Information Sharing Session, January 28, 2013

South Hills Business School Presentations- January 21, 2013

Humphrey Fellows were invited to speak with students from the South Hills Business School about their countries. Each fellow received a small gift of appreciation for taking time from their busy schedule on a very very cold winter day. It was 7 degrees F!

Inaguration in style - with pizza

Today is an official holiday at Penn State to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr so the fellows did not have class today. Instead they met in the office to watch the inauguration together while eating pizza. Afterwards they took the opportunity to show each other videos of unique things about their countries. It created a lot of discussion and sharing among the group. Very nice.....

Faculty Mentor Luncheon

Fellows meet their faculty mentors January 10, 2013 to kick off the spring semester. The lunch was held at the Penn State Room in the Nittany Lion Inn on campus. A wonderful opportunity to share updates since the end of the fall semester.

Welcome 2013

Leadership Reflection at Nature Inn at the Bald Eagle State Park

A day long workshop held to reflect on leadership by Brynn Rousselin from the Center for Workplace Learning and Performance.

A reminder of the "five core values" that describes you as a leader...this was just one list to choose from.

A view of the landscape just before sunset before leaving the inn. A wonderful opportunity for the scholars to spend their last workshop in such a beautiful place.

Hersheypark Christmas Candylane

First a stop at Chocolate World with all the scholars plus family members. The fellows learn about why Chocolate is so important to the legacy of Milton Hershey. Next a group meal together before heading to the park when the Holiday Lights brighten the landscape. It rained "cats and dogs" all day but soon after we entered the park, the rain stopped and the fellows scattered quickly after we all hopped on the famous carrousal....a chance to be a kid again! Then the bumper cars of which a picture will be uploaded soon as everyone went on the cars. It was a wonderful day to share before the last week of classes.

College of Education - Holiday Reception

Movie Night - Invictus

Country Presentations - Pakistan & Georgia

December 4 - Strengthening Teamwork

Las Vegas

ASHE

Nine of the eleven scholars attend ASHE, Association for the Study of Higher Education 37th Annual Conference.

Host Family Potluck

Hosts, Fellows and program staff get together on Sunday, November 11 to share food and fellowship. This opportunity to see each other in a relaxing atmosphere is so welcoming before the most of the fellows depart for their conference in Las Vegas. Great Food and Great Friends - photo of Hosts,Lefty & Connie McIntyre with their fellow, Duaa Al-Khreisha of Jordan

StrengthsFinders

StrengthsFinders workshop by the Center of Workplace Learning provided the fellows with considering the idea - Do you have the opportunity to do what you do best every day?? Tom Rath's best seller is a popular assessment using language of 34 themes. A lively workshop - photos of Hina, Sitti and Wishnoe as they describe their journey! Thanks Brynn!

U.S. Election

Humphrey Fellow host family coordinator, Susan Steinburg and her husband, Lewis escorted the fellows as a group to the Democratic Party Headquarters in State College, PA. The fellows witnessed a flury of activities just days before the U.S. election for president. Owen Baya, our Kenyan fellow was hopeful that President Obama would be re-elected.

Halloween Activities

Kyle Peck Halloween Party - provides anyone that attends the opportunity to eat, drink and be merry. A eight piece band provided a variety of songs that all the scholars knew and loved. Although the night was chilly, the party was filled with plenty of activities that provided warmth....those that attended enjoyed very much.

Some scholars were invited to participate in the "trick or treat" activity held by the neighborhoods during Halloween. Host families invited some of the scholars to help give out to the young children who dressed up for the holiday.

GELE - Bald Eagle State Park

November 1st - Movie Night with Potluck

SANDY aka FRANKENSTORM

The storm of the century, a monster of a storm - is happening right now! Fellows will be part of history and while some have posted on fb that they are scared...others are quietly enjoying some time to catch up on projects, Classes at Penn State were canceled after 1:10 pm which rarely occurs....Manhattan is flooding....5 million people are without power....mass transit is closed up and down the northeast coast....14000 flights are canceled....today! And the storm will not end until tomorrow with snow expected.