Global Experiences
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Yaw Mensah: Student Report from 2017 Alternative Fall Break in Cuba
While in Cuba, we worked on the Cristo Project. The Cristo project has the goal of creating a rest stop for an area underneath The Christ of Havana.
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Trip Report: Alternative Fall Break in Cuba
The second evening was spent at the Castillo de San Carlos de la Cabana, the largest fortress in Latin America, dating from the 18th century, which at the time made Havana the most heavily-fortified city in the New World.
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Kunal Ashok: Student Report from 2017 Alternative Fall Break in Cuba
My Cuban experience was definitely one that I will remember for the rest of my life. And it started off almost not happening in the first place.
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Roy Tan: Student Report from 2017 Alternative Fall Break in Cuba
The first encounter I had with Cuban music occurred when we ate at a tiny restaurant called Kilometer Zero. The lively restaurant had the usual jostle of people, but all the sound was immediately taken over by a double bass that had its strings plucked.
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Nicole Gonzalez: Student Report from 2017 Alternative Fall Break in Cuba
These are the group of people that regularly work at the Christo Project. Many of the people live in Casa Blanca district. The project is helping to provide jobs and a tourism attraction for this poor area of Cuba.
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Students Reports: Dennis Morozov in Turin, Italy
Traveling in Europe, Africa, and Asia was a rewarding cultural experience which led to the simple realization that diversity and the cultural nuances are the jewels that make the world beautiful and worth visiting.
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David Barnes: Student Report from 2017 Alternative Fall Break in Cuba
The environment of Havana is so lively and positive, both day and night. Bands are playing throughout the streets and restaurants, waiters are trying to attract customers into their restaurant by making them laugh with their witty comments, and cultural dancing takes place all around the square.
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Student Reports: Alec Yen in Cambridge 2017
My name is Alec Yen, and I am heading into my second year at Tennessee as an electrical engineering major. This blog will follow me in my adventures with UT’s Honors Study Abroad Program in Cambridge, England. In my five weeks here, I will be taking two courses: History of the English Language and History…
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Student Reports: Michelle Lames in Lyon, 2017
The visit to CERN was such an exciting opportunity because it is the location of the most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider, and it was amazing getting to learn more about the groundbreaking research and tour one of the particle detector sites.
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Student Reports: Leftwich and Perryman in Oxford, 2017
We studied the “Quest for Meaning,” that is, the fundamental human drive to infuse meaning into the world. This course was a veritable blitzkrieg of topics, moving from Aristotle to existentialists, including Eastern thought as well.