The following is a guest post from two students that traveled to New Orleans on their 2014 alternative spring break. Drew Mancini ’16, communication sciences and disorders (CSD) major, writes in regular font. Meghan Mallon ’17, music education major, is in italics. A total of 13 students participated in the NOLA trip and they volunteered with lowernine.org rebuilding the community of…
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March is Truly Madness
In reflecting on this month, I say it has probably been my busiest all school year. Between midterms, spring break, keeping up with classes, and school activities it seems as if this was the time on the calendar that everything happened to take place. I can confidently declare everyone hates midterms and for me, preparing for them is always worse…
Returning to NOLA (again?)
This is year three for me, and every year this trip sort of sneaks up on me. Then the week itself is a rush, and before I know it, I’m back in Albany. In three days I will be flying with 14 Saint Rose students and one other staff member to New Orleans to continue Hurricane Katrina rebuilding. I am once…
Looking back on NOLA 2012
A week ago today I was experiencing my last full day in New Orleans on one of Saint Rose’s alternate spring break trips. The trip was amazing– and hard to describe. Actually, this is probably the hardest part of the trip (aside from coming back)- describing what I’ve just experienced. Having gone on the trip last year, I’ve twice now…
Return to NOLA
As this blog post goes live, I will be in an airplane on my way to New Orleans. Yes, I’m traveling there during the College’s spring break. So, you might be thinking, “Woo! Lucky lady- spring break in NOLA!” And that is TOTALLY how I feel…but we may be thinking about this in different ways. I’m taking part, for the…