Hi guys! The name's Tulio (yes, like the guy from Rio) Huggins, and I am a '23! I am from the beautiful state of Pennsylvania, where I have lived for the past couple of years. I am double majoring in History and English with a concentration in Creative Writing. In my free time, I love to hang out with friends at Dartmouth Apologia, my fraternity, and in Aquinas House! Feel free to ask any questions you might have. I hope that you all have a blessed day!
Academic Program
History & English with Concentration in Creative Writing
Favorite Thing Right Now
Hanging out with my fraternity brothers and hanging out in Aquinas House!
This history class is dedicated to investigating the history behind current events. In this term, we looked at the history behind immigration, Silicon Valley, and affirmative action. And in the final weeks of the term, we were able to choose what we wanted to learn about, and we chose to look at the history of impeachment. It is a very cool class with great class discussions. I would highly recommend!
COSC 1 is an intro to Computer Science course. I had never taken a CS course, so learning the new Python language was definitely tough! Even so, I learned so much about how to code, and the help provided by TAs and the professors is invaluable in this course!
This was the first class I ever took in the African and African American Studies and Religion Department. It opened my eyes to the various ways African Americans in the Jim Crow era survived when the world was stacked up against them. I would highly recommend!
An interesting class where we focused on the spread of literature during this time period. Also one of my smallest classes; only five other classmates!
This class was a creative writing class, and it gave me a lot of insight into what I as an author should want my readers to do when they confront the piece. It was an amazing class, and it was so cool to be able to take it in London!
My desire to learn about religion and history was thoroughly fulfilled in this class, where we looked at the various Christian conversions in different European areas. I learned a lot, and I really loved the prof's lectures!
SpringOn-Campus
I'm not taking any classes this term! Instead, I am doing a fellowship through the Leslie Center for Humanities, where I am writing an interconnected short story collection set in an evangelical church youth group.
This was my senior seminar for my history class, and we learned about the many Native American treaties that occurred for the centuries of US-Indigenous interaction
Since September, I have been in London studying on the English FSP at Queen Mary University of London. I decided to document a week in my life here, both the experiences of school and tourist life!
Monday:
I have one class on Monday, called "Heroes and Outlaws in History and Fiction, 1100-1600". The class looks at the different stories during the late Middle ages, such as a story of Richard of Lionheart, and another one that looked at a Sir Bevis.
Heroes and Outlaws Class!
The class is pretty small, and the conversations we have on the texts are really interesting. It is a little hard to read old English though! After class, I decided to go to the gym. I go to the local YMCA, which is actually the oldest one in the world!
It's fun to stay at the YMCA!
Tuesday:
I don't have class today, so I decide to do some work for my classes. I decide to go to the Senate Hall Library, which is the library for the University of London. It is really big, with tons of floors and spaces to work. I decided to work in the religion and philosophy book section for a little bit. Next time I am there, I am going to peruse the books more!
This library looks a little different than Baker!
I also went to a pub called the Court with some of my friends to hang out. It is popular for college students, and I have been there a lot since I've been here!
Wednesday:
I again didn't have class, but our English program had a walk around London, where we saw the homes and landmarks of famous poets.
On the walking tour!
For example, we saw the house of Sylvia Plath and Dylan Thomas, as well as a famous church that has some architecture from the Saxons. It was so interesting to see so many landmarks that had such a rich history, and it made me wonder if my work would become so influential that I would be memorialized like this. Hopefully!
Thursday:
I had my "Creative Writing Prose: the Short Story" class today. The class consists of us reading pieces by different authors to improve our writing and then having a workshop on our work so we can get feedback from each other. This class was looking at pieces by five different classmates. The pieces were good!
Friday:
This day included my final class of the week, "Global Shakespeare", a class where we focused on Shakespeare's works and their influences in adaptations and such. We were looking at Shakespeare's play Othello. I had never read Othello before, and I have got to say, it is a great play! I really felt that Iago was extremely clever!
The other Dartmouth students in my class!
After class, I went with two other students (one being a Dartmouth student), to the local mall for food. I got some Thai food, something I might have gotten back at Dartmouth (though I have to say, Tuk Tuk still has my heart).
Sunday:
Saturday was pretty uneventful, but Sunday was amazing! Our English program went to visit Oxford University, which was about an hour away from London. I really enjoyed our time there. We got a tour of the city, and saw things such as the famous Bodleian Library as well as the Radcliffe Camera.
The famous Bridge of Sighs!
But I think the coolest part of my time there was that I went to visit St. Edmunds Hall, a constituent college at Oxford. I wanted to see the inside, and it was only open for current students and prospective students. Since I am interested in Oxford for grad school, I decided to ask if I could walk around. A student overheard me talking, and she gave me a personal tour of the college! It was amazing and very nice of her.
So there you go! That is a week in the life of a Dartmouth student studying in London.
Walking around the Wellelsey campus, it's clear that it was built with intentional incorporation of the surrounding nature. The architecture of many buildings were also mindfully crafted to support Wellesley's unique principles.
From orientation week to your classes, you can easily find community at Dartmouth! Read on to know how I met my Dartmouth family and where you might also find yours.
