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Step Up - I want to Walk Kilimanjaro Project

Alexander D'Jamoos with Mt. Kilimanjaro in the background.

Climbing Kilimanjaro

October 26, 2012 by Michelle Bryant

Alexander D’Jamoos, a Liberal Arts Honors/International Relations and Global Studies sophomore in the College of Liberal Arts, spent his summer climbing Africa’s highest peak, Mt. Kilimanjaro. Born in Penza, Russia, he grew up in an orphanage for children with disabilities. At age 16, he was adopted by an American family and moved from Russia to […]

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