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From left, Cathy Kapondo Thom, nurse in charge of the mobile medical clinics, speaks with physical therapy students Luke Charles and Kendall Cirella. They tested patients for malaria.

Students work with patients in Africa through health care program

By Cora Payne, Contributing Writer • September 25, 2019
Seven Ithaca College students took part in the Healthcare and Culture: An International Field Experience in Malawi study abroad program.
From left, Erica Weiss, Melissa Dhundale, Jill Mayer, Mary Taylor and Kathleen Besemer host a fundraiser at Coltivare to raise money for the trip.

Q&A: Healthcare group to provide medical care in Malawi

By Celisa Calacal, Life & Culture Editor • May 4, 2016
A team of Ithaca College healthcare professionals will be traveling to Malawi at the end of May to provide medical care.
Students from Ithaca College hold babies from the Ministry of Hope crisis care nursery in Lilongwe, Malawi. The nursery provides care and nutrition fror the children until they’re old enough to return to their families.

Faculty offer short-term study abroad programs for students

By Taylor Zambrano, Assistant News Editor • December 2, 2014
Ithaca College faculty and staff members have taken it upon themselves to create short-term programs for students who want a study abroad experience.
Senior Madeline Apuzzo holds a Malawian orphan at the Crisis Nursery in 2011. Apuzzo went on the study abroad trip to Malawi with Mary Taylor, a nurse at the Hammond Health Center, as well as six other students.

Students assist Malawian citizens through summer study program

By Emma Rizzo, Staff Writer • February 13, 2013
Mary Taylor, a nurse at the Hammond Health Center, takes students to Malawi to help in orphanages, hospitals and schools.
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