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Continue reading →: Navajo Nation – Day 3By Samantha Evans Hi, my name is Samantha, and I’m a junior nursing student. This is my first ABST trip, and it truly is amazing! Today we got up early and drove from Phoenix to Tuba City, where we then met our guides, explored the Navajo Museum and saw the…
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Continue reading →: Navajo Nation – Day 4By Madeline Emerson Our fourth day in Tuba City, Az. started out like usual—breakfast at Hogan Restaurant and heading down to the church to pack our sack lunches and meet up with our hosts, Vanessa and Chaunupa, plus our other friends Bryan and Fox. The only difference today was we…
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Continue reading →: Navajo Nation – Day 2By Alanna Perez, ’26 Hello, my name is Alanna Perez. I am a senior nursing major at Gannon University. This is my very first experience on an ABST with Gannon’s Center for Social Concerns. I am currently on the Navajo Nation trip in Arizona. The first day of our trip…
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Continue reading →: Washington D.C. – Day 2Hey Gannon, coming to you from our ABST Washington D.C. trip, this is Leah Huston and Maddy Vergona. We are both criminal justice majors on our first ABST trip, and we are so excited to share our day with you. Today we woke at 6 a.m., started the day off…
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Continue reading →: Washington D.C. – Day 1Hi Gannon from ABST Washington DC Trip! This is Chantel Leroy. I am an adult student. I am in my second year as a Legal Studies major. This is actually my ABST first trip, and here with me is Mrs. Brenda Abreu-Baker, SSS staff, checking in with you guys. We…
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Continue reading →: Dreams Series: Move for Tomorrow – The Story of Irati ArzalluzAt Gannon University, we believe in the power of dreams—not just as aspirations, but as actions. In the newest episode of the Dreams Series, titled “Move for Tomorrow”, we spotlight a student whose dream is in motion every day, in every stroke, every step, and every goal she pursues. Meet Irati Arzalluz, a…
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Continue reading →: Merida – Day 7Before traveling, we stopped by Café Macchiato for a quick breakfast and coffee, enjoying a delicious meal. Afterward, we returned to Casa Blanca for a final clean-up, ensuring we left the space just as we found it as a sign of respect to our hosts. Once everything was tidied up,…
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Continue reading →: Merida – Day 6Today was truly special. We started our day at a daycare where children ranging from 3 months to 4 years old filled the room with laughter and curiosity. We paired up with each little one—playing with them, watching them explore and even helping during snack time. Their genuine smiles and…
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Continue reading →: Merida – Day 3Hello from Merida! We began the day with service. Our main project was painting a stage at the daycare and cleaning off the roof of the after school program building. For the stage, part of our group primed and painted the stage white, which was previously blue. The other part…
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Continue reading →: Guatemala – Day 603/07/25 – Guatemala 2025 We started our day off at 4:30 a.m. with a hike up the side of a volcano to see the sunrise, where only one of us got hurt. After that amazing start, we went back to the mission for the breakfast of champions, pancakes and black…
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