Patrick Amante – Travel Highlights

  Australia – While living in Australia, I visited much of the country by way of the Great Australian Pub Crawl Guide, which provides a veritable travel guide of major metro areas as well as some VERY, VERY Outback locations. Two years and approximately 140 pubs later, “THE GUIDE” was completed, but not fully remembered.  New Zealand – [...]

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Chris Amante – Travel Highlights

When I was young, we traveled a lot around the United States on summer trips with our mom (your benefactor).  So, with those trips, the states we lived in growing up, and my travels as an adult, I believe I’ve been to most of the 50 states.  Notable states that aren’t on my “been-to” list but that [...]

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Peggy Amante – Travel Highlights

The year I graduated from college I spent the summer in Europe and have been traveling ever since.  We lived in Brussels for three years when the kids were little and used that as a base for a number of trips.  After we moved back to the States, I left for foreign lands any chance I got. I’ve been to six [...]

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Suzi Hofrichter – Spain (2010) ‡

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Suzi Hofrichter – Spain (2010) †

I’m not entirely sure I can pinpoint the moment in my life where I caught what most know as the “travel bug.” Although most of our lives progress in a structured, rigid, and often confining form; nearly every person on this planet can empathize with that sense of excitement and anxiety that is felt before [...]

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Vernice Grajeda – Spain (2010) ‡

My Trip to Spain Going abroad was one of the easiest yet hardest decisions to make. I wanted so much to experience and emerge myself in a whole new culture but I also wanted all the securities I have here at home. To sum it up, going abroad was the greatest decision I could have [...]

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Vernice Grajeda – Spain (2010) †

My mother and my language professor have influenced me the most in making the decision to travel abroad this coming summer. My mother has always believed in experiencing the world through travel, when she was around my age, my mother had traveled to many different countries and gained a new found independence and a better [...]

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Monica Ramirez – Egypt, Jordan (2010) ‡

A few days ago I returned from a trip to Cairo, Egypt and still now as I write this I cannot fathom my experience because it was that incredible. Luckily I did not have this experience alone, I shared it with my sister who was a trooper throughout this whole trip because not only was [...]

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Monica Ramirez – Egypt (2010) †

Initially my interest in applying for this grant was for two trips. One is for a Washington D.C program for the fall of 2010 and the other reason is that I will be taking a trip to Cairo, Egypt this June. My tickets are already booked and so is the hostel that I will be [...]

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Jeffrey Frankens – Israel, Jordan, Palestinian Territories (2010) ‡

After three months of crowded buses, Arabic, and the Middle East I can finally say that I’m back home in Texas and it feels quite weird. I am no longer awoken at 2 am from a drum waking families for the sahour dinner and I no longer stick out while walking through the tight, crowded [...]

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Jeffrey Frankens – Israel, Jordan (2010) †

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Scott Perry – Central America, South America (2010) ‡

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Kenza Banoza – Austria (2009) ‡

A Year Abroad Going abroad was an easy decision for me to make. Since my college is only twenty minutes away from my hometown I felt that I needed a big change in order to gain the life experiences that would make me ready for the real world awaiting me after graduation. I was tempted [...]

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Kenza Banoza – Austria (2009) †

My father is the person that influenced my decision in taking this opportunity to study abroad in Salzburg, Austria the most. Though a native to the Baltic country of Bosnia, he grew up in Vienna, Austria where he left his family to pursue life in America when he was 21 years old. He has always [...]

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Robert Moxley – Europe (2009) ‡

Globetrotting Around Europe It all started with a plane ride, first stop JFK airport and from there across the pond to the Republic of Ireland and the city of Dublin. In the six weeks that followed our first day I visited five countries, met some great people, and learned loads about the Second World War. [...]

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Nenette Caceres – Honduras (2009) ‡

The four weeks I spent in Roatan were incredible; I was volunteering in a clinic in Honduras. The first few days were not great, I had housing issues. The place I had reserved was not at all what I expected. The apartment was far from the clinic, it was not in a safe area—the owner [...]

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Nenette Caceres – Honduras (2009) †

Community Clinic Volunteer – La Ceiba The Mount has prided itself for its excellence in academics, a beautiful campus, and for its unique service learning program. As a Spanish and Gerontology double major I’ve had a chance to give back to my community by volunteering at the Carondelet Center and in the ER at LA [...]

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Eric Carter – Egypt, Jordan, Tanzania, England (2009) ‡

“Oh, the Places You’ll Go” For once in my life, I’m speechless when it comes to writing a report. The fact of the matter is that I have seen and done so much over the past two months that it is hard to put it all into words. Instead of a traditional report, I’ve decided [...]

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Eric Carter – Egypt, Jordan, Tanzania (2009) †

My Proposed Adventure: I am pursuing a program through International Service Learning, which will take me to Tanzania, Africa where I will work on a healthcare team providing medical aid to those in need.  Of course, it won’t all be work though. My Rough Estimate of Events: Days 1-3: Fly into Cairo.  Spend time in [...]

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Robert Moxley – Proposal (2009) †

Europe Rudder Study Abroad – Summer 2009 Howdy! I am Robert Moxley currently a Senior (Junior in the Corps of Cadets) History major from Atlanta, Georgia with a cumulative GPR of 3.216. This summer I hope to participate in the faculty-led Europe Rudder Study Abroad program taught by A&M professor Dr. James Bradford, as well [...]

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