<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/leadership-psyd-student-travels-to-kenya.html" dsn="news"><title>Leadership PsyD Student Travels to Kenya</title><item_date>10/05/2016 12:00:00 PM</item_date><author>Omar Bah</author><image><img src="/news/images/omar-bah-20160714_141238.png" alt="Leadership PsyD Student Travels to Kenya"/></image><image_caption>Leadership PsyD Student Travels to Kenya</image_caption><thumbnail><img src="/news/images/omar-bah-20160714_141238.png" alt="Leadership PsyD Student Travels to Kenya"/></thumbnail><summary>Having the opportunity to travel to Kenya this summer was life changing to me in many ways. I had the chance to reconnect with my roots after nine years of being away as a refugee here in the US. It was refreshing to relive the way people live there, think and interact, and see the daunting challenges of the everyday reality of the African person. Therefore, stepping foot on African soil for the first time in nine years was both elating and sad.</summary><category>In the Community</category><featured/><tags><tag>In the Community</tag></tags></item>