LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT…

Hello, everyone! I am truly enjoying my time in Dominica. I will be here for the next 16 months as a student of Ross University School of Medicine (RossU), and I am anticipating a wonderful experience on this beautiful Caribbean island!

On April 23, 2013, I flew into the Melville Hall Airport. My flight was wonderful and memorable from the time I left San Juan, Puerto Rico to my landing at the airport! Riding from the airport to Portsmouth, where RossU is located, I was able to take a small snapshot of all the beauty that Dominica had to offer. This island is flowing with coconut trees, rivers, and great seaside views! In fact, you will have to visit Dominica at least 1 year to explore all of its 365 rivers for every day of the year, including the Indian River, where part of the Pirates of Caribbean movie was filmed!!!

     

Pictures from my taxi ride from the airport to Portsmouth…

After about a 45 minute drive, my classmates and I arrived at RossU!

The Letter…

Late in the afternoon on Thursday, April 25, 2013, I received an interesting email that made me glow from the inside out that was responding to an email that I had sent to His Excellency Eliud Thaddeus Williams, President of Dominica, thanking him and the citizens of Dominica for the opportunity to study medicine in their great country! The email was from the Office of His Excellency Eliud Thaddeus Williams, President of Dominica!!! The contents acknowledged receipt of my email, welcomed me to Dominica, applauded me for my past accomplishments, and stated that the President and his wife look forward to meeting me at the RossU White Coat Ceremony on Friday, May 10, 2013!!! Wow, I was lost for words (everyone who has been acquainted with me knows that doesn’t happen to me very often)! Here I am in this great country in the Caribbean that is saturated with wonderful, loving people and pursuing a God-given opportunity to become a physician. Isn’t God great?!?

More experiences coming later…

~Quiana Childress