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Namibia

Namibia

Preparing for another semester in Namibia

By Rebekah Karimi (Namibia Program Coordinator and Instructor)   The students have not yet arrived, but I have been in Namibia since September 1st preparing for the upcoming semester here.  Vehi and I attended a rhino awareness meeting at Wereldsend…

Namibia

Species Profile: Greater Kudu

By Emma Griggs (University of British Columbia ’18)   The kudu, or Tragelaphus strepsicerus as they’re known by their friends, stand with their shoulder at around 1 and a half metres tall, and are close relatives of elands and sitatunga….

Namibia

Species Profile: Corn Crickets

This program in Namibia has had a special treat.  With all the rain and an actual rainy wet season, the corn crickets here have flourished.  Now that the nights are getting cooler as Namibia moves into ‘winter’ (put in quotations because…

Namibia

Final Tasks at the End of the World

By Molly Estabrook (University of Vermont ’15) This week we were at our Wereldsend base camp where we finished up research projects, took exams, and packed up camp before heading off to the coast. This week we also went on…

Alumni Updates, Namibia

Chasing the Apocalypse

By Josh Appelbaum (University of Vermont ‘09, Round River Namibia 2008) Josh graduated from the University of Vermont in 2009 with a BA in English. He now lives on the North Shore of Boston where he works for a sports…