Hello fellow Pericleans!
My name is Kelsey Lane and I couldn’t be more excited to embark on this journey with you all. I live in the suburbs of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, specifically Malvern if any of you know the area. I’m a double major in Strategic Communications and Sociology with a double minor in Leadership Studies and Women/Gender Studies. On campus, I am involved in the LEAD program but I spend the majority of my time exploring the outdoor wonders of my new home state North Carolina with friends whenever I get the chance.
My parents are travel guru’s much like I am, so I was fortunate enough to see many foreign places growing up. Throughout high school, I was able to have numerous opportunities to both travel and volunteer. I spent three summers abroad each in a different country; Panama, Ecuador and the Galapagos, and Peru, with an organization called The Road Less Traveled. Our time was spent immersing ourselves into the respective communities while both exploring and lending a helping hand wherever possible. It was through these programs that my passion for travel really solidified.
I had done research before coming to Elon regarding the different organizations and opportunities that were present that involved any sort of international travel or service work. Through my initial findings and chats with Periclean’s in other classes, I knew that it embodied everything that I felt passionate about. I was especially excited to hear that our country of choice was Namibia, as I had never had the opportunity to travel to or learn in depth knowledge about Africa.
I don’t really have any preconceived expectations regarding this class. I think it’s such an honor to be a part of such a close knit group of students that share similar passions about travel and the world and I am just really looking forward to solidifying our bond as a class and our connection with Namibia. I already feel as though we will be extremely successful in whatever we do accomplish and I am so looking forward to seeing that through over the course of the next three years.
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