DURHAM, N.C. – Duke junior swimmer Anna Quinn will travel around the globe to China this summer as part of the inaugural class of the Rubenstein-Bing Student-Athlete Civic Engagement (ACE) program. The program provides one-time funding for student-athletes to engage in a three-week international service project.

Quinn caught up with Blue Devil Network's Ryan Craig to discuss her upcoming trip overseas, in which she will join Duke's Tanner Johnson (track and field), Domonique Panton (track & field), Isabel Ruby-Hill (rowing), Colt Sessions (track & field) and Zeke Young (baseball), as well as student-athletes from Stanford. The group will contribute to the sustainable development of underserved communities through sports and environmental science education.

Quinn will depart for China in mid-July after competing at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming June 26-July 3 in Omaha, Neb.

In February 2014, Duke's Board of Trustee's, chaired by Duke alumnus David Rubenstein, traveled to Palo Alto, Calif., and met with officials from Stanford to determine opportunities for collaboration between the two institutions. The challenging schedules of student-athletes, which make participating in off-campus activities such as study abroad programs difficult, was identified as an issue the two universities could work together on in order to develop a solution, leading to the genesis of ACE. The ACE program was officially announced in Spring 2015.

For additional information on each of the 40 student-athletes participating in the ACE Program, visit www.ace.duke.edu.

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