Mason Turner, '08, used an internship as a chef in Provence, France, to complete the credit hours he needed as a transfer student to graduate on time.

Leadership studies professor Joanne B. Ciulla is serving as an adjunct professor at the South African university Nelson Mandela attended and as a visiting professor at a Dutch university.

Unlike some who lecture from the same notes year after year, Joe Hoyle keeps things fresh by teaching accounting using the challenging question-and-answer Socratic method. In January 2010, he will bring his teaching style to a wider audience, with the publication of a radically different, free online textbook.

Noted historian Gordon S. Wood discussed the forces that shaped American identity and his new book as part of a lecture series sponsored by the Marshall Center.

Theodore Martland's documentary about Burmese Buddhism went from an independent study project at Richmond to an award-winning film.

"When I got to Richmond I was really glad to find out that you don't have to be a traditional science major in order to participate in the pre-med program," said Gaybrielle James, '09. "It allowed me the freedom to be able to explore my other academic interests."

Richmond’s writer-in-residence tells students that he occasionally steps into a teaching role because he loves to help writers find their voices.

“I wanted a safe place to practice my answers, and I didn't want my first interview experience to be the real deal,” Lindsey Kucera said.

"My main goal is to live a happy life and to make a positive impact on those around me and our world," says Salmaan Ayaz, '09, who now works in Washington as a business analyst for the largest of the U.S. Navy's five systems commands.

I could point to a moment where many interests and questions came together in such a way that they led me toward English as a career. In the spring of 1989, I took a course entitled “Challenges to the Canon” taught by professors Suzanne Jones and Louis Tremaine.