Education Abroad in Africa: Experiences of MSU Tanzania Partnership Program Students, 2025

Tanzania Theme: Education Abroad in Africa: Experiences of MSU Tanzania Partnership Program Students, 2025 Moderator: Dr. Jonathan Choti, Faculty Lead, Sustainable Community Development in Tanzania; Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures Abstract : This panel consists of alumni of MSU’s 2025 summer education abroad program known as Sustainable Community Development in Tanzania. This 6-week joint program includes faculty and students from MSU and the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM), Dar es Salaam University College of Education (DUCE), and Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA). The panelists will focus on their pre-departure expectations and their experiences during the program, especially course readings, discussions, field excursions, interactions, and reflections on Maasai/Hadzabe/Tanzanian cultures. They will also share their takeaways from the experiential team projects they implemented in the host community. Lastly, they talk about the impact of the program on their personal, educational, and career growth. Facilitator: Dr. Damaris Choti, Coordinator of Student & Alumni Programs, African Studies Center