Mitchell Fine Arts Center on Transylvania University campus

May Term 2023

Transylvania students look forward to the four-week May term that caps off each school year. That’s when Pioneers focus the entire time on one class, often involving international travel and two professors who bring together their fields of study in interesting ways — like a course in the Netherlands combining exercise science with public policy (there’s a lot of bike riding). This past May term saw an array of intriguing offerings, including Magic in Antiquity, Theater in Deutschland, Nanoscience and What Does Fido Know? Alumni may remember these springtime classes as “Play Term,” but the way they’re structured makes them more than just fun: They’re almost guaranteed to spark some creative thinking.

Students in front of a windmill in the Netherlands as part of their May term class.
Students in front of a windmill in the Netherlands as part of their May term class.
Professor Ellen Furlong and her dog, Olive, demonstrate how to take a "sniffy walk" to students in Furlong's "What Does Fido Know?" May term class.
Professor Ellen Furlong and her dog, Olive, demonstrate how to take a “sniffy walk” to students in Furlong’s What Does Fido Know? May term class.
Students prepare to sort books as part of their "Writing for Non-Profits" May term course.
Students prepare to sort books as part of their Writing for Nonprofits May term course.
Students participating in Professor Melissa McEuen's "Kentucky Women" May term class.
Students participating in Professor Melissa McEuen’s Kentucky Women May term class.
Students in professors Tosha Fowler and Matthew Bauman's "Theater in Deutschland" travel-based May term course.
Students in professors Tosha Fowler and Matthew Bauman’s Theater in Deutschland travel-based May term course.
A student fashions a hand in Professor Kenny Moorman's "3D Manufacturing" May term course.
A student fashions a hand in Professor Kenny Moorman’s 3D Manufacturing May term course.
Students biking in the Netherlands as part of the travel May term course "Public Policy and the Culture of Health in the Netherlands."
Students biking in the Netherlands as part of the travel May term course Public Policy and the Culture of Health in the Netherlands.

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