{"id":725,"date":"2018-10-11T15:49:29","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T15:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swdurhamrotary.org\/?p=725"},"modified":"2018-10-11T15:49:29","modified_gmt":"2018-10-11T15:49:29","slug":"an-update-from-rotary-scholar-catherine-ward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swdurhamrotary.org\/index.php\/2018\/10\/11\/an-update-from-rotary-scholar-catherine-ward\/","title":{"rendered":"An Update from Rotary Scholar Catherine Ward"},"content":{"rendered":"

Catherine Ward, who recently graduated from Duke University, is a Rotary Scholar<\/a> studying at the University of Cambridge. She is sponsored by Southwest Durham Rotary Club. Below is her first update after having\u00a0<\/i>arrived<\/i><\/span>\u00a0in the U.K.\u00a0<\/i>\"\"<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I am writing after having been in the U.K. for less than a week. However, it has been a packed week, and I have quickly fallen in love with the University of Cambridge. I am a member of Pembroke College Cambridge, which was founded in 1347 and is the third oldest in Cambridge. Earlier this week, I matriculated to both the college and the university. Matriculation is a formal ceremony in which you wear traditional academical dress and sign your name as an official member of both the college and the university. I have attached a photo from my matriculation.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As a graduate \u2018fresher,\u2019 or new student, I have enjoyed learning more about university life from students already attending Cambridge. I have been grateful for the community atmosphere at my college \u2013 everyone has been incredibly welcoming. Moreover, I have enjoyed meeting with Rotary Scholars attending other colleges here at Cambridge. The Rotary community in East Anglia is quite strong, and I am doing my best to send the U.K. warm feelings from District 7710. The Cambridge Rutherford Club is hosting me during my time in the U.K.<\/span><\/p>\n

I have begun my course, and during this term, which is called Michaelmas Term, I am preparing research on equity in education, a concept I am first probing philosophically before applying it to my interests in refugee youth. I have a spectacular supervisor, and I am taking a Research Methods Strand to enhance my research abilities. My MPhil group in the Education, Globalisation, and International Development track is a remarkably diverse bunch, with students from all around the world. I am excited to learn from individuals who come from different backgrounds than me over the course of this year.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I can not put my gratitude to District 7710 into words. I will do my best to serve as an ambassador of goodwill while here and to grow in a manner that will allow me to impact basic education and literacy in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Catherine Ward, who recently graduated from Duke University, is a Rotary Scholar studying at the University of Cambridge. She is sponsored by Southwest Durham Rotary Club. Below is her first update after having\u00a0arrived\u00a0in the U.K.\u00a0 I am writing after having been in the U.K. for less than a week. However, it has been a packed … <\/p>\n

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