By Ally Barth Twenty hours of travel later, we stepped off the plane to a harmonious chorus of “Happy Birthday!” Of course, it was nobody’s birthday, but our South African companions were passionate about properly welcoming us to their country, American-style. After one intensive week hard at work, we finally Read more…
By Kayla Vestergaard – Logistics Manager at Addditive Addditive (3D’s for 3D Printing) is an NU student-led program to teach 3D printing to high schoolers. It began last spring, when the Social Enterprise Institute (SEI) and American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) dreamt of teaching students how to 3D print Read more…
By Charlotte Fall Over spring break, students from Northeastern traveled to Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic to work with Project Esperanza – an organization that serves the Haitian refugee population through education, social aid, and community development. This population migrated to Puerto Plata in search of opportunities to help Read more…
By Alejandra & Vanessa Pena A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step… -Lao Tzu We could trace our first step back to Cuenca, the city where we were born, a valley in the core of the Andes mountains in Ecuador. Our desire for exploration and the Read more…
By Sule Sahin “Tuani!” (Nicaraguan slang for “cool”) was the best way to describe my experience in Nicaragua. This past May, the Northeastern University buildOn Chapter was able to send three of their students there to break ground on a school. I was lucky to be one of the three. Read more…
By Ritika Kumbharkar I had never been exposed to community service until I moved to India at age 13 after living outside of India my entire life. It has been the best gift that India has given me. I absolutely love volunteering because it brings me so much joy and Read more…