A Different Kind of Spring Break
By Silvana Vivas, Class of 2013 I’ve never gone on vacation for spring break. I’ve gone on H.O.P.E. trips every year since I arrived at Stonehill, but I decided to take a break now that it’s my senior...
View ArticleExperiencing Diversity Through Service
This post, written by Michael Stanton, is the fifth in a series of entries from Stonehill College’s Into the Streets team. Diversity at Stonehill has increased each year over the course of the four...
View ArticleGerman Adventures
Before leaving for abroad, I knew there were some countries I needed to get to…Spain…France…England…those few made the top of my list. I never really considered traveling to Germany, and honestly...
View ArticleService is Rejuvenating
This post, written by Steph Allen, is the sixth in a series of entries from Stonehill College’s Into the Streets team. Every Tuesday around 3:30 PM I walk into the Arts & Media Room at Heights...
View ArticleCoping with Post-Abroad Depression
Before I left to study abroad in Florence, Italy, I remember assuring myself: “It’s only 113 days, I’m sure it will go by fast.” I said this HOPING it would go by fast and that I would be back home...
View ArticleJust “Copen” with It: A Close Look into My Semester Abroad in Copenhagen,...
“You’re going to Copenhagen? Wait, where is that again? Why there?” During the months leading up to my nine-hour flight to Denmark, these were the typical responses that I received from friends and...
View ArticleExtending Hope: Part I
In March of 2012 I had the privilege of traveling to the Coachella Valley in California through Stonehill’s H.O.P.E. alternative spring break program. That week changed my life but one moment in...
View ArticleExtending Hope: Part III
While temperatures continue to soar above 100° and the air remains heavy and humid out here in the Coachella Valley, I suppose I have to trust the calendar that fall is almost upon us! I am now...
View ArticleNot Enough Time
In my first few weeks at Stonehill, I have met some pretty inspiring students, faculty, and staff. But, as the campus minister primarily tasked with helping run our Into the Streets service...
View ArticleExtending Hope: Part IV
October has arrived and so begins the last full month of my stay in the Coachella Valley. It is hard to believe my time is already winding down and I am also astonished by how quickly I have come to...
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