Archives: Fellow Updates

A Listen Into my Life

Sundhya Alter

2019-02-03

7am: “I’m Into Something Good” by the bird and the bee Every morning I wake up to frost covering the window, the banging of pots and pans coming from the kitchen and if i’m lucky a view of the mountains just outside my window. As I am the last one in my family to get...

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From my Journal, 13th December 2018

Sophia Youngdahl

2019-02-02

Teranga. I feel as though I am surrounded in warmth. I know I am as sweat careens down my cheek, making pathways in the light dusting of sand that has laid there to rest from its windy whereabouts. It is more than that simple, easily defined warmth, however;  it is a peculiar one, a delectable...

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What I Understand

Anna Denniston

2019-02-01

Some afternoons, when our mom kicks us out of the house and tells us to go play, my younger brother and I will trudge up the road and then off into the woods, where there is a waterless river we like to walk in. We slowly bumble our way along the riverbed, searching for nice-looking...

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Gap Year in Senegal Re: Your blog update!

Peter Dull

2019-02-01

Hello! As some of you know, I am in Senegal, West Africa until April. That means that I may not be able to respond to you immediately. Please give me some time until I read your email and respond. However, if this message is urgent and needs to be responded immediately, please consider these options....

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Dear Ecuador

Joseph Brett

2019-01-31

Dear Ecuador, You have taught me more than I even thought you would. I can not thank you enough for showing me the people and places that I now love. You have provided the space that I needed this year to develop into the person I am today. With each new day I wake up...

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What shopping in India has taught me

Sophia Alfaro

2019-01-31

Patience: it takes time to find the “perfect” sari, have a custom blouse stitched for it, finding matching jewelry and a petticoat that will work. Stamina: I spent over 10 hours one day walking and shopping the busy streets of the city of Pune, India, with my host family. I’m proud to say I kept...

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