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4. Nyasha with Nicole Kumbula - Bates College Commencement Student Speaker, growing up in Chinhoyi, being intentional in college and graduate school

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On this episode is Bates College Chemistry graduate and incoming Masters Student at Texas A & M university, Nicole Kumbula who hails from Chinhoyi. In Zimbabwe, she attended Langham Girls High and Monte Cassino Girls High. Notably, she was also Bates College's Senior Student Commencement Speaker.

Transcript

0:31 Guest intro

1:27 Nicole gives an update on professional pursuits

2:54 Leaning on fellow international students during the pandemic

5:28 Applying to graduate school and navigating a cutthroat system

7:41 Being intentional about decisions in college

9:51 How the pandemic influenced Nicole's decision between Master's and PhD offers.

11:25 Advocating for yourself and others

12:13 Has Nicole always been in some leadership role? How it all started with her being a deputy mom in primary school

14:59 Rapid fire questions

20:27 Being low income in college

24:04 Why study abroad while studying abroad?

29:18 We try to navigate Harare

31:39 Rapid fire questions

34:18 Having a support system

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34 episodes

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On this episode is Bates College Chemistry graduate and incoming Masters Student at Texas A & M university, Nicole Kumbula who hails from Chinhoyi. In Zimbabwe, she attended Langham Girls High and Monte Cassino Girls High. Notably, she was also Bates College's Senior Student Commencement Speaker.

Transcript

0:31 Guest intro

1:27 Nicole gives an update on professional pursuits

2:54 Leaning on fellow international students during the pandemic

5:28 Applying to graduate school and navigating a cutthroat system

7:41 Being intentional about decisions in college

9:51 How the pandemic influenced Nicole's decision between Master's and PhD offers.

11:25 Advocating for yourself and others

12:13 Has Nicole always been in some leadership role? How it all started with her being a deputy mom in primary school

14:59 Rapid fire questions

20:27 Being low income in college

24:04 Why study abroad while studying abroad?

29:18 We try to navigate Harare

31:39 Rapid fire questions

34:18 Having a support system

  continue reading

34 episodes

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