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06/11/2025 | Press release | Archived content
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Article by Diane Stopyra Photos courtesy of Makenzie Dowlin June 11, 2025
Blue Hen Makenzie Dowlin receives Critical Language Scholarship to study Swahili in Tanzania
When Makenzie Dowlin noticed the lion sniffing at the tire of her parked, open-roof truck, she stood on the passenger seat to get a better view of the beast.
"I didn't feel scared," said the University of Delaware alumna, adding: "Maybe I should have been."
Dowlin probably should have felt a lot of things during her month-long safari in Tanzania last winter: grossed out by the hole in the ground that served as her makeshift toilet, inconvenienced by a leaky tent, frustrated by a serious language barrier. But for the intrepid Blue Hen from Coatesville, Pennsylvania, this study-abroad experience felt nothing short of mrembo (Swahili for "beautiful").
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