{"id":157,"date":"2009-05-20T15:04:29","date_gmt":"2009-05-20T20:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/?p=157"},"modified":"2009-05-20T15:04:29","modified_gmt":"2009-05-20T20:04:29","slug":"congo-student-to-use-degree-back-in-congo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/2009\/05\/congo-student-to-use-degree-back-in-congo\/","title":{"rendered":"Congo Student to Use Degree back in Congo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/cov\/news\/item6852\">Congo Student Will Put NPU Degree to Work Back Home<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CHICAGO, IL (February 5, 2009) \u2013 Sarah Thontwa is the first undergraduate student from the Democratic Republic of Congo to attend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.northpark.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">North Park University<\/a>, which means she probably could stay in the United States and earn a good income in an attractive job after she c<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/DOCUME~1\/PETEEK~1\/LOCALS~1\/Temp\/moz-screenshot-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>ompletes her studies in May.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/DOCUME~1\/PETEEK~1\/LOCALS~1\/Temp\/moz-screenshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=157&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congo Student Will Put NPU Degree to Work Back Home CHICAGO, IL (February 5, 2009) \u2013 Sarah Thontwa is the first undergraduate student from the Democratic Republic of Congo to attend North Park University, which means she probably could stay in the United States and earn a good income in an attractive job after she [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Congo Student to Use Degree back in Congo - Ekstrands in Congo<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/2009\/05\/congo-student-to-use-degree-back-in-congo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Congo Student to Use Degree back in Congo - Ekstrands in Congo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Congo Student Will Put NPU Degree to Work Back Home CHICAGO, IL (February 5, 2009) \u2013 Sarah Thontwa is the first undergraduate student from the Democratic Republic of Congo to attend North Park University, which means she probably could stay in the United States and earn a good income in an attractive job after she [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/2009\/05\/congo-student-to-use-degree-back-in-congo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ekstrands in Congo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-05-20T20:04:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Pete &amp; 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