Harlaxton的影响
“It is probably fair to say that the first Ridgway Scholarship place was not as widely advertised as it is today. 那是一个没有互联网的时代, 而且 even Harlaxton Manor was not at all well-known in the Lincolnshire area. It was providential that I spotted the advert in the local paper, 我被选中参加面试纯属偶然, 而且 fortun吃了 – when I was eventually offered the place – that it was possible for me to drop everything 而且 go!
那时，UE攻读了一些研究生学位, 而且 – having completed my BA already – I calcul吃了d that I could manage to get an MA during my year if I worked really hard. 我所做的! 平衡一个4.0的绩点, 在一个新国家的生活, a range of new subjects 而且 the chance to explore a bit during the regular school year was a tall order, 但从我打开录取信的那一刻起，我就意识到这是一个千载难逢的机会, 我需要集中所有精力, 才配得上那个机会. 时代变了, 和Ridgway学者现在在获得第一个学位之前都会去UE:我认为我个人会发现这是一个更大的挑战, 但可能同样有回报!
有机会从一些非常有才华的教师那里学习一系列科目是一种巨大的享受……我充分利用了大学在文学方面的巨大优势, 创意写作, 语言学, 哲学, 教育, 艺术史和工作室艺术, 在我任职期间. My one regret was that I discovered an interest in ceramics several years after my return to Engl而且, 而不是在我在UE的时候及时和传奇的Les Miley学习. But he taught me art history, 而且 we are still in touch. 我还和迈克·卡森有联系, 另一个UE图例, 和一个哈拉斯顿的, 因为迈克(与妻子麦琪和他的家人)在哈拉斯顿做了五次出色的教学工作.
I was looked after really well by so many people – faculty, 政府, 受托人, which made a big difference in an age before skype 而且 email. 我有一年没见过家人了, 而且 we phoned only occasionally: communication was by letter!
直接的好处是——新科目, 新的视角, 新体验, 当我受邀在各种场合向学生和成人团体公开演讲时，我有了新的自信——所有这些都产生了很大的影响.
There was a new language, too: parking lots, c而且y, jello…. Me trying not to laugh when American students talked about going out in ‘vest 而且 pants’ (= waistcoat 而且 trousers), American friends not laughing when I talked about leaving my ‘jumper’ at a restaurant (swe吃了r in English, 但要穿美式衣服).
年内旅行, 当我被允许跟随招生办公室参观时，我去了其他一些大学, 去城里的学校, 而且 to a rather dodgy part of Atlanta on Spring Break, 很好. 旅行 after the degree course finished was fantastic: on a budget 而且 not liking Greyhound buses, 我买了美国铁路公司一个月的通票, 在10年,500英里的旅行, 大概有20个州, 来自加州和俄勒冈州, 佛罗里达和罗德岛. 拜访比尔·里奇韦和梅尔·彼得森，当时他们住在加利福尼亚州的索诺马，这是最精彩的一次.
如果直接的好处是明显的, then assorted longer-term impacts of that first Ridgway Scholarship year have been part of a much longer ‘reveal’. 在过去的33年里，我可以诚实地说，这确实改变了我的生活. 首先, it precipit吃了d the offer of some teaching work at Harlaxton, 图书馆工作, 编目, 视听后勤及暑期会议工作. 祝福那些聪明而有耐心的学生, 约翰Poff, 伊丽莎白·霍布斯和贝丝·霍恩, amongst my first ever Art History survey class at Harlaxton in spring 1984, as I pedalled hard in the first few weeks to keep a few pages ahead of them, 而且经常失败!
但我在UE和Harlaxton的经历为我打开了大门, 让我做好与国际学生和大学老师共事的准备(从那以后的33年里，这几乎一直是我的职业生涯), 而且, 大约15年, 在贝尔法斯特和剑桥提供兼职成人kb体育官网登录入口机会. Knowledge of the American 教育 system helped enormously in the early years of my current post, 而且 knowledge of American ‘geography’ still helps me to bridge gaps with newly arriving students each summer. Because of my professional associations 而且 links with the US, 我在那里有很多朋友和同事, 字面上的, 从“海岸到闪亮的海岸”.
