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•Many Faces of Chicago Hello again! It’s hard to believe the semester is already over halfway over! Over the past few weeks, I have had opportunities to explore Chicago and better understand the city my students call their home. We have had several non-routine days at Walsh recently, including festivities for Halloween and Día de…
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Interdisciplinary Student Blogs
•I hurried after Lisa, the kind woman who was showing me around the office and introducing me to everybody. “Hi, this is Alice, our new intern. Hi… yes, this is Alice. She’s working in the marketing department.” I would flash a smile and try to remember everybody’s name (knowing full well I might forget them…
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Social Work Student Blogs
•Hello from the Windy City! My name is Olivia Meiste, and I am a social work major currently enrolled in the Chicago Semester program. I was born and raised in the small, Dutch town of Holland, Michigan. After graduating from High School, I decided to move a lengthy 15 minutes down the road to Hope…
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Interdisciplinary Student Blogs
•Fall is officially here! It is week 9 here in Chicago for me, which is honestly crazy to believe. How time flies! It is really starting to cool down here, as well as everywhere else in the Midwest. Today’s high was around 50 degrees, which is totally okay with me honestly. My internship is really…
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Interdisciplinary Student Blogs
•Hey! I’m Ali Achterhof- a student from Northwestern College, and as you can see, I’m in the midst of the Chicago Semester! I’m a Graphic Design major with a minor in Public Relations and a passion in photography. With a creative mind and a short attention span, I’m not the best at writing, so good…
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Student Teacher Blogs
•Ownership of Learning, Teaching, and Culture Hello again! We are now six weeks into the school year, and student teaching seems to be keeping me even busier with each week that goes by – particularly as I continue to take on more responsibilities and roles in the classroom. As of this week, I will be…
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Social Work Student Blogs
•Chi-town, My Town “Chicago is my kind of town Chicago is my kind of people too… Chicago is calling me home.”- Frank Sinatra Hello! My name is Abby Duran, and I am a senior social work student at Hope College. This semester I am completing a full-time internship at The Children’s Place Association, in their…
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Interdisciplinary Student Blogs
•The farm kid from the windy plains moves to the Windy City! I feel like the country mouse that went to the city. I am currently a senior at Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa. Dordt has given me many different opportunities, including this pretty great one in Chicago! I’ve grown up living and working…
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Social Work Student Blogs
•Greetings from Chicago! My name is Lacey Burie, and I am a senior social work major from Trinity Christian College. I am interning at Casa Central’s La Posada program. Casa Central is the largest Hispanic social service agency in the Midwest, serving the Humboldt Park neighborhood with everything from early childhood education to violence prevention…
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Student Teacher Blogs
•New Beginnings: A Classroom and La Casa Hello! My name is Daria Solomon, and I will be graduating from Hope College in Holland, Michigan, in December. I have been working toward a double major in mathematics and English for both elementary and secondary education, and I am completing my student teaching semester through the Chicago…
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