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Round River Stories: Cora Murphy, Patagonia ’25

One year ago today, I was packing my bags for the Spring Patagonia 2025 semester. Last week, I was packing my bags to go on a ski trip in Bozeman, Montana with a few of the good friends I made from the program. If you had told me a year ago that this is what my life would look like after the program, I’m not sure I would’ve believed it. The program allowed me to build life-long friendships, connections, and have a shared understanding of a beautiful semester in Patagonia...

Gabe Falcione, Taku ’23 & Emily Rothe, Patagonia ’23

In Summer 2025, Gabe and Emily hiked 2,255 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail over 115 days, averaging 20 miles per day on the trail. Gabe shared what their experience was like...

Round River Stories: Summer 2025 – Return to Mongolia

TJ Guercio, Mongolia '22 alum, returned as an Assistant Instructor for Round River's Mongolia Summer 2025 program...

Jenn Thomsen, Namibia ’05

Jenn Thomsen, Program Director of Parks, Tourism and Recreation Management at the University of Montana, visited Round River’s Spring 2025 Botswana cohort in the field...

Round River Stories: Linky le Roux Ohm – Namibia 2003

One of my most powerful memories from Namibia was tracking the critically endangered black rhino across the vast, rugged landscape of the Kunene Region—a place of stark beauty, where mountains rise from the desert like ancient sentinels, and sunsets drip slowly into the endless horizon...

Roma Pawelek, Namibia ’07

In 2007, Roma was a student at Carleton College who enjoyed martial arts and the outdoors. When she heard about Round River’s Namibia program, it was a once in a lifetime opportunity to visit a place she may never have an opportunity to explore...

In Their Own Words

In-depth, personal stories from our Student Programs.