Centre College students make most of experiential learning opportunity

^{上图:卡蒂亚·马鲁西奇(2026届), far left) with Centre College connections at the Shikhin Excavation Project in Israel.}

At Centre College, a world of opportunities opens as soon as you set foot on campus.

五名bwin体育学生, 由犹太遗产基金资助, 这意味着全球近期的经历, 与bwin体育校友一起深入研究以色列的历史, 在奥地利学习犹太历史, working to preserve Jewish culture in Russia 和 recording oral histories on the isl和 of Sardinia, 意大利.

Two of those students shared their experiences of transformative on-campus classes 和 how those led to their summers abroad.

深入了解中东的历史

Katia Marusich(2026届毕业生)说 考古学概论 class with Grissom Professor of Anthropology Robyn Cutright sparked her interest in the field of archaeology. That set into motion a series of events that took Marusich to an archaeological dig in Israel.

“我爱上了它, 想想我们拥有的东西是如何与我们的文化联系在一起的, 我们的价值观以及我们与世界互动的方式,马鲁西奇说.

卡特赖特向马鲁西奇指出了石欣挖掘项目(SEP)。, an archaeological “field school” located in the Galilee region of Israel.

For Marusich, her first archaeological dig was a four-week experience in the Nazareth area of Israel.

“我们每周花五天时间挖掘泥土，”马鲁西奇说. “但它真的是如此美妙. 我学到了很多. It was just constant learning … It’s such a different thing from reading about it to going to do it.”

Marusich said working with experts in the field was an incredible experience abroad.

“Holding the objects (we discovered) gave it a much more human connection 和 more practical underst和ing of archaeology as a science 和 a method,马鲁西奇说.

从硬币到陶器, 油灯和生产油灯的模具, Marusich was with the team that helped uncover what they thought was part of a significant structure.

“That was really cool on many levels, because we found a lot of nothing,马鲁西奇说. “然后我们发现了一排完美的石头，雕刻得很好. That’s where they assumed the synagogue wall was — it was amazing to find that.”

It’s through the class with Cutright — 和 the grant from the 犹太遗产基金 — that helped Marusich discover experiential learning, 和潜在的, 一个职业.

“I knew I was interested in people 和 cultures 和 how we think about ourselves, about other people. 但我不知道那是人类学, 当我上考古学入门课的时候, 我意识到, ‘哇, 这就是我一直在寻找的东西,’”马鲁西奇说. “我不可能参加这次旅行, 或者有足够的信心去申请, 如果(犹太遗产基金)没有帮助我.”

记录撒丁岛的口述历史

Senior Joey Johnson first learned about oral history projects through 人类学课程 与人类学客座助理教授杰弗里·申顿合作. 申顿的课程帮助约翰逊磨练了他的技能, 他今年夏天在意大利撒丁岛用的那个.

“My goal there was to collect oral histories for Jewish heritage non-profits who could store them for future research,约翰逊说. “It was a really cool experience to put things I gained from 人类学课程 on campus to work in a real-world context.”

Johnson has spent significant time abroad while at Centre, from Bulgaria to Thail和. 他说，出国留学是他选择Centre的主要原因.

“我一直在努力抓住每一个机会，”他说. “I’m really interested in working in international education contexts — working with students who speak different languages 和 who come from different cultural backgrounds. I see participation in study abroad as necessary preparation for that.”

约翰逊曾与马克·达姆蒙特-德夫林共事, 法语和人文学科客座助理教授, on finding Jewish citizens to speak with 和 collect oral histories,

“口述历史的很大一部分, 你在寻找某人的个人故事, 和 really that means being curious in the things that they take interest in 和 the things they want to say,约翰逊说. 在这些对话中, you have to be open to letting people lead you where they want the conversation to go.”

Students who received grant funding through the 犹太遗产基金

Katia Marusich, 2026届毕业生， 参加了石欣挖掘工程, an archeological excavation of a synagogue 和 other historic Jewish sites at Shikhin in the Lower Galilee in Israel.

Joao Victor M. 阿泽维多，2024届毕业生， 和 泰勒·金尼，2025届毕业生， worked with Associate Professor of Spanish Satty Flaherty-Echeverria in Austria, learning about Jewish history 和 culture in the Graz international Summer School Seggau (GUSEGG).

乔伊·约翰逊，2024届毕业生， worked with 访问ing Assistant Professor of French 和 Humanities Marc Démont-Devlin in Sardinia, 意大利, undertaking a research project on conceptions of Jewish identity in Sardinia as recounted through oral histories.

Uliana Bazavluk, 23岁 与EVA St合作. 彼得堡, a non-governmental organization that provides social assistance to the elderly population 和 supports the preservation 和 vibrancy of Jewish culture 和 art in Russia.

的 犹太遗产基金 is a grantmaking organization which helps foster a strong, vibrant Jewish community. Associate Professor of Religion Shana Sippy manages the grant provided to Centre College.