Position at Iowa: Associate Director, Student Recruitment, CLAS

• Led our class discussion every Monday to get us ready for our trip
• Did an excellent job preparing us for our trip and helped establish good team chemistry
• Pushed us to think beyond information presented and widen our scope and knowledge

Year: Junior

Major: Public Health, planning to go into Nursing

• Planned every detail of the trip, organized our service with each organization, planned our cultural day and provided information on each site we visited
• Overall went above and beyond anything expected to ensure the trip was the best it could possibly be while also being our backbone in terms of relationship building and our learning experience

Year: Sophomore

Major/Minor: Human Physiology and Public Health

Hometown: Marion, Iowa

Favorite Memory of the Trip: Forming connections with all the incredible people on the trip and seeing the beauty in all the small moments with everyone we worked with.

Biggest Takeaway: Its amazing what a person can gain by letting their walls down and opening up. Life is a team sport, take care of one another and the rest will work itself out.

Photo creds: Mackenzie Michele Conlon

Year: Senior

Major: Economics and Enterprise Leadership

Hometown: Iowa City, IA

Favorite Memory of the trip: Working in the mulch pile at Divinekinship

Biggest Takeaway: You can still have fun while making a positive difference in the world

Year: Junior

Major/Minor: Biomedical Engineering/German

Hometown: Bettendorf, IA

Favorite Memory of the trip: Playing dominos with Mac and the king of dominos at AIN. And winning!

Biggest Takeaway: Public health impacts everyone, but not-rich people are more in need of public resources

Year: Junior

Major: Biomedical Sciences, Global Health Studies

Hometown: Iowa City, IA

Favorite Memories of the trip: Playing dominoes (aka learning how to play dominoes) with Aaron and the King at AIN, learning from Ursula and Jessie and spending the day with the Earth at Divine Kinship.

Biggest Takeaway: Public health encompasses SO much. There are so many ways to use your skills and interests to get involved and make a difference.

Year: Sophomore

Major/Minor: Human Physiology Major on Pre-Med Track, Chemistry Minor

Hometown: Hoopeston, IL

Favorite Memory of the Trip: Spending time with the kids at Boys and Girls Club

Biggest Takeaway: The amount of time you spend somewhere does not matter as much as the impact you leave there

Year: Freshman

Major: Something in science

Hometown: Iowa City, IA

Favorite Memory of the Trip: Divine Kinship Mulch Pile Party

Biggest Takeaway: You don't have to do a lot to make a big difference for people. Just follow your passion and the rest will follow.

Year: Junior

Major: Neuroscience, Psychology Minor

Hometown: Sioux Falls, SD

Favorite Memory of the Trip: Playing soccer with the Boys and Girls Club kids and shilling my science agenda to them.

Biggest Takeaway: I came to realize that I am truly at home in a team environment, working together to make a meaningful difference in the lives of others'.

Year: Junior

Major: Journalism & Mass Communication, minor in Theatre Arts

Hometown: Waterloo, IA

Favorite Memory of the Trip: Pulling weeds at Divine Kinship and feeling closer to nature.

Biggest Takeaway: Public health is not purely scientific and it's important for everyone to have a basic understanding on how it affects our everyday lives.

Year: Junior

Major: Political Science with a minor in Rehabilitation Counseling Education

Hometown: Ursa, Illinois

Favorite Memory of the Trip: Meeting so many passionate and amazing individuals that are truly making a difference.

Biggest Takeaway: Anyone can make a difference by being present and truly caring for others unconditionally.