Harlac's Tongue - Alumni

Harlaxton Alumni Academic News

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:57:00 --0100

We're very pleased to announce the academic successes of a number of former Harlaxton students.

Fulbright Awards

Eileen Ryan and Jennifer Dooper (both of Western Kentucky University) have received prestigious Fulbright awards for 2010-11. They will be teaching English in Argentina and South Korea respectively. See here for further details.

A number of our former students are undertaking graduate work, some returning to the UK

Morgan Stankey (University of Evansville) is currently studying for a M.A. in Politics and Contemporary History at the University of Nottingham

Ashley Nolan (Eastern Illinois University) is working towards a M.A. in Medieval Studies at Saint Louis University

The following Harlaxton alumni are about to begin Masters courses in the UK

Kelly Cyr (UE) at the University of East Anglia

Erin Stork (UE) at the University of Glasgow (Creative Writing)

Felicia Stinson (WKU) at Roehampton University

Natalie Cook (UE) at the University of Edinburgh (Outdoor Education)

Please let us know about your academic successes.

Harlaxton Alumni Academic News

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:57:00 --0100

We're very pleased to announce the academic successes of a number of former Harlaxton students.

Fullbright Awards

Eileen Ryan and Jennifer Dooper (both of Western Kentucky University) have received prestigious Fullbright awards for 2010-11. They will be teaching English in Argentina and South Korea respectively. See here for further details.

A number of our former students are undertaking graduate work, some returning to the UK

Morgan Stankey (University of Evansville) is currently studying for a M.A. in Politics and Contemporary History at the University of Nottingham

Ashley Nolan (Eastern Illinois University) is working towards a M.A. in Medieval Studies at Saint Louis University

The following Harlaxton alumni are about to begin Masters courses in the UK

Kelly Cyr (UE) at the University of East Anglia

Erin Stork (UE) at the University of Glasgow (Creative Writing)

Felicia Stinson (WKU) at Roehampton University

Natalie Cook (UE) at the University of Edinburgh (Outdoor Education)

Please let us know about your academic successes.

Harlaxton Alumni Academic News

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:57:00 --0100

We're very pleased to announce the academic successes of a number of former Harlaxton students.

Fullbright Awards

A number of our former students are undertaking graduate work, some returning to the UK

Morgan Stankey (University of Evansville) is currently studying for a M.A. in Politics and Contemporary History at the University of Nottingham

Ashley Nolan (Eastern Illinois University) is working towards a M.A. in Medieval Studies at Saint Louis University

The following Harlaxton alumni are about to begin Masters courses in the UK

Kelly Cyr (UE) at the University of East Anglia

Erin Stork (UE) at the University of Glasgow (Creative Writing)

Felicia Stinson (WKU) at Roehampton University

Natalie Cook (UE) at the University of Edinburgh (Outdoor Education)

Please let us know about your academic successes.

Blessed Harlaxton, my home

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:29:00 --0100

By Rachel Neer - Spring 2008 Roving Reporter

“Will we think about tomorrow like we think about now? Can we survive it out there; can we make it somehow? I guess I thought that this would never end, and suddenly it’s like we’re women and men…will the past be a shadow that will follow us ‘round? Will these memories fade when we leave this town? I keep thinking this is not good-bye; keep on thinking it’s our time to fly…and this is how it feels.”

From the moment I set foot onto the campus at Harlaxton College, I knew that it was going to be a very different semester from any other semester that I had ever had. On the second day here, we were told something that no college student is ever told. In his welcome speech, Dr. Kingsley told us that “this was our home” and that we needed to learn to lean on and listen to each other, because from this point until 16 April, “each other is all we’ve got.” (You see, I listened to lectures at the beginning of school.) [More]

A Wondrous Experience - Don Morris (Fall 1985)

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:05:00 --0100

It has been almost twenty-five years since my Harlaxton Experience, yet the memories are so vivid that it seems like only yesterday. As a 19 year old who had never been on a plane, train or for that matter traveled more than a day’s car ride outside of Indiana, Harlaxton profoundly changed the way I looked at the world and has influenced the career and personal choices I have made since.

Like many students, my first memory of Harlaxton was when I saw the Manor from the back of the taxi as we drove up the drive. I had spent my summer poring over the brochure and reading and re-reading all of the literature that was sent to me, but nothing that I read prepared me for the truly awesome sight of first seeing the Manor. I couldn’t believe that I was actually going to live in this fairytale castle for the next four months. And to this day, pictures of Harlaxton bring back a flood of fond memories of the Manor, the people and the experiences. When I have a particularly tough day at the office, all I need to do is glance at the picture next to my computer and I am transported, if only for a second, to this wondrous time in my life when Harlaxton was my home and Europe was my playground.

Though the experiences were memorable, it was the people with whom these experiences were shared that truly make them extraordinary. The bond forged by the shared experience of living abroad, the adventures of travel and the exuberance of youth can never be duplicated, and thus is truly special. Sometimes I think of my friends and wonder where life’s journey has taken them. And though I have lost touch with some, and don’t communicate nearly as much as I would like with others, I will always cherish their friendships and know that if I saw them today, it would be as if one of us just returned from a long weekend of travel, and we would sit over a pint and talk about our adventures.

Don Morris
Fall 1985