This week was midterm week! I had a midterm Tuesday,
Wednesday, and Thursday. But hey- now it is over!
Interspersed with these midterms were meetings with some
great individuals from “home” - American University. This group included the
Director of AU Abroad, the chair of the Anthropology Department, as well as Dr.
Gardner the director of the Public Health Department, and Gihan Fernando the
executive director of the Career Center. It was amazing to meet with all of
them and share our experiences.
It was also great to be able to meet with Dr. Gardner and
share our ideas for the program here and how it could be improved or changed to
create a better experience for all students. Having met Dr. Gardner before her
trip here, it was great to see a new familiar face and have at least another
person who will appreciate all the little stories we are bound to have.
Additionally, I was fortunate enough to sit next to Gihan at
dinner Monday. While we didn’t realize it at the time, it was very similar to a
job interview. He was asking us loads of questions, yet all of these questions
got us thinking about very key points: why Nairobi, what do we love/don’t love,
what do we want to do, and what do we want to take away from this experience.
These questions were incredibly helpful in allowing us to verbalize some of
these amazing experiences we are having. In addition to this great
conversation, Gihan would like to help me explore ways for the clinic to
fundraise – and I know he will be a great resource for help on my projects!
Overall, I had quite the hectic week but we are also
fortunate enough to have a three-day weekend as Monday is a Kenyan National
Holiday.
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