Refugee Stories – Day 10 Photos

Refugee Stories – Day 10 Photos

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Dr. Lynda Chen – Taiwanese Immigrant

Dr. Lynda Chen – Taiwanese Immigrant

For the first 14 years of my life, our family spent a month in Taiwan every summer. Whether it be the nightly chiming of the garbage truck (it usually played Fur Elise), praying at the temple five minutes down the street, or just sitting in the walls papered by my...
Course Highlights

Course Highlights

Refugee stories is a fun, educational Spring Intensive option that gives you that opportunity to learn about how refugees lived their lives. Some highlights of our course were trying amazing new foods, visiting towns/cities such as Brighton Beach, South Patterson, and...
Field Trip to Paterson

Field Trip to Paterson

Paterson, New Jersey often gets a bad reputation because of its high crime rate, and the immense amount of poverty within the city. However, when visiting Paterson, people fail to mention the strong sense of culture within the city. The area that our intensive visited...

Interview with “Nanou”

Suzanne Schmitz Lear grew up in Brussels, Belgiumhas an older brother, Stephanvery strict upbringing, parents focused on her brothereducation was much more difficult in Belgium compared to the UStop of her classmaiden name is Schmitz“If a school is filled with stupid...