Queens College headline NEWS Jump to recent updates from the Queens group in the United Kingdom Update from Reed Perkins, assistant professor of environmental science, on the Island of Yap, one of the four states in the Federated States of Micronesia. The sun is rising, with the humidity starting to follow. Outside my apartment, the street is alive with morning. Neighborhood men yell hello to each other from their doorways.
Chickens scurry about clucking.
And I, barefoot and shirtless and already with little beads of sweat forming on my nose, sit at my kitchen window waiting for my coffee to cool. I'll take this time to write a quick report on my progress here. I think of him every time I wheeze. Without exception, the local people I've met are excited about our students coming over to contribute what they can. The Director of Education is making plans for his students to be counterparts to ours.