Forget backpacking across Europe. These globetrotting students learned about their field of study and got their hands dirty. From working at a women's clinic in Thailand to digging up ancient artifacts in Israel, these four students had anything but typical summer travel experiences.
Senior Sam Sherraden, an international affairs major and former Hatchet photo editor, spent the summer studying abroad in Beijing, China and will spend the fall semester further north in Harbin, China. Twice a month, he will share his experiences and observations from the Far East as one of GW's many expats.
By 9 a.m. on Saturday mornings this summer, junior Katie Bolton was passed out on her couch. But she wasn't exhausted from a night of wild partying - she was tired from already completing a 15-mile run that morning. Bolton is part of a team of runners who have woken up for 6 a.
Back in early April, junior Ted Lynch and his father bought two plane tickets from St. Louis to D.C. for Saturday, Aug. 26 - the day Lynch planned to move into his new dorm room. Lynch said that when he bought the ticket he didn't give the date a second thought, since the last Saturday in August had been move-in day since his freshman year.
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