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Honors Students Represent ACU at Regional and National Conferences
The Honors College would like to acknowledge all Honors students who participated and received awards in recent conferences: At the Alpha Chi Convention in Washington, D.C.: Hailey Hendricks Amanda Stephens Tina Johnson Angela Fogle Andrew Brown Julia Taylor Jeffrey...
Tales From Abroad: An Ever-Constant Presence
When I first arrived in Montevideo, Uruguay, I never could have imagined that a place so new and unfamiliar, on the other side of the world from what I call home, would become a place so near and dear to my heart, a place where I would make memories and build...
Tales From Abroad: Vignette Carlos
Like the perfectly planned spiral grooves on an old vinyl record, the creases on his weathered hands waited to tell their story. It is neither a story for the faint of heart nor one for the judgmental ears of those who think that salvation is met through the process...
Tales From Abroad: Oxford
Don't Take Oxford For Granted One of the major draws to study abroad is the amount of travel you get to do. And it is by all means worth it. Just on my semester we had people go to Ireland, Greece, Scotland, Italy, Sweden, Austria, France, and the Czech Republic, not...
Tales From Abroad: JAM Summer 2015
The JAM experience was unlike anything that I have ever experienced in my whole life. It was hard to truly call this experience completely integrated because we were only in each destination for two weeks, but it was the best attempt at integration in such a short...
Tales From Abroad: Maymester in Europe
To you who have never taken your first bus ride from London Heathrow Airport to #9 Canterbury Road, Oxford, it is difficult to describe to you the magic of the English countryside. The grass is green in its purest form and the sky is blue behind the inevitable, gray...
Tales From Abroad: JAM Summer 2015
Truth, goodness, and beauty. Those are certainly worthwhile things to seek in this life. So much of what I learned from Justice along the Meridian (JAM) came from being exposed to incredible people who’s ways of life are chock full of truth, goodness, and...
Tales From Abroad: Summer 2015
I studied abroad in England and Germany for three weeks during Maymester. The study abroad trip was through the JMC department and the trip was led by Dr. Kenneth Pybus. The class was Communication Law. Our communication law class primarily focussed on the 1st...
Tales From Abroad: JAM Summer 2015
Before this trip I loved getting to know people from other countries and trying new things, but being in another country changed my perspective on America. This trip abroad provided the perfect capstone to my time in Dallas with the Justice and Urban...
Tales From Abroad: Port-au-Prince 2015
I spent two months this summer in Port-au-Prince, Haiti while conducting research through the ACU social work department as we partnered with Haiti Mama, a nonprofit organization reuniting street children with their families. Specifically, my research project aimed to...
I am so glad I studied abroad in China because it changed my view of Asian cultures and has even made me consider going back. I definitely recommend stretching yourself and going to a place you never imagined yourself being in because you’ll learn a lot about yourself and about the world.
A huge “THANK YOU!” to the Honor’s College for giving me a Travel Grant and lessening the financial burden of Study Abroad! This semester would not have been possible without you!
You cannot remain unchanged after a journey such as this. God is constantly shaping and refining us to be more Christ-like ambassadors for His kingdom. I am not the same person who left Dallas, and with God’s grace, I have a new appreciation and understanding for engaging His global mission.