October 5, 2009 | Bethe Dufresne

Journalism Professor Tells Story of Volunteer Trip to Kenya

Journalism professor Marcel Dufresne, with school children, during a trip to Kenya with a volunteer group. He and his wife chronicled their visit in the Hartford Courant. Photo by Bethe Dufresne

<p>Marcel Dufresne, associate professor of journalism, shows Kenyan schoolchildren in Igamba, Kenya, photos of them he had just taken. Dufresne traveled to Kenya this summer with the volunteer organization American Friends of Kenya, where the group met with students, parents, teachers, village leaders, and local business people. He and his wife, journalist Bethe Dufresne, chronicled their trip in a weeklong series in the Hartford Courant. An exhibit of Dufresne's photos is on display at the Dodd Center. Photo by Bethe Dufresne</p>
Marcel Dufresne, associate professor of journalism, shows Kenyan schoolchildren in Igamba, Kenya, photos of them he had just taken. Dufresne traveled to Kenya this summer with the volunteer organization American Friends of Kenya, where the group met with students, parents, teachers, village leaders, and local business people. He and his wife, journalist Bethe Dufresne, chronicled their trip in a weeklong series in the Hartford Courant. An exhibit of Dufresne's photos is on display at the Dodd Center. Photo by Bethe Dufresne