Embracing the Sad of No Trinidad

I learned a lot throughout my semester in this Global Service Learning class. First and foremost, I have gained an understanding about expectations versus reality. As March began, I was frantically preparing my supplies for my trip to Trinidad and buying sunscreen and bug wipes on Amazon. Just a couple days later, I was lying…

Returning Home (from Pittsburgh)

Well, these are certainly not the circumstances under which I expected to be writing my third blog post for this Global Service Learning program. Unlike Plus3, where we had four initial meetings and then jumped straight into the study abroad program, we had been prepping so extensively as a group over the last two months…

Ready to Seek Nature

We have reached the final countdown. Our trip to Trinidad is right around the corner. Our group is currently hard at work on our best practices report and presentation which we will bring with us to our clients, and we have investigated about a dozen ecotourism organizations in the Caribbean and other parts of the…

It’s Almost (Trini) Time!

This is why I chose Pitt. Deciding on a college to attend took me four full months after I received my final acceptance letter. Very few cons were posed on my pro/con lists, but there were numerous pros for every school. While applying to schools, I never really looked into study abroad. I thought that…