Today we visted black country where they had a fun filled 60s day theme. We did a tour of the steam engine and mines along with the shops that lined this small part of town. One of the part I enjoyed the most was, exploring the old-fashioned houses, shops, and classrooms that showed what everyday…
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The Children’s Hospital
I wanted to write my blog post today surrounding my experience at the Children’s hospital in Birmingham. To say it was incredible would not be expressing the establishment to its full extent. Walking in you see bright colors, Dinos, drawings and everything to make the hospital as welcoming as it can for children. In my…
Day 5
Today was another great day. The lessons were all hands on and considered a skills lab. As a first year nursing student, we don’t get clinical experience until sophomore year so being able to practice tasks we will actually be doing in the hospital truly was exciting and acted as a reminder of why I…
Beautiful day in the UK
Today was my favorite day of the trip this far. We started the morning off with a double decker bus ride to JCC. At first I was nervous to sit in on one of their classes but I’m so grateful I did. One of the cool things about this college is that they have an…
Day 3: New experiences
Today was filled with a lot of lectures. To start off the day, we had Public health in the uk. I enjoyed this lesson more than I thought I would and actually found a lot of intrest in it. There are three main parts of Public Health: 1. Promotion 2. Protection 3. Prevention. The promotion…
First day in the UK!
We touched down in London, May 10th at around 9:50 a.m. This was my first flight that flew through the night as well as my first time out of the country. Right after getting off the plane, our group boarded a coach bus where I then took a 2 hour long nap to make up…
Small Town to A New Country
Hi, my name is Emily Stephan and I am a nursing major at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg. I grew up originally in New York State but moved to Pennsylvania where I went to middle and high school in a small town called Kane. Some things that I enjoy doing include: Reading romance books,…
Day 11 ~ Bittersweet Goodbye
All about Data Science Kalimera! Today is our last day of activities for the trip 🙁 We started our day at UNIC with a presentation by Dr. Trihinas about data science. He talked about data science, supply chain analytics, data mining, and machine learning. His definition of internet is an interconnection of things for data…
Day 10 ~ Learning about the Supply Chain
GAP Vassilopoulos Group Kalimera! Today we visited G.A.P. Vassilopoulos Group, a company that offers complete service packages, like warehouses, distribution, and careers, to companies. The company was founded in 1964 and has over 1500 locations in Cyprus. The G.A.P. stands for George, Aries, and Petros, which were the original founders of the company. Some of…
Day 9 ~ A Day in Kakopetria
St. Nicholas of The Roof Church We started our morning off with a visit to St. Nicolas of the roof Church. The drive to get there was very scenic, the town of Kakopetria is beautiful, I never realized Cyprus had such a large mountain range. The church was on the side of a mountain. The…
Day 8 ~ First day at UNIC!
A History Lesson Kalimera! Today was our first visit to the University of Nicosia! It was nice to finally see the campus of the university that we have been talking so much about. The campus was very modern and beautiful, and the coffee there was so refreshing! Our first lecture of the day was about…
Day 7 ~ A Day in Paphos!
Aphrodite’s Rock Yassas! Today was an amazing day full of site visits and learning about the history of the Paphos areas of Cyprus! We started our day with a stop at the famous Aphrodite’s rock, or Petra Tou Romioi, on the coast of Paphos. According to the legend, the Ancient Greek Goddess of Love and…
Day 6 ~ Visiting the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus!
Varosi Yassas! Our first stop of the day was the town of Varoshi in TRNC. To enter that part of the island you must show a passport since they are recognized as independent. Getting to see the EU buffer zone was an interesting experience. I have never been to an area like that before and…
Day 3 ~ Company Visits!
Bernard Schulte Shipmanagement Yassas! We started day 3 in Cyprus with a visit to Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement in Limassol Marina. We sat in a classroom at their training center for about an hour to learn about the company history, what they do, and we had opportunity to ask a Chief engineer any questions we had….
Day 2 ~ Adventures in Larnaca!
Traveling to Larnaca Yassas! Welcome to day 2 of my Cyprus blog! We started our day today with breakfast at the hotel, and a bus ride to the city of Larnaca. On the bus ride, our tour guide was telling us more facts about the history of Cyprus. One of the most interesting facts that…
Day 1 ~ Yassas Cyprus!
Part 1 ~ The travel Our journey began at the Pittsburgh Airport, where we then flew to Washington DC, Munich Germany, and finally arrived in Larnaca Cyprus! This was a long day of flights and travel, I felt very jetlagged once arriving in Cyprus, but so excited to be here! Once we settled into the…
My Introduction
Hello everyone! My name is Emily Stephan. I am a current freshman in the Swanson School of Engineering at Pitt. I am majoring in Bioengineering, with a minor in Chemistry. On campus I am a member of Phi Sigma Rho Sorority, Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), and the Green Team. I enjoy being in as many…