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At The Poynter Institute's welcome reception, Samean Yun, Ammara Durrani and Pablo Izmirlian were excited to hear about their upcoming week.
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Susan Albrecht chats with Bobbi Alsina of The Poynter Institute. A big thanks to Bobbi for organizing all the details for the week.
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After Dr. Gary Weaver's cross-cultural seminar with the Fellows, a group went to dinner at the pier in St. Pete. From left to right: Ammara Durrani, Thabo Mkhize, Malini Goyal, Gary Weaver, Kimi Wetterauer and Susan Albrecht.
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Thanks to Nancy Paradis of the St. Petersburg Times, we had a wonderful beach BBQ on the bay.
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2002 Fellow Sarah Namulondo (Uganda), who currently attends the University of South Florida, was able to join us for the BBQ. Sarah and Thabo shared their experiences about St. Louis with each other.
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Roy Peter Clark, vice president and senior scholar at Poynter, uses music to describe some of his writing techniques...and to entertain us!
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The 2005 Fellows with Roy Peter Clark. Back row (left to right): Kejin Qian, Thabo Mkhize, Samean Yun, Pricel Seleman, Walid Al-Saqaf. Front row (left to right): Pablo Izmirlian, Roy Peter Clark, Malini Goyal, Ammara Durrani.
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Together with Paul Pohlman (not pictured), Bill Mitchell led a seminar on coaching.
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Malini, Pablo and Kejin practice their new coaching techniques.
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Ammara Durrani gives the group her impressions after playing the role of a coach.
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Jonathan Friendly hosted a wonderful party for us at his home in Bradenton on his birthday!
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Jonathan picked out a delicious carrot cake!
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Pablo, Ammara and Samean lead the group in singing Happy Birthday to Jonathan!
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Nancy Paradis talks with Ammara Durrani, Jonathan Friendly and Walid Al-Saqaf.
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Thabo Mkhize and Pricel Seleman relax by the pool.
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Walid Al-Saqaf and Samean Yun enjoy having a night off.
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Back at Poynter, Butch Ward engages the Fellows in a discussion on "Why you do what you do."
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Thabo Mkhize likes the pizza lunch served in Poynter's beautiful Great Hall.
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Ammara Durrani, Malini Goyal, Pablo Izmirlian and Thabo Mkhize take a break in the courtyard at Poynter.
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Ammara poses with a sculpture of a man reading a newspaper made by Glenna Goodacre, who also created the Sacagewea golden dollar coin.
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Poynter's Scott Libin gives feedback to Ammara after she taught a 10-minute lesson to the group.
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Malini Goyal leads a discussion on engaging your readers.
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Samean Yun asks the group their opinions about an ethical issue that happened in Cambodia.
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Pablo Izmirlian, Malini Goyal, Thabo Mkhize, Susan Albrecht and Ammara Durrani drove to St. Petersburg beach one evening for dinner.
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The group poses for another picture, this time with Kimi Wetterauer.
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Thabo looks happy to be at the beach.
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Kimi Wetterauer, Pricel Seleman, Malini Goyal and Samean Yun try to avoid the dead fish on St. Petersburg beach caused by a red tide in the area.
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Regardless of the dead fish, Thabo and Malini had a great time at the beach!
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Malini Goyal and Ammara Durrani (not pictured) guided us through a delicious meal at a local Indian restaurant.
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It was Pablo's first time eating Indian food...and he loved it!
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Malini Goyal, Kimi Wetterauer, Thabo Mkhize, Pablo Izmirlian and Susan Albrecht make a late-night stop at Poynter.
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Adviser to the President and Senior Faculty Paul Pohlman starts the graduation ceremony by presenting Ammara Durrani with a certificate from Poynter.
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Thabo Mkhize and Pablo Izmirlian congratulate each other on a job well done.
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Samean Yun and Walid Al-Saqaf pose for a picture with their certificates.
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