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,…
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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…