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USA Trip of the University of Applied Science Magdeburg-Stendal

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Day 14 – Time to say goodbye

Today is the day – the official last day in America After four of us, including me, ordered an Uber and drove about half an hour to Dulles Airport, waiting began. Although the four of us flew on three different planes, we wanted to share an Uber to save money.   ... Read More

by Va St • November 4, 2022
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Day 13: Farewell ODU / Tour to DC

Time flies way too fast … It’s already time to say goodbye to Norfolk, the ODU and our new friends. After having breakfast in our hotel for the last time, we started driving towards Washington at 10 am. Having some stops planned during our ride, we chose to take another   ... Read More

by Va St • September 23, 2022
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Day 12: Almost as fast as light

What happens when a group, mostly consisting of German design students and students of economics, meet physics? It sparks excitement and cluelessness! Today we visited the famous Jefferson Laboratories in Newport News. We started our tour at the „Applied Research Center“ by meeting Professor Dr. Helmut Baumgart. He is a   ... Read More

by Va St • September 22, 2022
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Day 11 – Printing presses and aircraft carriers

The day began with a class in the ODU’s printing room. We were invited to a letter printing module, so we had the great opportunity to explore designing prints by hand instead of digital. The traditional press was a highlight for us designers. We were free to work with old   ... Read More

by Va St • September 21, 2022
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Day 10 – Campus activitys and O’Connors Brewery

Today we had another campus day. For the designers among us, it started in the morning with a course on design history. The professor xxx was very entusiatic and the course was exciting. We learned a lot about the origins of typography and printing. For the business students there was   ... Read More

by Va St • September 20, 2022
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Day 9 – What would you vote for – campus, hotel or retirement home?

Our first week has already passed. Time flies so fast. That’s why we have planned lots of further activities for today. We started at the Hixon Arts Studio, which is located directly across the road from our hotel, and took us only about five minutes to walk. There we were   ... Read More

by Va St • September 19, 2022
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Day 8 – Weekend activity: Outer Banks / Air Show

Sunday, Funday – Here we go On Sunday our group decided to split due to different plans. Therefore I‘ll be able to tell you about two very exciting stories. Our first group went to the Outer Banks. All further information will be based on the individual stories i got told   ... Read More

by Va St • September 18, 2022
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Day 7 – Touchdown! Battle of the rivals and we were in the middle of it.

The students of ODU told us that their university will have a football game against the University of Virginia in Charlottesville on Saturday, September 17, and they would be very happy if we would go to watch the game as well. We were allowed to make our own plans on   ... Read More

by Va St • September 17, 2022
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Day 6 – About Spaceflight and Time-Traveling

Disclaimer:This post was written by a true space-flight enthusiast. So be aware that some parts of this blogpost might be highly influenced when writing about anything aerospace related. After the delicious Indian food, the night before (being one of the only healthy meal options on this trip so far) I   ... Read More

by Va St • September 16, 2022
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Day 5 – Shark Tank – Business Start in 7 Hours

3 Teams, 3 Ideas, 3 Pitches – who will get the award for the best business idea? We started today with a big challenge ahead of us, we had only one day to come up with an idea for a startup, but we were not alone. We teamed up with   ... Read More

by Va St • September 15, 2022
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Day 4 – First Day at Old Dominion

Old Dominion University – Campus Tour The day started with an unspectacular, but very mediocre breakfast and continued with a small discussion of the lectures. Afterwards, we got a campus tour at Old Dominion University, conveniently located next to the hotel. Our tour guide, an exclusively backwards Greek, gave us   ... Read More

by Va St • September 14, 2022
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Day 3 – From Washington Post to George Washington University to Norfolk

Last Breakfast Our last day in Washington started pretty early. The plan – head to the Washington Post Entrepreneurial Event and then off to Norfolk! So while most of us made our way to the metro after the inhumanly early breakfast, Oli, Daniel and Michael went to the airport, to   ... Read More

by Va St • September 13, 2022
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Day 2 – A Day full of Rides

Day 2, September 12th After breakfast and the last final meetings, we went in groups, to go to the Capital Bike Station, where we picked up our rental bikes. After that, we went one by one to the sights by bike despite the “bad” cloudy/rainy weather. Because of the Day   ... Read More

by Va St • September 12, 2022
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Day 1 – We finally made it!

After an exhausting 2 years of COVID-19 and canceling our VAST trip 4 times, we finally are back at it again. Well – most of us. Of our original 14 people, 12 made it. Never the less, we were excited and got ready for the journey! 40 Hours of traveling?   ... Read More

by Va St • September 11, 2022
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Day 0 – Let’s go to the USA!

Hello! You just landed on the first blog entry of our Virginia Academic Spring Trip 2022. From September 11- 25 we will visit the east coast of the USA. Our long-planned and repeatedly postponed trip is finally starting. Despite the long wait and the uncertain and unpredictable pandemic situation, we   ... Read More

by Swantje van de Ven • September 4, 2022
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A Trip to America

For the fourth time students of the University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal get the opportunity to have look around at an American University. Once again students of the University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal have participated in the Virginia-Academy-Spring-Trip and were able to gain insights into America’s economy, research, history and   ... Read More

by VAST 19 • Mai 3, 2019