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January 25, 2024
Learning by Doing
Each year between the fall and spring semesters, enterprising students return to campus a little early to participate in Intersession, a weeklong course dedicated to an interesting subject not typically offered during the regular semester.
![Emily Curran](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/qe2ul2l0/production/c9fe32e7e40106552dc109221ffdf4a45d425cec-2000x1334.jpg?rect=0,2,2000,1330&w=352&h=234&q=70&fit=max&auto=format)
May 18, 2022
Curran ’22 Earns Fellowship from the National Science Foundation
After a superstar undergraduate career, Emily Curran ’22 will start her PhD program with an extra boost from one of the nation’s preeminent STEM fellowships.
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May 05, 2022
Tars Taking Action
A trio of Tars are putting the “act” in “activist” through educational outreach and the creation of the first-ever Take Action Institute.
![Jacqueline Bengtson ’22](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/qe2ul2l0/production/88ec9d33ad9d041c38710ee48a18e6b997c0e8e0-2000x1333.jpg?rect=0,2,2000,1330&w=352&h=234&q=70&fit=max&auto=format)
May 04, 2022
Bengtson ’22 Earns Fulbright and Critical Language Scholarships
Jacqueline Bengtson ’22 will pursue passions for cross-cultural exchange, education, and foreign languages in India and Nepal.
![Renee Sang ’21](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/qe2ul2l0/production/371618a44fe83c6c4f4f1696eccf892e2c2d566a-2000x1333.jpg?rect=0,2,2000,1330&w=352&h=234&q=70&fit=max&auto=format)
July 12, 2021
My Rollins Gateway: Lights, Camera, Activism
Renee Sang ’21 may be a local, but her Rollins experience took her well beyond the boundaries of Central Florida in her quest to illuminate social justice issues through documentary filmmaking.
![Marissa Cobuzio on a study break with Ari, the service dog she’s raising on campus.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/qe2ul2l0/production/d27dc81d031e391f7fc23188205043ce62cceb61-2000x1333.jpg?rect=0,2,2000,1330&w=352&h=234&q=70&fit=max&auto=format)
January 12, 2021
My Rollins Gateway: Vet with a Cause
Marissa Cobuzio ’19 is pursuing a career in mission-based veterinary medicine because she loves animals—and people.
![An aerial photo of an airboat driving through a canal with a storm on the horizon.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/qe2ul2l0/production/05994715ae650fe818999fc917531fc850c4d7b4-2000x1332.jpg?rect=0,1,2000,1330&w=352&h=234&q=70&fit=max&auto=format)
July 07, 2020
Wild Wonders
Service and adventure converge on an Immersion experience in the Everglades, where hands-on learning leads to lasting impact.
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November 13, 2019
Vet with a Cause
Biology and sociology double major Marissa Cobuzio ’19 is pursuing a career in mission-based veterinary medicine because she loves animals—and people.
![Alexandria Tomkunas ’18 with building blocks](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/qe2ul2l0/production/73653a24b5874c70fc5ca48253182c093026594e-1598x1065.jpg?rect=0,2,1598,1062&w=352&h=234&q=70&fit=max&auto=format)
January 09, 2019
Shaped by Service
At Rollins, Alexandria Tomkunas ’18 discovered a passion for service and learned how to build a career out of making a difference.
![Students sitting on a large-scale sculpture in downtown Orlando](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/qe2ul2l0/production/0e7508024de5be7687c9794b58d2977f10129b47-2048x1365.jpg?rect=0,3,2048,1361&w=352&h=234&q=70&fit=max&auto=format)
February 02, 2018
Liberal Arts in Action
Many of our industrious students cut their winter breaks short to participate in Intersession, a weeklong course dedicated to an intriguing topic not typically covered during the regular semester.