Jessie Voigts's Blog, page 76
June 2, 2021
Chantel Young: #CommunityCollegeBecause … it is a financially savvy investment for your future
Chantel Young earned an Associate’s Degree in Business Management (2020) from the Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC) and a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing from Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP). She was a member of the first cohort of students to serve an internship at Rivers Casino (2016). Chantel quickly emerged from Marketing Intern to Players Club Representative, Marketing Representative, and Guest Services Specialist. She was furloughed in Mar...
May 21, 2021
A Guide to Booking Flights on a Budget
When traveling on a budget, a good start is to start with finding a flight to your destination. Flights are always the most considerable single expense in a travel budget. Knowing where to look for and booking inexpensive flights at any time and from any location will save quite a lot of money...allowing you to travel for longer!
Here are our 10 best hacks for finding and booking flights on a budget.
1. Be flexible
Suppose you w...
May 19, 2021
Intercultural Competence Conference CFP
The Intercultural Competence Conference is organized by the Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy (CERCLL) at the University of Arizona. It will take place January 27-30, 2022 in Tucson, Arizona, and online.
Proposal Submission Deadline: June 4, 2021, 11:59 pm (PST).
In January 2022, the eighth Intercultural Competence Conference will be a hybrid event on the theme of Decentering Mobility in Intercultural Education: E...
May 17, 2021
Constellations: Patricia Leavy's Second Must-Read Book This Year
This is a popular refrain about author Patricia Leavy: She's done it again!
Having just written that about her book Twinkle a few months ago (and about her book Shooting Stars last summer), I hadn't expected to write it again so soon. And yet...it's an honest statement that rings true, including for her latest book, Constellations. It might be some sort of record for goodness, because, as with every book she writes, I couldn't put it down. It's a story of family (...
Words and Wisdom: Songs of Change
Music for shifting times is what we decided to name this series, back several years ago. Circumstances continue to shift, in political situations, in nature, in personal lives, in what happens day to day. In the music, there are several sorts of change, and several ways musicians have thought about and created ideas around them.
Carrie Newcomer reflects on what being in the midst of change feels like, in her song The Clean Edge of Change. Whatever sort of change...
May 14, 2021
22.33 Stories: Curing Homesickness in a Hurricane with Salma Oubkkou
Featuring first-person stories of people finding themselves in the middle of a culture that is foreign to them; each week, 22.33 will deliver interesting tales from people who share how they were able to create mutual understanding through cultural exchange.
Based in South Carolina to teach Arabic to American university students, Salma Oubkkou found herself in the path of a major hurricane—and completely new weather phenomenon to her. Her ex...
Food Tours Kelowna Launches The Okanagan Food Show Podcast
As they await a full re-opening of our beloved BC food scene, Food Tours Kelowna has taken it upon themselves to keep supporting local with The Okanagan Food Show podcast (available on Apple, Google, Spotify, iHeart Radio and more podcast platforms). Murissa and Taryn Shalapata, co-founders of Food Tours Kelowna and sisters, provide unfiltered banter about local eats, drinks, and interview the unique personalities behind the Okanagan food and wine scene.
Food Tou...
May 13, 2021
The shapes of the magical northern lights
From my "backyard" at Sortland, Vesterålen, Arctic Norway, just a 3 to 30 min drive from my home.
Here are some of Benny's articles - and photos - from Norway:
Beautiful Winter Auroras from Hognfjorden, Vesterålen, Norway
How to Photograph Northern Lights
Norway's Dancing Auroras and Coronas
May 12, 2021
Read This: Hidden Gems of the Northern Great Lakes: A Trail and Paddling Guide
We are SO excited to share an extraordinary new book by writer, photographer, and paddler Madeline Marquardt, entitled Hidden Gems of the Northern Great Lakes: A Trail and Paddling Guide. She has worked as a sea kayaking guide in the Apostle Islands, English teacher in Armenia, and paddled and hiked extensively throughout the Lake Superior Region and state of Michigan.
You've read our interview with her about her Peace Corps experience in Armenia, as well as h...
May 11, 2021
Travel is about the Journey: Climbing Kilimanjaro
More people have climbed Kilimanjaro than one might imagine. I asked everyone I could what they knew about Kili. After much well-intended but useless advice, Sue, a client of mine, provided some crucial tips: “It’s freezing on the top. Bring the warmest clothes you have.” She shivered in remembrance.
Next, “The food is lousy.” Sherpas would carry our gear, she said, and we’d only need a day pack. Finally, “you must go slowly because of the altitude. It was toug...
