Professional Trip to St. Louis with Delta Sigma PI

Delta Sigma Pi hosts a professional business trip each semester to a city voted on by the Fraternity. This semester it was St. Louis.

Thursday, October 24th was the day we departed from Iowa. Carpools of 4 people per car are arranged and leave at various times throughout the day. My Car was set to depart at 3:00 pm, we ended up leaving Iowa City around 5:30 pm because some of us forgot to pack.

Once we were underway, we began the small talk, I was in a car of 3 juniors and I was the only pledge in the car. It was a great experience as I got to know people who I had spoken to before but not an extensive amount, we talked about internships as one of the juniors had recently got an internship opportunity in Chicago.

In total we were driving for 4 hours and 30 minutes but stopped a couple times along the way for snacks, bathroom breaks, and gas, we ended up arriving at our hotel, Red Lion at around 11:00 pm. Checking took about 20 minutes, upon going up to my room I found the whole pledge class in my living room area which was a surprise and everyone cheered upon my arrival. We spent a couple hours in my room watching television and playing games to get to know each other better.
The next morning, we all woke up bright and early to visit the companies. Everyone majoring in Finance, Accounting, Economics, and BAIS went to St. Louis Regional Chamber of Commerce, which is where I went. They spoke to us about the opportunities they had for internships and about their day to day operations.

After that, we split up from our big group to get breakfast and explore the city. My small group went and had breakfast at a local Mexican restaurant and after quickly changing out of our professional clothes we went to visit the world-famous St. Louis Arch.

Shortly after the visit to the St. Louis Arch, we went to have dinner with everyone in the fraternity at a buffet-style restaurant, concluding our professional trip to St. Louis. The next morning, we left around 11:00 am to drive those 5 grudging hours back to Iowa City.

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