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At 18, you don’t know what you want to do, but you know you want to make an impact. Discovering how I would do that while studying abroad was the biggest gift Bucknell gave me. Arriving at Bucknell, Brianna Clarke-Schwelm '11 knew one thing for certain: she wanted to change the world. And it wasn't long before a pivotal study-abroad experience gave the religious studies major her first chance to make a global impact. For three months on Rusinga Island in Western Kenya during her junior year, Clarke-Schwelm helped local leaders secure funding for a health clinic to battle the HIV epidemic. N...

Radio listeners [Photo: Courtesy] There was a time when sending salaams over the radio was all the rage. The most mentioned senders and those being greeted became instant radio ‘celebrities.’ While those who grew up with FM radio stations may be at sea over this, their parents who must have listened to Voice of Kenya KBC would know what the fuss was all about. Household celebrity salaams names include; ‘Mama Safi’ Agneta Machinga kutoka Nakuru, Francis Kadenge Omwana wa Leah, ‘One and-a-half Lady,’ ‘Sura Mbili’ Kiango Momanyi, Boaz Kizito Lijoodi, Arabian Mwarabu, Rama bin Ra...