This past week we visited the famous “Last Supper” mural. I sent my mother a picture and she was astonished. Mainly by the mural itself, but also because 40 years ago she stood in my exact same spot, looking at the exact same mural. It was incredible to make this connection with my mother, as my family has a running history of traveling Europe, and visiting some of the world’s most unique spots. Furthermore, the church right next to the mural was fascinating. The interior design was something that I

 

had never seen before, and again, after sending a picture to my mom, she was left speechless. We then traveled to a local cafe where I was presented with possibly the best croissant/coffee I’ve ever had. It’s funny sometimes how this stuff works, I’ve been noticing that the small little hole-in-the-wall style cafes are the ones that serve the best coffee. Later on this week, we also visited the canals right near our apartment to walk around and enjoy the view.

The internship that I was placed in, Circularity, has been something that I’ve never experienced before. At first, I was a little nervous to have my first full week of work, however my coworkers made the office feel like home. Furthermore, I am genuinely very interested as to what Circularity does as a company. They are focussed on the circular economy, and the push toward termination of waste as a whole. This week I was tasked to analyze their business model, and benchmark with winning business models of successful B2B companies in the United States. My insight is what I will be presenting to the Circularity team. This gives me the opportunity to feel pressure in the workplace, and adapt to change in an environment that I’ve never been exposed to.

Corporate Social Responsibility is a subject that I’ve just been recently introduced to. However I would argue that this is one of the best classes I’ve gotten to take as a part of Lehigh. Not only is CSR just an interesting topic to study, but the format of Professor Gupta’s class is perfect for the kind of discussion that occurs within the course. Most classes at Lehigh I will not participate if I think that my answer is wrong, however for some reason this class encourages all opinions to be spoken. I would actually argue that being wrong is better than being right in this class. For example, this week we discussed the educational system of rising corporate CEO’s and how the system in which they go through may have weaknesses. In specific this subject allowed me to learn the maximum, due to the open discussion format that encourages students to participate and actively engage in the subject.