{"id":1338,"date":"2012-11-07T15:53:10","date_gmt":"2012-11-07T21:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/?p=1338"},"modified":"2012-11-07T23:08:17","modified_gmt":"2012-11-08T05:08:17","slug":"coba-students-travel-to-silicon-valley-for-fall-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/2012\/11\/07\/coba-students-travel-to-silicon-valley-for-fall-break\/","title":{"rendered":"COBA and SITC Students Travel to Silicon Valley for Fall Break"},"content":{"rendered":"

While some ACU students spent their Fall Break at home with family and some went camping with friends, a few lucky students went on a trip organized by the Griggs Center for Entrepreneurship and Philanthropy and co-sponsored by the School of IT and Computing. On this trip to California, the group had the unique opportunity to meet with leaders of several major startup companies.<\/p>\n

The concept of a \u201cstartup\u201d may not impress you, and as a result, you may find yourself thinking, \u201cI\u2019m not really familiar with a lot of startups; I don\u2019t think this trip could have influenced me.\u201d If that\u2019s the case, think again, because these fourteen students got to meet with Google.<\/p>\n

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The Group at Google<\/p><\/div>\n

I bet that\u2019s a company you\u2019ve heard of.<\/p>\n

The group that participated in this trip was comprised of a variety of classes and majors. Dr. Brad Crisp, who\u00a0led the trip along with Dr. Jim Litton and Kevin Roberts, ACU\u2019s Chief Planning and Information Officer,\u00a0appreciated the diversity of their team. \u201cWe had a very diverse group of business and technical students on the trip, and it was great to watch them interact with each other and with the companies,\u201d commented Dr. Crisp.<\/p>\n

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The group headed out of Abilene on Wednesday, October 24 and returned to town on Sunday, October 28. \u00a0While Dr. Crisp anticipated a good experience at Google, he said that he was also very pleased with the rest of the trip.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew the students would enjoy Google, and they did,\u201d explained Dr. Crisp.\u201cWhat was more exciting to me was hearing students say how much they learned from the entrepreneurs we met.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The five-day journey included stops at:<\/p>\n