Below you will find our scholar blog posts – they cover a variety of topics, from arriving in the U.S. to interning with a stellar company to post-graduation dreams.
| On Tuesday, March 22nd SHE-CAN Executive Director Barbara Bylenga & SHE-CAN Scholar Jocelyn Mizero were featured on an engaging panel discussion at The Commonwealth Club of California. The panel discussed how the organizations represented are leveraging personal one-on-one connections and resource sharing in an effort to shift the global female leadership paradigm. Speakers from SHE-CAN and WAKE International, the two organizations represented on the panel, spoke about their experience in building female leadership through directly connecting women and girls in developing countries with professional women in the U.S. who help them access higher education, technology resources and—most important—connect them with a global network dedicated |
| This weekend was one of the defining moments of my experience as a student at Lafayette College and a college student in America in general. My views were challenged and I was forced to develop an opinion about issues in the community because as the saying goes: “If you don’t stand for something, you will fall for anything.”The Posse Foundation is a phenomenal non-profit organization that recognizes minority public high school students in selected areas in the US and provides them with different types of support to go through college. A “posse” means a group of friends or a group |
| Here I am baking gingerbread cookies at my mentor Lynda's house My three-week stay in the Bay Area in California was an awesome time. Catching up with my mentors, doing community service at SHE-CAN, and a two-day leadership training were some of the highlights of my break. I had a fun and refreshing experience staying with each of my five mentors at different times. Spending time with them has been one of the things I look forward to during my time here in the US. I enjoy their company and the many fun holiday activities we do together.I also had |
| The Fall semester was exciting since I got a chance to visit the United Nations headquarters in New York. The trip was very inspiring and informative. I learned how decisions are made and how countries work together to overcome the challenges that the world is facing. Over the winter break, I attended the SHE-CAN leadership training. It was so moving. I learned how women can use their voices to advocate for themselves and others. It was also a great time to catch up with my SHE-CAN sisters, and we were all able to celebrate the beginning of the New Year together! |
| Stacey Keare and I at Leadership Training One of the best things about college is that it helps you learn what you are truly passionate about in life through exploring various opportunities, making it easy to define a path into a rewarding career post-college. Yet, the decision about what and where one wants to be after attaining a college degree remains a difficult one. This past winter break, I was fortunate to be part of a three-day externship at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign where I shadowed a Lafayette alum graduate student at the university. Through my experience, I |