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CAS Students Broaden Their Horizons

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President Garrison's recent blog post talked about the impressive number of UAB students who are literally broadening their horizons this summer with studies and service abroad.  As Dean for the College of Arts and Sciences it pleases me to see how many of our students are involved in such endeavors. Their efforts, however, would not be possible without the excellent faculty and staff in the College who help guide and mentor our students.  To all of our faculty and staff, thank you.  And to our students, take advantage of all that UAB and the world has to offer.  I wish each of you safe travels and look forward to seeing you in August.

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Thomas M. DiLorenzo, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences


President Garrison's Summer Vocation Blog Post
As we look forward to well-deserved vacations and “staycations” of the summer months, many of our students are heeding that deeply-felt vocation to literally broaden horizons—to further their own studies and service abroad, explore other cultures, better equip themselves for their chosen fields, and establish themselves as citizens of the world.

Some of them are traveling to conduct exciting research and scholarship, others to do service-learning projects, and all of them are preparing themselves to make important and singular contributions to our local and global community.

I am always proud and amazed by the range of our students’ summer pursuits—geographically and in terms of the many disciplines and fields represented. Through Study Away, and other programs such as Outreach Abroad and the Sparkman Center for Global Health, we have more than 150 undergraduate and graduate students in 23 different countries this summer. To highlight only a few: 

  • In the UK and Ireland, five students are doing research in chemistry, biomedical engineering, and mathematics, and scholarship in literature and creative writing.
  • 27 students are studying foreign language and culture in Paris, Toledo (Spain) and throughout Japan.
  • Nine students are in Costa Rica, working and shadowing doctors in a health clinic and conducting health classes in schools.
  • Two students are in China and South Korea on highly competitive Critical Language Scholarships from the U.S. State Department.
  • 11 students are doing materials engineering research in the German cities of Stuttgart, Munich and Aachen; 11 others are studying psychology in Prague; and 13 more are researching tropical biology in the Bahamas.
  • Two students are in Zambia conducting lab-based and community-based efforts in HIV/AIDS prevention.
  • 19 students are studying foreign language and literature, as well as international relations, in Chile, Argentina, Ecuador, Costa Rica and Peru. 
  • As part of a new interdisciplinary CAS minor called “Peace, Justice and Ecology,” 11 students—from anthropology, chemistry, art history, international relations and other majors—are exploring the Indian cities of Delhi, Agra, and Dharamsala as they study non-violent social action, conflict resolution and the history of peace movements.


Through such projects, students are making great intellectual and cultural strides that benefit them personally and, in turn, enrich their community, state and nation. Having studied abroad, our students are all the better prepared to be leaders here at home, helping Alabama and the U.S. remain competitive in the global, knowledge economy.

I applaud these students, and the faculty and staff who mentor them, for answering a call this summer that will also carry them to rewarding lives and careers—to think and travel in new directions, to take a broader and richer perspective of the globe, and to strive for both success and service, in all seasons.

Carol Garrison

To view the President’s Post and archives online, please visit
www.uab.edu/president/post