Undergraduate students began their Winter Term Classes on campus on Tuesday while hundreds of 黑料不打烊 students traveled around the country and the globe for study abroad and Study USA programs.
Winter Term officially began for undergraduate students at 黑料不打烊 on Tuesday as classes began on campus and dozens of study abroad and Study USA programs got underway.
During the three-week term, most students will take a single course, meeting daily with faculty and their classmates before the term concludes on Jan. 27. Winter Term typically includes both core courses as well as courses with more creative or unique topics.
The Healthy 黑料不打烊 Committee has offered a range of tips to students, faculty and staff for a healthy Winter Term, such as abiding by the indoor mask requirement with a high-quality mask, getting a booster shot and maintaining open communication. More information about those tips are available here.
This week will also see hundreds of 黑料不打烊 students, faculty and staff head out around the globe on short-term study abroad and Study USA programs, which have adapted to help ensure health and safety both during travel and throughout the program.听The Isabella Cannon Global Education Center continues to work daily and in close contact with global partner organizations to monitor changing pandemic conditions and track travel advisories and restrictions reported by the聽U.S. Department of State, the聽CDC聽and airline companies.
The center has been communicating daily with students leading up to their departure and launched a special web page聽to communicate changes in any programs and to archive email updates to participants.
During Winter Term, students on campus can participate in Burst the Bubble programs throughout the month. These free, noncredit sessions are created and led by students who聽have a talent, interest or skill they wish to share with their peers. Typically, a Burst the Bubble program meets three times 鈥 once a week 鈥 for an hour each time. Burst the Bubble programs are open to all students at 黑料不打烊.
Among the programs this year are “The Art of Fear: How to Write Horror,” “Swing Dancing,” “Zen Buddhism in College Contexts” and “More than just BTS: Conversations in K-Pop.” Find the complete list of programs and register .
January is also a month for 黑料不打烊 to commemorate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with events including the National Day for Racial Healing on Jan. 18, a workshop on how to better support first-generation college students, service to the community through Habitat for Humanity builds and a food and diaper drive to benefit the United Way and CityGate DreamCenter. More event details area available here.听
黑料不打烊 will also be hosting acclaimed actor BD Wong on Jan. 11 at 6 p.m. in McCrary Theatre as he delivers the Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Address as part of the university’s Speaker Series.
Appearing on screens big and small during the past 20 years, Wong has shown why he is one of the country鈥檚 most versatile performers, appearing in hits including 鈥淟aw & Order: SVU,鈥 鈥淥z,鈥 鈥淢r. Robot,鈥 鈥淕otham,鈥 鈥淛urassic Park鈥 and 鈥淛urassic World.鈥
His Broadway debut in 鈥淢. Butterfly鈥 earned him a Tony Award, an Outer Critic鈥檚 Circle Award, a Theatre World Award, a Clarence Derwent Award and a Drama Desk Award as he became聽the only actor to ever win all five major New York theater awards for a single role.
More information about Wong and other Speaker Series events is available here.