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Ella Exploring Europe

Ella Exploring Europe

by Ella Venegoni  | Fall 2023  | This semester has been such a blessing and a very formative time for me, and I truly did not expect this much change. Before we left for study abroad many people expressed genuine excitement for me and said that I would grow immensely...
Groceries and Growing Up

Groceries and Growing Up

by Kylee Lookabaugh  | Fall 2023  | The first thing that struck me about Oxford was just how wrong I was about what life here would be like. The first thing I was wrong about was what Oxford would look like. A simple thing, but I still recall being shocked to silence...
Blessings On Blessings

Blessings On Blessings

by Ethan Swaney  | Fall 2023  | I’ve thrown up several times, banged my head against low ceilings, missed hours of sleep, been stuck at tram stops for hours after trams are canceled, and absolutely loved every minute of being here in Leipzig, Germany. When people talk...
Living (Not Visiting) Abroad

Living (Not Visiting) Abroad

by Kathryn Johnson  | Fall 2023  | When people ask me in 20 years, “What was college like for you?” I know I’ll immediately think of my time abroad. Studying abroad was an experience that I knew I desired when I came to ACU, and I have loved the opportunity to spend...
Mission Trip to Peru

Mission Trip to Peru

by Macy Alexander  | Summer 2023  | While in Piura, Peru, I had the opportunity to help set up a clinic in a vacant building and shadow various physicians (e.g., pediatrician, family practitioner, nurse practitioner, dentist, pharmacist, etc.) in order to gain a...
The Coolest Month of My Life

The Coolest Month of My Life

by Jenna Looney  | Summer 2023  | This summer, several of my close friends and I got the opportunity to study abroad in Oxford, England, with the English department. To say that this experience was a dream would be an understatement. I spent the past month learning so...