In roughly 6 days, 13 hours, and 32 minutes we’ll be touching down in Bolivia (but who’s counting)! As excited as I am to finally get to see Cochabamba and meet the incredible people of CEOLI, I know there is so much more I still need to do to prepare. Aside from packing and getting…
Tag: Spring Break 2019
Anticipating Challenges and Riding the Learning Curve: Countdown to Trinidad
As the trip to Trinidad quickly approaches, the realization that our group will actually have to enact the concepts and workshops of which we have been preparing to present is as prevalent as ever. Because of this, it is now extremely important to be thinking about the challenges that could potentially arise due to the…
The Challenges and Teachings of Global Service Learning
Expected challenges The United States is very low context culture. In fact, the United States is one of the lowest context cultures in the world. This means that the majority of our communication is very direct, informal, and explicit. When trying to think of an example of where this low context has played a role…
Learning in a new environment
At the time of writing this, I will be in Puerto Rico in less than 10 days. Wow. This process has felt like it has moved very quickly. It feels like days ago that I submitted my application for the trip, not even that confident that I would get the chance to go to Puerto…
Meet the Pitt Business Student Bloggers for Spring Break 2019!
Meet the Spring Break 2019 Pitt Business Student Bloggers: Spring Break Bloggers Meet the GSL Bolivia Student Bloggers: Spring Break 2019 Bloggers: Nicholas Grimes | Cross Kotrozo | Holly Linder | Haley McArthur | Gemma Skidmore | Camryn Ward See all the GSL Bolivia blogs by clicking here. Meet the GSL Puerto Rico Student Bloggers: Spring…
T-Minus 31 Days to Puerto Rico
Hello all! What is to follow is an introduction of myself, as well as a little bit about the Service Learning Project that will be taking me down to Puerto Rico this spring break. Let’s start with that introduction. My name is Brian. Brian Walsh to be specific. Brian Matthew Walsh to be even more…
Self Improvement Journey Through Global Service Learning
Hello, I’m Roslynne Ravy. This is my fourth year in college, but only my second year studying at the University of Pittsburgh. My interest of study is environmental science with a certificate in global studies: ecology and sustainability. I am involved in a couple of organizations in Pittsburgh including being a Pitt Pathfinder and a…
A Want to Travel. A Desire to Help.
Hi Everyone! My name is Francheska Pokora, and I simply cannot wait to embark on my trip to Puerto this coming March. I apologize in advance for the excessive exclamation points and excitement this blog post may entail as that is truly a genuine representation of how I am feeling now as I write this. I…
Traveling to Trinidad
Hi everyone! My name is Myles Cooper and I am a sophomore in the College of Business Administration. I’m from West Chester, Pennsylvania which is about four and a half hours east of Pittsburgh. I’m a huge sports fan and Philadelphia sports are my favorite. The sport I like to watch the most is basketball,…
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