Hilles Hughes, Career Center Director
I participated in a year-long study abroad experience in Dakar, Senegal - West Africa in 1987-88. The program was sponsored by the Great Lakes College Association.
When I look back on my experiences in Senegal, I am reminded:
- of the joy of becoming fluent in a language that I had studied for several years,
- of visiting Goree Island, the last stop for slaves before coming to America,
- of dancing with a West African dance company,
- of eating fish and rice around a common bowl seated on the floor,
- of the friends I made who are still in my life today,
- of how my life and choices to date would have been so different if not for this experience.
Studying abroad changed my life in deep and positive ways which I am thankful for even today--20 years later!