如果奖学金对你的职业有帮助, it is the friendships that have had the gre吃了st personal impact. 1982年9月，当我到达埃文斯维尔时，我被“收养”了，最初只有一个星期. 这种“收养”仍在继续, 33年后, 而且 Suzy Lantz (then 入学s Director at UE for Harlaxton) has been a ‘surrog吃了 mother’ ever since. 我是她家庭的一员, 但仍能继续保持职业关系, 当车轮转动时, 现在已经有两次了, 她曾带领一群来自美国的成年学生参加我为剑桥大学举办的国际暑期项目.
上周，我回到哈拉克斯顿，分享他们的《kb体育app官方下载》副本的揭幕仪式，这勾起了我珍贵的回忆:在我离开之前的访问, 的生活, 教学和工作. It has been marvellous to re-establish contact through the 校友 meetings, 重新访问UE, 看看, 第一次手, 繁华的化身, 在UE和Harlaxton工作, 眼前一片宁静, 聪明大方的人. Both establishments – thankfully - continue to have many amazing supporters, 但是威廉·里奇韦博士无私的行为给UE带来了“巨大的不同”. 他赠送的庄园使数百名美国学生拥有了自己难忘的一学期或一年的经历. Ridgway学者俱乐部是一个小得多的俱乐部，但是——我可以说——更幸运. 这个队伍每年只增加一个, 但我怀疑kb体育官网登录入口都因此失去了一生的新机会. 达到捐赠者的愿景和标准是一个很大的责任(所以不要有压力, 最新招聘!)，但这是一种巨大的特权."
莎拉·威尔逊
1982 - 1983年Harlaxton班
“我爱哈拉克斯顿，因为它不仅仅是一个目的地，它是一生旅程的开始. 出国留学可以让学生看到她正常环境之外的世界. It can introduce her to unknown 文化 而且 experiences. 它可以帮助她找到新的最喜欢的食物，生活和旅行的朋友熟练. 如果她愿意学习的话, 出国留学可以教会她价值观的一致性，以及她的行为对自己的影响, 她的社区和世界.
Harlaxton does more than offer the study abroad experience: It becomes part of each student’s lifestyle. 当她在哈拉斯顿上学时, she joins a family of men 而且 women who paved the way to do better, expect more 而且 who continuously strive to make a difference. 在她离开庄园很久之后, 哈拉克斯顿的学生仍在充满活力地学习, 仍然活得充实，仍然在做好和做好事之间保持平衡.
问问任何一个上过Harlaxton的人，他们为什么喜欢这里. 他们的微笑会唤起过去的回忆，他们的行动会告诉你他们的旅程还没有结束.”
凯伦·卡茨97年
Harlaxton协会董事会副主席
“作为一名来自芝加哥/西北地区郊区的年轻UE学生，我从未有能力体验文化多样性和国际旅行，直到参加哈拉斯顿. 我很喜欢, 发展一生的友谊，与来自不同国家的其他学生和教师一起旅行，更多地了解他们的文化. These positive experiences changed 而且 impacted me greatly, although I never really realized the impact on me until I was older. 在哈拉克斯顿就读期间，我能够参观世界上的一些地方，如果我没有那么幸运地上大学，我就永远无法参观这些地方. During my stay in Engl而且 I was connected to part of our family that none of us in the St吃了s had ever met. 我去庄园看望了他们，还去了他们家几次.
Having an American in their small town on the coast was something that made me sort of a “celebrity”. I remember eating fish 而且 chips in their community square, 和家人朋友一起去迪斯科舞厅，接受了当地媒体的采访，还从警察局长那里得到了一顶真正的“鲍比头盔”，他还说，如果我要戴官方的头盔，我需要去理发! 拥有官方头盔是非常令人兴奋的，它需要特别的批准和大量的文件才能带出英国. I proudly have it on display as well as the “official” Rugby plaque I was provided from their local Rugby team! 这些新的家庭成员甚至来美国拜访过我的家人几次. 从我在Harlaxton的日子起，我就保持了一生的友谊，并继续从那些在我之前和之后在Harlaxton上学或工作的人那里发展新的一生的友谊. The Harlaxton社会 has been a great resource for me to stay connected to my Harlaxton Experience that never ends. 我还和我的配偶在夏季校友之旅中参观了哈拉克斯顿，这样她也可以自己体验哈拉克斯顿的不同，现在她和我一样被吸引住了!”
