It's amazing how an encounter with a bull might shape your
memories of a summer educational experience. But there Duke student Kevin Hedrick was, in Asturias, Spain,
looking for a day "to slow down fully enjoy the fact that we were living in
this amazing foreign country." It was the kind of a day that meeting a
bull on a walking path was the right kind of experience.
Duke students are sharing memories
and experiences this summer with the entire university community through photographs,
blog writing and social
media. Duke students in
Paris immersed themselves in French culture. In Ghana, study
abroad students worked with children in refugee camps. Duke students also blogged about summer service projects in Peru. Sanford School students wrote about their internships from the United States to Indonesia. DukeEngage students in Cairo
volunteered with local non-government organizations and got a close look at the
long, frustrating and exciting process of building a new civil society and
political culture.
For those who wish to travel
viscerally along with the students, the Office of Duke Global Education for
Undergraduate posts "Postcards
from Abroad" showing some of the most interesting photographs submitted by
Duke students abroad.
Meanwhile, students in
several DukeEngage programs are active
bloggers. From Durham to Cape Town, South Africa, the students are
recording the most memorable moments of a summer of learning.
And while the trip abroad
led to some adventures in new locations, the Duke students who stayed closed to
home to study and work learned a lot as well. Here's a blog posting from Cassidy Fox, who worked
with DukeEngage-Durham:
"While I was initially
apprehensive about staying so close to home this summer, I'm really glad I
did," she wrote. "Even though I didn't travel to a foreign location, I did learn
about a place that I had never really had a chance to visit before and I helped
a population that needed my assistance. I hope to be able to
continue working with the nonprofit I have interned with during the
year. DukeEngage has renewed my excitement about being at Duke in
Durham."
