Student designs new Maymester trip to Trinidad

Gabriella DiPietro | Staff Writer 11/30/17 Duquesne University offers a plethora of opportunities for students interested in studying abroad, with programs lasting as short as 10 days or as long as five months in locations all around the world. One of these study abroad options is known as a Maymester, where students take classes for four weeks at the end of the spring semester in … Continue reading Student designs new Maymester trip to Trinidad

DU students go on safari in Tanzania

By Kaye Burnet | News Editor While many Duquesne students were getting ready to go home for the summer, nineteen students were instead packing their bags for a month-long trip to Africa as part of a new “Maymester” program. The students lived in Tanzania, a country in East Africa, where they stayed with Spiritan priests, delivered donated vitamins, toured national parks and even went on … Continue reading DU students go on safari in Tanzania