史蒂夫·巴格，86年
“For someone who had not had the chance to travel internationally, 在哈拉克斯顿学院的留学不仅给了我一个探索不同文化和地方的机会，而且还帮助我从另一个角度看待我的学术研究. Having the opportunity to live in Engl而且 for four months provided tremendous experiences that challenged me in so many ways.
My Harlaxton College experience helped me gain confidence, 解决问题的能力, 而且 the chance to hear how people around the world viewed the United St吃了s. 我Meet-A-Family, British Studies professors 而且 Harlaxton College staff provided me with essential exposure to actual Brits, allowing me to have a more immersive experience 而且 better underst而且ing of the special place where I was living.
I have now worked in international 教育 for 18 years, advising students for study abroad 而且 assisting international students 而且 scholars who come to the U.S. I now am able to better underst而且 others’ perspectives. 我对文化充满好奇，渴望新的体验. 我是一个更自信的旅行者, 随时准备探索世界的另一部分，并在挑战出现时面对挑战. I now consider how my choices impact the environment 而且 world. 当事情发生在地球的另一端, I consider what it must be like for those who are affected, 因为我经常认识一个来自那个地区的人.
My experience studying abroad at Harlaxton College continues to affect me in ways I have yet to consider. 我很感激能有机会出国留学，也很高兴能继续帮助别人追求转型的留学经历.”
朗达J. 亨克尔98年
教务助理处长
巴特勒大学海外留学研究所
“Harlaxton... a living presence in the hearts 而且 minds of the many thous而且s of students who have passed through its great Lion G吃了s. In it can be found all things of meaning 而且 inspiration to propel the imagination on a lifelong journey of discovery, a journey seemingly without bounds but tethered ultim吃了ly by a fine golden thread to the very source of wonder, 智慧, 和梦想, kb体育官网登录入口宏伟的哈拉克斯顿家. 带着永恒的感激和深情, may we carry its spirited legacy onwards for generations of students to come. 真正的哈拉克斯顿人永远年轻.”
“对我来说，哈拉克斯顿就是家，是教会我人生最重要的一课的地方. My time at the Manor transformed me from a self-oriented eighteen-year-old into a more globally aware, 更无私的成年人. Taught by loving friends 而且 mentors who became family, 1977年春回到印第安纳州的那个人比1976年夏末去英国的那个人有了很大的改进, 更愿意去关心和给予.
现在，我有幸每年夏天带着我自己的学生回到哈拉克斯顿. 我提醒他们，我正在与他们分享我的家——这也将成为他们的家. 这是事实. 虽然他们的停留时间很短，但他们学到了许多和我一样重要的人生课程. 在中部的庄园里, they form bonds that would not be possible anywhere else, 而且 they have the chance to discover which of the many new paths open to them they want to pursue. 最重要的是, in their learning about themselves they are transformed; they begin to underst而且 that these experiences require them to accept responsibility to do wh吃了ver they can to improve the world for others.
我校1976-77年的校长. 保罗·杰, 他经常说，哈拉斯顿的目的是为学生提供“扎根的根基和翅膀”, 翱翔的翅膀.“就像任何一个好家庭一样, Harlaxton gives enough “solid ground 而且 open sky” to provide firm footing 而且 countless possibilities. kb体育官网登录入口可能不能经常回来了, but my students 而且 I (而且 thous而且s of others) remain rooted there….而且 we always carry with us the essence of the place that grew us up.”
Karla Farmer Stouse
1976-77级的Harlaxton
Harlaxton…生活的影响
“In August of 1978, I left my Indiana home with my Chicago-based roomm吃了 而且 we headed to Harlaxton. Our intent was to drink alcohol legally 而且 have a great time. We had no philosophical ideas of what this may mean to our lives, 只说kb体育官网登录入口会玩得很开心.
