Scholarship Student Update June 2009 - International School Moshi

SCHOLARSHIP STUDENT GRADUATESDaniel Mundeva ’08UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIADaniel was overwhelmed by the size — 40,000students — and the collective brain capacity atUBC but quickly found his place. He threw himselfinto leadership roles participating in UBC’s biggestStudent Leadership Conference as both a facilitatorand a participant. His presentation was titled,“Africa from an African Perspective: Simple Mindson Complex Matters.” Daniel connected with the“authentic” Vancouver community playing socceroff-campus as well as through the Church and participatedin a University Christian Ministry weekendretreat at Hope. “I had the side advantage oftaking on the closest, highest, snow covered hill,not as challenging as Kili, but tough enough.”Daniel will be home in Kahama this summer torefuel with the African spirit and to work out newcommunity services.Catherine Kayila ’06COTTEY COLLEGE, MONTANA, USACatherine completed her first year at the all-girlscollege, with a GPA of 4. This put her on the Presidents’List as one of the school’s top 10 students andwas one of 4 awards she won this year includinghighest cumulative grade point average. Catherine isat Cottey on a scholarship that covers 80 per cent ofher education. The other 20 per cent is funded byprivate sponsors.At first she was homesick, but the college’s familylikeatmosphere made it easy to settle in. Catherine,who comes from Shinyanga, is president of the InternationalFriendship Circle and treasurer of the StudentGovernment Association among other clubs.She spent spring break in St. Louis, where she wentto the top of the St. Louis Gateway Arch and theZoo! “It was so much fun to see the lions, zebras andgiraffes from Africa.” She will volunteer at awomen’s shelter over the summer.S C H O L A R S H I P S T U D E N T U P D A T E