Learning in the Shadow of MT. Kilimanjaro
Anna Glasgow of Salisbury, N.C., had been abroad before for church missions in Latin America and a European tour. But her first academic experience overseas this past fall — open-air Kiswahili language classes, wildlife research and pick-up soccer games in the shadow of Mt. Kilimanjaro — was profoundly different.
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