Where They're Headed: Alana Thurston ’16

Where They're Headed

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Chemistry major Alana Thurston ’16 will work in a joint position as a laboratory and field technician for the environmental biogeochemistry section of the Patrick Center for Environmental Research, a department within Drexel University’s Academy of Natural Sciences.

Alana spent the summer in Alaska at the Toolik Lake field station. "Where They're Headed" is a blog series detailing the post-graduation plans of the Class of 2016.

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Previous Tuesday, September 13, 2016

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Study Abroad Photo Contest

"Living abroad challenged me to reexamine how I express myself. What do I say? How and when? After overcoming the exhausting and disembodying effect of linguistic barriers, I eventually embraced the beauty of simplifying my speech. I found it to help me connect more genuinely with others and myself. Living abroad forced me out of my comfort zone to discover a new one." – Dana Duncombe '17

Each year more than 130 Haverford students take advantage of the opportunity to study abroad.

2016 Study Abroad photo contest 1st place winner Dana Duncombe '17, "Family Holidays in the Pyrenees", People category.

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Next Thursday, September 15, 2016

President Kim Benston signing Real Food challend

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Taking the Real Food Challenge

Following a Plenary resolution, President Kim Benston signed a pledge that the College would move toward spending 20% of its food budget on ethical, local, sustainable food by the year 2020.

In front of gathered students, faculty, and staff, the president signed the campus commitment alongside members of ETHOS, the student food-activism group that worked to propose and pass the Good Food Resolution at Spring Plenary. Photo: Caleb Eckert '17

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