Settling in, but seeing new places
Posted January 23, 2018
We have finally settled in at Stellenbosch for a few weeks, and we have begun to get into a routine. As someone studying Industrial...Category: South Africa
Finally.
Posted January 5, 2018
When I began my undergraduate studies at Northwestern, I wasn’t sure I wanted to be an engineer. What I did know was that I wanted...
Pre-Departure Post
Posted January 2, 2018
Thinking about my upcoming trip to South Africa, I’m feeling unsure about what to expect. I have never been abroad for longer than two...
“How was South Africa?”
Posted November 10, 2017
As I reflect on this spring quarter and even my first blog post, it’s becoming clear that this experience did indeed change me in...
Interactions
Posted June 1, 2017
To be frank, a large chunk of our South African experience was constricted to a very Western culture and style of living in South...
More Thoughts on Kruger National Park
Posted May 23, 2017
Seeing Kruger did make me sad that humans had wiped out the majority of this biodiversity throughout the rest of South Africa (as well...
Wine and MORE Wine in Wine Country, South Africa
Posted May 19, 2017
Stellenbosch, in many ways, is very similar to Evanston — bougie shops and bougie people in a pretty college-y town — but in One...
Thoughts on Kruger National Park
Posted May 10, 2017
As a biology major and (notoriously among our group) lover of flora and fauna, I absolutely loved our recent week in Kruger National Park....
Racism in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Posted May 10, 2017
In 1994, South Africa officially ended apartheid, a period of segregation, violence, and discrimination on the basis of race. It is what Mandela and...
Yikes.
Posted May 5, 2017
(No pictures or the use of phones were allowed during Parliament sessions) Even after hearing how crazy parliament is from my TA and Professor,...