What is your name?  Steffanie Abbey.  Which state are you from?  Virginia.  Have you lived there your whole life?  Yes.  Describe your state in three words.  President, city, and ...

What is your name?   Lily McCandless.   Which state are you from?  Nevada.   Have you lived there your whole life?  Yes.  Describe your state in three words.  Desert, dichotomous, ...

Are you a fan of Kit Carson? Are you glad CCU has a residence hall named after him, just to the right of Anschutz as you drive onto campus? Well, I don’t. I (Will Klumpenhower, First of his Name, ...

What’s your name?  Josh Thomas.  Which state are you from?  Iowa.  Have you lived there your whole life?  No, I’ve also lived in Costa Rica, Nebraska, and Ecuador.  Describe your ...

What is your name?  Grace Budill.  Which state are you from?  Illinois.  Have you lived there your whole life?  Yes.   Describe your state in three words.  Flat, cloudy, and ...

Welcome to week eight of Stories with Strangers and I hope you all are having a wonderful week as the semester slowly comes to a close! The setting for this week’s story was a little bit different ...

What is your name?  Jiana.  Which state are you from?  Hawaii.  Have you lived there your whole life?  Yes.   Describe your state in three words.  Warm, colorful, and ...

What is your name?  Maddie Schmeling.  Which state are you from?  Alaska.  Have you lived there your whole life?  No, I lived in Alaska until I was eleven. I moved to Colorado and then ...

What is your name?  Alex Pauli.   Which state are you from?  Kansas.  Have you lived there your whole life?  Yes. I lived in the same house for 18 years and then moved to a house 15 ...

I find myself sitting on a comfy leather couch, laughing so hard my stomach hurts. My face is sore from smiling for the past three hours. Here I am, surrounded by the friends I grew up with. We talk ...