Patricia Jabbeh Wesley, professor of English at Penn State Altoona, was selected to write and read an original poem at the recent presidential inauguration in Liberia. The inauguration ceremony for Joseph N. Boakai took place on Jan. 22, at the Capitol Building in Monrovia. Many world leaders, including the United States representative to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, were in attendance.
Patricia Jabbeh Wesley, on left, poses for a photo with Jee-Won Arkoi, a participant in the Leader of Young Scholars of Liberia project. Arkoi is a mentee of Wesley's and a young writer invited to attend the ceremony as a guest of Wesley.
