{"id":13102,"date":"2018-06-20T09:11:48","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T13:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archdesign.utk.edu\/?p=13102"},"modified":"2025-01-30T11:19:31","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T16:19:31","slug":"normandy-scholars-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archdesign.utk.edu\/normandy-scholars-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Scholars Spend Two Weeks Studying WWII in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"
Four students from the College of Architecture and Design who were chosen as UT Normandy Scholars spent 13 days in May exploring the history of World War II in England, France and Germany.<\/p>\n Normandy Scholars is an interdisciplinary program designed to allow undergraduate students from across ¿ì»îÊÓƵ, to study World War II in a wider context.<\/p>\n While abroad, students visited memorials, museums, galleries, parks and cemeteries.\u00a0 To read more about these students\u2019 travels, check out their blog at normandy.utk.edu\/catergory\/normandy-scholars-2018.<\/a><\/p>\n Autumn Ragland, 2nd<\/sup>-year Architecture student, explained that the study abroad experience was an amazing opportunity to see history in architecture at a personal level.<\/p>\n \u201cFrom the Cathedral of Notre Dame and the Pompidou Center to meticulously cared-for cemeteries and\u00a0\u2018temporary\u2019 riverside shops, I was able to understand and feel the long-term effect and deep importance of the built environment,\u201d explained Ragland.<\/p>\n Before embarking on their study abroad trip, students participated in a three-hour seminar. Sydney Bittinger, 3rd<\/sup>-year Architecture student, explained that her experience in the Normandy Scholars program helped shape the way she looks at design.<\/p>\n \u201cIt gave me an opportunity to share my passion [with other students] as well as understand how design and media can impact visitors,\u201d stated Bittinger.<\/p>\n Patrick Keogh, 3rd<\/sup>-year Interior Architecture student, agreed with Bittinger. \u201cSeeing monuments and museums that ultimately talk about the same event but take different approaches helps to see the small nuances in the designs, such as materials, lighting and spatial organization.<\/p>\n While participating in the program, students learned more about their chosen design professions, but also, they were able to reflect on the history behind the sites they visited. The students in the program focused on memory studies, which examine how societies react to and commemorate the past.<\/p>\n \u201cThis trip helped me realize that I am a revenant (a returner) for the next generation to these places of memory,\u201d stated Jonathan Winfiele, a 3rd<\/sup>-year Architecture student. \u201cWe have the responsibility to craft the narrative for others to understand and to preserve its integrity.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The best way to learn more about this and other amazing opportunities for our students\u00a0is to visit us<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0Schedule a visit today<\/a>!<\/strong>\u00a0 Or\u00a0e-mail us<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>for more information.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Normandy Scholars are Named<\/a><\/p>\n Study Abroad Opportunities<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Dillon Dunn<\/a><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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