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St. Lawrence’s new Laurentian travel program
began in fall 2011 with a two-week journey to
Kenya, chosen in part thanks to the Kenya Semes-
ter’s “rich history at St. Lawrence and our unique
connections to Kenya,” says Director of Alumni
and Parent Programs Kim Robinson Hissong ’94.
“More than mere leisure travel, the trip provided
unique insights into the places and people of
Kenya” through the expertise
of trip leaders Kathleen Perkins
Colson ’79, president of Afri-
can Safari Planners and CEO/
founder of The BOMA Project,
and Professor Emerita Ce-
lia Nyamweru, and allowed
participants to meet St. Law-
rence students studying in
Kenya, Hissong adds. “This
new program is part of the
University’s promise of life-
long intellectual engage-
ment for our graduates.” Watch for announce-
ments of future destinations.
We asked the participants to keep journals and
take lots of pictures, and then allow us to excerpt
them here with only minimal editing. The follow-
ing is but a scratch of the surface of the thousands
of words and hundreds of photographs that we
gratefully received.
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Reflections on Kenya,
St. Lawrence’s first Travel
Program destination