For art and design associate professor Kimberly Kersey-Asbury, a love of art and adventure has taken her to Botswana many times, most recently on sabbatical, to exchange knowledge, fuel her creativity—and make an impact.

Many of our faculty, students, and alumni are recipients of this prestigious grant. We hear from a few members of our community about how the experience changed their lives, and why they wouldn’t be who they are today without it.

With the college’s new flagship study abroad program in Tuscania, Italy, and Global Seminar courses reaching from France to Argentina—not to mention Covid-19’s decline—students are once again free to move about the world.

Scenes on campus from this year.

On the Hilltop Spring/Summer 2023

“There’s something more lasting about the impact you can have on people versus your research output. I’d rather have one or two people say that an interaction with me helped shape their journey as opposed to having one publication more.”

As a teacher, Theodosios (“Theo”) Boulogiane ’51 taught his students to diagram a sentence, encouraged their creativity, and introduced them to some of his most admired writers, from Keats to Kerouac.

Stories from our alumni!

Letter from the President, Spring/Summer 2023