Jacob Gutierrez is a sociology major and plans to use his education to help children from all over the world. He is studying abroad in Arica, Chile at the Universidad de Tarapaca.

Jacob came to the University of Oklahoma in 2003 as a star football player from Madison high school in San Antonio, TX. His football career continued at OU as he became an outstanding running back for the Sooners. For two years he was second team academic all big XII... (read more) 

Mark Nehrenz is a Journalism and Mass Communications Senior with a minor in African Studies. He is spending the fall 2008 semester studying at the University of Pretoria in Pretoria, South Africa.

Mark's journalism emphasis is on documentary video production as well as print journalism. Mark is involved in Oklahoma Students for Uganda at OU, and it was his work with “Invisible Children Inc” that inspired him to study Africa. He also interned at OU with Dr. Chris Howard’s Impact Young Lives Foundation, which sparked his interest in South Africa... (read more)