California
The
California World Learning for Business Training Center is located in San
Carlos. San Carlos is strategically located between San Jose (35 minutes
to the south) and San Francisco (30 minutes to the north). The San Francisco
International Airport is 15 minutes by car.
Our Training Center is located in the state-of-the-art San Carlos Public
Library and our immersion trainees have access to:
- Fully
equipped training rooms
- High
speed internet access
- The
Library's extensive reference and periodical collection
-
Comfortable study and meeting areas
- Downtown
San Carlos just two blocks away with plentiful restaurants, shops and
services
San
Francisco Bay Area is home to plentiful recreational cultural activities
including:
- The
San Francisco Symphony, Opera and Ballet companies
- The
new San Francisco Museum of Modern Art-centerpiece of the Yerba Buena
Gardens Arts and Cultural Center
- Professional
sports teams including the San Francisco Giants and Oakland A's baseball
teams, the San Francisco 49ers and Oakland Raiders football teams, as
wells as professional basketball, hockey and soccer.
- Sausalito
and Muir Woods - a short drive across the spectacular Golden Gate Bridge.
- Stanford
University and University of California, Berkeley.
Housing
for immersion trainees is available at a wide range of nearby hotels and
suite hotels, some within walking
distance. Homestays can also be arranged with carefully selected host
families who provide a private room, shared bath, and breakfast and dinner
each day as well as many opportunities for communication and learning
about family life in the U.S.
Vermont
The World Learning for Business Training Center in Vermont is an independent
facility in close proximity to The School
for International Training (SIT) campus in Brattleboro, a mid-sized
town on the Connecticut River surrounded by scenic hills and forests.
Brattleboro is two hours by land from Boston, three and a half hours from
New York City, and four hours from Montreal. Airport transportation
is available to and from the Bradley International Airport in Hartford,
Connecticut, which is the main point of access for participants coming
to Brattleboro.
At
the Training Center or on the SIT campus, immersion participants will
have access to:
- Fully
equipped training rooms
- High-speed
internet access
- Comfortable
study and meeting areas
- Modern
campus facilities including computer and multimedia centers, library,
dining hall, medical center, coffee house, and bookstore
- Swimming
pool, fitness machines, sauna, steam room, and jacuzzi at a local spa
- Students
and faculty at the School for International Training, a leader in intercultural
management, language instruction, world issues, and international educational
exchange
There
are abundant activities and resources available in the Brattleboro, Vermont
area, including:
- Excellent
restaurants and cafes offering a wide variety of cuisines
- Shopping
at specialty bookstores, music shops, sporting goods and producers of
renowned homemade chocolate, beer and baked goods
- Cultural
opportunities such as the Marlboro Music Festival, Windham Orchestra
performances, jazz cafes, Stratton Arts festival, galleries, museums,
films and year-round theater
- Unique
crafts and antique shops located in picture-perfect villages throughout
the area
- Outdoor
recreational activities like golf, tennis, skiing, skating, swimming,
hiking, canoeing, bicycling, kayaking, and horseback riding
- Headquarters
of regional, national, and international businesses based in the area
- Dartmouth
College, Smith College, the University of Massachusetts, and many other
colleges and universities in the vicinity
Accommodations
for immersion participants are available at good local hotels in a variety
of price ranges for both regular rooms and executive suites. Rooms in
SIT campus dormitories with a meal plan at the dining hall are also an
option, or Homestays can be arranged with carefully selected host families
who provide private room, shared bath, breakfast and dinner each day.
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