Growing season: summer brings experiential travels for students
Exonians gain valuable hands-on lessons in ecology, entrepreneurship, service, writing and more.
There are typical summer plans, and then there are Exonian summer plans: For 84 lucky Exeter students, this summer offered the opportunity not just for lazy afternoons, summer jobs and poolside chats, but also for cultural immersion, service to others and hands-on learning.
Whether helping to mitigate water erosion in the Adirondacks; exploring quantum mechanics at a premier research center in Riken, Japan; or discovering the world of Julius Caesar’s Gaul on an archaeology dig in Bibracte, France (to name just a few of the 15 experiential summer travel opportunities and internships sponsored by the Academy), Exonians gained valuable hands-on lessons in ecology, entrepreneurship, service, writing and more — at locations across Asia, Europe and the United States.
Alphonso Bradham ’20, one of 11 students who participated in the Classics Department’s study tour in France, reflected on his archaeology fieldwork: “To see actual archeologists uncover something that hasn’t been seen for thousands of years and to experience firsthand the process of excavation from the perspective of an experienced team is a memory that I will never forget.”
In her travel blog, Classics Instructor Megan Campbell praised the participants’ “endless intellectual curiosity, energy, and kindness” and expressed her gratitude to the Behr Fund for making the biennial tour possible. See more reflections from Campbell and her students.