Alumna Jennifer Porath (BA VPA, ’12) fell in love with the U.K. and particularly with Scotland, where she now lives and is researching Scottish folklore and culture, focusing on the oral tradition of storytelling. When she heard about a program that explored the Scottish culture through very old stories and how, over time, they morphed into something new—she was intrigued.

Jeremy Holloway teaches English as a second language remotely to middle school students in China. In March, the UT alumnus was invited to travel to China to meet the students he teaches. He traveled across the country to visit all of his classes, the Great Wall of China, the Forbidden Palace and the Terracotta Army Sculpture Museum.

Not long after their ship departed Barcelona, Barbara and Eldon Sheffer encountered an unexpected, but pleasant surprise on their Viking ocean cruise. “We were on this cruise, and this very nice man with this University of Toledo hat on got on our elevator. We were shocked. We got to talking about when we graduated and how long we’ve been gone. He told us a big group of Toledoans, most of them alumni, were on this cruise,” says Barbara.