Riding in antique cars, speaking broken Spanish and going without social media was how I spent my spring break. I never would have imagined that I would only get about four hours of sleep a night, because I was so interested in experiencing Cuban culture. Long before President Barack Obama’s statement ...
A group of University of Memphis students and faculty along with five Memphis area school teachers paid it forward this summer through an African and African-American Institute on campus for high school students. The group was selected to participate in a Ghana study abroad program, funded by an anonymous ...
During his senior year at The University of Memphis, recent graduate Rafi Chowdhury had an idea to launch a website equipped with useful information for current students. “As I was going through college, there were a lot of things that I found out about a little too late,” Chowdhury said. “For ...
An anonymous donor will provide funding for 16 University of Memphis students to participate in the African and African American Institute study abroad program in Ghana this summer. Along with the University students who are chosen to go to Ghana, six faculty members will go: Dennis Laumann, Beverly ...
When Amina Gaye first came to the U.S. as a Fulbright Scholar, it was not what she expected. Since Gaye is from the West African country, Senegal, she only knew about the U.S. she saw in movies. "I thought there was violence everywhere, and I was afraid that I wouldn't be safe," Gaye said. However, ...
