March 30, 2024
By: Camey VanSant
By Jiaheng A balmy Tuesday afternoon in the middle of March. As the air-conditioner clamoured to aerate cool air into the stuffy classroom, letting out intermittent screeches that drew the ire of the passionate speaker, I sat face-to-face with an...
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March 29, 2024
By: Camey VanSant
By Gabriel Punta del Este, Uruguay. Mission: Save the Sharks. Project: Darwin200. Time: 1 week. I had the fortune of being selected as a Darwin Leader for an expedition that is training 200 young conservationists from around the world. The...
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March 15, 2024
By: Camey VanSant
By Charlie J Life in New Zealand For the past two months I have been living and traveling through the North Island of New Zealand, and so far it has been an incredible adventure. The first two weeks of December...
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March 13, 2024
By: Camey VanSant
By Alessandra I failed at painting, drawing, coloring, and almost all art growing up. I could never completely color within the lines and often wondered why the cherry blossoms I had watercolored resembled a misshapen coil of wires while my...
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February 16, 2024
By: Camey VanSant
By Katarina I know nothing about wine. Yet, as I roll out of my hostel bed in Florence and check my phone, I’m greeted by a reminder reading “12%-14% charisma plant of sunshine red wine”. These cryptic descriptors were left...
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February 5, 2024
By: Camey VanSant
By Sharad August 2023 – Nov 2023 Hey Everyone, In a happy conclusion of my months-long research internship, our lab’s paper has finally been accepted to be published in a peer-reviewed medical journal and will be presented at the COSM...
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January 28, 2024
By: Camey VanSant
By Sadie Embarking on a gap year is more than just a break from routine; it's an opportunity to discover new facets of yourself and broader your horizons. I spent this semester living in a small village in France, where...
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January 24, 2024
By: Camey VanSant
By Sophia S Hi everyone! I’m Sophia from Charlotte, NC and I’ve never ever been to Europe. Needless to say, when I was planning my gap year, it was the very first thing on the list. I decided that since...
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January 21, 2024
By: Camey VanSant
By Gabriel Shivers. The first snowfall awoke me in my tent outside of Oslo, Norway. The white blanket I looked at was not a warm one. The sun was further and further south on the horizon. Cold to my Floridian...
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January 7, 2024
By: Camey VanSant
By Katie This year was my very first Christmas that I spent away from my family. Not only were we not together, but we were almost 4,000 miles away. It also happened to be one of the most interesting and...
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