by Maddie Taylor | Apr 1, 2018
This is a two part blog series about my recent learning and professional development experience – the Emory International Global Health Case Competition March 12, 2018 After the PLA trip to Chicago I traveled to Washington DC and then to Hershey, PA for some...
by Maddie Taylor | Mar 11, 2018
There were a few that stuck out to me this year. One was the Ram commercial that invoked a lot of (questionable? inappropriate?) ethos by quoting MLK, but we’ll save that for another conversation. The one I really want to highlight was Matt Damon and his clean...
by Maddie Taylor | Feb 1, 2018 |
One of the best parts about living in the co.space is having dinner with a guest every Wednesday. The co.space house managers and owners invite interesting people from our community to have dinner with us. People who live in the house also have the chance to suggest...
by Maddie Taylor | Nov 20, 2017 |
A few weeks ago, Schreyer for Women took a “field trip” to see Lynsey Addario speak, in lieu of our usual weekly meeting. I meant to blog about this the week it happened, but my thoughts got away from me. Lynsey was awesome – no other word for it – and although I’m...
by Maddie Taylor | Oct 23, 2017 |
I had a really great conversation with another PLAer this week. We started off commiserating about the current state of affairs of the United States: gun violence, our questionable democracy, broken healthcare system, and lack of general empathy and understanding...
by Maddie Taylor | Sep 22, 2017 |
One of my favorite books that I read this summer was “Post Grad” by Caroline Kitchener, which followed five recent graduates from Princeton, all women, through their first year out of college. Coming from a prestigious university, not too dissimilar from Schreyer in...
by Maddie Taylor | Jul 7, 2017 |
Last week, I had the incredible opportunity and tremendous pleasure to return to Hekima Place Home for Girls in Kiserian, Kenya. It was my second time volunteering there, and the following is just the start to my thoughts about my experience. You know that feeling you...
by Maddie Taylor | Jun 20, 2017 |
I’m having a hard time believing that my fieldwork in Tanzania is almost over. I’ve had an incredible experience, although I have to admit it wasn’t quite what I was expecting. I set a lot of personal growth goals for my time in Tanzania, and as I coming to the end of...
by Maddie Taylor | Jun 14, 2017 |
It’s getting to that point in the trip where people are starting to talk about the h word: home. While I still have four more weeks on this amazing continent, I’ve started to come to terms with the fact that my global health fieldwork in Tanzania will be ending next...
by Maddie Taylor | Jun 7, 2017 |
While I grew to love my time in Dar es Salaam, I am very welcome of this change of pace and place in Dodoma. I’m an intuitive lover of nature; so being out of the big city and in a slightly cooler climate has been fantastic. I love the lack of touristy areas and the...
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