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.
| It is only one week before I finish my first semester at Lafayette College. My time at Lafayette so far has been filled with great moments that helped me adjust to college social life and academic life at Lafayette. I have faced challenges, hard decisions and happy moments. I have been able to learn and experience different cultures such as the Diwali Celebration, Thanksgiving and various brown bags related to culture. Cultural diversity is becoming a given for Lafayette students.Diwali celebration was a big celebration on campus for Indians. Diwali is the celebration of lights and the light overcoming the |
| Each year, ten students from Lafayette College are selected to become part of the Lafayette Initiative for College Education (LIME). The Lafayette students are paired with high school students in Madagascar and go on a three week trip to meet their mentees. This year, I was fortunate to be part of the 2014-2015 team!We are all given so much throughout our lives that we will never be able to give back. It is easy for people to simply be grateful for the gifts that others have given to them and to not give it another thought. It is much harder to |
| “Think about a peaceful Africa; think about a united Africa, what if we could celebrate our differences, what if diversity was a word that unified us rather than one that ripped us apart.”This was one of the greatest lessons I learned at the Eastern African Youth Forum. I was blessed to be part of the 5th East African Youth Forum, which took place in Juba, South Sudan in May. South Sudan is only four years old, still torn apart by tribal conflicts and poverty, but rising against all odds to become a great nation.“The aim of the forum is to bring |
| During this last Spring Semester, Sheilla and I organized series of three events leading to the commemoration of the Tutsi Genocide at Lehigh. With the help of the African Caribbean Culture Club (ACCC), Global Union and Leadership Lehigh, we were able to successfully execute all the three events. The first event was “Rwanda, Zambia and Botswana Culture Night” where we collaborated with friends from the respective countries to present about our countries history. This main purpose of this culture night was to prepare the audience for the next two events. The second event was the screening of the movie “Sometimes in |
| The 2015 spring semester was quite a rewarding one for me. I was well prepared to begin the semester thanks to a wonderful month-long stay with my beloved OAD mentors who kindly welcomed me in their homes cared for me as their own. With them I relaxed from the stress of the previous semester and received the encouragement I needed to get prepare for another.The prior semester had been very challenging for me. During my first semester at Arizona State University, I took several challenging class in math and English. It was intimidating getting used to the whole new experience |