2014 Rutgers South Africa Initiative: Pre-Departure Introduction
As a member and co facilitator for the 12th Cohort of the South Africa Initiative, I am exceedingly thankful for the opportunity to travel within our diverse and dynamic group of professional, graduate & undergraduate level students from Rutgers University. It has been one of my long standing objectives to travel to Africa with US college students, particularly students of Color. As a soon to be "crowned" Student Affairs professional, my unique aim it to expand the field to be more inclusive of international education related college student affairs. As a former student of anthropology and English teacher, I am most eager to create, improve, and document the avenues through which US students are able to connect with the African continent. To the point, I want US higher education institutions to heighten their emphasis on study abroad and provide quality service learning programs in Africa. Knowing from previous experience the beauty, joy, spiritual growth...