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Chaiken Scholar, Victor, connects with other students through his numerous extracurricular involvements, which combine his passions for dance, food and helping others. Originally, only planning to major in the sciences, Victor learned about the flexible curriculum offered by the College of the Liberal Arts from a career coach in the Liberal Arts Career Enrichment Network. He then added the Spanish major to his academic plan, and it took him beyond the confines of the classroom to Ronda, Spain, for an education abroad experience. There, Victor stayed with a host family in a full cultural immersion and attended classes on Spanish customs, history and language.

Chaiken Scholar, Nije’e won a competitive Gilman Scholarship, which provides up to $5,000 for undergraduates to study abroad. She utilized the funds to travel to South Korea, where she continued taking psychology classes. She also practiced the Korean language—in which she hopes to eventually become fluent.

Sarah received enrichment funding to spend two months on an archaeological excavation in Bolivia. “This project has taught me how archaeological research is carried out, and I believe it has prepared me for continuing research at a graduate level,” she said.

As a student, Daniel, a Paterno Fellow alumnus, participated in a linguistics research project in Bassila, Benin made possible by the Career Enrichment Network, where his research focused on everyday language use.

Caden spent his summer completing sociolinguistic research in Puerto Rico. He was selected by the Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE) program, which is housed in the College of the Liberal Arts. The program provides students who have an interest in linguistics research with funding to travel to a country for six to eight weeks to conduct research.

After spending time in Bologna and Florence, Italy as part of the Liberal Arts embedded course IT 175/SC 475N Anatomy in Italy, Lyndsay said one of her favorite experiences of the trip was meeting medical students from the University of Bologna.