{"id":295562,"date":"2018-02-12T15:33:47","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T20:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/?p=295562"},"modified":"2018-02-19T12:48:48","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T17:48:48","slug":"take-five-offers-students-free-path-pursuing-passions-295562","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/take-five-offers-students-free-path-pursuing-passions-295562\/","title":{"rendered":"Take Five offers students free path to pursuing passions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"take\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/takefive.jpg\" alt=\"2018 Take 5 Program group photo\" width=\"4239\" height=\"2826\" \/><\/p>\n<ul class=\"group_1\"><!-- Row One--><\/p>\n<li>\n<div class=\"name_1\">\n<p>Brenna Allen<\/p>\n<div class=\"program_1\">Interpreting historical and contemporary media through a feminist lens<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"name_1\">\n<p>Sherrie Cao<\/p>\n<div class=\"program_1\">Buddhism and its influence on East Asian modern society<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"name_1\">\n<p>Hongjue Wang<\/p>\n<div class=\"program_1\">French Society post World War II<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"name_1\">\n<p>Michaela Wentz<\/p>\n<div class=\"program_1\">Discovering my Chinese roots: language and culture<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"name_1\">\n<p>Janet Sorells<\/p>\n<div class=\"program_1\">Chinese language and culture<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"name_1\">\n<p>Jasmine Han<\/p>\n<div class=\"program_1\">Don\u2019t judge me because I\u2019m different: roots and effects of racism toward African-Americans<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"name_1\">\n<p>Ariel Lighty<\/p>\n<div class=\"program_1\">Logic, language, meaning and the mind<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"name_1\">\n<p>Lucinda Liu<\/p>\n<div class=\"program_1\">Performing arts<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"name_1\">\n<p>Christine Gao<\/p>\n<div class=\"program_1\">Understanding East Asian Culture from Different Perspectives<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"name_1\">\n<p>Sunny Hutson<\/p>\n<div class=\"program_1\">Intersectionality and Comprehensive Feminism<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"name_1\">\n<p>Arun Nambiar<\/p>\n<div class=\"program_1\">Observing urban culture through a lens<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"name_1\">\n<p>Dayvi Sandoval<\/p>\n<div class=\"program_1\">The body as voice: identity expression through the arts<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"name_1\">\n<p>Naomi Hollo<\/p>\n<div class=\"program_1\">The impact of women of all social classes on furthering the instability of the war of the roses and their role in the stability of the Tudor monarchies<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"name_1\">\n<p>Monica Masterson<\/p>\n<div class=\"program_1\">World War I through art and literature<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"name_1\">\n<p>Samantha Turley<\/p>\n<div class=\"program_1\">City structures and urban planning in modern South America<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"name_1\">\n<p>Hailey McAvoy<\/p>\n<div class=\"program_1\">German language and translation<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"name_1\">\n<p>Eibhlin Regan<\/p>\n<div class=\"program_1\">The history of violence and conflict in Europe through a religious lens<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"name_1\">\n<p>Anne Cheng<\/p>\n<div class=\"program_1\">Engagement of consumerism with contemporary art<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"name_1\">\n<p>Dusty Levenson<\/p>\n<div class=\"program_1\">The embodiment of race: defining the black body in America and West Africa<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"name_1\">\n<p>Nick Contento<\/p>\n<div class=\"program_1\">Exploring Ecofeminism in the Contemporary United States<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"name_1\">\n<p>Jun Yuminaga<\/p>\n<div class=\"program_1\">The effects of ethics on economic decision making<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"name_1\">\n<p>Aurek Ransom<\/p>\n<div class=\"program_1\">How U.S. law reflects values, desires, and ideas of justice\u2014in theory and in practice<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"name_1\">\n<p>Jack Battaglia<\/p>\n<div class=\"program_1\">Spanish and Latin American studies<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"name_1\">\n<p>Madison Carter<\/p>\n<div class=\"program_1\">Creating communal spaces through public art<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"name_1\">\n<p>Kate Zheng<\/p>\n<div class=\"program_1\">Asian Sexuality in History and Pop Culture<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"name_1\">\n<p>Cameron Morgan<\/p>\n<div class=\"program_1\">Disability, stigma, and identity<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"name_1\">\n<p>Kate Tian<\/p>\n<div class=\"program_1\">Chinese history and society from a new perspective<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Hover over the scholars above to learn more about the array of subjects\u2014from ecofeminism to consumerism in contemporary art\u2014that the latest groups of Take Five Scholars are exploring as part of a fifth, tuition-free year of study.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/news\/intersections\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/intersections.jpg\" alt=\"logo graphic reads: INTERSECTIONS. A Newscenter series showcasing the Ä¢¹½´«Ã½&#039;s cross-disciplinary approaches to teaching, learning, and research\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-300032\" \/><\/a>Since 1986, nearly 1,200 University students have pursued their academic passions through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/ccas\/handbook\/TakeFiveSchol.html\">Take Five Scholars Program<\/a>, which offers a tuition-free year to complete a self-designed curriculum.<\/p>\n<p>Students like Hailey McAvoy \u201918E, \u201919 (T5), who fulfilled a dream that started when she was 15 and read Rainer Rilke\u2019s <em>Letters to a Young Poet<\/em> translated from German into English.