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
One of the main benefits of being on campus this term has been the COVID testing. With health being a high priority on the mind of many students (and their parents), I know that I am thankful for this aspect of the Winter term. And since it seems like I am getting well-versed with the health system on campus (check out this post to see how it was to be in quarantine on campus), I decided to write about the testing procedure that every student must do on campus.
The first step students and faculty must take in the COVID testing process are to schedule an appointment online. This term, students are supposed to be tested two days a week a couple of days apart. To sign up is very simple; all we have to do is check what date we want to get tested and what time works best. There are a ton of times available, so I can easily find times around my classes and clubs.
Then comes the fun part.
This term, students, and faculty take their COVID tests in Thompson Area, which is where the hockey team plays. It is on the east side of campus, so I get a good walk in there and back. When I get to Thompson, I scan my ID and wait in line (there usually isn't a long line, and sometimes there isn't even one). Then, I go up to one of the healthcare workers, who gives me a test tube with my name and contact information. Then I do my test.
Thompson Area, where we do our tests!
The test is very simple, and it is self-administered. We get a cotton swab that is a couple of inches long, and we have to put it up our nostril and swirl it around four times. Then we hold it for ten seconds, then repeat in the other nostril. As someone who has taken COVID tests back home, in which it is not self-administered and instead uses a much longer stick, this test is less irritating. We then put the cotton swab in the tube we got and head out.
And that's that! The testing is a very quick process, and the best part is we get our results back quickly; sometimes the same day. For someone who struggles with the anxiety of potentially having COVID, it is nice to have consistent knowledge of my current health, enabling me to have a peace of mind to focus on classes!
Through Dartmouth's Guarini Institute for International Study, I am getting to take classes and experience life at Wellesley College, an all-women's school!
