Hope everyone had a wonderful week! After writing the post on the Pawpaw plant, I realized I really want to tell you guys a bit more about the Edible Ecosystem. Located on the slope below the Whitin Observatory, the Edible Ecosystem Teaching Garden (EETG) is a designed plant community that mimics the properties of a natural ecosystem but produces…
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Interning in Dakar !
I mentioned in my previous post that I am currently interning here in Dakar. I am working with Caritas Pari, an organization that welcomes immigrants and refugees. The organization seeks to provide people with basic services they may need upon their arrival to Dakar; things like doctor’s visits, school enrollment and maybe housing. I have been working with them since…
Sweet, Sweet Free Time
Midterm season is officially over–for my classes, anyway–and I have officially regained the rare, precious luxury known as “free time.” In honor of this momentous occasion, I have composed two lists: things I plan to do with my spare time for the rest of my pre-finals semester and things that I will actually do. Plan! Exercise more. That’s right. No…
Application Season, the Holiday that Connects Us All
So, yes, we are still talking about mermaids in psych. We’ve reached that point in the semester when the beginning-of-the-year chaos starts settling down and my weeks slip into a routine. I’ve gotten really involved in a few clubs and dropped a few others. I know the names of the other students in my classes (at least most of them?).…
Hello. It’s me (Shreya)!
Hello hello! My name is Shreya, and I’m a sophomore at Wellesley this year. I hail from America’s finest city, also known as San Diego, California. I’m a Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences major, and a Health and Society minor. After coming back from a meaningful and productive summer internship, I am super excited for this semester! I’m taking the…
Spring Break Sunshine
Hello from sunny Miami! It’s spring break, and yours truly is finally having a much-needed reunion with warm weather and a few days of relaxation. I’m writing to you on the tail end of my vacation: I’m spending five days in Florida forgetting about my many responsibilities… and five days in the thesis lab back in Boston, trying to get…
Mentorship
I waited to write this post because I wanted to talk about tonight; it was Big/Little!! It’s when a current member of an organization becomes a “big” or big sibling to a new member. Some of you might have heard of similar things happening in sororities and fraternities, but it’s a little different at Wellesley. I say this because it…
Africa Week!
This week was Africa Week! It’s a part of Wellesley’s African Students Association (WASA) Black History Month celebrations. It seeks to bring awareness to African’s culture, politics, and students at Wellesley’s campus. On Monday, I attended an Art Exhibit by a Nigerian photographer named Stephanie Nnamani. She came to show us her project entitled GLASS. They are a series of…
Declaring My Major
I am finally a college student! I officially declared my major as a Peace and Justice Studies Major with a concentration in International Human Rights. I finally feel like a legitimate college student because I have a purpose; something to shape my classes around. The best part about attending a liberal arts school is the majors and areas of study.…