CBU students of all kinds have been impacted in one way or the next by this past weekend\u2019s festivities. Whether they participated or had their ears talked off by a roommate who did, all have been stunned by CBU\u2019s ability to put on the experience of a lifetime.<\/p>\n
As I am making huge life changes by getting married this summer, I decided against participating in this year\u2019s ISP adventures, and thus did not have the opportunity to participate in what we call \u201cITW\u201d this past weekend. However, since I do work for Conferences and Events, it\u2019s always my privilege to know the ins and outs of every event, including the top secret ones!<\/p>\n
That being said, this event and its happenings are<\/em> meant to be top secret, so that each year\u2019s round of participants receive the full element of surprise, so I\u2019ll share only the little that I know everyone\u2019s heard by now.<\/p>\n Essentially, ITW is meant to full equip ISP students for what could possibly be coming during their service project this summer. Students pack their luggage, grab their passports, and head over to the Kugel, which C&E has made to look like an airport\u2026 giant signs with terminal numbers and take off times and all. After checking their luggage and \u201cflying\u201d to their destinations, students begin the real fun.<\/p>\n During the next two days, students camp out on the ground, eat a minimal diet, and learn to deal physically and emotionally with situations they\u2019ve never had to, all the while experiencing a deeply emotional and spiritual bond with their teammates. CBU employs the hands of psychologists, actors, mind-blowing props, and more to put on this intense few days, which is why it\u2019s called Intensive Training Weekend.<\/p>\n All in all, good luck finding another school as passionate about making sure their students are fully and wholeheartedly prepared to serve overseas!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" CBU students of all kinds have been impacted in one way or the next by this past weekend\u2019s festivities. Whether they participated or had their ears talked off by a roommate who did, all have been stunned by CBU\u2019s ability to put on the experience of a lifetime. As I am making huge life changes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1003"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1004,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003\/revisions\/1004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}