Intersession Courses in 2024 Minority-owned Small Businesses: What barriers exist for minority-owned businesses, and how have minority and marginalized entrepreneurs influenced their industries? Murals, Street Art & Politics: How does street art amplify community values and empower the underrepresented? The Living Bay: What impact do humans have on the complex ecosystem of San Francisco Bay? Restaurant Battles: What does it take to create a compelling and profitable dining experience? The Legal System: What can we learn about the legal system through attending real trials? Sports Management: How do you turn a love of sports into a sustainable business? Bikes & Burritos: What does the urban biker need to know about routes, repairs, road safety, and taquerias? The Future of Transportation: What are the most exciting innovations and solutions addressing today’s transportation challenges?
students to full days of manual labor: clearing, building, and maintaining trails, planting endangered plant species, pouring concrete roofs, digging house foundations, and building retaining walls. Add language barriers, an intense tropical climate, and startling socio-economic conditions and the boys can’t help but be in a different headspace from the more familiar comforts of a classroom. In 2023, Kian Perrone ’23 gained new perspective through his efforts to help rebuild homes and clear forest paths. “The trip really showed the effect that my hard work can have on the lives of people,” he reflects. “Even the smallest help and gesture of kindness can make someone’s day.” “We work side by side with the people who benefit from our efforts,” says Corrigan. “We share meals with them.
As such, the boys make connections and form bonds with the community members. They come to see that the work, although strenuous, can be a conduit for building community and profound connection. And they learn to depend on classmates and teachers in a new way and see each other in a new light.” R&G About the Author: A former magazine editor and journalist, Megan Wyman is a freelance writer, currently (re)writing a Young Adult novel while taking on editorial projects for a small coterie of clients on the side. During her “copious free time,” she loves cheering on her son, Thorne ’23, whether it’s from the bleachers of a baseball field or the back row of a theater, and visiting her college-age daughter in New York.
Intersession 2024: The Living Bay
2024–2025 red & gold | 15
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