Background piano music, place cards and everyone is wearing their nicest clothes – our departure meal with the president of W&J, John C. Knapp, was truly impressive. After everyone finished ironing their shirts, putting on make-up and taking some pictures for the photo album, we all went to the ballroom of W&J together. There we… Read More FORMAL DEPARTURE MEAL WITH THE PRESIDENT.
The last two days of class we worked on two projects in our sustainability class. The first one was to create a campaign to promote the city of Pittsburgh and to attract young adults from 19-32 years by using at least two different media channels. We should be as creative as possible. The second project… Read More FINAL PROJECTS.
87 billion barrels of oil equivalent – this is the amount of natural gas the Marcellus shale contains. Since W&J College is located in Pennsylvania, a state with this large shale gas deposit, Fracking is a contemporary issue around here. Therefore, the topic was part of our sustainability course with Corey Young. After learning about… Read More FRACKING IN PENNSYLVANIA.
We started our sustainability class by researching and presenting the geography and demography of different Pennsylvanian counties in groups. It turned out that most of the people in the counties identify as White/Caucasian, have a relatively low household income (esp. in rural regions) and a high median age. Afterwards, we looked at the history of… Read More SUSTAINABILITY IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND ENGLISH CLASS.
Pittsburgh’s history as the well-known “steel city” started in the 1830’s and led to a constant growth in economic and population turning Pittsburgh into a booming center for America’s iron and steel production. The great amount of available jobs attracted people from all over the world to start a new life in the city. From… Read More FROM STEEL CITY TO TECH HUB.
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