Janna and Steve Doyle’s place: Joanne’s Hokie Home in America.
Steve Tatum (left), Joanne Arendse, and Paul Hover pause for a welcome hug when a friendly fellow-passenger offers to photograph them together at Roanoke Airport.
From the Western Cape, South Africa, to Southwest Virginia
South African Joanne Arendse, Librarian at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology in Cape Town, South Africa, arrived in the USA on Friday, May 31, 2015. She is the first exchange librarian-scholar to visit Virginia Tech as part of the strategic collaboration between the two academic libraries. Joanne will be assisted in her observational and research goals by Rebecca Miller, Assistant Director, Learning Division, here at the University Libraries.
Joanne will be following a full schedule during her month-long visit, so check back here for updates on her adventure in international librarianship.
A FAIR STRETCH OF ATLANTIC OCEAN: According to this Google map, it’s 25 hours by plane from Cape Town to Blacksburg. That’s 12,920.12 kilometers, 8,028.19 miles, or 6971.68 nautical miles.
Our 3rd speaker in the Destination Areas Global Speakers Series, Robbie Fried, is a VT grad who is building a business in China, and expanding rapidly. Entitled ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE MIDDLE KINGDOM: SCALING A BUSINESS IN CHINA AND BEYOND, the event takes place Tuesday, Feb. 27 at 7:00pm. See you there!
Joanne’s arrival in the USA
From the Western Cape, South Africa, to Southwest Virginia
South African Joanne Arendse, Librarian at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology in Cape Town, South Africa, arrived in the USA on Friday, May 31, 2015. She is the first exchange librarian-scholar to visit Virginia Tech as part of the strategic collaboration between the two academic libraries. Joanne will be assisted in her observational and research goals by Rebecca Miller, Assistant Director, Learning Division, here at the University Libraries.
Joanne will be following a full schedule during her month-long visit, so check back here for updates on her adventure in international librarianship.
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