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Hover over the scholars above to learn more about the array of subjects鈥攆rom ecofeminism to consumerism in contemporary art鈥攖hat the latest groups of Take Five Scholars are exploring as part of a fifth, tuition-free year of study.

Since 1986, nearly 1,200 University students have pursued their academic passions through the Take Five Scholars Program, which offers a tuition-free year to complete a self-designed curriculum.

Students like Hailey McAvoy 鈥�18E, 鈥�19 (T5), who fulfilled a dream that started when she was 15 and read Rainer Rilke鈥檚 Letters to a Young Poet translated from German into English.

鈥淚 was blown away by the ability to capture what I thought was an electricity that could only be in German,鈥� she says. 鈥滻鈥檝e wanted to study translation ever since. With Take Five, I can.鈥�

Take Five is unique to the University, giving students a chance to explore academic and professional passions outside their majors. Working with a faculty member who serves as their program advisor, applicants to Take Five design an interdisciplinary selection of courses related to a theme or question they鈥檇 like to explore.

Jeffrey Runner, dean of the College and a former Take Five advisor, says Take Five students must study something 鈥渃ompletely different鈥� than their undergraduate curriculum.

鈥淲e encourage students to think about a topic they have some interest in that鈥檚 enriching their experience from their undergraduate degree,鈥� he says.

McAvoy was a dual major in voice and musical arts at the , with a heavy schedule that left her unable to take some courses that interested her.

鈥淭here鈥檚 an advanced poetry seminar I鈥檝e wanted to take for five years on the River 人妻少妇专区 but couldn鈥檛 because it conflicted with my opera rehearsal schedule,鈥� she says.

Her program is called German Language and Translation.

C. Mike Lindsey ’09 (T5) created a major called Integrative Neurobiology, and a Take Five program titled Understanding Bilingual Representation. He cofounded an urban agriculture startup, NexLoop, in 2016. His brother, Nate Lindsey 鈥�10 (T5), created an interdepartmental major at the University called Alternative Energy and Sustainable Engineering before completing a Take Five program titled Western Literature.

鈥淲hen I started at Rochester, I quickly ramped up in engineering and optics, then research took over my sophomore year,鈥� says Nate Lindsey, a doctoral student in earth and planetary sciences at the University of California-Berkeley. 鈥淏y my third year, I realized I hadn鈥檛 read a novel in a year.鈥�

He designed a set of courses from the English Department 鈥渢o steep my brain鈥� in the history of artistic and intellectual thought in the 19^th and 20^th centuries.

鈥淚 learned to form arguments in writing,鈥� he says.

After enrolling at the in 2013 as a piano performance major,聽Naoki Toyomura ’17, ’18E (T5) took an intro economics class on the River 人妻少妇专区 鈥渙ut of pure curiosity,鈥� and then created a Take Five program called Japanese Language and Culture. Toyomura,聽Eastman鈥檚 2017-18 Students鈥� Association president, has since founded Music Admit, a business that helps students find the right music schools and teachers.

鈥淚’m very glad I picked Rochester, because these opportunities don鈥檛 exist at other institutions,鈥� he says.

Nisha Modi 鈥�18 (T5) majored in neuroscience and is currently in a Take Five program called The Rights of Muslim Women in Society.

鈥淭his year has given me more freedom in terms of understanding where my passions lie,鈥� Modi says. 鈥淚鈥檝e talked to friends that go to other universities, and they鈥檙e astonished that such a program even exists.鈥�

Janet Sorrells realized before her junior year that there were many topics she was interested in that wouldn鈥檛 fit into her hectic schedule as a biomedical engineering major with minors in optics, electrical and computer engineering, and health policy.

Sorrells鈥檚 program is called Chinese Language and Culture.

鈥淚 choose that because I like to be challenged, and it was something new and completely unfamiliar to me,鈥� she says. 鈥淎nd because Chinese is the most commonly spoken native language on earth.鈥�

This summer, Sorrells will be working as a youth camp counselor in Shanghai, China, before heading to graduate school in the fall.

鈥淭he beauty of the Take Five program is that I鈥檓 learning for the sake of learning,鈥� she says.

Meet our newest Take 5 class