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The MC Scots in the Maryville College Psychology, Child Development, and Neuroscience Advanced Studies in International Child Welfare are back home, but the experiences in Switzerland are ones they’re still processing.
They included a lot of firsts: “My first plane experiences (not so amazing), my first out-of-country travel, new concepts, new friends and so much more,” says Autumn Carroll, who just graduated with a psychology major. “This trip forced me to open up to things I was scared of and think of (and) view things in a light I never did before.”
Case in point: The youth correctional facility the group toured.
“It gave me a visual of how different we are in our treatment of young adult and juvenile offenders,” she said. “All of this insight, along with the information we learned in class regarding child welfare, has given me a new perspective, and I am truly grateful for the experience.”
Before their trip, members of the class toured a similar facility here in East Tennessee, and the differences, according to rising senior and neuroscience major Erin Knocke, were illuminating.
“These visits were an eye-opening experience, (and) this trip allowed me to broaden my perspective by viewing the world now on a global scale, when before it was more (of) a national view,” she said. “This trip abroad also gave me the opportunity to grow closer to my peers and professors; it was definitely a once-in-a-lifetime experience that I will never forget!”
And of course, it wasn’t all work and no play! From Swiss chocolate to the Swiss Alps, they took full advantage of the opportunities presented by Dr. Ariane Schratter and Dr. Lori Schmied, who are always up for an international adventure through the Maryville College Center for Global Engagement! At Maryville College, we don’t just encourage you to study everything; we encourage you to try everything, because expanding your horizons and broadening your perspectives will only serve you well in the futures you make!
Participants in the Maryville College Center for Global Engagement Scots Abroad program are finishing up a 10-day 2022 Bonner trip to Puerto Rico, one "rooted in service and culture exchange."
According to the MC website, the trip is built around six Bonner pillars of service: international perspective, community building, diversity, social justice, civic engagement, and spiritual exploration.
These students are, in effect, serving as ambassadors: not just of Maryville College, but as inquisitive and globally conscious young minds who seek to do good on the largest possible scale, as our founder encouraged.
And clearly, they've had a little fun along the way! At Maryville College, we're grateful to have forged these partnerships over the past two centuries that allow our students an opportunity to experience what President Bryan F Coker so often emphasizes: We are all connected, and cultural differences are to be embraced, celebrated and respected so that we may move forward in unity, no matter the place we call home.
Those who said the most at Dr. Lori Schmied’s retirement reception this afternoon weren’t even present.
Dr. Crystal Wright Colter — her colleague in the Maryville College Psychology, Child Development, and Neuroscience departments — read one testimony after another from former and current students who described in glowing detail the impact that Dr. Schmied has had on their lives over the past 33 years. As a psychology professor, she’s introduced them to concepts that some have turned into lifelong pursuits. As the founder of the Neuroscience program, she’s established a discipline at MC that will be a lasting testament to her academic dedication.
But that’s not all she’ll be remembered for. Her advocacy for international students and international travel through the Maryville College Center for Global Engagement … her advocacy — pointed and critical, but always congenial, one administrator after another noted — for faculty members and programs … the way she continually pushed her students to reach the heights of their potential … what more could an educator hope for?
Her retirement begins as soon as Commencement wraps on May 7, but she’ll still be around and still be a part of Maryville College — physically, through Maryville College Scots Abroad, but in spirit as well, through the long and lasting legacy she leaves behind.
Job well done, Dr. Schmied. Thank you!
Dr. Lori Schmied would be reticent to take credit for the successes of the Maryville College Psychology, Child Development, and Neuroscience programs over the three-plus decades she's been a part of them, but trust us: Her modesty belies the profound influence she's had on both academics and the futures of so many students who have gone on to do good on the largest possible scale.
Her retirement reception will take place one week from today, and while we're excited to see what she'll do when she's no longer teaching full-time — because she'll still be active as part of the Maryville College Center for Global Engagement — it's safe to say that the woman who helped establish Neuroscience as a vibrant and engaging field of study at MC will leave big shoes to fill.
Dr. Schmied, we salute you. As a Scot who's invested so much of herself into this institution, we're grateful that you're leaving the College better than you found it.
Please join us on the 27th to wish her well!
The Maryville College Center for Global Engagement capped International Education Month on Tuesday by gathering students on the lawn in front of Pearsons Hall and handing out cups of colored cornstarch to toss into the air and onto one another as part of Holi: A Festival of Spring! With roots in India, the colors symbolize the vibrancy of spring, and the mixing of them, in the air and on one another, demonstrates the blending of people and cultures that make this campus such a dynamic place to live, love and learn.
As she biked 800 miles alongside the Mississippi River, journalist and writer Devi Lockwood noticed a common theme in the conversations she initiated with people about the land upon which they call home: water.
The ways in which it spilled over the banks, year after year, as rains turned the Mississippi into a maelstrom of destruction. The parched patches of cracked ground, where it receded during all too frequent droughts. The salinity of encroaching seawater, the closer she got to the coast. Talking about climate change, she realized, was too complex and polarizing, but water was and remains an issue that affects everyone.
That led to her book, "1,001 Voices on Climate Change," born of her travels and her insatiable desire to tell real stories of real people. She'll discuss the book and those conversations on Wednesday here at Maryville College, as part of International Education Month activities sponsored by the Maryville College Center for Global Engagement. Details:
Last year, in the midst of COVID-19, the Maryville College Center for Global Engagement decided to bring the world to Maryville College.
Lockdowns and travel restrictions have, for the past two years, made the Center's primary mission — to encourage international studies by MC students and recruit international students to our campus — more difficult. But through the dedication of staff members, the Center designated March as International Education Month and showcased this vast and wondrous planet that exists beyond the confines of our lovely campus.
They're doing so again this month, with international cuisine being prepared by Metz Culinary Management at Maryville College, a spring festival at the end of the month, seminars and programming and so much more, all of it designed to encourage the MC community to embrace and examine the exciting possibilities of study abroad. Read more:
So You Think You Can Dance?
Travel the World Through Dance
Join GCO to learn dances from around the world at the International Dance Party
Maryville College Center for Global Engagement
The news out of Ukraine is a firehose at the moment, with chaos, instability and violence changing the narrative on an hourly basis. It may seem impossible to keep up with it all, but on Friday, MC faculty members will offer some background.
"Ukraine in Context" is a roundtable discussion of the Maryville College Center for Global Engagement, Maryville College Division of Social Sciences Maryville College Division of Humanities, and it's designed to give attendees a glimpse into specific historical perspectives, talking points and political situations that inform what led to the current conflict and how it may play out.
Tune in to this page on Friday to join us. Details:
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