Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity brothers Charles Rogers ’10 and Rogers Coxe ’11 and three others climbed 19,341 feet to the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, known as “the Roof of Africa.”
“… there, ahead, all he could see, as wide as all the world, great, high, and unbelievably white in the sun, was the square top of Kilimanjaro. And then he knew that there was where he was going.” – Ernest Hemingway, “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”
Shannon Fisher ’13, Jorge Rodriguez, professor of mechanical and bioengineering, Carson Joye ’15, Elizabeth Zanin ’17, Zach Hadock ’17, Chris Lane ’18, Zack Thomson ’18, Lucas Staccioli ’16, Bill O’Connell ’16 and George Rawls ’17 all traveled to Germany on a study abroad trip focused on studying sustainable energy and exploring German culture.
Sam ’60 Turnipseed, professor emeritus of entomology, and his wife Roxanne Wood ’80 Turnipseed are missionaries in Quimistan, Honduras. On Jan. 1, 2018, at the Tranquilidad Foundation (the children’s home that the Turnipseeds founded in the Quimistan Valley), the couple shared their love of Clemson with their “children”–they’re ALL IN! For more info, visit www.tranquilidadfd.com.
Mary and Dale Witt, parents of Adam Witt ’03, visited Petra, the ancient, mountain city of Jordan and the site of the Holy Grail in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. “Indiana Jones was looking for the Holy Grail, and we found it!”
On a trip to Australia and New Zealand in January 2018, Bill Hobbs ’66 and his wife Paula visited the Waradah Aboriginal Centre in the Blue Mountains near Sydney, Australia. He shared the Tiger Rag tradition with the aboriginal performers, who were happy to pose for Clemson World!
John Cline ’69 and his wife Janice Turner Cline visiting the Grand Canyon in celebration of their 50th wedding anniversary, watching their Tigers play in (and win) the National Championship on the same trip.
Amanda Whaley Arnold ’11 and husband Brett hiked to the top of the highest peak in Spain, Volcano Teide (3,555 m), on their honeymoon.