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Wednesday, June 18th, 2025

Brad Gerken Ireland Week 2: Great people, Beautiful Sights and The Typical Irish Weather

As week 2 in Ireland comes to an end, I’ve gained more experience than I could have hoped all while exploring new sights and discovering new things. Gaining work experience at Quantmatix has been fantastic and my coworkers have been giving me great recommendations on how and where to spend my time in Ireland. I have had plentiful conversations about sports, restaurants, attraction’s and much more and it seems like each day I walk into the office at least one person has found a new thing I should go and experience. Aside from our discussion about everything besides work, it […]

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Wednesday, June 11th, 2025

Brad Gerken Week 1: Diving into the Unknown

Throughout my first five days in Dublin, I have experienced some of the great parts about being abroad along with some challenges that needed to be overcome. Arriving in Dublin early in the morning and getting to University College Dublin’s campus around 11am I was already prepared to go to bed but knew that staying up and not napping was one of the few ways to combat the jetlag. Shortly after arriving and unpacking, two of my three roommates arrived at the apartment. I only knew one person who was on the program from Bucknell so I knew that I […]

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