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 Intensive at the Conservatoire de Paris. Each day of this immersive week was dedicated to […]
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 mysterious arrival of what can only be described as seven billion individual “Pandora’s Boxes.” Everyone […]
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 backpacking. Each section came with new challenges and even more lessons and views. We started […]
By Daria This post was submitted in spring 2023. Since arriving in Aiken, I have completed two recognized events at the Beginner Novice (2’7” jumps) level with my lease pony, Ella. She is a very experienced pony, so I am so lucky to have the chance to learn from her and gain experience on such […]
By Nathan In April and May, I spent 20 days traveling through Argentina’s northern provinces with 40 other foreign exchange students. We departed from Cordoba and drove 27 hours to the northeasternmost province of Argentina to visit Iguazu Falls. The falls are the biggest in the world and are considered one of the seven marvels […]
By Maya At the beginning of February, I moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem to start the next phase of my gap year. In this new stage, I live on a campus with hundreds of students from around the world, take classes, and delve deeper into the different communities in Israel. Each of my classes […]
By Quinn “Hi, my name is Quinn, I’m from NJ, and I am taking this class because Ryan Reynolds shared in an episode of Smartless that he, at nineteen years old, spontaneously moved to Los Angeles to take classes at The Groundlings. It appears that choice ultimately worked out for him, so I decided to […]
By Campbell As discussed in previous blog posts, I have used this time to grow as a filmmaker. At the beginning of last summer, I went to the beach one day to film a friend surfing. Who would have thought that this would be the inspiration for my first film? Growing up in California, I […]
By Daria Since I assume most of the readers of this blog are not horse people, I thought I would take the opportunity to introduce the amazing sport that I am spending this year learning all about. I compete my lease pony, Ella, in eventing, which consists of three phases: dressage, show jumping, and cross […]
By Emmie My dance season ended on April 29th and since then I have taken maybe three ballet classes. This was a drastic shift from my schedule the last 8 months where I spent on average 6 hours in the studio a day. As my program ended and I moved back to Colorado I have […]
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