GRAVEYARD
2023
Jessi Boaz, Montevideo Spring 2022, Operations Team
Jessi Boaz was a Communication major with a minor in Spanish from Stevensville, Montana. Her favorite memory from her time abroad was hang gliding in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Anna Johnston, Leipzig Spring 2022, Operations Team
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2024
Erin Hodgson, Leipzig Spring 2022, Marketing Team
Erin was a Political Science major with minors in German Language and Global Studies, from Lubbock, TX. One of my favorite memories from my semester abroad was getting a personal invite to a home-cooked lunch by a local in Weimar named Anika. She recently visited me here in Abilene after two years apart!
Genevieve Graessle, Leipzig Spring 2022, Ambassador Team
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Sage Kroeger, Oxford Spring 2022, Ambassador Team
Sage was a Child and Family Services major with a concentration in Child Life from Keller, Texas. One of her favorite memories of her study abroad experience was meeting up with some girls from the Leipzig group in Italy for a girls trip during spring break where they visited Rome, Cinque Terre, Venice, and Florence!
ACU Montevideo, Uruguay
Goodbye South America :(
Ethan Swaney, Leipzig Fall 2023, Ambassador Team
Ethan was a senior Bible major from Keller, TX. His favorite moment from a semester abroad was the first time he and his friends went to the Leipzig Christmas Market. “It felt like we stepped right into a storybook!”
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Ryleigh Moore, Leipzig Fall 2023, Ambassador Team
Ryleigh was a senior Criminal Justice major from Austin, TX. One of her favorite memories was shopping in the Christmas market with her friends as in snowed in Leipzig, Germany.
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Meet with Ryleigh
Shelby Chapman, Oxford Fall 2023, Ambassador Team
Shelby was a junior speech path major from Salem, OR. Her favorite memories from abroad are cooking in Rome, hiking in Ireland with her new best friends, and having a dance battle with her professor's son after Thanksgiving dinner (he won).
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Wesley Mullens, Oxford Fall 2023, Ambassador Team
Wesley was a junior Business Management major from Pottstown, PA. His favorite memories from study abroad include punting along the River Thames, taking a cold plunge into the Windermere Lake District, and fishing in the canals throughout Oxford.
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Emma Palafox, Montevideo Spring 2023, Ambassador Team
Emma was a senior Speech Pathology and Spanish double major from Lubbock, TX. “My favorite memory while being abroad was visiting a small fishing town called Punta del Diablo. It was a fun place to swim, sit outside, read, and enjoy the beach with friends. We also had delicious food and little shops to go through.”
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Kade Killion, Montevideo Fall 2023, Ambassador Team
Kade was a junior Accounting and Finance major from Abilene, TX. His favorite memory from a semester abroad was kayaking in Argentine Patagonia. “The dramatic landscape we were surrounded by is something I’ll never forget.”
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2025
Alyssa Polnac, Leipzig Fall 2023, Marketing Team, Youtube Influencer, Cofounder of Lindsay’s Sliders
Alyssa was a senior Advertising & Public Relations major from Rogers, TX. Her favorite memory from studying abroad is hiking through the Swiss Alps.
Sam O’Quinn, Oxford Fall 2022, Administrative Team, Web Emperor, Liaison for Faculty-In-Residence, Supervisor to Kade & Emma, Cofounder of Lindsay’s Sliders
Sam was a senior Financial Management major with minors in Entrepreneurship and Bible from Keller, TX. His favorite memory is eating gelato with his friends in Cinque Terre, Italy, while watching the sunset and listening to a random pianist playing songs for strangers.
Melanie Matute, Oxford Spring 2023, Administrative Team
Melanie was a senior Engineering major from Tegucigalpa, Honduras. One of her favorite memories from her semester abroad was going to a Ceilidh dance in Edinburgh, Scotland! She said it “was so fun getting to learn Scottish dances with my friends and meeting local people.”