Aaron Schipplein – Germany & Spain (2012) †

My Ancestral Way, My Own Way: A Tale of Two Journeys — View PDF

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Meghan Luckett – India (2012) †

Dreaming of Change in India My love for India began in 2009 when I lived in a small, rural town called Hazaribag in the summer of 2009. I had just finished my Master’s degree in International Development Administration and I moved to India to work for a Non-Government Organization in the field of women’s development. [...]

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Karen Ohayon – India & Israel (2012) †

To be quite honest, there aren’t that many places in the world that I don’t want to see. I have been exceptionally fortunate to travel around the world to some awe-inspiring places; I have been to Greece, Austria, Hungary, Spain, and many other destinations. When I think about my life, there are only two things [...]

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Beth Borer-Nodolf – Australia (2011) ‡

Alice Springs and Uluru The universe over the past year has blessed me so much, and the Globetrotter committee furthered this by granting me the opportunity to go back to Australia. This trip has been a huge blessing, because it allowed me not only to see more of the Sunburnt country, but it also gave [...]

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Emily Cox – Europe (2011) ‡

A Bigger, Better Me – All Because of You I’ve seen the world, and the world has seen me. The Globetrotter Grant gave me an opportunity I could have only dreamed about. When the Globetrotter team awarded me, I received more than money to fund some travels, I received an opportunity to experience the world. [...]

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Nicholas Oyler – Slovenia (2011) ‡

SLOVENIA, JUNE 10-18, 2011   INTRODUCTION Slovenia undoubtedly proved to be an excellent travel destination. The country’s cities offered culture and sophistication, and the countryside provided numerous thrills and rushes of adrenaline. I realized the majority of my plans as originally intended, but was forced to tweak some slightly, mainly due to a decreased budget. [...]

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Nicholas Oyler – Slovenia (2011) †

In the Spirit of Exploration INTRODUCTION Over the headboard of my grandparents bed hangs a large oil painting depicting the moon-lit harbor of Naples, Italy. A looming silhouette of Mount Vesuvius dominates the background. Closer to the viewer, dabs of yellow paint stand in for the twinkling lights of the cityscape, and black streaks along [...]

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Caroline Barrow – Bulgaria (2011) ‡

This was the view I had from my apartment in Sofia, Bulgaria. Not quite the same as College Station, eh? This change in scenery was not the only thing different from my life in Aggieland. Before I departed in May, I decided to read a book on cross-cultural living and came across this interesting quote [...]

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Caroline Barrow – Bulgaria (2011) †

MISSION BULGARIA AGENT: CAROLINE BARROW I am a sophomore International Studies major with a passion for traveling, learning about new cultures, and hearing people’s stories. I was born in Krasnodar, Russia and adopted by my awesome family when I was three years old. Because of this, I grew up with a curiosity about what it [...]

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Beth Borer-Nodolf – Australia (2011) †

Kangaroo Wishes and Uluru Dreams My grandfather told me once that once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen. Later I learned that the great Ralph Waldo Emerson was its author but the words of two great men still have always been my words to live by. From a young age [...]

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Emily Cox – Spain, France, Italy, Portugal (2011) †

I want to see the world. I want to relate to people in different cultures, countries and communities. I want to understand people on a level that many college students and professionals do not. I am so open and understanding of the similarities and differences that I share with strangers and my own family. Because [...]

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John Sneider – Travel Highlights

I have been traveling as long as I can remember. My parents packed us kids in the car for summer driving trips throughout the US and Western Canada, and they took us on winter snorkel/diving trips to Mexico and the Caribbean. When my father brought us to the Bahamas to see were he had been [...]

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Andy Slavin – Travel Highlights

I have had the good fortune to indulge my wanderlust for the better part of my life. From early family road trips to Colorado and New Mexico, to European study-abroad opportunities with the college of architecture, I have enjoyed a wonderful array of opportunities to explore new places, to learn new things, and to meet [...]

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John “Murf” Murphy – Travel Highlights

My travels have been primarily within the United States coupled with some trips to Mexico and Europe. I am fortunate to have visited memorable places with great people. As a child, one of my most memorable trips was to Washington DC. My parents loaded 6 kids into the old station wagon (you know, the one [...]

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Stephen Amante – Travel Highlights

1968-1970, Belgium – Our family lived in Belgium for about 3 years during my elementary school years. Mid 1970s, USA – Traveled for 3 summers with my family. My mom (the benefactor) drove us in our green 1971 Dodge van twice from Texas up the west coast into Canada and once to the east coast and [...]

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Bryan Griggs – Travel Highlights

As I look back, I guess I got the travel bug early in my life and have not stopped traveling since! I have met many great people and seen many beautiful places. There is so much to see and so little time… The Early Years: (1969 – Spring 1981) Growing up in the late sixties and [...]

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Martha Skender – Travel Highlights

The summer after I was graduated from the University of Notre Dame, feeling rather brave I suppose, I moved temporarily (for 25 years) to the great state of Texas to do a year of volunteer work in Robstown.  It was during that year that my boss, Fr. Marcos, and my coworker, Ann Marie, introduced me [...]

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Joan Garvin – Travel Highlights

As a student at Mount St. Mary’s, opportunities such as the Globetrotter Grant or foreign study were not available to math or physics students – my farthest trip was to the lab. My foreign travels began much later. I joined classmates on a trip to Venezuela where we sampled the sophisticated, international city of Caracas, [...]

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Dan Finnegan – Travel Highlights

In 1958 I led a 50 day tour of Europe for 38 adults.  We visited Ireland, England, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Lichtenstein, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Vatican City, Portugal, and Spain. Since then I’ve been to Venezuela, Mexico, the Bahamas, and Canada. I have spent five days on the Nile; ventured into the Great Burial [...]

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Sharise Amante – Travel Highlights

I’m a fifth-generation Houstonian, who grew up taking wonderful family vacations in the U.S., and even a few trips to the beautiful beaches of Mexico. A few years after graduating from college, I met Stephen.  While we were dating, he worked on a project in Europe that required him to be there over the holidays.  Before he [...]

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