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was blown away by the ability to capture what I thought was an electricity that could only be in German,\u201d she says. \u201dI\u2019ve wanted to study translation ever since. With Take Five, I can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Take Five is unique to the University, giving students a chance to explore academic and professional passions outside their majors. Working with a faculty member who serves as their program advisor, applicants to Take Five design an interdisciplinary selection of courses related to a theme or question they\u2019d like to explore.<\/p>\n<p>Jeffrey Runner, dean of the College and a former Take Five advisor, says Take Five students must study something \u201ccompletely different\u201d than their undergraduate curriculum.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe encourage students to think about a topic they have some interest in that\u2019s enriching their experience from their undergraduate degree,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>McAvoy was a dual major in voice and musical arts at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/\">Eastman School of Music<\/a>, with a heavy schedule that left her unable to take some courses that interested her.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pullquote\">\u201cI\u2019ve talked to friends that go to other universities, and they\u2019re astonished that such a program even exists.\u201d<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s an advanced poetry seminar I\u2019ve wanted to take for five years on the River Campus but couldn\u2019t because it conflicted with my opera rehearsal schedule,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>Her program is called German Language and Translation.<\/p>\n<p>C. Mike Lindsey &#8217;09 (T5) created a major called Integrative Neurobiology, and a Take Five program titled Understanding Bilingual Representation. He cofounded an urban agriculture startup, NexLoop, in 2016. His brother, Nate Lindsey \u201910 (T5), created an interdepartmental major at the University called Alternative Energy and Sustainable Engineering before completing a Take Five program titled Western Literature.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I started at Rochester, I quickly ramped up in engineering and optics, then research took over my sophomore year,\u201d says Nate Lindsey, a doctoral student in earth and planetary sciences at the University of California-Berkeley. \u201cBy my third year, I realized I hadn\u2019t read a novel in a year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He designed a set of courses from the English Department \u201cto steep my brain\u201d in the history of artistic and intellectual thought in the 19<sup>th<\/sup> and 20<sup>th<\/sup> centuries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI learned to form arguments in writing,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>After enrolling at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/\">Eastman School of Music<\/a> in 2013 as a piano performance major,\u00a0Naoki Toyomura &#8217;17, &#8217;18E (T5) took an intro economics class on the River Campus \u201cout of pure curiosity,\u201d and then created a Take Five program called Japanese Language and Culture. Toyomura,\u00a0Eastman\u2019s 2017-18 Students\u2019 Association president, has since founded Music Admit, a business that helps students find the right music schools and teachers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m very glad I picked Rochester, because these opportunities don\u2019t exist at other institutions,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Nisha Modi \u201918 (T5) majored in neuroscience and is currently in a Take Five program called The Rights of Muslim Women in Society.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year has given me more freedom in terms of understanding where my passions lie,\u201d Modi says. \u201cI\u2019ve talked to friends that go to other universities, and they\u2019re astonished that such a program even exists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Janet Sorrells realized before her junior year that there were many topics she was interested in that wouldn\u2019t fit into her hectic schedule as a biomedical engineering major with minors in optics, electrical and computer engineering, and health policy.<\/p>\n<p>Sorrells\u2019s program is called Chinese Language and Culture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI choose that because I like to be challenged, and it was something new and completely unfamiliar to me,\u201d she says. \u201cAnd because Chinese is the most commonly spoken native language on earth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This summer, Sorrells will be working as a youth camp counselor in Shanghai, China, before heading to graduate school in the fall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe beauty of the Take Five program is that I\u2019m learning for the sake of learning,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Meet our newest Take 5 class<\/h2>\n<div class-=\"large-up-2 medium-up-2\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong>Brenna Allen 19&#8242;<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t<em>Canandaigua, NY<\/em><br \/>\n\t\tInterpreting  Historical and Contemporary Media through a Feminist Lens<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong> Samantha Bahr 19&#8242;\t<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t<em>West Henrietta,\tNY<\/em><br \/>\n\t\tThrough  the Lens: Capturing Dance<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong> Jack Battaglia &#8217;18\t<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t<em>Davie, FL<\/em><br \/>\n\t\tSpanish and Latin American Studies\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong>Benjamin Bird 19&#8242;\t<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t<em>Waterloo, IA<\/em><br \/>\n\t\tAgriculture&#8217;s Impact on Ecosystems, Climate Change, and Culture\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong>Stephen Burgay &#8217;20\t<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t<em>Syracuse,\tNY<\/em><br \/>\n\t\tRussian Culture: Imported or Native?\n\t  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong>Yixin Cao &#8216;<\/strong><strong>19<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t<em>Shanghai, China<\/em><br \/>\n\t\tBuddhism and Its Influence on East Asian Modern Society\n\t  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong> Emily Carter &#8217;19\t<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t<em>Tarrytown,\tNY<\/em><br \/>\n\t\tHumans and the Environment: Do We Matter?