What a day.  We went to three different sites.  All three of them I absolutely loved.  We first went to Croke Park Stadium and learned about the official Irish sports: Gaelic Football and Hurling.  And as a sports nerd I was loving it as I felt in my element when talking sports and strategies with…

Today was a wonderful and interesting day.  I learned a lot from Dr. Daren Kelley, our guest speaker, who had an amazing story of what now I learned is “Celtic Tiger.”  I have read about the success story of Dublin, but Dr. Daren Kelley gave a deeper reason of why it occurred.  They made investments…

Today was the second day of Ireland, and I felt much more energetic than I did yesterday. We started the day off with a legal lecture, which is ALWAYS exciting.  But in all serious, was necessary.  Then we went to Noshington, and their lamb meatballs are superb. Then we got an excellent tour from a…

Today was the first day in Ireland.  On Saturday 7/28 at 2:15 pm the class left Pittsburgh and ventured on to Dublin with a connection in Philadelphia.  The first flight was only about an hour.  But the second flight from Philly to Dublin was six.  To make things worse, I did not sleep on bit. …

Today was the final class and the final day in Pittsburgh in the Woodcock Global Honors Study.  In the morning, my group, Charge! had to present to our teachers and our peers. Because it was the second time around, I knew what I had to work on to make my presentation go smoother.  I believe…

Today before lunch we spoke to Dr. Elida W. Griffen who has made a wonderful impact on social entrepreneurship. I found the idea of social entrepreneurship very more similar to traditional entrepreneurships than I thought going into today. I always thought of the stereotype of non-profit organization being donating excess money to charity. But that…

Today was the last day of company tours in Pittsburgh.  This morning the class went to visit KPMG, a firm in the Big 4.  They are an accounting firm.  The first speaker highlighted his time oversees.  He mentioned the importance of being uncomfortable, and the unfamiliarity of new cultures.  This is a small example of…

Today was the initial pitch for the innovation blitz idea. My pitch unfortunately did not get picked. That does not mean that the idea is bad, it just means that we as a class are going in a different direction. I got put into Charge! which basis is charging your phone via kinetic energy. I…

In the afternoon today we had a guest speaker named Sangya Gyawali. We got a background on her: graduated Pittsburgh in 2016, employed at BNY Mellon, and has visited Africa on multiple occasions. On main point which she built around was her experience in Kenya where she travelled to last month. I was amazed about…