Alumni Spotlight

Round River Alums – Submit your highlights here.

Sofia Mancebo, Botswana ’23

I am super excited to report that the time in Botswana really solidified for me how much I love field work! At the time, I was definitely on the fence between vet school and grad school, and I'm happy to say that I am now pursuing my Master's at the University of Siena, in Siena, Italy!

Leanne Deschenes, Namibia ’07

Leanne is writing in from the Austrian Alps where she is skiing! Back in Vermont, she is the Director of Operations at the Poker Hill School, a nature-based Pre-K…

Drew Chambers, Taku ’08

After a decade and a half working as a farmer, carpenter, and baker, I'm starting a bakery where I live here in Belfast, ME...

Ben Daggett, Botswana ’13

Currently the Chief of Staff Veterinarian at Acadia Veterinary Hospital in Bar Harbor, Maine. Family recently purchased a homestead property and we are starting the gardens soon...

Grace Stein, Mongolia ’18

I biked the length of the South Island of New Zealand in January! A total of 900 miles in 19 days...

Corlin Zeringue, Botswana ’25

My Botswana Fall semester was my last semester of college, probably the most amazing way I could have graduated. My friends Audrey and Karyn, who were my Botswana tent-mates, came to my official graduation ceremony in Wisconsin... 

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