Dr. Lori

Friday 12/04/2015 Amanda Dickey

         Our last day here in Holland was first spent at the University during our final feedback session, then we had the rest of the day free to do as we pleased. Most of us split up in Amsterdam, some went sight-seeing or window-shopping, others stayed out late enjoying the nightlife and a few of us visited the Van Gogh Museum… I was one of these people.

         The Van Gogh Museum was INCREDIBLE! When Dr. Lori and I were first discussi...

Thursday 12/3/2015 Eddie Socker

         Last night after the presentation were over and after everyone had a wonderful dinner at the Italian restaurant in Alkmaar all of us we out for a bit to see the town at night. We took the 11:00 bus back to where we are staying and when we got back everyone wanted to hang out for a little bit. After hopping to around a few different bungalows we settled down in the Norwegians bungalow where Marius and I played the guitar and ukulele an...

Wednesday 12/2/2015 Dr. Lori

 Today was presentation day. Every year I am amazed at the creativity and energy that goes into presenting the research.  Each group chooses the method to present what they have found through their research the range this year was an original song to start the presentation, a video, a psycho drama and games.  The day was topped off with all the students and faculty headed to dinner at our favorite Italian restaurant in Alkmaar.  The beauty of the...

12/1/2015—Jamie Moores-Lank

My first time on a plane, my first time on a bus and today was my first time on a train! Today was a great day spent with new friends! We worked on our research presentations to have them ready for our big day tomorrow of presenting; As the only mentor I spent today bouncing from place to place. I know they will be great because everyone has worked so hard on them. After working all day we spent the evening in Amsterdam exploring and taking all ...

The last day of November was spent as our first day in our groups face to face.

 Sitting for the first time as a large group we played a Who Am I game, where we got to know something about at least 18 people from our Crossing Borders Group. Hobbies, pets, family, goals and anything that person felt was important to share. It was nice to be able to say hello to just about everyone in all the groups.

We then were able to break into our small groups, where we were asked to make a ...

Day one for the Americans by Regan Davenport:

We arrived in Amsterdam ahead of schedule. The clean air, the clean stores even in the airport, instantly took us aback and of course the drive out to the bungalow was incredible. Before we even saw where we were going to be staying, or meeting anyone from Germany Norway and Jessica of the Netherlands in person, the drive from the airport was beautiful. I didn’t mind even as tired as I was for the detour letting the second van ...

A huggggeeeee thank you to Janine and her lovely family for welcoming us into her home and hosting all of us (15+) at her families' holiday dinner! Her family made us a traditional Dutch winter time meal of boerenkoolstamppot (cabbage with mashed potatoes and bacon), Hutspot (carrots, onion, potatoes and bacon), Zuurkoolstamppot (sour kraut, potatoes and bacon), and Rookworst (smoked sausage). And to top it off, a Dutch dessert called vlaflep and one...

Blog post - Melissa Brown: Today we had a very busy day! We worked in our groups this morning to finalize our presentations. We ate lunch together at school and began out presentations around 2pm. The presentations were both funny and interesting! The topics were about social work, immigration and autism. Afterwards we American students and mentors went to Amsterdam by train. The buildings were so beautiful and were decorated with many lights for Christmas. Of course we checked out the red li...