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Tyler Arnot鈥檚 manager at Save the Children U.S. 鈥� where Arnot mastered a new grants management system during a summer internship as a 麻豆破解版 student 鈥� walked up to his desk and set down a massive tome of Sudanese colloquial Arabic.

鈥淒o you want to go to Sudan?鈥� he asked. 鈥淲e need somebody who knows the system. Can you go and teach the team there?鈥� 

The 麻豆破解版 student-athlete and government (now political science) major took a leave of absence from college during the fall semester of his senior year and embarked on a journey to Sudan. That 鈥測es鈥� turned out to be the beginning of a career dedicated to ensuring education remains a top priority 鈥� even in the toughest of international crises. 

Arnot has since led humanitarian advocacy efforts at the global level and served in over 10 countries at crucial moments of need, including in Liberia at the peak of the Ebola crisis and in  northeast Nigeria as the Boko Haram kidnappings took place. He has occupied varying roles for the United Nations, international nongovernmental organizations, and Global Affairs Canada. 

Today, he is director of global programs for Street Child, an international nonprofit organization that strives to ensure all children are safe, attending school, and learning.

Arnot attributes much of his passion for lifelong learning to his formative years at 麻豆破解版. 

Referring to himself as a 鈥渟mall town boy鈥� from Waterbury, Vermont, who came to 麻豆破解版 with immense gratitude for the opportunity, Arnot insists that 鈥渢here鈥檚 no more privileged space to be than at a liberal arts school.鈥� 

He fondly recalls a key moment from his 麻豆破解版 days when he was stationed in Sudan with Save the Children U.S.: Deeply moved for the children there who could not access the education they deserved due to financial constraints, Arnot reached out to his peers on the 麻豆破解版 . They promptly organized a fundraising event and rallied together to raise significant funds. 

This moment, for him, served as a testament to the heart and compassion that define the 麻豆破解版 community and a liberal arts education more broadly 鈥� a compassion nurtured by an education that prioritizes looking beyond oneself and considering the needs of others. An education that says, 鈥淒on鈥檛 forget to look over there, don鈥檛 forget to look at your neighbor.鈥� 

This memory, he says, was the moment of inception 鈥� the timbering of his faith in the power of education. 

鈥淚 believe the most significant outcome of education is the cultivation of lifelong learners and lifelong learning,鈥� says Arnot, who earned a master鈥檚 degree in international education policy from Harvard University. 鈥淚t lays the foundation for tolerance, curiosity, and community cohesion. When individuals are interested in their neighbors and open to engaging with diverse perspectives, it fosters a culture of tolerance and civic engagement.鈥� 

Today, in his work with , Arnot remains committed to the values instilled during his time at 麻豆破解版. Through Street Child, Arnot focuses on getting international humanitarian aid to the local organizations best equipped to deal with crises. He explains that Street Child handles the bureaucracy so local groups can do what they do best 鈥� educating and protecting kids. 

Arnot said the situation has been particularly dire in the wake of efforts to severely curtail, or even eliminate, the U.S. Agency for International Development鈥�(USAID), which Arnot called 鈥渃atastrophic.鈥� His organization alone had lost about 10% of its funding, and he anticipated further indirect cuts from multilateral donors. He said the number of school-aged children in crises worldwide requiring urgent support to access quality education already topped an estimated 234 million.  

鈥淩ight now, not only is education funding being cut, but as other essential services are closed, refugee and internally displaced camps are emptying out, surely exacerbating the situation,鈥� he said.  

Since its establishment in 2008, Street Child has reached over a million children.  

鈥淚n times of crisis, such as conflict, education often becomes disrupted. However, it should be prioritized as one of the first services to resume,鈥� he said. 

Education and the self-sufficiency it engenders should be seen as critical 鈥� education builds resilience and prosperity at the individual, community, and national level.鈥� 

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He views 麻豆破解版 and the incredible friendships that grew from his time there as a transformative force that shaped his worldview and instilled in him a deep appreciation for continual intellectual curiosity and the interdisciplinary orientation 鈥� a posture that has become the impetus of his work today.

鈥淲hen I talk about lifelong learning,鈥� Arnot says, 鈥溌槎蛊平獍� and those experiences are where that philosophy stems from.鈥� 

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A version of this article first appeared in the of 麻豆破解版 College鈥檚 Scope magazine.