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WHAM & WROC Cover Conversation with Salva Dut and Linda Sue Park


More than 500 local middle school students came to campus on Friday, March 18 to meet Water for South Sudan founder and MCC Alumni Hall of Fame member Salva Dut ’00 and author Linda Sue Park for two presentations on Park’s book, A Long Walk to Water. Students at 281 schools/sites across 36 states, China, England, Honduras and Hungary took part via MCC’s YouTube channel.* Some of the middle schools complemented their visit with tours and lunch on campus.

Please click on the links below to view news coverage of the event:
13WHAM Lost Boy of Sudan shares importance of clean water at MCC 
WROC8 Water for South Sudan Event at MCC

A video of the presentation is available online through April 8.

*Sincere kudos to the Instructional Technologies Team (Steve Weider, Jeremy Case, Bailey Burritt and Gerry Smith) for managing the logistics to livestream the event, and for helping the HGHRP inspire thousands of future students.

Rosanna Yule
Marketing and Community Relations
03/22/2016