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Circle of Life

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This March, the Flying Longhorns jetted to Southern Africa to explore its rich history, culture, and nature. They visited Nelson Mandela’s prison cell, traveled...

 
 

The Write Stuff: Four 2015 Graduates with World-Changing Theses

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Each year, hundreds of undergraduate students go about the daunting task of developing, researching, and writing a thesis. This year’s graduates have produced...

 
 

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To Understand #BringBackOurGirls, Look to History

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As Nigeria’s search for nearly 300 kidnapped schoolgirls enters its third month and some call for U.S. intervention, UT graduate student Brian McNeil explains...

 
 

Three Longhorns in Uganda

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Rudy Treuter, BS ’80, Life Member, shared this photo of her son Jordan and two fellow UT alums from a mission trip to Jinja, Uganda. From left: Jordan Treuter,...

 
 

Longhorns in Mali

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Christopher Mesnard, BA ’10, left, and Jonathan Sih, BA ’06, hooked their horns in Mali, West Africa. Both are deployed with the U.S. Air Force, where Mesnard...

 
 

A Longhorn in Tanzania

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Whitney Easterling, BA ’12, Life Member, showed her Texas pride after bagging a cape buffalo on safari in Tanzania. Her father Jim Easterling, BBA ’63, LLB...

 
 

Texas Ex Volunteers in Ghana

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EmilyAnne Skinner, BS ’05, Life Member, shared this photo of Mark Alford, BBA ’84, Life Member, teaching surgery on a recent medical mission trip to Accra,...

 
 

Flying Longhorns on Safari

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Can’t see this slideshow? Click here. Thousands of wildebeest, zebras, gazelles, and myriad other grassland creatures thunder across the plains of Tanzania...

 
 

A New Longhorn Family

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Eric Paschall, BBA ’05, MPA ’05, Life Member, shared this photo of the Lemons family. It was taken on Feb. 6, when Amy and Jared Lemons met their new daughter,...

 
 

A Texas Ex in the Serengeti

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Sara Burroughs, BJ ’61, MA ’64, Life Member, sent this snapshot from “somewhere in the Serengeti” of Tanzania, Africa. Burroughs—a retired teacher...

 
 
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