\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong>Tyler Cervini &#8217;19 <\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t<em>Monroe,\tCT<\/em><br \/>\n\t\tInvestigating the historical context of the political landscape of the United States of America\n\t  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong> Anne Cheng &#8217;19\t<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t<em>Bellevue,\tWA<\/em><br \/>\n\t\tEngagement  of Consumerism with Contemporary Art<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong> Aleksander Dombrowski &#8217;19<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t<em>Honeoye Falls, NY<\/em><br \/>\n\t\tPhilosophical Implications of the Mind and Brain\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong> Damani Eubanks &#8217;19<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t<em>Mitchellville, MD<\/em><br \/>\n\t\tThe  History and Culture of the Human Aspect of Environmentalism in Latin America<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong>Yixuan Gao &#8217;19\t<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t<em>Rochester, NY<\/em><br \/>\n\t\tUnderstanding  East Asian Culture from Different Perspectives<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong> Justin Gudell &#8217;19\t<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t<em>Rochester, NY<\/em><br \/>\n\t\tDiscrimination  in America<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong>Jasmine Han &#8217;20<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t<em>Bellevue, WA<\/em><br \/>\n\t\tDon\u2019t Judge Me Because I\u2019m Different: Roots and Effects of Racism towards African Americans\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong>Naomi Hollo &#8217;20\t<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t<em>Cheltenham, PA<\/em><br \/>\n\t\tThe  Impact of Women of all Social Classes on Furthering the Instability of the War  of the Roses and their role in the Stability of the Tudor Monarchies<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong>Andre Jeyarajan &#8217;19\t<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t<em>Toronto, Ontario<\/em><br \/>\n\t\tFrom  GIS Systems to Green Industry: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Climate Change  Patterns, Challenges and Opportunities<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong> Unni Kurumbail &#8217;18<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t<em>East Lyme, CT<\/em><br \/>\n\t\tWhat fundamental forces shape our political and social institutions? \t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong>Jina Lee  &#8217;19<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t<em>Suncheon, Jeollanamdo, S. Korea<\/em><br \/>\n\t\tHistorical  Construction of Womanhood and Femininity in the Western Culture<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong>Ariel Lighty   &#8217;19<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t<em>Port Orchard, WA<\/em><br \/>\n\t\tLogic, Language, Meaning, and the Mind\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong>Tong Liu &#8217;19\t<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t<em>Shenyang,\tLiaoning, China<\/em><br \/>\n\t\tAn  Undertaking with the Western Mind: To Study the History of Ideas<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong>Yumeng <\/strong><strong>Liu &#8217;19 <\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t<em>Chengdu,\tSichuan, China<\/em><br \/>\n\t\tPerforming  Arts<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong> Zaira Lujan &#8217;19<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t<em>El Paso, TX<\/em><br \/>\n\t\tUsing  Art and Marxism to Explore the Post-Revolution Mexican Identity <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong> Monica Masterson &#8217;19<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t<em>Freehold, NJ<\/em><br \/>\n\t\tWorld War I Through Art and Literature\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong> Ciara McGillivray &#8217;19\t<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t<em>Groton, MA<\/em><br \/>\n\t\tWhat  is &lsquo;American:?&rsquo; How Marginalized Identities Contribute to American Identity<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong> Cameron Morgan &#8217;19<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t<em>Medina, NY<\/em><br \/>\n\t\tDisability,  Stigma, and Identity<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong> Megan Murante &#8217;19<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t<em>Rochester, NY<\/em><br \/>\n\t\tA  Comparison of Italian and American Cultures<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong> Fnu Naqing &#8217;18<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t  <em>Rochester, NY<\/em><br \/>\n\t\t  Exploring  Japanese Anime<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong> Julia Rosenbaum &#8217;19<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t<em>Potomac, MD<\/em><br \/>\n\t\tRiding  the Fourth Wave: A Study in Modern Feminist Theory<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong> Caroline Samuels &#8217;19\t<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t<em>Baton Rouge,\tLA<\/em><br \/>\n\t\tGerman:  Understanding a Society through Language and Culture<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong>Dayvi Sandoval &#8217;19\t<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t<em>Bronx, NY<\/em><br \/>\n\t\tThe Body as Voice: Identity Expression Through the Arts\n\t  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong>Marin Takikawa &#8217;19<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t<em>Flushing, NY<\/em><br \/>\n\t\tThe  Francophone Perspective on Immigration in France<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong>Hongjue Wang &#8217;19\t<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t<em>Jinan,\tShandong, China<\/em><br \/>\n\t\tMusic  Composition in the Modern Tradition<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong> Jun Yuminaga &#8217;19\t<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t<em>Bayside, NY<\/em><br \/>\n\t\tThe  effects of Ethics on Economic 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