A group of Business Scholars Eccles Ambassadors were fortunate enough to travel to Guatemala to study entrepreneurship in developing economies over Spring Break. Over the course of the semester they had been taking a class on this subject taught by Professor Alejandra Rivas de Perez, who recently emigrated from Guatemala. The students spent ten days in Guatemala doing case studies, exploring, and getting to know the culture and the people. [...]
Editor's Note: The David Eccles School of Business Ambassadors traveled to Guatemala for a cultural experience during Spring Break 2016. This is a series of 12 journal entries detailing their experiences. This experience is written by Claire Harless and Michelle Van Bui. Day 11 (March 21): Claire Harless: The next morning, we woke up with some last-minute shopping. We darted straight to the jade shop. [...]
Editor's Note: The David Eccles School of Business Ambassadors traveled to Guatemala for a cultural experience during Spring Break 2016. This is a series of 12 journal entries detailing their experiences. This experience is written by Erica Savage. Day 10 (March 20): On Sunday, we were able to wake up and see sawdust rugs laid out on the streets of Antigua. They were incredibly colorful and [...]
Editor's Note: The David Eccles School of Business Ambassadors traveled to Guatemala for a cultural experience during Spring Break 2016. This is a series of 12 journal entries detailing their experiences. This experience is written by Nathan Johnson & McCall Longson. Day 9 (March 19): Nathan Johnson: Our third-to-last day we spent at Lake Atitlan. Atitlan means "place of many waters," and the lake itself covers [...]
Editor's Note: The David Eccles School of Business Ambassadors traveled to Guatemala for a cultural experience during Spring Break 2016. This is a series of 12 journal entries detailing their experiences. This experience is written by Tyler Petrowski. Day 8 (March 18): One of the best days of the trip was the Friday before we left. After studying at UFM in the morning, we packed [...]
Editor's Note: The David Eccles School of Business Ambassadors traveled to Guatemala for a cultural experience during Spring Break 2016. This is a series of 12 journal entries detailing their experiences. This experience is written by Claire Harless. Day 7 (March 17): This morning we went back to UFM to start working on the Tigo case study. We separated into four teams of four. On [...]
Editor's Note: The David Eccles School of Business Ambassadors traveled to Guatemala for a cultural experience during Spring Break 2016. This is a series of 12 journal entries detailing their experiences. This experience is written by Michelle Van Bui. Day 6 (March 16):We began our Wednesday morning at UFM and participated in a ropes course with the Guatemalan students. We took part in team-building activities [...]
Editor's Note: The David Eccles School of Business Ambassadors traveled to Guatemala for a cultural experience during Spring Break 2016. This is a series of 12 journal entries detailing their experiences. This experience was written by Tyler Petrowski. Day 5 (March 15): On Tuesday, we had the opportunity to meet eight students at Universidad of Francisco Marroquin and tour the university. This was such an [...]
Editor's Note: The David Eccles School of Business Ambassadors traveled to Guatemala for a cultural experience during Spring Break 2016. This is a series of 12 journal entries detailing their experiences. This experience is written by Ryan Herman. We began the day at 4 a.m. once again, with early starts seeming to become the standard for the trip, and loaded our bus for the long [...]
Editor's Note: The David Eccles School of Business Ambassadors traveled to Guatemala for a cultural experience during Spring Break 2016. This is a series of 12 journal entries detailing their experiences. This experience was written by Truman Ballard. Day 3 (March 13): Growing up seeing pictures of ancient archeological sites, I never thought that one day I would actually be able to see them [...]