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![As I sit here, in my quaint, modest, rural Mexican apartment (at the same time still bigger than my studio apartment my first year at Bard CEP), reflecting over the […]](https://blogs.bard.edu/cepblog/files/2016/09/IMG_1104-e1474474978725-115x115.jpg "Todo es posible: Reflections on three years of service in Peace Corps Mexico")
Todo es posible: Reflections on three years of service in Peace Corps Mexico
Posted on September 23, 2016 | 5 CommentsAs I sit here, in my quaint, modest, rural Mexican apartment (at the same time still bigger than my studio apartment my first year at Bard CEP), reflecting over the […] -
![One of the many expectations of a Peace Corps Volunteer, besides learning a new language, a new culture, and which street food vendors to avoid, is to be able to […]](https://blogs.bard.edu/cepblog/files/2016/05/PCMural-115x115.jpg "We Can Work It Out: Working effectively with youth groups and teachers in Mexico")
We Can Work It Out: Working effectively with youth groups and teachers in Mexico
Posted on May 12, 2016 | 6 CommentsOne of the many expectations of a Peace Corps Volunteer, besides learning a new language, a new culture, and which street food vendors to avoid, is to be able to […] -
![I remember first reading my Peace Corps assignment and thinking to myself, “How is being assigned to an environmental education project in Mexico going to coincide with environmental policy?” Then […]](https://blogs.bard.edu/cepblog/files/2016/01/IMG_8767-115x115.jpg "Welcome to the Jungle: Realities of a Biosphere Reserve in Mexico")
Welcome to the Jungle: Realities of a Biosphere Reserve in Mexico
Posted on January 19, 2016 | 4 CommentsI remember first reading my Peace Corps assignment and thinking to myself, “How is being assigned to an environmental education project in Mexico going to coincide with environmental policy?” Then […] -
![I only wanted a simple answer to a simple question. The women in the farming groups I work with have been asking me how to make tofu, or ‘soya kebabs’ […]](https://blogs.bard.edu/cepblog/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "Skill Building in Ghana- What would you do with your magic soybeans?")
Skill Building in Ghana- What would you do with your magic soybeans?
Posted on June 18, 2013 | 1 CommentI only wanted a simple answer to a simple question. The women in the farming groups I work with have been asking me how to make tofu, or ‘soya kebabs’ […] -
![The Bard Center for Environmental Policy hosted their annual internship dinner last night to welcome back their second year masters students. The Class of 2013 returned to campus last week […]](https://blogs.bard.edu/cepblog/files/2013/02/Internship02-115x115.jpg "Finding Your Calling: Bard CEP Class of 2013 Internship Dinner")
Finding Your Calling: Bard CEP Class of 2013 Internship Dinner
Posted on February 13, 2013 | No CommentsThe Bard Center for Environmental Policy hosted their annual internship dinner last night to welcome back their second year masters students. The Class of 2013 returned to campus last week […] -
![Arriving Our group of Peace Corps (P.C.) Volunteers arrived in Cameroon on September 21st, 2012, coinciding with 50 years of P.C. partnership between the U.S. and Cameroon. Subsequently, our swearing-in […]](https://blogs.bard.edu/cepblog/files/2013/01/DSCN3475-115x115.jpg "Adopting a Cameroonian Lifestyle as a “White Man Woman” (Pidgin for anybody foreign, with recognition of being a female)")
Adopting a Cameroonian Lifestyle as a “White Man Woman” (Pidgin for anybody foreign, with recognition of being a female)
Posted on January 17, 2013 | No CommentsArriving Our group of Peace Corps (P.C.) Volunteers arrived in Cameroon on September 21st, 2012, coinciding with 50 years of P.C. partnership between the U.S. and Cameroon. Subsequently, our swearing-in […] -
![June 1, 2012 When I first arrived in Ñaupe, the town had no electricity. A few months into service, the Peace Corps Renewable Energy Committee sent out an e-mail announcing […]](https://blogs.bard.edu/cepblog/files/2012/06/naupe1-115x115.jpg "Solar Panels in Ñaupe, Perú")
Solar Panels in Ñaupe, Perú
Posted on June 7, 2012 | No CommentsJune 1, 2012 When I first arrived in Ñaupe, the town had no electricity. A few months into service, the Peace Corps Renewable Energy Committee sent out an e-mail announcing […] -
![Village Savings and Loans Associations: Filling the Local’s Needs Created by the Insecurity of Farming in Sirigu, Ghana Hello from Ghana! I’ve almost hit my year mark of leaving for […]](https://blogs.bard.edu/cepblog/files/2012/06/Nyagolingo-115x115.jpg "Sonia in Ghana- One Year In")
Sonia in Ghana- One Year In
Posted on June 2, 2012 | No CommentsVillage Savings and Loans Associations: Filling the Local’s Needs Created by the Insecurity of Farming in Sirigu, Ghana Hello from Ghana! I’ve almost hit my year mark of leaving for […] -
![One of the things Peace Corps requires of its volunteers as they near their close of service (COS) is that they reflect back over their two years and write a […]](https://blogs.bard.edu/cepblog/files/2012/06/Karen-Corey-115x115.jpg "Peace Corps Samoa and BCEP")
Peace Corps Samoa and BCEP
Posted on May 30, 2012 | No CommentsOne of the things Peace Corps requires of its volunteers as they near their close of service (COS) is that they reflect back over their two years and write a […] -
Peace Corps Ghana- Plenty Busy
Posted on October 13, 2011 | No CommentsHello! So here it is, my first post at site as a fully-committed Peace Corps Volunteer! I’ve been in Ghana for four months now, and have completed a whole 1/24th […]