Ana Barraza ’94, M.S. ’04 recently voyaged around the world as a Living Learning Coordinator for Semester at Sea. It was the 100th voyage for this unique program, and Ana was thrilled to participate, noting that two of the 600 students on the voyage were from URI. Her voyage left the U.S. in September, 2009, [...]
John Gauthier ’62 wrote to us from Moldova, where he was traveling as a volunteer, training a dairy processing company, Lapmol, to compete in local and foreign markets of powdered milk and cheese. His trip was sponsored by the CNFA Farmer-to-Farmer program. He met with Lapmol’s production and sales employees, and trained managers in effective [...]
In May, I traveled to South Africa with a group of Collette Vacations employees and travel agents from the U.S. and Canada. The trip familiarized Collette’s travel agent partners with this amazing destination—from the open air safari game drive in Kruger National Park to beautiful Cape Town—and showcased the many features included in a Collette [...]
Kenneth J. Osfield ’74, ’89, University of Florida ADA Compliance Officer Ken writes from Shanghai, China, where he was a guest of Shanghai Normal University. The trip was sponsored by NASPA (Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education) and Shanghai Normal. The China trip is one of many he has been fortunate enough to be part of (Ireland [...]
Greetings from Birmingham, Alabama, where I’m spending Spring Break building houses with Habitat for Humanity as part of the Spring 2009 Honors Colloquium! In class, we studied the roots of poverty and its alleviation, and now we’re in Alabama expanding our knowledge and making a difference! Not only have I gotten a great deal of [...]
Roman A. Alferos ’10 (International Engineering Program) Bonjour from Paris, France. My name is Roman Alferos, I study French language and literature and mechanical engineering at URI and I am currently living and working in Paris, earning URI credits for my internship with AirLiquide. Through the internship, I’ve been actively researching more ecological methods for producing hydrogen under [...]
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