Building Connections with a Language Barrier PublishedAugust 25, 2019 by Jordan Fong, Stanford Women's Track and Field Since our three-week journey has wrapped up, I’ve had some time to reflect on the trip and everything that I… Read more
Mindfulness and Conquering the Unknown PublishedAugust 25, 2019 by Carolina Sculti, Stanford Women's Swimming and Diving This summer I was given the opportunity to travel to Shangri-La, China with the ACE program and participate in three… Read more
Inspired by the Campers PublishedAugust 25, 2019 by Areta Buness, Stanford Women's Lacrosse Before the ACE program, I didn’t have much experience working with younger children, except for middle and high school girls lacrosse camps.… Read more
Connecting with the Kids PublishedJuly 27, 2019 by Areta Buness (Stanford Women's Lacrosse) and Josh Romine (Duke Men’s Track & Field and Cross Country) Our ACE team is spending three weeks at the China Exploration and Research Society (CERS) Zhongdian Center, just outside of… Read more
ACE in China 2019: A Day in the Life PublishedJuly 27, 2019 by Noah Vigran (Stanford Men’s Swimming and Diving) and Matthias Frick (Duke Men’s Soccer) Every day in China is different, but the days all start and end the same way. Each day begins with… Read more
Final Reflections from ACE in China PublishedAugust 16, 2018 by Brandon Kier, Stanford Wrestling Every day I kept telling myself, “This is the coolest place I’ve ever been in my life…” Then the next… Read more
Video: “ACE 2018: 21 Days in China” PublishedAugust 16, 2018 by Isabella Duan, Stanford Women's Lightweight Rowing In the Hong Kong airport, awaiting the flight that would return us to the United States, everyone agreed that July 14 (the… Read more
Balance PublishedAugust 02, 2018 by Brandon Kier, Stanford Wrestling and Riley Hickman, Duke Men's Swimming and Diving With camp unfortunately coming to a close today, we both came to the realization that while we had been occupying… Read more
A Continued Tradition PublishedAugust 11, 2017 by Brandon Leynaud, Duke Men's Wrestling [caption id="attachment_250" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Flashback to ACE in India 2016[/caption] Before I even filled out an application or attended an… Read more
A Bittersweet Homecoming PublishedAugust 11, 2016 by Izzy Ruby-Hill, Duke Women's Rowing It is bittersweet coming home from China, and hard to say goodbye to everyone. I never thought that I would… Read more