Scholarship Student Update June 2009 - International School Moshi

SCHOLARSHIP STUDENT GRADUATESStephen Lwendo ’06HARVARD UNIVERSITYStephen, who is from Arusha, just completed histhird year at Harvard University where he isstudying engineering. Over spring break he carriedthe Tanzanian flag at the Education WithoutBorders Conference in Dubai. This summer hewill be in Namibia where he will deploy MicrobialFuel Cells for Project Lebone, which hebrought to Tanzania last summer. Stephen willalso work with the One Laptop Per Child Projectin Namibia and will attend a workshop about thatproject in Rwanda. Then it’s back to Cambridgeto work on a research project and his senior designproject.Marceline Finda ’05WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITYMarceline will enter her final year at WesternWashington University in Bellingham this fall,where she is majoring in Biochemistry (BS) andAnthropology/Biology (BA). This year sheworked at the university’s tutoring center whereshe was a math and chemistry tutor. “The most funI’ve had this past year was Boni’s visit for theThanksgiving weekend. I hadn’t seen him for almostfour years. It was the closest to home that Ihad gotten for the almost three years that I havebeen here. Marceline will be back in Tanzania thissummer. “I really can’t wait; it’s been the longesttime I have ever been away from home.” She willmeet her new extended family, reconnect with hermother and brothers and friends and work atKCCO. “So I’m really looking forward to beinghome again.S C H O L A R S H I P S T U D E N T U P D A T E