Levine Scholars Blog
Although all scholars are different, a couple of things stand true. Levine seminars, Summer 1 in the backcountry of Wyoming, internships, studying abroad, Civic Engagement Projects, and the Transition Team are a part of every scholar’s experience.
Saturday November 19, 2022 was a day I will never forget! That was the day that I prepared gumbo for my fellow Levine Scholars, Levine alumni, staff and friends of UNC Charlotte. The weather was perfect. It was sunny but chilly and what we Creoles and Cajuns call “gumbo weather.” The chill in the air made the bowls of warm gumbo so welcomed.
A rush of panic raced through me when my plane landed in Valencia, Spain. The excitement from flying across the Atlantic had passed, and a new fear of being in a country where I did not speak the language set in. I never thought I’d be able to study abroad; it didn’t seem compatible with my majors and minors (computer science, biology, and chemistry). However, since the Levine Scholars Program encourages scholars to study abroad as much as possible, I thought I would explore the possibility to go for an entire semester.
Vienna wasn’t supposed to be so hot. I studied abroad in Austria’s capital for four weeks this summer during a record breaking heatwave. Most days, the average temperature was ten degrees above the typical summer average. Sometimes it was even more.
When the lights dim, I always hold my breath as the room becomes blissfully quiet, the notes of the opening song echoing through the theatre. Sometimes I don’t exhale until I’ve taken in every detail of the stage being revealed—the performers, the lights, the scenery.
My time at UNC Charlotte provided some of the most formative experiences and cherished memories of my life, and it was an honor to spend four years with (though I may be biased), the most inspiring, friendly, and encouraging peers, faculty, and mentors in our great state.
As greeters, we stand in the lobby of the clinic and assist veterans in getting to their appointments. Primarily we are there to create a welcoming and helpful environment as people enter the building.
Alternative Spring Break (ASB) is a Levine tradition. Each year, scholars are given the opportunity to engage in community service, learn about social justice, and bond across cohorts.
We hope you can see our excitement in each episode and enjoy hearing the adventures that our cohort and the Levine Scholars Program has embarked on so far. We can’t wait to see where Levine Live will go in the future and all the new adventures that have yet to be told.
We hope you can see our excitement in each episode and enjoy hearing the adventures that our cohort and the Levine Scholars Program has embarked on so far. We can’t wait to see where Levine Live will go in the future and all the new adventures that have yet to be told.
In a world consumed by the COVID-19 pandemic, digital communication has been at the forefront of many people’s lives. From Zoom meetings to the constant onslaught of emails, more and more conversations have turned virtual. Social media, too, has taken a larger role in our lives on a day-to-day basis.
This past summer I had the opportunity to intern with Habitat for Humanity, and wanted to share a bit about my experience. Habitat is usually a popular choice of internship preference for scholars and I was very excited to know that I had been selected for an interview with Habitat for my second summer Levine experience.
