03.03.2012
Tackling the worldwide issue of hunger is a daunting task, one the Center for Student Leadership, Ethics & Public Service is actively working towards. We hope to accomplish our mission to eradicate hunger through our partnerships with Stop Hunger Now, departments throughout the NCSU community and Universities Fighting World Hunger. In the year 2012, the
03.12.2011
by Team Nicaragua Thursday, March 10, 2011 The following blog entry has been taken from an assignment during Thursday’s team reflection. Members were asked to write a short note summing up this week’s experience for them personally. Each anonymous note was read by a different teammate. Only the authors know which quote is their own
03.11.2011
by Team Nicaragua Thursday, March 10, 2011 The following blog entry has been taken from an assignment during Thursday’s team reflection. Members were asked to write a short note summing up this week’s experience for them personally. Each anonymous note was read by a different teammate. Only the authors know which quote is their own
03.10.2011
Photos from Nicaragua are available for viewing at the CSLEPS gallery.
03.10.2011
by Natasha Tinsley Wednesday, March 9, 2011 The team is having a great time in El Sauce and the community San Nicolas. Our days are full of sun and sweat but some of us somehow have enough energy to play soccer with the kids in the town after work. For me personally, this trip has
03.09.2011
by Marisa Akers Tuesday, March 8, 2011 When we get back to the hotel after working all day, we’re completely gross. Shoveling sand, moving bricks, mixing cement, sawing rebar and digging in the dirt leaves us with sore muscles and covered in sweat-streaked red, brown and grey dust. There’s no point in trying to put
03.08.2011
by Jared Hostetler Monday, March 7, 2011 I first and foremost apologize for any poor grammar and/or spelling. We have been in the Nicaraguan sun and speaking Spanish since daybreak. If anything I say doesn’t make sense, that’s why ;] “Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required.” These words have
03.08.2011
By Brenna Farley Sunday, March 6, 2011 The Pacific Ocean is unlike the beaches on the Atlantic or in the Caribbean. There is an energy here that is both foreign and comforting. The waves rise with intense diligence and surround their would-be conquerors in a cave of glass. Spectators are gently drawn in before being
03.06.2011
by Roger Winstead Sunday, March 5, 2011 A few faces, serious and tense, looked out over the treetops spread under the paired steel wires. Brains raced trying to remember the instructions heard only moments before – “Strong hand brakes, weak hand holds the tether – or was it the other way around?” Eyes darted around,
03.05.2011
by Roger Winstead Saturday, March 5, 2011 One of the really neat things about this year’s trip to Nicaragua is having a Nicaraguan traveling with the team and having the unique opportunity to visit his home in Managua. Gerzan Nuñez had not seen his family in 22 months. After coming to the United States and
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