UWGCILMar 17, 20202 minFinal Blog|Author: Kevin| For my final blog, I wanted this to be directed to my GCIL family. Not to my typical two readers I average on my blogs. T...
UWGCILMar 17, 20202 minSee You Again Soon!|Author; Thea| To the rest of the GCIL, this Sunday is going to be the first major goodbye, but to team BuDa, it is our third. Our first ...
UWGCILMar 17, 20205 minThe GCIL Family Tree|Author: Amanda| Considering that my thoughts and emotions regarding GCIL are one big jumbled ball of chaos, it felt only right to contin...
UWGCILMar 16, 20202 minA Holi Celebration|Author: Robert| The morning began with my alarm clock going off for the 4th time at 8:20am. I woke Kevin up and moseyed on downstairs, p...
UWGCILMar 16, 20203 minLast Blog|Author: Taryn| On Monday night, I had this amazing idea to write my final blog about each person on our program. I was pretty excited ab...
UWGCILMar 16, 20202 minA Distant Memory|Author: Kayla| Sitting in my rickshaw, I feel a tap on my leg. I look up to a wide-eyed 6-year-old boy holding 10 long blue pens. I inst...
UWGCILMar 16, 20203 minSpring Growth|Author: Torie| I’m hanging my laundry on the roof, something that’s become an enjoyable task during my time in India because it allows m...
UWGCILMar 16, 20203 minExperiences of the Heart|Author: Tessa| As the GCIL program draws to a close, I’ve been reflecting on my experiences here and the environment which I’ve called h...
UWGCILMar 16, 20202 minMindfulness Disruptions|Author: Rachel| Change is exciting, but I’ve found that I don’t fall in love with the changes until things are about to go back to norm...
UWGCILMar 16, 20203 minWhat Have I Learned?|Author: Rebecca| Around the sixth week, Deborah asked us why we were on this program. I remember the first thing that popped into my hea...
UWGCILMar 12, 20202 minChecking All the Boxes|Author: Sandra| I first heard of GCIL in an email from my departmental advisor for HCDE. I remember reading through the website, and wat...
UWGCILMar 12, 20203 minWhat are the right answers?|Author: Garrett| At the end of week 8 our team had the first formal meeting with Sampark, the non profit that turned Rachel and Sukyong ...
UWGCILMar 12, 20202 minTo The Future Dudes of GCIL|Author: Tristan| Four weeks ago, I was hit by a wave of inspiration to write a Facebook post with the purpose of recruiting more student...
UWGCILMar 12, 20203 minFirsts|Author: Mike| I had successfully cast aside the emotional burden of writing my final blog by resolving to just write about cultural diff...
UWGCILMar 11, 20204 minIt Was Worth It|Author: Hannah| Got a tetanus shot for free. But I couldn't get the malaria med and all the other vaccines and meds, as I could not affo...
UWGCILMar 11, 20201 minOnly The Beginning|Author: Megan| So here it is – my goodbye blog. Today is our last Monday in GCIL. This program is not only ending my time in Bangalore, ...
UWGCILMar 8, 20202 minI'm Tired|Author: Cameron| The pressure of a last blog is an intense one. I have been thinking about what I could say to do this experience justic...
UWGCILMar 8, 20202 minMy Half An Hour|Author: Thea| 5:30 pm. We were all excited that we can have our meeting and working space at Third Wave tonight. It is the cafe that Elb...
UWGCILMar 8, 20203 minThe Bookmark|Author: Eric| I have been asking my fellow classmates about what their first meal will be once they get back to the U.S. I received vari...
UWGCILMar 8, 20202 minA Whole Bunch of Goodbyes|Author: Vero| It took seven weeks for me to feel like Bangalore is a home. Not my only home, but a home. It was the little bits of marti...