Simpson students prepare for Rwandan adventure in May
By our reporter A group of ten students from Simpson College in Iowa, USA and assistant professor Virginia Croskery will spend the two first weeks of May 2011, studying art and apes in Rwanda.Croskery, who teaches music courses at Simpson, said the first half of the trip will be spent working in the Gishwati Forest on chimpanzees recently established by the Great Ape Trust.
Simpson student Anna Ronnebaum, Professor Virginia Croskery and student Kayla Ferguson pose with a mask made by a Rwandan artisan. The three are part of a Simpson College group planning to travel to Rwanda in May. The mask was made for Simpson College dur