From the Previous Issue… Intercultural Knowledge and Global Perspective Puzzle Solution

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From the Previous Issue… Intercultural Knowledge and Global Perspective Puzzle Solution

Category: March 2018

Ashley Ribbel

Published: 3/16/2018

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in the March 2018 issue

Mahipal Jadeja, winner of the Intercultural Knowledge and Global Perspective Puzzle, with Mary Trant. Mary is presenting Mahipal with his prize. Thank you to everyone who answered the Intercultural Knowledge and Global Perspective Puzzle (in the December 2017 issue of the Academic Newsletter). The person who identified the most countries correctly was: Mahipal Jadeja.

Reminder: this was the puzzle.

In 2017, Seneca participated in several international projects. Some of the countries where these projects took place are shown in the image below. Identify the six countries depicted.

This images contains six images - each depicts a country where Seneca has participated in a project

Walkthrough of the solution:

A map of Egypt, highlighting the River Nile. Country A was Egypt. The clue in the image is the River Nile. Seneca is helping build capacity and improve the quality of a career education centre in Aswan.

A picture from Tanzania, highlighting Mount Kilimanjaro in the background. Country B was Tanzania. The clue in the image is Mount Kilimanjaro in the background. Seneca worked with Morogoro Vocational Teacher Training College (MVTTC) to run workshops on leadership and change management for vocational college educators in Morogoro, Arusha, and Dar es Salaam.

A picture of part of the Great Wall of China. Country C was China. The clue in the image is the Great Wall of China. China was the focus of the three faculty reflections in the Fall 2017 issue of the Academic Newsletter (thanks to Margaret Osborne for her Faculty Reflection: Beijing, China, Michael Read for his Faculty Reflection: Beijing, China, and Pat Resnick and Jennifer Barbour for their Faculty Reflection: Changchun, China).

A picture of the Naryn Campus of the University of Central Asia in Kyrgystan. Country D was Kyrgyzstan. The image is of the University of Central Asia campus in Naryn. Kyrgyzstan was the focus on Riaz Saloojee’s faculty reflection in the Spring 2017 issue of the Academic Newsletter (Faculty Reflection: Kyrgyzstan).

A picture of a living root bridge in India. Country E was India. The clue in the image is the living root bridge, found in the Northeast Indian states of Meghalaya and Nagaland.

A picture from Praça da Independência in Maputo, the capital city of Mozambique. Country F was Mozambique. There are two clues in this image: the statue is of Samora Machel, the first President of Mozambique; it is located in the center of Praça da Independência in Maputo, the capital city of Mozambique. And for those with very keen eyes, the flag flying on top of the building in the background is the flag of Mozambique: . Mozambique was the focus of Nancy Rodrigues and Azhar Laher’s faculty reflection in the Spring 2017 issue of the Academic Newsletter (Faculty Reflection: Mozambique).