"I participated in a global classroom in which half of the class consisted of students at the Yeditepe University in Istanbul, Turkey. We talked about global issues and international communication through a video-conferencing system. The class helped us to see views of world affairs from eyes halfway around the world." International Studies major talking about a Communication Studies course
"Through the Latino Achievement Mentoring Program, I provided guidance in academics to a Guatemalan high school student. I also served as a role model. This program helped me to understand the socio-economic disparities that affect the performance of high school students. It also reinforced the idea of pursuing a career in advocacy." International Studies & Spanish major
"The EN Thompson Scholars learning community allowed me to meet faculty and students with similar interests as my own, while taking classes and becoming involved in lectures outside of class...I also traveled to Australia, New Zealand, and Rarotonga for two upper-level business classes to study business and marketing approaches." International Studies & Political Science majors, French & Economics minors
"I hold a research position at the Nebraska Center for Virology that focuses on the Epstein Barr virus. I prepare several buffers and solutions as well as perform daily laboratory maintenance activities. Next fall I will work on my own UCARE project to identify EBV-proteins required for viral cancers and eventually prevent EBV-triggered tumors from spreading." Biochemistry major, Mathematics & Chemistry minors
"Being a student docent for the Sheldon Art Gallery has familiarized me with gallery staff and how a successful gallery is run. Digitizing the texts for the Whitman Archive and my UCARE project has equipped me with research skills and put me in close connection with important Art History professors and authors." English major
"Last September I co-founded Divest Nebraska, the leading organization in Nebraska advocating targeted divestment as a strategy to end the genocide in Darfur, Sudan. In addition, I spent the summer of 2006 in Peru, volunteering at an orphanage and community center." Political Science & International Studies majors, Human Rights, English, and Spanish minors
"I have worked on several research projects, including the 'Rural Language and Literacy' project, 'Getting Ready' on the role of parental stress on children ages 3-5, and 'Project Safe,' an intervention program for children who have experienced sexual abuse." Psychology & Child, Youth, and Family Studies major
"Louda Lab has allowed me to start working on my own independent research interpretation on resource allocation and allometry in thistles. The RUTE program allows me to work alongside experienced professionals in ecology and mathematics who expose me to what I want to do in the future." Environmental Studies student
"I am learning to think as a scientist. Two summers ago, I took a course at Cedar Point which allowed me to see science first-hand and perform experiments out of the laboratory. I was not fond of sharing the outdoors with rattlesnakes, but it was one of the best scholastic experiences I've ever had." Biological Sciences major
