Gonzaga University Psychology Program in Africa

“Mwapoleni” means “welcome” in the Zambian Copperbelt dialect of the Bemba language. Our students will be learning this and many more words and phrases as they interact with the people of Zambia. Please feel welcome to leave your comments about the program, the site, the adventure our students are having, or your own experiences of Africa, travel, and expanding your understanding. When leaving comments, you do not need to use your full name if you do not wish to. A valid email address is required, however, to help prevent comment spammers from cluttering up our space.

Posting to the blog while the students are in Africa will be a group endeavor in that all the students who wish to participate will add their thoughts to common posts that will be uploaded whenever someone is able to ride the truck into the nearest town to get to an Internet cafe and post to the site. Hopefully, they will post often and let all of us in on their many wonderful experiences, but please understand if they are unable to communicate as much as we (or even they) would like.

Also, edublogs will be updating its servers this weekend (the 16th and 17th) so there may be some downtime.

Dr. Kretchmar and all the students (except for those intrepid ones already in London) have safely met up in Seattle and begun their 35+ hour odyssey. According to the real-time flight tracker, their flight is 33,000 feet up, approaching the Hudson Bay, and cruising at 694 mph. They’ve got about 6 hours and 20 minutes left to Heathrow. When last spoken with, the group was in good spirits: eating and playing cards while they awaited their flight.