Advice & lessons learned Archives - Page 7 of 13

PublishedJuly 24, 2018 by Justin Kang, Stanford Men's Fencing

When Stanford’s spring quarter ended in mid-June and I packed my bags, ready to depart on my Vietnam experience, I…

PublishedJuly 24, 2018 by Jillian Wolgemuth, Duke Women's Field Hockey

Community often disguises itself until we are no longer surrounded by it. Personally, I didn't realize how much I depended…

PublishedJuly 24, 2018 by Josh Owsiany, Duke Men's Swimming & Diving

And in the blink of an eye, we are finished with Coach for College and ACE in Vietnam. My time…

PublishedJuly 11, 2018 by Sophia Solé, Stanford Women's Sailing and Jillian Wolgemuth, Duke Field Hockey

During one of our 40-minute life skills lessons, we attempted to teach the kids the importance of resilience and bouncing…

PublishedJuly 10, 2018 by Anna Lee, Stanford Women's Fencing and Alyssa Marsh, Duke Women's Swimming

“Where are you from?” “I am from Vietnam!” It would be an understatement to say that we have asked this…

PublishedJuly 05, 2018 by Roman Romero, Duke Wrestling

After my first week of working with the kids my perspective has been exponentially broadened. I would not even consider…

PublishedJuly 05, 2018 by Max Evans, Stanford Men's Rowing

Nomzamo is a township 45 minutes outside of Cape Town, in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Nomzamo originally…

PublishedJuly 03, 2018 by Sophia Solé, Stanford Women's Sailing

“We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be…

PublishedJuly 03, 2018 by Mitch Finesilver, Duke Wrestling

The word impact has two definitions. To come into forcible contact with another object. To have a strong effect on…

PublishedJuly 03, 2018 by Anna Lee, Stanford Women's Fencing

It has been a little more than one week since arriving in Vietnam and it would be an understatement to…