At Colgate we value global awareness and the diverse perspectives of our students. Through travel, students are able to experience different cultures and take advantage of new opportunities that can make our community richer when they return to campus. If you had the opportunity to travel anywhere in the world during your time at Colgate, where would you go, and why? (250 words maximum)
'Vene, vidi, vici'- 'I came, I saw, I conqured"- Julius Caesar
Civilization-Turkey, Divinity-Turkey, World War-Turkey...and the list continues. As a curious individual, the recurrence of turkey in my education and reads eventually sparked interest.
I came
For years, I literary travelled to Turk. Each swaying destination spurred another travel. Gobekli Tepe; a presumed Garden of Eden, Agri dagi;where Noah's ark landed to Istanbul, a capital where power transformations of legendary Roman empire are painted like a canvas on its architecture and history.
I saw
The reward of discovering Turkey is that its diversity is widespread that I and the world live it. I celebrate Christmas welcoming my celebrated hero, Santa Claus; a Myra birthed and lived citizen to my home. Our thriving beverage in Tanzania and the world was Turkey's original; coffee. As a Christian, I derive my identity from Antioch in Turkey, where we were first called Christian. Even writing was first done in Anatolia-Turkey on clay tablets. I write as Anatolians first did.
I will conquer
The varied and vivid Turkey is ambiguous to me. I'm caught in between extinct worlds and civilizations; such as Byzantine then Ottoman and present modernity. I yearn to experience the rich diversity of history and culture of people who passed, built civilizations or settled in it. Knowing Turkey mirrors the fact that it is a meeting point of Europe, Asia and Africa, with each Turkish origin I live, my passion to travel to Turkey grows. I am confident it is here I will merge the mélange that escapes me standing in Turkey's true form.
'Vene, vidi, vici'- 'I came, I saw, I conqured"- Julius Caesar
Civilization-Turkey, Divinity-Turkey, World War-Turkey...and the list continues. As a curious individual, the recurrence of turkey in my education and reads eventually sparked interest.
I came
For years, I literary travelled to Turk. Each swaying destination spurred another travel. Gobekli Tepe; a presumed Garden of Eden, Agri dagi;where Noah's ark landed to Istanbul, a capital where power transformations of legendary Roman empire are painted like a canvas on its architecture and history.
I saw
The reward of discovering Turkey is that its diversity is widespread that I and the world live it. I celebrate Christmas welcoming my celebrated hero, Santa Claus; a Myra birthed and lived citizen to my home. Our thriving beverage in Tanzania and the world was Turkey's original; coffee. As a Christian, I derive my identity from Antioch in Turkey, where we were first called Christian. Even writing was first done in Anatolia-Turkey on clay tablets. I write as Anatolians first did.
I will conquer
The varied and vivid Turkey is ambiguous to me. I'm caught in between extinct worlds and civilizations; such as Byzantine then Ottoman and present modernity. I yearn to experience the rich diversity of history and culture of people who passed, built civilizations or settled in it. Knowing Turkey mirrors the fact that it is a meeting point of Europe, Asia and Africa, with each Turkish origin I live, my passion to travel to Turkey grows. I am confident it is here I will merge the mélange that escapes me standing in Turkey's true form.
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