I am currently involved in a review of the seven, first-year M. Sc. Students in the Department of Microbiology. During their first year, they take the Medical Microbiology course with the 3rd year medical students, and they are also required to do independent study and to prepare a 20-minute Powerpoint seminar. This week, Tuesday through [...]
Archive for October, 2008
So Much for the Color Commentary, What About the Work?
Posted in Uncategorized on October 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
With Six, You Get Eggroll
Posted in Uncategorized on October 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Since our first trip to Kumasi almost three weeks ago, Suzy and I have been back and forth to Accra; to move ahead with projects I have undertaken with physician collaborators there, to vote in the U.S. Presidential Election at the U.S. Embassy, and to pick up our checkbook and ATM card from EcoBank. [Pop [...]
It’s Nobody’s Fault; It’s Just the Way It Is.
Posted in Uncategorized on October 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
If I had spent a year preparing for this sabbatical (and I almost did), I still could not have gotten things set up correctly. My wife, Suzy, and I each had visas valid for two years. So, I thought, our residency issues were resolved.
Finding a place to live in Accra was going to require some [...]
Initial Experiences
Posted in Uncategorized on October 13, 2008 | 6 Comments »
After having arrived in Ghana on the 25th of September, it is only now that I feel ready to begin contributing to this blog. My experiences during the first three weeks here have involved some amazing logistical problems and frustrations, belayed in part by warmth, enthusiasm, and generosity of many Ghanaian colleagues and acquaintances. With [...]
