Posts from ACE in China and Duke-Stanford relationships

This coming year, I have been selected to be one of the captains for my swim team. I knew going into this ACE…

Each year, ACE student-athletes vote on a theme that connects across all four program locations. This theme supports ACE’s value…

At just over 10,000 feet in altitude, training here in Shangri-La can be as simple as walking up a flight…

Every day in China is different, but the days all start and end the same way. Each day begins with…

Dear family, friends, teammates, classmates, Blue Devils, Cardinal (trees?), coaches, supporters, future participants, and, well, everyone else: If you're reading…

Every day I kept telling myself, “This is the coolest place I’ve ever been in my life…” Then the next…

This summer I participated in the Duke-in-Greece program as well as ACE in China.  These are two very different programs…

In the Hong Kong airport, awaiting the flight that would return us to the United States, everyone agreed that July 14 (the…

After a 42-hour journey that included five flights and a layover in Canada, I sit at home reflecting on my…

The Duke-Stanford collaboration on this trip has been a really incredible experience. We have gotten the opportunity to talk about…