Mr. Wolak has been awarded two Fulbright-Hays scholarships to study and travel in India, and has traveled throughout Asia, including trips to Tibet, Nepal, Thailand, Japan, and China. In 2007, he was selected to participate in a Friendship Delegation to Iran, sponsored by the Fellowship of Reconciliation, the nation's largest and oldest interfaith peace and justice organization. Recently, he has been selected to be a featured reader at the 2011 Kritya International Poetry Festival in Nagpur, India.