2008 Woodie Awards
Hit the Road Jack
Career Center sponsors Spring Break roadtrips for Messiah student teams
Samatha Moore
Issue date: 4/2/08 Section: News
The questions "How was your spring break?" and "Did you go anywhere?" plagued mostly every student the day he or she returned. For some of us, "I just went home" grew tiresome to say. But for four teams of ambitious college students, "I hit the road and Messiah College paid for it" never grew dull.
Over Spring Break this year, fifteen students participated in the 2008 Hit the Road program sponsored by the Career Center. Divided up into four teams, they toured the east coast and explored various career fields of interest. Teams Tour de Farm, Sigma Sigma Wamma, City Scamper, and Med-Search kept blog pages so their families and fellow peers could keep up-to-date with their travels.
The purpose of the Hit the Road program "is to provide students with an opportunity to explore career fields of interest in a hands-on, meaningful way," says the Messiah College Career Center. It is a chance to delve into different vocations while spending quality time with friends. Over spring break, these four bands of road-trippers got to do just that.
Team Sigma Sigma Wamma consisted of three senior roommates- Juliette Goodman, Rebecca Ryan, and Julianne Smartt. Their journey took them to Jacksonville, Florida to interview teachers and church directors in the area. Smartt says economic development, children's ministry in large churches, elementary education, and Young Life urban ministry were the disciplines they had the chance to explore. "To find out what motivates people to do what they do" is what Smartt says fueled her to participate.
Team Tour de Farm traveled by bike and visited a variety of organic farms in the region. They journeyed 95 miles in a five day span. After visiting Goldfinch Farm, Everblossom Farm, and Shared Earth Farm CSA, the team says they learned a great deal during their tour: "Each one taught us an important lesson about organic farming and Community Supported Agriculture," they say. In addition to important lessons, these farms provided inspiration to team members because they discovered people's passions for farming, not just the farms themselves.
Over Spring Break this year, fifteen students participated in the 2008 Hit the Road program sponsored by the Career Center. Divided up into four teams, they toured the east coast and explored various career fields of interest. Teams Tour de Farm, Sigma Sigma Wamma, City Scamper, and Med-Search kept blog pages so their families and fellow peers could keep up-to-date with their travels.
The purpose of the Hit the Road program "is to provide students with an opportunity to explore career fields of interest in a hands-on, meaningful way," says the Messiah College Career Center. It is a chance to delve into different vocations while spending quality time with friends. Over spring break, these four bands of road-trippers got to do just that.
Team Sigma Sigma Wamma consisted of three senior roommates- Juliette Goodman, Rebecca Ryan, and Julianne Smartt. Their journey took them to Jacksonville, Florida to interview teachers and church directors in the area. Smartt says economic development, children's ministry in large churches, elementary education, and Young Life urban ministry were the disciplines they had the chance to explore. "To find out what motivates people to do what they do" is what Smartt says fueled her to participate.
Team Tour de Farm traveled by bike and visited a variety of organic farms in the region. They journeyed 95 miles in a five day span. After visiting Goldfinch Farm, Everblossom Farm, and Shared Earth Farm CSA, the team says they learned a great deal during their tour: "Each one taught us an important lesson about organic farming and Community Supported Agriculture," they say. In addition to important lessons, these farms provided inspiration to team members because they discovered people's passions for farming, not just the farms themselves.
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