Cape Town – Mesmerizing Beauty and People
In reflecting on my time in Cape Town I can honestly say it was a once in a lifetime experience and I finally know what everyone who embarked on the trip before me felt....
Category: Africa
South Africa in Retrospect
After returning to my job in Baltimore this week, I’ve had countless friends, family, and co-workers ask me about my time in South Africa. My consistent answer has been that I’ve never been to...
Post Cape Town – A New Way of Learning and Thinking
In our modern-day society, we have been conditioned to learn in a very specific way. We go to classes, we take notes, we look over the notes, and then we take a test in...
Day 1 In Cape Town – Langa
Day 1: If I told a South African that my best memory from Cape Town came from a township, they would either think I’m crazy or that I am joking. When we arrived at...
Cape Town – A Once in a Lifetime Experience
My name is Ayanna Wright and I’m a senior Marketing and English double major. On January 3rd, I’ll be traveling to Cape Town, South Africa with Dean Mullins and Jeanette Snider to study social...
Smith MBA Global Experience – South Africa
When we were presented with the choice of locations for our Global Experience, South Africa immediately rose to the top of my list. The opportunity for a Global Experience course was one of the...
South Africa – Views and Perspectives
by Mary Kathryn Maher South Africa was both everything and nothing that I could have imagined. Students arrived in Johannesburg (or Joburg, as I quickly learned it is referred to by the locals), many with jetlag...
Spring Break in Egypt
Hey Everyone! For spring break I decided to go to Cairo, Egypt. My roommate is actually Egyptian and she was coming to Egypt to visit her family for spring break. She invited us to...
Welcome to Langa
Jan. 24, 2018 Our first full day in South Africa was spent in Langa Township, an impoverished suburb in Cape Town. The surprising thing about visiting the township was that despiteseeing people living with...