Film Screening: One Day in Auschwitz

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Since 2004, the Syracuse University School of Education (SOE) has been involved in Holocaust and genocide education. The SOE has been collaborating with Yad Vashem, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and Facing History and Ourselves. Additionally, our Spector/Warren Student … Continue reading →

Trip to the Adirondack Mountains [August 2013], Part 3 (Whiteface Mountain)

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While camping in the Adirondack Mountains, we visited Whiteface Mountain. These photos are from Whiteface Mountain (going up in the elevator in the mountain, on top of the mountain, and walking down the path to our car).

2014 in Review

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A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 2,300 times in 2014. If it were a cable car, it would take about 38 trips to carry that many people.

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Trip to the Adirondack Mountains [August 2013], Part 2 (High Falls Gorge)

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While camping in the Adirondack Mountains, we visited High Falls Gorge, along the AuSable River on Route 86 near Wilmington and Lake Placid, New York. These photos are from along the walk through High Falls Gorge.

Trip to the Adirondack Mountains [August 2013], Part 1 (Lake Placid/Whiteface Mtn KOA)

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In August 2013, we went camping in the Adirondack Mountains in the Adirondack Park. We stayed at the Lake Placid/Whiteface Mountain KOA. These photos are from our trip to and from the campground, and at the campground.

Kenyatta University-Syracuse University Partnership Activities

During the six weeks I was in Kenya (May 24-July 4), I was working with colleagues from Syracuse University and Kenyatta University on activities through our partnership. We currently have a grant funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Information about the various activities, which included workshops on active learning strategies, visits to secondary and primary schools, a monitoring and evaluation visit from our funding agents, working with teachers and students at schools for the visually impaired, data analysis and research writing, a workshop on multimedia case studies, and a stakeholder meeting, can be found at our blog, ‘Cuse in Kenya.

Trip to Lake Nakuru National Park [June 2014]

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We stopped at the Lake Nakuru National Park on a trip from Kisumu to Nairobi, and stayed overnight inside the park at the Sarova Lion Hill Game Lodge. I was last there in January 2013 and found the lake level … Continue reading →

Trip to Maasai Mara [June 2014], Part 9 (Other Photos)

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These photos show some other sights, such as a crocodile, some mongoose, hyenas, and acacia trees, during our trip to the Maasai Mara.

Trip to Maasai Mara [June 2014], Part 8 (A Maasai Village)

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During one of our game drives at the Maasai Mara, we visited a Maasai village (manyatta).

Trip to Maasai Mara [June 2014], Part 7 (Birds)

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We saw quite a few birds during our time at the Maasai Mara. These photos show some of these birds.