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6/9/10 Andy gives a travel seminar at BYU speaking about finding alternatives to activities revolving around alcohol in Europe. The slideshow was filmed, and should be up in the near future. Check back to learn more.  5/16/10 As a graduation gift, Andy gets a used Honda in South Bend, and spends the next month road tripping across the US back home to Seattle. He made the most of his time, and took advantage of the opportunity to introduce the WSA concept to schools like Chicago University, Northwestern, University of Illinois Chicago, Michigan State University, the University of Michigan, Brigham Young University, UC Berkely and more. 5/15/10 Andy graduates from the University of Notre Dame with a BFA in Industrial Design, and a BA in Italian Language and Literature. The class of 2010 enjoyed listening to Brian Williams as our commencement speaker. 4/23/10 Andy and his Weekend Student Adventures team win the Annual Business Plan Competition sponsored by the Gigot Center for Entrpreneurial studies at the #1 Nationally Ranked Mendoza College of Business. The WSA concept has been developed over the last two years around Andy's passion for connecting students to the culture they're visiting in a respectful and in-depth way. Over 100 teams entered the competition, and the WSA team faced some tough competition including business ideas based on ultra-efficient diesel hybrid engine technology, all the way to bone marrow transplant technology development. In the end, WSA came out on top. 
4/14/10 Andy gives fifth travel workshop at Notre Dame to a classroom of students studying abroad in Rome the Fall semester of 2010.
4/9/10 Andy is interviewed by Deb Smith, professor the College of St. Rose, and producer of World Traveler, a radio show in New York. Her show is about international travel for the college student, and larger community. Check out the link to listen to the interview. 1/22/10 Andy gives a travel talk to Mr. Mansour's 7th grade class at the Jesuit Middle School of Omaha via iChat and remote powerpoint. Andy's itineraries and slide show are being used for the hypothetical European adventures of the class. 
These are a couple screenshots from the remote chat that lasted around 45 minutes.
11/19/09 Andy Steves gives a fourth travel workshop put on as part of Notre Dame's International Week, and sponsored by the ISSA. The event was well attended, and received front-page coverage from the Observer, Notre Dame's daily student newspaper. Check out the article here. Thanks to everyone who came out!
 7/29/09 WSA Europe Facebook business page started to allow users to share everything from travel tips and ideas to photo albums and videos. Check it out here 7/19/09 Lisbon and Barcelona itineraries finally uploaded with the help of sister Jackie Steves and other friends
4/30/09 Andy Steves' WSA facebook group reaches 300 members. Join up! 4/28/09 Andy Steves is invited by Notre Dame's Office of International Studies thanks to a successful first workshop, to give another to a general group of students studying abroad within the year 4/15/09 Andy Steves gives first workshop to Notre Dame students heading to Rome within the year 4/5/09 Andy Steves finally updates his email to andy@andysteves.com. We're getting big time:)
3/27/09 Andy Steves is invited up to University of Michigan's campus to give a short budget travel workshop for student heading abroad. It was his first ever lecture, and went great with an audience of about 30 students. Thanks to Jill Peters and the International Studies Office for organizing and having me up!
2/27/09- Andy Steves sends out first ever newsletter. To sign up for the once-in-a-while newsletter filled with no-frills information for the budget traveler, click here. AndySteves.com will never sell or trade your information. 2/22/09 First ever purely collaborative itinerary is uploaded for Brussels with help from fellow Notre Dame Students. Since then, Dresden, and Berlin have been uploaded with helps from students around the States. Thanks! 2/20/09- Andy Steves' Student Weekend Adventures and site is featured in the Observer, Notre Dame's student newspaper. To read it, click here
1/22/09- I received a notice that AndySteves.com has been nominated for the Colombo Award, granted to "outstanding persons in the tourist sector" by the Comitato Nazionale Giovani Albergatori. CNGA is a subgroup of the Federalberghi, "the most important tourism association in Italy." Thanks everyone for spreading the word! Let's keep going:) 12/10/08- Andy Steves is interviewed on Late Night NDTV, Notre Dame's student-run and broadcasted variety show. It went great, even though I was a little nervous as it was my first ever interview on camera. 
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