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Amanda Borges and Sierra Crook traveled to Guatemala and Nicaragua on ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ faculty-led service trips.

Borges in Guatemala

Junior Amanda Borges spent part of January intercessionÌýstudying local history, culture and social issues in Panajachel, Guatemala.

They certainly spend a lot of time serving as members of the ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ volleyball team, but juniorsÌýÌý²¹²Ô»åÌýÌýspent their winter break doing a different kind of serving–serving others. The pair traveled to locations in Central America for two weeks to learn more about the cultures of the region, while also working alongside others to give back to the communities that hosted them.

Borges (pictured, with a group of Guatemalan children) one of of 20 ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ students who participated in on one of the University’s service learning trips to Guatemala during the week of January 9–16, 2016.

Crook, an environmental studies major, traveled to Managua, Nicaragua for two weeks and worked on an organic farm while taking Spanish lessons from the locals in the area.

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For further information, please contact:

Todd Wilson
Strategic Communications DirectorÌý
p – 516.237.8634
e – twilson@adelphi.edu

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