Cady Stribling Features Editor cstribling1@murraystate.edu Senior Lauran Young has been accepted into the highly competitive Fulbright Student Program, a cultural exchange program meant to improve intercultural relations and diplomacy. Young completed her TESOL major last May and returned this semester to complete a second major in Spanish. Young’s double majors will come in handy as Read More
By Gisselle Hernandez, Features Editor Taking care of wounded elephants in the hills of Chiang Mai, Thailand, is not how most college students imagine spending their summer. Vasiliki Wilk, senior pre-veterinary major from Rineyville, Kentucky, was able to do just that, and more, when she went with the Boston-based Loop abroad program to Thailand last summer. Read More
Student spends summer abroad in Thailand studying elephants Story by Gisselle Hernandez, Assistant Features Editor When junior Laura Cortazzo learned she had been selected to go to Thailand for part of the summer, her initial thought was “Awesome! I get to work with elephants!” However, throughout the two weeks, her perspective changed as she realized that Read More