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Self Rescuing During “Mud Season”

by Sam Shoyer As winter turns into spring, cold and ice make way for spring rain showers. Many communities refer to this time of year as “mud season.” I want to briefly talk about the mentality and techniques behind self rescuing from a ditch or mud. Similar to snow,...

A Family Party in Portugal

by Rochelle Sobel In celebration of a milestone birthday, 20 wonderful family members planned and then joined me on an unforgettable trip to Portugal in December 2025. With the guidance of an outstanding local tour director and a professional bus driver, we traveled...

Steering Toward Road Safety

Risk Management Network, RMN, hosted a road safety panel, “Steering Toward Road Safety: Navigating the Road Ahead” earlier this fall. Hiram Jobes, Vice President of Operations, and his colleagues from Concilium opened the morning session by describing the 2024 bus...
Paraguay with Just a Bit of Chile

Paraguay with Just a Bit of Chile

by Jeremy Sobel As part of my internship program at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where I am a chemical engineering student, I spent April and May 2025 of my junior year teaching at Cerrito School in Benjamin Aceval, Paraguay. Commuting often between the bustling...