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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

MTU students meet President Obama in Ghana

HOUGHTON -- Eight Michigan Tech University students who are in Ghana doing community development projects this summer had the chance of a lifetime last weekend. They were able to get tickets for the farewell ceremony as President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama prepared to leave Ghana, and many of them got to shake the President's or the First Lady's hand.

These MTU students had a chance to meet President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama in Ghana last week. Pictured here with Air Force One in the background are, front row, Anne Aho and Alison Springer-Wilson; second row, Evie Skoy, Roger Matias, SherAaron Hurt and Kurt Terhune; back row, Jonathan Congdon and Mark Kinnunen.

The students, who are from MTU's Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies’ Pavlis Institute for Global Technological Leadership, have created a blog about this exciting experience and about their projects in Ghana.

For the full story and excerpts from their blog, see Jennifer Donovan's article on the MTU Web site.

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