We started our day touring the Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) Maritime Training Center located in Limassol. Upon our arrival we met with BSM employees that walked us through how their company operates. They explained that BSM only owns about 100 ships and instead mainly relies on ships from 3rd party companies. BSM then independently seeks…
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Embarking on my First International Trip!
Hello and welcome to my blog! My name is Brenda Rea and I just completed my first year in the Swanson School of Engineering. In March, I declared that my intended major is chemical engineering, and I am thrilled to be able to continue my educational journey as an official chemical engineering student in the…
Exploring Cypriot Companies
Today, we traveled to Limassol to visit Medochemie’s headquarters to learn about their extensive quality assurance plan as well as their approach in business planning/forecasting. Medochemie is a pharmaceutical company with over eighteen-hundred employees spread across offices in twenty-one different countries. Medochemie is committed to producing quality and affordable medicine while maintaining their sustainability goals….
Exploring Outside the Venetian Walls
I truly cannot believe that my first full day in Cyprus has come to an end! Throughout the past twenty-four hours I have learned numerous interesting facts about Cypriot history, culture, and cuisine. Our first event of the day was a walking tour through New Cyprus. New Cyprus is characterized by massive buildings and modern…
Catching Reas in Cyprus
Hello everyone and welcome to my first Plus 3 blog! My name is Brenda Rea and I am from Pittsburgh, about 20 minutes from Pitt’s campus. Since I have been in Pittsburgh my whole life, I am excited to travel and see what the world has to offer! I chose Plus3 because, as a freshman,…