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Landscape View from VIDYA School

The Moments that Make Us

Published by Nicolette McNair, Stanford Women's Gymnastics
One of the first things I noticed upon arriving in India were the stark contrasts of the country. Beautiful hotels…
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Group of VIDYA Students Outside

Dance Like Nobody is Watching

Published by Maria Sheridan, Duke Women's Swimming & Diving
What do you do when a group of 5th graders asks you to speak in Hindi and dance in front…
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Not Marble, nor the Gilded Monuments

Published by Maddy Berkson, Stanford Women's Track & Field
The first few English classes Jake and I taught were pretty rough. We came up with some lame activities, without…
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A group of three boys playing with a volleyball together

Wrapping Up With Memories

Published by Colt Sessions, Duke Track and Field (Men's), Ryan Smith, Stanford Volleyball (Men's), and Domonique Panton, Duke Track and Field (Women's)
The past two weeks at CERS have been a time of reflection. We have spent our days wrapped up in…
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ACE in China Group with CERS Students

The Universal Language of Fun

Published by Tanner Johnson, Duke Men's Track & Field, & Arden Petit, Stanford Women's Softball
Arden: I have been a camp counselor for many kids’ camps during my lifetime but the camp this past week…
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ACE participant playing games with children

Once in a Lifetime

Published by Rebecca Smaller, Duke Women's Tennis
And so there it is. The once in-a-lifetime opportunity to travel to Vietnam among nine other student-athletes is over. The…
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ACE Athlete smiling with one of her young campers

Making Connections with Campers

Published by Anna Quinn, Duke Swimming and Diving (Women's), Isabel Ruby-Hill, Duke Rowing (Women's), and Jenna Frowein, Stanford Gymnastics (Women's)
Throughout the camp, we saw a lot of improvements among the students. However, one camper that stood out a lot…
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Students smiling outside of entrance to a shrine

What Language Barrier

Published by Alyse Whitaker, Duke Women's Volleyball
As the program has come to an end I soon realized that these three weeks were some of the best…
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ACE participant posing with a child

Cảm ơn Vietnam

Published by Sean Strong, Duke Men's Fencing
On the last day of camp of the coaches and many of our students went on an adventure to one…
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