The seminar opened on Tuesday May 3 rd and wrapped up on Friday, May 5 th with 45
Fulbright English Teaching Assistants and staff from WARC, US State Department
and the US Institute for International Education (IIE) attending.
After the opening ceremony and welcome remarks from Ousmane Séne, Director of
the West African Research Center (WARC) and Catherine Pfaffenroth, Program
Officer at ECA, US State Department, participants were engaged in various activities
including: interactions with mentors, presentations by ETA’s, guest lectures and visits
to a number of sites such as the American Space at the US Embassy.
The workshop was wrapped on Friday evening with all participants dancing to the
tunes of a local live band while enjoying the appetizing and lavish dinner.