Jennifer Hayward

Image posting tipsRemember that you have several options when it comes to posting your Image projects: Use the Block editor, then the + icon (which […]

By Colin Tobin

It’s yet another slow Sunday afternoon with barely anything left to do for the day. I sit at my desk with my computer open, thinking about the upcoming week. It’s about 4 o’clock in the a […]

by Naol Hulufe 

Seven thousand, seven hundred forty-seven miles away from her for six years, the only way I was in touch with her was through a phone call once every two to three weeks. And that was only […]

by Alegnta Mezmur

It all began with a single cup. Born and raised in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, I had the Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony bestowed upon me at birth. Not only on me but the whole country. It is a cultural […]

by Maddie Cambier

Photo taken by Maddie Cambier. April 2021.

It’s 8:45 a.m. and my alarm blares full blast right in my ear. I roll over and can see the bright sun shining through the blinds. I roll back a […]

By Gabriele Gajdos

The number of places I have slept, on this trip:

Bere One- Momi Bay, FijiA cot in a tent (on the beach)- Somosomo, FijiBure Nine- Momi Bay, FijiLawaki Beach House, FijiClub Oceanus […]

by Yamini Manikoth

In the spring of my junior year of high school, I had the privilege of being a part of the visiting members of a literacy program between my writing school and an orphanage in Quito, […]

By Alegnta Dawit

My name is Alegnta Dawit Mezmur, and welcome to one of the chapters of my life. I was born and raised in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, located in East Africa, and also the birthplace of coffee. […]

By Liam Walker

My trip to Ocean City, New Jersey is one I will always remember. I felt so out of place, but also like I belonged there. It was, and still is, one of the weirdest feelings I have ever […]

By Naol Hulufe

While inner journey can be defined in many different ways, I personally define it as self-understanding through different lenses. Born and raised in Ethiopia and moving to the United States at […]

By Liam Walker

As I step outside onto the shimmering asphalt, my feet feel as if they are about to melt. I have been dared to see how long I can stand the smoldering blacktop on my bare feet. Long story […]

By Craig Akiri

That afternoon we set out to walk as far along the shoreline as we could. To live in the moment, enjoy the sun, and forget our troubles. It was summer break after all, and the shores of […]

Welcome to our course blog! This is where you will post reflections on course topics as well as your digital projects so that you have a collective audience (our class) rather than just an audience of one (your […]

Mary Seacole, a Jamaican-born healer and hotelier of mixed African and Scottish background, was unusually mobile for a women of any class or race and still more so for a woman of mixed-race background. She […]