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.

UT alumna Samantha Rhodes, along with her dad, Steve Rhodes ('85, '91), and stepmom, Tami, embarked on an adventure to "electrify Africa." The family climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro to raise $30,000 for the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) International Foundation’s rural electrification efforts in Africa.