Wondering about William?

Hello everyone, my name is William Eddis. I’m a freshman business student at The University of Pittsburgh and while I’m currently undecided I plan on double majoring here at Pitt Business in some combination of Marketing, Global Management, and Supply Chain. I grew up in Springfield Township, Pennsylvania. A suburb just north of Philadelphia. I…

Cement & More Boats

The first part of today, our second-to-last day in Cyprus, was spent at Vassiliko Cement Works. What stood out immediately upon entering the plant was the sheer size of the operation, both in terms of physical size and the sheer amount of concrete produced. After entering the plant, we were quickly ushered into the main…

Soaking Up the Cypriot Culture

Today was our last full day in Cyprus creating an emotional, yet full day. Today, we started our morning with a much later start than usual and visited the Bernard Ship Management Training Center (BSM), visited the Omodos Village, and finished with an alumni dinner. The day was packed for our last day, it was…

Last Day at UNIC!

Today was our final day spent at the University of Nicosia. We started off the day with a series of business lectures that introduced us to various topics important to the subject of supply chain management. Our first lecture of the day was about blockchain and crypto currencies. Before going into the lecture, I was…

Last Day at UNIC

Today was our final day spent at the University of Nicosia. We started off the day with a series of business lectures that introduced us to various topics important to the subject of supply chain management. Our first lecture of the day was about blockchain and crypto currencies. Before going into the lecture, I was…

Castled

Today was a nice change of pace from our company visits, as we spent the whole day doing cultural visits to various castles! We started off by visiting the Kolossi Crusader Castle, which, as the name implies, was a large castle built by the Crusaders while they were occupying the country. What’s interesting to think…