# @famu_1887 on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DKxlBrcBXOn
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/31652692-famu-1887-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/9dc19946a4.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-06-11T20:54:58.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Florida A&M University (@famu_1887) — https://gondola.cc/famu_1887

## Caption

✈️🌏 From the Highest of Seven Hills to Hanoi!

FAMU grad student Ashley Saddler Jr. didn’t plan to become a global citizen—but a 26-hour journey, a stop in Qatar, and a language boot camp later, he stepped off the plane and into a life-changing semester in Vietnam.

Saddler, a Jacksonville native and first-generation American with Caribbean roots (his father and brother hails from St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI), his mother from Antigua), spent the fall 2024 semester abroad as a recipient of the prestigious Boren Award—an initiative through the U.S. Department of Defense aimed at deepening language skills and cultural understanding.

Read more at: news.famu.edu

#FAMUlyAbroad #GlobalRattler 🌎🐍#YouCanGetAnywhereFromFAMU #BestofBothWorlds

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famulyabroad, youcangetanywherefromfamu, globalrattler, bestofbothworlds

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