November 20, 2023
By: Camey VanSant
By Sophia F Hello from the Love River! I have been in Kaohsiung, Taiwan for almost two months now through the National Security Language Institute for Youth, a State Department scholarship for high schoolers interested in learning critical languages. This...
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November 18, 2023
By: Camey VanSant
By Liam [caption id="attachment_3922" align="alignleft" width="185"] Photo of our view of the Western Wall during Selichot[/caption] When I embarked on this gap year, the one aspect I was most excited about was celebrating the Jewish high holidays in Israel. I...
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November 6, 2023
By: Camey VanSant
By Frans In the middle of the Baltic Sea lies the island of Gotland. Some friends and I took the ferry from mainland Sweden and arrived at 6:30 in the morning in Visby. Even with just about three hours of...
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October 27, 2023
By: Camey VanSant
By Gabriel August 25 – October 25 At the end of the summer, I closed the chapter on my European adventures with family and friends. My sister, dad and I hiked the Tour Du Mont Blanc, a 100-mile trek through...
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By: Camey VanSant
By Owen While I will write about my evacuation from Israel in a future blog, I first want to share my reflections on my amazing first six weeks spent living there. Waking up every morning in the Old City of...
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October 20, 2023
By: Camey VanSant
By Katie With my move from Bonn to my new host family this past week, the first portion of my gap year has come to a close and it has given me some perspective to think about my experience during...
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October 19, 2023
By: Camey VanSant
By Alícia September 7, 2023. Turning 18. Of all the things that come with this age: voting, driving, and becoming a legal adult with all the rights and responsibilities it brings, what simultaneously excited and worried me the most was...
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September 25, 2023
By: Camey VanSant
By Sadie Greetings, everyone! This past summer proved to be a multifaceted adventure, marked by my travels, engagement in dance, and a multitude of inaugural experiences. During the month of June, I spent a week in Paris for the Share...
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August 16, 2023
By: Camey VanSant
By Georgia In the middle of June, a package arrived at my doorstep containing the “Duke Common Experience” summer reading book. “The Measure,” written by Nikki Erlick, details the ethical and humanitarian quandaries that befall society after the sudden and...
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August 9, 2023
By: Camey VanSant
By Marcus For the past 75 days since May 15, I have been up in Alaska participating in the NOLS Summer Semester. This nearly 3-month trip involves 25 days of sea kayaking, 25 days of mountaineering, and finally 25 days...
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