Russia: Terry ’63 and Judy Kinard
Showing THE FLAG & making friends in Moscow.
Archive for month: October, 2014
Dallas: Cricket Yates Stewart '83 and Alicia Rygiel
/ in Travel stories / 0 Comments / by: Nancy SpitlerMy friend from work , Alicia Rygiel and I went to Dallas, Texas, for her tenth anniversary and my fifteenth with The Container Store. While we were there, we walked around Southern Methodist University and walked into their football stadium. That’s when we got this shot!
Nevada: Jason J. ’00 and Hesha Nesbitt Gamble ’00, M’01
/ in Travel stories / 0 Comments / by: Nancy SpitlerWhat better backdrop for a structural engineer and a transportation engineer than a bridge overlooking the Hoover Dam? Pictured are Jason J. Gamble ’00 and Hesha Nesbitt Gamble ’00, M ’01.
France: Ed Baxley ’80 and Libby Griffin Baxley ’80
/ in Travel stories / 0 Comments / by: Nancy SpitlerEd Baxley ’80 and Libby Griffin Baxley ’80 checked one more item off their bucket list when they did a cycle tour of Brittany and Normandy in August 2014, visiting Mont St Michel as part of this trip. We ordered the Clemson cycle jerseys in advance just for this planned photo op!
Niagara Falls: Carlito Estoquia ’93
/ in Travel stories / 0 Comments / by: Nancy SpitlerCarlito Estoquia’93 went to Niagara Falls with his wife Jennifer and son Jacob in 2013.
Italy: Garrett Riddle '10 and Jeff Henry '10
/ in Travel stories / 0 Comments / by: Nancy SpitlerGarrett Riddle and Jeff Henry, both 2010 graduates, visited Italy in July 2014. This photo is inside the walls of Castel Sant’Angelo looking out to the Vatican and St. Peter’s Basilica.
Peru: Patricia Layton, N. Brett Cantrell, Jessica Cantrell
/ in Travel stories / 0 Comments / by: Nancy SpitlerPatricia Layton, BS FOR 76, and her son, N. Brett Cantrell BS EE 2014, visited with daughter, Jessica Cantrell BS NUR 2018, during Jessica’s “gap” year. Jessica worked with a center for malnourished children in Cuzco Peru.
Nepal: Sean Lore ’98 and Laura Springer
/ in Travel stories / 0 Comments / by: Nancy SpitlerOn April 25th, 2014, after 10 days of hiking in Nepal, Sean Lore ’98 and his fiancee, Laura Springer, reached Basecamp of Mt Everest.
Mongolia: Sally Lin ’13 and Dorothy Behre ’13
/ in Travel stories / 0 Comments / by: Nancy SpitlerAfter volunteering abroad at Tsinghua University, Sally Lin decided to visit Mongolia for a guided tour into the Gobi desert. Dorothy Behre, who was about to begin her first year as a Fulbright Scholar in Taiwan, also joined. It was the experience of a lifetime, and they showed their CU Tiger pride on numerous occasions.
Haiti: Christopher Pfeiffer ’01
/ in Travel stories / 0 Comments / by: Nancy SpitlerClemson graduate Chris Pfeiffer ’01 is Vice President of the Espwa Foundation, an all-volunteer medical non profit he helped found. They do mission work in Cap Haitien, Haiti. Chris first traveled to Haiti in 2007 and has visited Haiti more than 20 times since serving the people of Haiti. Chris lived in Haiti at an orphanage for 50 days in 2009.
Currently the Espwa Foundation has three active projects. These projects focus on supporting 23 children through education and medical care, a medical clinic and a farm in Haiti. Find out more at www.espwa.com.
Chris works full-time for the National MS Society as a Development Coordinator raising money through charity bike rides (Bike MS).