Classroom to laboratory: Learning without borders
| dc.contributor.author | Lim, Kelly | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-03-26T19:56:39Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-03-26T19:56:39Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2015-10-23 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-03-26 | |
| dc.description.abstract | A college student’s senior year is a bittersweet one. One would love to embrace the last moments as an undergraduate student while lining up the stepping stones to one’s career path. As a senior Biochemistry major, the progresses in science and technology are as important as my personal development progress. In embracing the last year of my student life and preparing myself to venture into the working world, I took a Mount Holyoke College online film studies course while working full time in Professor Wei Chen’s laboratory to improve the surface properties of a promising polymer in the biomedical field, polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). Since learning is not simply confined within the gates of Mount Holyoke College, my summer learning experience branched to University of Sussex in England where I studied Medicinal Chemistry while traveling the south of England and London. For home is where the heart of the learner lies, prior to returning to campus for my senior year, I went back to my family and friends in Malaysia. The thousands of miles that I traveled this summer are only a chip of my whole summer experience for I have learned more than those mere numbers. | |
| dc.description.panabstract | Historically, liberal arts are defined as subjects or skills that are essential for a free person. As liberal arts college students, we are privileged to study an array of courses that feed our different interests. This interdisciplinary approach allows us to understand multiple subject areas and how they are tied to one another. Even so, we often have the impression that we can only choose one area as our ultimate career. This summer, four students challenged the true meaning of liberal arts by making the most out of their summers. They planned and created their own summer experiences in search for their career paths while feeding their varied interests. From museums to corporations, from China to England, these students exemplified the ideals of liberal arts and showed how summers can be rich and fulfilling, yet informational. The summer is your oyster. Let this panel show you the pearls that they made in summer 2015. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10166/4559 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.rights.restricted | public | |
| dc.title | Classroom to laboratory: Learning without borders | |
| dc.title.alternative | Boundless Summer: Multiple Interests, Multiple Possibilities |
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