To facilitate real time language exchange with native speakers, language technologist Todd Bryant and Japanese instructor Akiko Meguro developed the Mixxer.  What began as a simple project connecting American college students with native Japanese speakers is now a significant conversational network with more than 40,000 users. Bryant explains how his project grew and how tools like Drupal and Skype made it possible.

Abdulla Mizead explains how a visionary alum, a group of dedicated students and a supportive college community brought stories of everyday life in the war zones of Iraq and Afghanistan to the world and cutting edge journalism to Swarthmore College.