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Jared Brown, Scott Halpin and Phil Montgomery - Presiding Fellows Today was our last full day in Kenya, and we started the day off at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). ILRI is one of fifteen research centers around the world that’s mission is to improve food security and to ...
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Jason Czapka, Bruce Frank, and Brandon Groth - Presiding Fellows Day 4 began with an early morning start as today was safari day in Nakuru National Park.  This was an awesome experience being up close to so many different animals and rather than us blabbering on, we’ll let the pictures do ...
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Betsey Emerick, Kris Reynolds, and Rich Selinger - Presiding Fellows We departed the Sarova Hill Game Lodge at 7:15 am this morning and headed to a tour of the BIDCO Land O Lakes Milling Facility.  On the way to the facility, we stopped several times to check out the wildlife along ...
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Sean Goretskie, Carl Herrmann and Jill Johnson - Presiding Fellows As we reflect on our second day in Kenya two words come to mind: Maua maridadi, which means “beautiful flower” in Swahili.  Class members viewed the Rift Valley in Kenya on their 2nd day of their International Study ...
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Jambo!  The class off 2020 finally arrived safely at their hotel in Nairobi, Kenya after a long and exhausting 24 hours of travel! With a few short hours at the hotel, the group gathered together and headed to the US embassy. We were not able to get many photos due to security purposes. They ...
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