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The Ghana Program Poster Session took place today

The Ghana Winter Break OCS Poster Session and Slide Show took place at Common Time, 3 March, in Great Hall. The 12 student participants presented their research. Among the topics were child labor, sustainability, the Chinese business community in Accra, homosexuality, secondary education, pornography, politics and hip hop. Refreshments will be available.

Date: Thursday, March 3rd, 2011

Time: 12:00 pm

Duration: 1 hour

Location: Great Hall

Contact: Nikki Lamberty, African and African American Studies, x4217

The 2010 OCS Ghana Winter Break Field Trip: each member of the team worked extremely hard preparing a poster for their one-hour event, Thursday, March 3, 2011, 12-1 in Great Hall:

The presenters and their topics were:

Eli Adelman '13, Ghana's Muslims
Megan Brant '13, Agricultural sustainability
Rachael Feinberg '13, Pornography and Ghana's role in globalized sexuality
Emily Fritz-Endres '11, Fifty years of freedom
Dustin Goldberger '11, J.B. Danquah
Justin Jack '12, Hip life and politics
Ray Liu '13, Ghanaian homosexuality and the closet
Liz Low '11 Western psychistry and traditional medicine
Jabari Perry '13, child labor
Katie Storey '12, Secondary education
Kristina Taketomo '11, Roots tourism
Herman Zheng '13, Chinese business community in Accra

A highlight of the event was a non-stop slide show of 400 of the estimated 10,000 photos taken during the field trip.

Audiences:

Students, Faculty, Staff, Alumni