{"id":93,"date":"2024-05-09T02:51:07","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T02:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/nepal2024\/?page_id=93"},"modified":"2024-05-09T02:51:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T02:51:07","slug":"medara-udoekong","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/nepal2024\/profiles\/medara-udoekong\/","title":{"rendered":"Medara Udoekong"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/nepal2024\/files\/2024\/05\/240216_C_Nepal-Abroad_Medara-Udoekong-1-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25\" srcset=\"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/nepal2024\/files\/2024\/05\/240216_C_Nepal-Abroad_Medara-Udoekong-1-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/nepal2024\/files\/2024\/05\/240216_C_Nepal-Abroad_Medara-Udoekong-1-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/nepal2024\/files\/2024\/05\/240216_C_Nepal-Abroad_Medara-Udoekong-1-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/nepal2024\/files\/2024\/05\/240216_C_Nepal-Abroad_Medara-Udoekong-1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Name:<\/strong> Medara Udoekong<br><strong>Major:<\/strong> Sustainability\/Global Studies<br><strong>Year:<\/strong> Sophomore<br><strong>Hometown:<\/strong> Akwa Ibom, Nigeria<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What has been the most meaningful idea you\u2019ve discovered or learned so far in preparation for your study abroad to Nepal?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most interesting concept I have learnt in preparation for my trip to Nepal is to listen and drop all the biases we may have about a place we are going to, and instead to engage and learn from the locals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For me, the Nepal Study Abroad is an opportunity to\u2026<\/strong>explore a place and culture that is different from mine and learn about their culture and history, as well as the changes taking place in Mustang as a result of the climate crisis and other factors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What do you want to be better at?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I want to be better at communicating, leadership and intercultural competence.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How does learning about climate crisis in Nepal shape the way you view, and want to engage with, the world?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learning about the climate crisis in Nepal has taught me to engage with the climate crisis from a more place-based perspective, its intersectionality with other problems in society and the importance of resilience and climate justice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name: Medara UdoekongMajor: Sustainability\/Global StudiesYear: SophomoreHometown: Akwa Ibom, Nigeria What has been the most meaningful idea you\u2019ve discovered or learned so far in preparation for your study abroad to Nepal? The most interesting concept I have learnt in preparation for my trip to Nepal is to listen and drop all the biases we may have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"parent":42,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-93","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/nepal2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/nepal2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/nepal2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/nepal2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/nepal2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/nepal2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/nepal2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93\/revisions\/95"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/nepal2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/nepal2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}