throughout 2018, blogs from Fellows currently in-country will
debut chronicling their experiences learning their host country’s
language with Rosetta Stone. “We think it fitting to launch this
blog series at the start of International Education Week, which
aims to promote programs that prepare Americans for a global
environment and attract future leaders from abroad to study, learn
and exchange experiences," said Lisa Frumkes, Senior Director of
Content Development, Rosetta Stone. “It’s critical to arm students
with the tools they need to succeed, and we’re proud to be able to
provide these future leaders with our learning solutions to help
them develop the linguistic and cultural competencies needed to
thrive.” GCY envisions a world where gap year before college
becomes common expectation and opportunity for students from all
backgrounds - transforming education and launching a new pipeline
of leaders who reflect our country’s diversity, and who bring
global skills and moral courage to leadership across all sectors.
Through a mix of cultural immersion, experiential learning and
leadership training, the Fellows develop the language fluency and
global skills needed to be leaders across countries, cultures and
sectors. This year’s GCY cohort is the organization’s largest
since its launch in 2010. Students undergo an intense onboarding
process and leadership training prior to departure to one of four
host-countries—Brazil, Ecuador, Senegal or India—where they spend
the school year living with a host family while apprenticing with
local organizations to support community needs through
apprenticeships in various areas such as teaching, health,
ecotourism and research. For more information on Rosetta
Stone or Global Citizen Year, visit www.rosettastone.com or
www.globalcitizenyear.org.
About Rosetta StoneRosetta Stone
Inc. (NYSE: RST) is dedicated to changing people’s lives through
the power of language and literacy education. The company’s
innovative digital solutions drive positive learning outcomes for
the inspired learner at home or in schools and workplaces around
the world. Founded in 1992, Rosetta Stone’s language division uses
cloud-based solutions to help all types of learners read, write,
and speak more than 30 languages. Lexia Learning, Rosetta Stone's
literacy education division, was founded more than 30 years ago and
is a leader in the literacy education space. Today, Lexia helps
students build fundamental reading skills through its rigorously
researched, independently evaluated, and widely respected
instruction and assessment programs. For more information,
visit www.rosettastone.com. “Rosetta Stone” is a registered
trademark or trademark of Rosetta Stone Ltd. in the United States
and other countries.
Media Contacts
Michelle Alvarez | Head of Global Communications, Rosetta Stone
202.390.0032 | malvarez@rosettastone.com
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