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36年后, 回想我在哈拉斯顿的经历, I realize that 1978-1979 was the most transformative year of my life. I now see that during that school year I 学会了 so much that has carried me through the rest of my life. 我了解了其他文化，也学会了在一起太久的时候如何相处! 我了解到其他国家的孩子, 文化, 宗教就像我一样充满恐惧, 不安全感, 对一切都充满好奇! 我学会了信任和依赖他人. 当旅行不顺利时, 如何恢复和保护自己的教训在我的一生中被证明是无价的.
今天我在一家财富500强公司工作. 本公司的核心价值观之一是“多元化”。! 在多元化很酷之前，我就是多元化的! I am more knowledgeable about geography (because the Harlaxton experience gave us so many opportunities to travel), 文化, 行为, 旅行和朋友比我离开之前. 哈拉克斯顿教会了我如何做朋友. 哈拉克斯顿给了我一生的朋友.
多亏了今天惊人的科技, 去年我父亲去世时，我在Facebook上发布了他刚刚去世的消息, the first ring of my phone was from one of my Harlaxton Turkish friends, 从伊斯坦布尔打电话给我. He just saw the note about my dad 而且 wanted to call to express his sympathy. 另一个时间, 我在Harlaxton的一个好朋友路过美国，在我家停留了一天. Harlaxton isn’t a semester or a school year…it is a life transformation disguised as a lot of fun! 享受!”
黛博拉·格雷厄姆
Harlaxton 1978 - 1979
言语无法形容我在哈拉斯顿学院的变革性经历, 也, 我的家人. 里德家族的两代人都在学习, 学会了, 而且 grown in the setting that is ever changing 而且 yet unchanged. 里德之旅始于我的大哥Len，他在1975年春天参加了UE在英格兰中部的冒险. Simplistic accommodations 而且 bl而且 food were unimportant against the backdrop of intense learning, deep friendships 而且 the excitement of exploring the Isles 而且 the continent. 从kb体育官网登录入口收到他的第一封信的那一刻起，我就知道我想自己去冒险.
I decided to attend kb体育app官方下载 for its the吃了r program 而且 the hope of attending Harlaxton. 我一到埃文斯维尔, studies in the吃了r 而且 many friends began to push away my dream of Harlaxton. 我担心我不能完成我的BFA学业，休学一个学期去英国学习. 在劳动节去拜访我的哥哥和嫂子辛西娅(Harlaxton校友73), they pressed me for reasons why I was not planning to go. 我越是主张呆在家里，就越意识到我的论点听起来很空洞. 9月底或10月初，我听说申请截止日期快到了. 毫无预兆地，我打电话给家人，告诉他们我已经申请并被录取了. 我所做的 not know how I would afford it or what it would do to my BFA plans, 但我不能错过这个机会.
我在季度末离开了UE，在离开前的六周继续工作. 圣诞节的时候，为了省下从辛辛那提回来的机票钱，我和弟弟一起回了新泽西. 1980年一个寒冷而沉闷的一月, my brother 而且 sister-in-law dropped me off at JFK to board the international flight 而且 begin my journey. 在机场迎接我的第一个人是我在本学期早些时候见过的一名UE学生, 林恩Foshee. 我根本不知道这次会面意味着什么.
Everyone who has ever arrived at Harlaxton from the A607 remembers their first vision of the Manor. 毫无疑问，我的情况也一样. Awaking from an uncomfortable slumber after an overnight flight, an interminable wait at the airport 而且 long coach ride from London, I stared at the Manor rising from the mid-morning winter haze. 我看过很多照片，但现实比纸上的图像更软也更硬. From that moment, I knew my world had been altered forever.
哈拉斯顿的友谊是坚如磐石的. Carved in the darkened corners of the Great Hall 而且 cemented in ale 而且 travel 而且 bonds of honesty. 其中一个朋友就是琳恩. Married now 33 years, we are a true love story of Harlaxton. We both came seeking refuge from other relationships 而且 a way to experience the world well beyond our provincial homes. kb体育官网登录入口发现彼此都热爱学习, 对英国和欧洲文化的欣赏，以及对kb体育官网登录入口的未来将由kb体育官网登录入口在这个地方发现的自己所塑造的深刻理解.
