News & Stories

Student Trip Blogs

Each evening, the Student Leaders of the Day write a daily trip blog, sharing everything from funny moments and inside jokes to detailed recaps and deep reflections on their experiences. Family and friends back home leave supportive comments as they follow along. Explore some of our Alumni Interns’ favorite blogs from 2024 or search all student trip blogs below.

half circle
Student Trip

Day 13 Final Reflection (No. 6)

Hi families, friends, and our Global Glimpse supporters, I am so super honored to be your last LDD, and you can trust I will…
Student Trip

CAP Project: Execution Day One

What’s cooking scholars, today we took a break from activities and got our hands dirty. It wasn’t easy, in fact, we took it to…
Student Trip

Day 5- Free day!!

Buenas noches a todos!!! Today the glimpsers had an eventful day, starting with the bliss of sleeping in. #YayUs #Durmiendo! Today it was pajama…
Student Trip

Day 8: Working Like A Local/ Global Business

Hi! My name is Imogen and I was the leader for this coffee-themed day! After waking up and eating breakfast at 8:00 AM, the…
Student Trip

Return Flight Information: JA1D-LA

Hello family and friends of the JA1D-LA Global Glimpse delegation, We know you’re excited to see your Glimpsers, so we thought we would share…

Sign up for our newsletter or follow us on social media for the latest news and updates.

Student Trip

Free day! (No. 9)

Today we and our peers learned how to stay in groups while in an unknown area. Today what hit me the most was how…
Student Trip

Pachamanca!!

Hey y’all! It’s Jazzy and Ilán. We were the leaders of the day today, on Indigenous World Views Day. As leaders, we had to…
Student Trip

Day 2 Welcome orientation!

Good evening families!! GGLs Mary and Steph here to tell all y’all about our first day here in Riobamba! Our day started with a…
Student Trip

History Day (No. 2)

Hello friends and family, Today we learned more about Costa Rican history during our day in the city of Cartago. We enjoyed our breakfast…
Student Trip

Day 12: Free Day!!!

Today was a blast as we had a whole free day to ourselves as we came near the end of this trip. We have…