I created a one sentence elevator pitch to other students at The University of Mary Washington to convince them to travel with the Center of International Education. I decided to keep it short and sweet with a six word sentence that stated that “Travel is an investment in yourself!”.
I chose a photo of Easter Island, and blurred the background to create dominance, and to draw attention solely to the Moai statues, which is a huge cultural component of Easter Island, and Chile as a whole. This was an accurate statement because it is important to nurture learning, and a huge part of that is experience.
Traveling opens one’s mind and gives them a way to absorb both knowledge and wisdom. I told the student body in a letter that traveling provides something that no other experience can, and it is totally different than learning something in a book. Getting to meet people and observe different ways of life is so important to growth.