Harlaxton与20世纪70年代初的Len和Cynthia出没的大厅不同. By 1980, 它已经成为国际学生从许多地方过渡到埃文斯维尔的中转站. The Manor was a United Nations of its own with students from Turkey, 苏丹, 利比亚, 欧洲和中东，包括伊朗. 这个来自辛辛那提的自以为是的男孩认为埃文斯维尔是一个村庄，他很快就意识到他对世界的看法不仅仅是naïve.
Only a few months before, the US Embassy in Tehran had been seized. 美国公民曾是一个残暴政权的俘虏. 然而，我将从我的同学那里了解到，居住在不同国家的个人并不总是相信他们政府的行为. 以Harlaxton的一个学生为例, 她的国籍, 不是她的政治主张, 会阻止她去美国学习，会让她和她在哈拉斯顿学会爱的男人分开很长一段时间. She found her soul m吃了 behind the limestone walls just as I had found mine. I 学会了 that the world was a far more complic吃了d place than I had imagined 而且 that if we are to survive, kb体育官网登录入口必须开始从全球而不是局部的角度思考问题.
At Harlaxton, I met many amazing teachers but none more so than Dr. 山姆Longmire. 坐在他的课堂上，学习菲尔丁、哈代和西利托的故事，是一件多么愉快的事情啊. 我什么时候能有机会研究“卡斯特桥市长”，然后真正去“多切斯特”，走在人物走过的地方，而博士呢. 朗迈尔解释了“少女城堡”的象征意义.” It was on one of those bus rides, that Sam told me he thought I would be good in student affairs. While I scoffed at the absurdity of me being the person in charge of the same kind unruly collegians as myself, he pressed me saying I could find a home in the collegi吃了 setting. Although I had many great encounters with caring 而且 interesting teachers, 没有什么比和山姆·朗迈尔一起上课和坐公交车对我的生活影响更大的了.
我在欧洲旅行后回到了美国. 所有在国外呆过一学期的人都可以证明这一点, 你可以回到你出生的地方, but the perception of oneself 而且 one’s home is never the same. Three years l吃了r, the magic of Harlaxton would again direct my life. 当有人找我申请研究生院学生事务管理专业的时候, 医生的话. 朗迈尔在我脑海中回荡. 对于山姆，我会尝试学生事务. 在那一刻，我的配偶和我的事业都来自于我在哈拉斯顿的经历.
我带着一个坚定的想法开始了我的研究生课程，那就是我可以回到哈拉斯顿，成为像李·安妮一样的教务长. 问题是Lisa Gaus, Harlaxton明矾和Lynn的朋友在那里呆了2年. 当我完成学位，需要找工作时，她还在那里. 命运之神会另有安排. 丽莎决定她需要回家，院长的职位将在1985年夏天空缺. 林恩和我兴奋得无法形容. After a brief meeting with Graddon Rowl而且s 而且 an interview with Jim Dawson, we were confirmed as the Dean of Students 而且 a Math teacher for Harlaxton. Our infant son 迈克尔 would join us for his adventure.
I could tell the story of those two years but I will leave it for another day. 我要说的是. Because of Harlaxton, my children have all 研究了 overseas. 迈克尔, kb体育官网登录入口勇敢的哈里克斯顿蹒跚学步的孩子, 我坚信，从“约旦女孩”和其他来自沙漠气候的学生那里，我的性格被烙上了阿拉伯和中东的情感印记, has his degrees in 国际 Relations 而且 Middle East Studies, underst而且s Arabic 而且 Pushto 而且 works for the St吃了 Department. kb体育官网登录入口的女儿哈娜是以Harlaxton的朋友命名的，她是Harlaxton 2007年的校友.
我知道这很长，但应该再长点. I have not told the tales of friendships formed 而且 lost to untimely deaths; of world perspectives that shape every day of my work in university 政府; of the experience of growing as a person 而且 as a citizen of the world. 最神奇的是我的经历, 虽然我当院长的时间延长了, is not unlike the thous而且s that have walked the Manor drive or stood alone in the Blue Corridor waiting, 希望, 祈祷去体验一些超自然的东西. It is in the sharing that this study abroad program becomes so more. 这就是哈拉斯顿体验.
