Friday, March 1st, 2024 Academic Programs Alumni Reflections Newsletter Uncategorized
I set off for Talloires and the Tufts Summit program following my junior year of high school. I was eager to spend time living with a host family and working on my French skills, and… Read More
Thursday, December 14th, 2023 Academic Programs Alumni Reflections Newsletter Uncategorized
At the European Center of Tufts University, we believe in unlocking doors to transformative educational experiences. This collage of heartfelt reflections from our scholarship recipients is evidence of the pivotal role that access to such… Read More
Thursday, October 12th, 2023 Alumni Reflections Newsletter
When I arrived in Talloires for the Tufts Summit Program in 2016, I was an apprehensive high schooler, nervous about meeting my host family, making friends, and being away from my home in New Jersey.… Read More
Monday, December 19th, 2022 Alumni Reflections Newsletter
Rabbi Jeffrey Summit, Jewish Chaplain Emeritus, and “What Happens Next?” presenter, reflects on the past 20 years of visits to Talloires.
Tuesday, April 19th, 2022 Alumni Reflections Newsletter
Without a shadow of a doubt, working as an intern at the European Center was the highlight of my time as an undergrad at Tufts. I had the incredible privilege of spending four summers living… Read More
Monday, November 29th, 2021 Alumni Reflections Newsletter
Amy Carzo graduated from Tufts University in 1991. She worked at the Priory with the European Center during the summer of 1991 through the Albertville Winter Olympics in 1992, the summer of 1992, and the… Read More
Tuesday, September 28th, 2021 Alumni Reflections Newsletter
Talloires isn’t just a place that I’ve studied and worked. It’s a second home. I was captivated by the magical village when I arrived as a student in 2011. The close-knit community shares a taste of the Haute Savoie with a… Read More
Monday, May 17th, 2021 Academic Programs Alumni Reflections Newsletter
This June, after 41 years of teaching French and Spanish language at Tufts, our colleague David Pauling is retiring. For 25 of those years, David spent the month of July in Talloires guiding, supporting, and… Read More
Monday, March 1st, 2021 Alumni Reflections Newsletter
I remember sitting in my Spanish professor’s office, contemplating whether or not I should go to Talloires. The only other country I had traveled to was Vietnam, and I went with family. We spoke the… Read More
Monday, November 30th, 2020 Alumni Reflections Newsletter
Each morning, my French mother would wake me with her cheery voice, “Jennifer, c’est l’heure de se réveiller.” I would open my shutters and breathe in the fresh alpine air, awestruck by the view of… Read More
