A Letter to My Host Daughter
Dear host daughter,
When the idea of hosting an exchange student for a year came to my mind witnessing a friend host for a few years, there were fear and also uncertainty. When I showed few sample letters to...
Can Diversity Help Wheeling Grow? Yes.
After dropping my kids off to nature camp, as I walk out of Schrader Environmental Center, I hear a little girl say “That’s that Chinese girl.” My reaction: “I am sorry, I am not Chinese.” This is not...
Student Reflections from a Trip to a Solar Farm
I teach a special topics course titled “Introduction to Sustainability” at West Liberty University. Sustainability is defined as “the capacity of the earth’s natural systems and human cultural systems to surviv...
School Lunchroom: Opportunities Ahead
I am very fortunate to be able to volunteer occasionally at my children’s school with the lunch duty. I enjoy watching children eat, chat, laugh, hop, skip, and even argue for a couple of hours. During this tim...
A newcomer’s perspective: Emerging Citizen Sector in Wheeling
By Vishakha Maskey
Weelunk Contributor
I am writing this article to express my observation on how things are changing in Wheeling, and it is a positive social change. “Let’s do something” never sounded mo...