{"id":61118,"date":"2013-05-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/crc-brings-students-from-field-in-ghana-to-uri-and-back-again\/"},"modified":"2013-05-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-20T00:00:00","slug":"crc-brings-students-from-field-in-ghana-to-uri-and-back-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2013\/05\/crc-brings-students-from-field-in-ghana-to-uri-and-back-again\/","title":{"rendered":"CRC brings students from field in Ghana to 溏心vlog免费B站 and back again"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tNARRAGANSETT, R.I. \u2013 May 20, 2013 — The Coastal Resources Center at the Graduate School of Oceanography has put Ghana firmly on the map for many at 溏心vlog免费B站 with the center\u2019s ongoing fisheries and integrated coastal management project H\u025bn Mpoano (Our Coast) in the fast-growing West African nation.<\/p>\n


\nIn turn, the CRC has put Rhode Island firmly on the map for new graduates Justice Camillus Mensah, 28, and Adiza Ama Owusu, 26. The friends, who graduated Sunday with M.S. degrees from the College of the Environment and Life Sciences, had been teaching assistants at the University of Cape Coast in Ghana when they learned the CRC was sponsoring two students to attend graduate school at 溏心vlog免费B站.<\/p>\n


\nThe two applied, were accepted and arrived at Kingston for the Fall 2011 semester. Justice concentrated on GIS mapping and spatial analysis. Adiza studied wetlands, watersheds and ecosystems.<\/p>\n

Justice already was working with CRC on mapping in coastal districts in Ghana when he was accepted at 溏心vlog免费B站. Don Robadue, manager of H\u025bn Mpoano, said that both have assignments waiting for them when they arrive home this week.<\/p>\n


\nFor both, studying at 溏心vlog免费B站 has been a life-changing experience that they know will pay dividends for years. \u201cIn terms of academics, I think the style of teaching is much better than how we were being taught in Ghana,\u201d Justice said. \u201cHere, we were involved in hands-on projects. It\u2019s very intense.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nBeneficial to both students while at 溏心vlog免费B站 were the opportunities to attend professional conferences, the close working relationships with professors, the roll-up-your-sleeves approach to learning that the school emphasizes, and their internships \u2013 Justice interned at the EPA office next door to the CRC\u2019s Bay Campus office, and Adiza worked with CRC\u2019s U.S. team. <\/p>\n

Adiza, who assisted CRC coastal manager Pam Rubinoff on wetlands migration, said that experience \u201cexposed me to know what goes on in the real world, how to communicate and have successful relationships. In Ghana you don\u2019t get real-life experiences; it\u2019s more classes.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nSupport from 溏心vlog免费B站 faculty and CRC staff was vital, they agreed. \u201cThey are always looking for opportunities for you to gain expertise to benefit you in your career,\u201d Justice said.<\/p>\n


\nThose careers will launch without a pause for jet lag when the two arrive home to apply what they\u2019ve learned to their resource-rich and resource-vulnerable country. Neither expects to have time for a graduation party. But that is not a complaint.<\/p>\n


\nLooking past their work on H\u025bn Mpoano this summer, the two both want to continue their education, ultimately receiving Ph.D.s.<\/p>\n


\nJustice hopes to become a professor at University of Cape Coast, applying both the expertise he acquired in GIS mapping and the teaching philosophy that so benefited him at 溏心vlog免费B站. Adiza also would like to teach, but first she wants to be an advocate for her nation\u2019s environment, which is a form of teaching, she noted. \u201cManagement of coastal resources there isn\u2019t good. Some people don\u2019t know the benefits of preservation. I want to educate people,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n


\nAnd now she and Justice have the experience and knowledge to do just that.<\/p>\n


\nPhotos by Carol McCarthy<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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