Deciding to travel throughout Europe for three weeks with a group of college students who you have never met before sounds pretty nerve racking, right? I thought the same thing when i decided to sign up for Eurotech, but I also knew I wanted to challenge myself and fully immerse myself into something that would have an academic aspect as well as give me a great opportunity to meet tons of other SU students who I most likely would not have gotten the chance to get so close with.
Even though we met a few times in our classes on campus, I didn’t feel that I really got a close bond with anyone till we got to JFK and were in full travel mode. I really enjoyed the excited of seeing everyone at the airport and reacquainting myself and all throughout our flight to london I felt that I had some great conversations with the people sitting around me. As the trip went on and I sat with different people and roomed with different people it really felt as if I very quickly got to know everyone better.
It was also interesting to learn everyone’s academic backgrounds and why they decided to go on this trip. It is not exclusive to iSchoolers, so it was exciting to hear that there were students of all majors who still were interested in iSchool related topics. After meeting everyone and spending lots of time and experiencing the craziness of traveling all over Europe in a short amount of time, I can definitely say this group of 28 will forever be some of my favorite people who I can share some great memories with.
EuroTech 2019 