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
After a hectic senior fall, I am happy to have some time to rest with family for a couple of weeks before I get back to Hanover. Dartmouth's winter break—also known as "winterim"—runs from before Thanksgiving all the way to January. Dartmouth students don't have any finals after Thanksgiving break, so we get about six weeks of rest. After seeing endless TikToks and Tweets from students at other universities who are stressed with the two or so weeks of finals between Thanksgiving and Christmas break, I am thankful for the structure of Dartmouth's break and not having to worry about finals.
I haven't seen some of my family for over a year!
So what am I doing over winterim? Well for starters, I am sleeping a lot more. Not having classes gives me the opportunity to sleep in without the fear of oversleeping a class or missing a meeting for a club. I am also spending a lot of time with my family (and my dog). It's nice seeing family I haven't seen in a long time, and being able to catch up with them and talk about my time at college allows me to reflect on my experience over the term, both the positives and negatives. Just last night, we had a dinner party where my family and our friends made homemade pizza and caught up. It was a fun time!
Pizza throwing!
But being at home doesn't mean I'm not still connected to Dartmouth. In terms of academics, I recently found out I got accepted to do an honors thesis in Creative Writing, and I am super excited to start working on my short stories while I'm on break. Not only that, but I am staying connected with my friends from back at school. I've realized that simply calling or FaceTiming friends can provide that sort of connection that helps when I miss my communities. I'm excited to see my friends when I get back, but for now, I am going to enjoy the break I have before winter term!
I was able to catch up with one of my Dartmouth friends who lives in my town!
On Monday, April 8, 2024, a phenomenal total solar eclipse occurred — and we happened to be within the path of totality. As a result, Dartmouth hosted a variety of eclipse-related events on- and off-campus. Find out how I spent the eclipse!
