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Amelia and Max sitting with view of ocean

10 Things I’ve Learned from You

Published by Amelia Smith, Stanford Beach Volleyball and Max Feldman, Duke Men's Soccer
Coming to South Africa to work with children, we all expected to learn from the people we worked with since…
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Sydnei and Aleeza sitting on a mountain with ocean in background

Unbreakable Ties

Published by Sydnei Murphy, Duke Women's Track and Field and Aleeza Yu, Stanford Women's Gymnastics
In writing a paired-blog, we could talk about something extremely basic like our differences. For example, how one of us…
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ACE in South Africa group posing on top of mountain

A Video Reflection from Gordon’s Bay, South Africa

Published by Taylor Lallas, Stanford Women's Tennis and Callie Humphrey, Duke Women's Lacrosse
Although we seem to live very similar lives as student-athletes at highly competitive universities both athletically and academically, we both…
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Anja holds Kayla in her arms on top of a mountain

Interview with a Chicagoan

Published by Anja Zehfuss, Stanford Women's Rowing and Kayla McCoy, Duke Women's Soccer
Kayla and Anja Traveling all the way to South Africa for a civic engagement program, we never expected to meet…
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Sophia, Jillian, and the pink team

Hồng, hồng, hồng… hổ báo!

Published 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…
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Josh and Kaylie smile for picture in front of building

From FaceTime to Friends

Published by Josh Owsiany, Duke Men's Swimming and Diving and Kaylie Mings, Stanford Field Hockey
Josh The first time I met Kaylie was over a FaceTime when the Duke students were paired up with Stanford…
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Jake and Eoin, with a child on Jake's shoulders

Novelty Embedded Within a Familiar Routine

Published by Jake Koffman, Stanford Men's Track and Field and Eoin Gronningsater, Duke Men's Fencing
Jake and Eoin As Jake and I sit here brainstorming what we could possibly write about, we could not help…
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Group of coaches talking to students in classroom

Lessons Learned from Teaching English

Published 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…
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Group of people outside with puddles around them

Rain Dance

Published by Mitch Finesilver, Duke Wrestling and Justin Kang, Stanford Men's Fencing
Being from Denver, Colorado and Los Angeles, California, we are not used to torrential downpour in the middle of the…
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ACE Student-Athlete painting dormitory at Earth Saviors Foundation

A Silent Bond

Published by Celia Macrae, Duke Women’s Rowing, and Carly Weber-Levine, Stanford Women’s Fencing
Twice a week after leaving the Vidya school, the ACE in India group travels to the Earth Saviours Foundation (ESF)…
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