Dominican Republic

Engineering service tripMay 23-30, 2015

Ut Prosim

History

• July 2010:

– My first visit (mainly medical)

• November 2014:

– Groundbreaking for new clinic

• 7 trips: most with student teams

• May 2015

– Inaugural Virginia Tech group!

Engineering – Water

– Power

– Structural

Power

Tour of latrines

Tropical Storm Emily

Inaugural Virginia Tech trip

• May 23 – 30, 2015

• (most likely) Roanoke – Santo Domingo

• Cost: approximately $1750 (including everything)

• Construction

• Work with teachers, possibly kids in school

• Visit English class

• Interested? Sign up on circulating sheets

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.

Blogs:

• http://straley.solidrockinternational.org/posts/uncatego

rized/33-food-challenge-conclusion/

• http://freshmenwithoutborders.blogspot.com/

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Inaugural Virginia Tech trip

• May 23 – 30, 2015

• (most likely) Roanoke – Santo Domingo

• Cost: approximately $1750 (including everything)

• Construction

• Work with teachers, possibly kids in school

• Visit English class

• Interested? Sign up on circulating sheets