My previous blogs for September and October, which detailed my arrival in Paris and my trainee-ship at UNESCO, were quite verbose. I have, therefore, decided for this third post to be a picture blog in chronological order. Side note: while we were still studying at Penn in Philadelphia, we would try and come up with instagram and twitter hashtags for IEDP (International Educational Development Program), … Continue reading November Blessings
Hello from Kampala! My first week and a half here has been great! Myself, along with all the other IEDP interns, are blogging about our experiences on this site, so check it out for updates on what we are all doing! I just completed my first post, so if you want to know more about what I’m doing in Uganda, you can read about it … Continue reading For more internship updates…
I say “long-awaited” because I know that the internship is what everyone really wants to know about. To be honest, I postponed writing anything about the internship for a while…because I didn’t have one. It’s only been in the last month or so that things really fell into place, and in just one week I’ll be heading to Uganda! I’ll be based in Kampala, working … Continue reading A Long Awaited Internship Post
So I told you to be on the lookout for a sappy end of year post and here it is… This is it! Final papers and projects are submitted (well, don’t talk to those of us in Dr. GK’s curriculum class) and on Saturday, many of us paraded through the Palestra in our caps and gowns to receive our diplomas. And by diplomas, I mean … Continue reading (Almost) The End
So in the next few weeks, expect a sentimental, end-of-year sappy wrap-up post. And then get ready for internship updates! But there is one (unrelated) post I wanted to get out first. When I was shopping for classes, I kept hearing one piece of advice over and over again: take classes outside of GSE. (In fact, I think I gave you the same advice earlier … Continue reading Branching Out of GSE: Courses in Other Schools
We have another guest post this week! Xuning Zhang is an IEDP student, originally from Beijing, who completed her undergraduate degree at Vanderbilt last year. Xuning is interested in early childhood development. If you are a regular reader of the IEDP blog, you’ll know how close our cohort is. Not only do we take classes together, we also explore restaurants, go to on-campus events, and … Continue reading Guest Post: Life Outside IEDP
This week’s guest post is by current IEDP student Lisha Almeida. Lisha is from Mumbai, and before coming to IEDP she was a Teach for India fellow and worked in teacher training. With the Philly weather still being unseasonably chilly this past month, we were all ready for Mexico’s warm, warm welcome. As Arianna mentioned in her previous post, the Comparative and International Education Society … Continue reading Guest Post: CIES – A Whirlwind of Networking, Nopales and Knowledge for a Lifetime
This is going to be a quick post, just to tell you what spring is like for IEDP. One word: whirlwind! Time has been flying by, and I can’t believe there’s really only six weeks until we’re pretty much wrapped up for the semester, and seven weeks until many of us will walk in GSE’s commencement ceremony. Spring semester (can we even call it spring … Continue reading The 6-Week Countdown Starts Now
Told you that you wouldn’t have to wait a month for the next post! For the next installation of How to Find Your Dream Home – IEDP Edition, I got some help from some of my cohort, and we’re sharing our own experiences finding a place to live. Me – Five-bedroom house in West Philly; used Craigslist I found an open room in a house … Continue reading Finding Housing in Philly (Part 2): Home Sweet Home
I definitely owe you guys a blog…Things have been a little more hectic and crazy this semester than last. Last semester there seemed to be more of an easing-in period with classes, and this semester that has definitely not been the case. Not to mention the additional stress of internship placements and (for some of us) preparing for our presentations at the CIES annual conference … Continue reading Finding Housing in Philly (Part 1): Know Your Neighborhoods
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