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College Students Going Global In Ghana
Education in West Africa is very
different from education in the Unit­
ed States. Four students from West­
ern Oregon State college will soon
find out why.
Charla Pierson, Denyse Moore,
Dan Dugan and Hanisi Everett will
work for three months as interns at
Cape Coast University in Ghana, one
o f the best-known universities in
Africa and former home to such fa­
mous personalities as writer Toni
Morrison and poet Maya Angelou.
The internships are part o f a $4
million federally funded program
called "Global Graduates”, in which
students combine hands-on work
experience with immersion in a for­
eign language and culture. "Interna­
tional trade is growing rapidly,” said
Duncan Wyse, Executive Director
of the Oregon Business Council.
"This program will help prepare O r­
egonians for the global market.”
W estern is developing G lobal
Graduates around its pre-existing
intern programs and the strengths of
the college, said Assistant Sociology
Professor Maureen Dolan, who is
coordinating the internships. By fo­
cusing W estern’s Ghana practicums
in a university setting, we are tailor­
ing them to meet each student’s edu­
cational needs, she explained.
One o f the students participating
is senior Education major, Everett.
"Travel opens your mind to all the
possibilities” she said.
WOSC Global Graduates: (Back row t-r) Maureen Dolan, Charla Pierson, Dan Dugan, Hal Werner:
(Front row l-r) Hanisi Everett, Denyse Moore.
Everett, who is from Bend, inher­
ited her fascination for international
travel from her father, a photogra­
pher for N ational G eographic.
Everett is already establishing a pen
pal exchange between the pupils she
student-teaches at McNary High
School and her future students in
Ghana. She also will serve as a liai­
son between the YMCAs in Oregon
and Ghana.
Everett and Dugan, a senior Edu­
cation major originally from Aloha,
will use their experience teaching at
the university in their future careers
as teachers. “ I was first interested in
Africa when I heard the old names -
- the Gold Coast, the Ivory Coast. It
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was intriguing, so I started studying
the continent, "said Dugan. "I want
to learn more and dispel some o f the
myths about Africa.”
Dugan explains the common mis­
conception o f Africa as a small entity
in w hich disease and war in one coun­
try- distort the entire continent’s im­
age. “some people think (the dis­
ease) Ebola is all over,” he said
Dispelling myths is just one way
students and their communities in
both the U.S. and Africa will benefit.
"It will be a cultural and work ex­
change. in which the students w ill fit
into the work settin g ,’’said Hal
Wei ner, a track and Held coach who
has lived in Ghana and will advise
the students throughout their intern­
ship. “ T hey'll establish personal
links, meet families; they will reach
beyond what they can glean from
news, films and tourists, “ he said.
Another student participating is
Pierson, who grew up in Salem. The
senior Health major plans to bring
back new information about the ways
in which people in Africa deal with
tropical illnesses. "This experience
will give me a work view of health,
said Pierson, who will work with
health educators at the university.
Pierson chose to work in Africa part­
ly to learn how people are dealing
with illnesses that are unique to that
continent.
She and Moore expressed a vest­
ed interest in their work in Africa that
goes beyond travel and new experi­
ences Moore, a senior Speech Com­
munications major originally from
North Portland, is W estern's student
body president-elect and plans to
someday become a college presi­
dent.
For her and Pierson, this is a return
to their roots, a chance to research
family history and pick up some of
the missing links. "It will be an in­
tense experience, being able to step
back into ancestral grounds," said
Moore
Moore will work with the admin­
istration o f the university and plans
to do a comparative study o f the
university in Ghana and Oregon. “ I’m
focussing on what I can bring back to
the school and the multicultural stu­
dent union, and what will help the
college where 1 become a president,”
she said.
The students’ internships represent
a culmination o f life-long dreams
and a launch pad for their future
careers. They recognize the impor­
tance o f this project as a precedent
for interns to come. "W e are the first
interns, so we have to pave the way
for students coming after us,” said
Everett.
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My American Journey
By Colin Powell With Joseph E. Persico
M ine is the sto ry o f a black kid
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