{"id":765685,"date":"2019-12-16T06:04:54","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T06:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/16\/american-astronaut-reveals-she-studied-at-university-of-ghana-that-changed-her-life\/"},"modified":"2019-12-16T06:04:54","modified_gmt":"2019-12-16T06:04:54","slug":"american-astronaut-reveals-she-studied-at-university-of-ghana-that-changed-her-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/16\/american-astronaut-reveals-she-studied-at-university-of-ghana-that-changed-her-life\/","title":{"rendered":"American Astronaut Reveals She Studied At University Of Ghana &#038; That Changed Her Life \u00bb \u2122"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"td_uid_16_5df71e8576f28\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ghbase-3-by250mobile --><\/p>\n<p>Well despite the bad image the University Of Ghana (UG) has earned in recent times after the explosive s\u00a3x for grades expos\u00e9 conducted by the BBC, an American astronaut has shed a glimmer of light on the nation\u2019s premier university.<\/p>\n<p>Her name is Christina H Koch and she tweeted that studying at the school was positive and life-changing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>20 years ago, I was studying abroad at @UnivofGh. Like spaceflight, it was a positive, life-changing, perspective-deepening experience. Seeing the beauty of Ghana from space reminds me of the amazing people I met there and how in exploring the world, we learn about ourselves<\/strong>,\u201d she tweeted.<\/p>\n<p><!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 1.8.8 --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">20 years ago, I was studying abroad at the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UnivofGh?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UnivofGh<\/a>. Like spaceflight, it was a positive, life-changing, perspective-deepening experience. Seeing the beauty of Ghana from space reminds me of the amazing people I met there and how in exploring the world, we learn about ourselves. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zK3CfRWJHY\">pic.twitter.com\/zK3CfRWJHY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christina H Koch (@Astro_Christina) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Astro_Christina\/status\/1204916277178974208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 12, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- Responsive Link Ads --><\/p>\n<p>Christina Hammock Koch is an American engineer and NASA astronaut of the class of 2013. 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