May 13, 2011 Today we visited the Polytechnic School of Namibia. This is where Larkin taught for the year he was in Namibia. There we met Walt (who is a professor from UNL who took over Larkin's spot of teaching the Natural Resource students here) and he gave us a tour of the college and took us to his classroom. The Namibian students were so excited to meet us and talk about our common schooling interests. We gave a powerpoint presentation to the class outlining research that us UNL CASNR students are doing. I started the presentation talking about my internship at the Zoo and my frog research at Cedar Point. The students were very intrigued about the photo I showed them of me and a red-necked wallaby. The Namibian students then gave us a presentation on the type of research and field work they are doing as students in Namibia. It was very interesting talking with students in the same major as us, discussing how they manage wildlife and natural resources in their country. After were finished up at the college we set forth to Maltahohoe (A stopping point on our way to Farm Namtib). We arrived at the hotel near sundown and enjoyed a wonderful supper in the hotel's beautiful courtyard. Tara!
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