Bryan Ogork
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Cuba has a planned-socialist economy and its main source of revenue at the moment is tourism and the export of healthcare services, which it does by sending physicians, nurses, and healthcare technicians to nations like Venezuela and Brazil. Gone are the days of sugar and tobacco being the main income source. Rather, the nation now…
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One of my favorite parts of this trip was seeing Blair Castle while traveling from Inverness to Edinburgh. The rich history is so perfectly preserved. Every room was set up exactly as it would have been hundreds of years ago. The amount of detail in the stitching of the tapestries to the floor-to-ceiling portraits of…
Posted in: Faculty-led, Maymester, Program type, Scotland, Semester, Youth Engagement in Agriculture -
As part of our study abroad in Scotland, we spent the half of the trip teaching agriculture to students in a rural, primary school. Being a first year student, I am still considering a few career paths, one of which being education. So, I was thrilled to have the opportunity to teach in any form,…
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After a long night of packing and repacking all of my possessions for 2 weeks into a (much too small) backpack, the day was finally upon us; Friday, June 3rd, 2022 was the day we were boarding a 8 ½ hour flight to the United Kingdom! Being a student who has lived internationally before, in…
Posted in: Faculty-led, Maymester, Program type, Scotland, Semester, Youth Engagement in Agriculture -
With current movements and urbanization around the world, many farmers are facing issues where they have no one to take over their farms which means that farmers get old and cannot work the land anymore, forcing them to sell. During this trip we got the opportunity to speak with Usmani, a tobacco farmer who expressed…
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To understand Cuba, you need to get a better feel of its demographic and general geography. Cuba is a long and narrow island located at the intersection of the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Caribbean Sea. Spanning about 43,000 square miles, the island contains vast areas of farmland, mountainous and another highland…
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We had the opportunity to learn about Tourism and Cultural Heritage management with Dr. Indounas. This lecture was personally my favorite from the whole course because it was very question and answer heavy which helped me learn more. First we started off with the basics, what is management? Management does not have one single definition…
Posted in: Faculty-led, Greece, Maymester, Program type, Semester, The Case of the Greek Financial Crisis