Our final day in Ireland was spent giving our presentations to the town of Carrigart. I found this experience to be quite interesting because it combined all of the research we had done in Pittsburgh with the hands-on experiences that we had in Ireland. Furthemore it was also quite nerveracking because we were presenting to…

The day started off with kayaking in Downings Bay and then talking with the owner of the adventure sports company about his business. He discussed how his business started off small but eventually grew larger to the size it is today by changing how and what he was offering to best suit his clientele. He…

The day started out with a tour of the Tribune newspaper located in Milford, but it serves a whole host of other towns like Carrigart and Downings. On the newspaper tour, the owners talked about how when they started the newspaper, they used different wholesalers, but are now all manufactured in-house. He also discussed how…

The weekend started off on Saturday with a charity 5K in Downings, which benefited the local soccer programs, or as they call it, football. After the 5K, we went to play footgolf. This was new to me, as this is not something we have in the U.S. Footgolf is a mix between soccer and golf,…

Our day started out at Mulroy Meadows Farm, where we had a tour of the farm with the owners and operators, Cathal and Michelle. Mulroy Meadows Farm is a regenerative farm that produces pasture-raised eggs, forest-raised traditional breed pork, and grass-fed beef. They also do tours and other educational events like the one we attended…

The day started off with leaving Belfast and heading to the Dark Hedges, where parts of Game of Thrones were filmed. At the Dark Hedges, we went for a walk and saw the natural scenery. From the Dark Hedges, we went over to Fullerton and Arms for lunch, which is a guest house with a…

As we are closing the Pittsburgh portion of our trip, we can take a look back at some memorable experiences we have had so far. My most memorable experience professionally was getting to explore the stained glass factory in Connellsville because we not only got to learn about a business that is close to home,…

The day started out with going to the Oaklander hotel and speaking with Theresa Murdoch, who is in human resources at the hotel. We learned about how different events and periods affect the pricing of the hotel and how staffing works. She described how when people do blocks of rooms, they will get a fixed…