I’m Janet Stefanov, a current junior majoring in Economics and Math, minoring in Russian Language and Scientific Computing. Though I was raised in Kansas, I spent a large part of my childhood in Northwestern Bulgaria, specifically the town of Vidin. Growing up in Northwestern Bulgaria, I was a witness to the impacts of trade policy,…

The theme of my Immersion project is fashion sustainability. I take donated clothes and materials and turn them into bags, quilts, and dog toys to donate back to the Nashville community. I have been sewing for a while, and I was working in the Vanderbilt University Theatre Costume Shop where we had just finished a…

Looking for resources to help with your Immersion project this summer? Whether you are looking for journal articles, eBooks, or online courses and trainings, we can help! Here are four resources that you can access remotely while working on your Immersion at home. Immersion plan proposals for Fall/Summer 2018 enrollees are due September 7, 2020….

I know firsthand that the process of leaving campus and moving back home has been stressful, to say the least. Leaving my friends, professors, student orgs, and social life at Vanderbilt was really, really hard. And now with quarantine extending into the summer, there is a lot of uncertainty about summer internships, study abroad, and…

Hi, I’m Alyssa, a rising junior Medicine, Health, and Society (MHS) major. Growing up I overcame developmental delays from being born premature, and for the past seven years I have volunteered at a therapeutic horseback riding program serving children and adults with special needs. This experience sparked my interest in pursuing a career in the…

I started off my Vanderbilt career as a viola performance major in the Blair School of Music. I was always planning on double majoring in Economics, a discipline I intended to pursue post grad. Blair satisfied my inner passion for music and allowed me so many performance opportunities to share what I love. However, I…

I tried to make onion juice my senior year of high school, and now I know why they don’t sell it commercially. I thought that by growing bacteria on different foods (orange juice, chocolate, and onions) suspected of causing halitosis, I could determine which food was the worst for bad breath. In case you were…

Ever since I heard about Immersion, I was excited to have a university-supported outlet that would allow me to showcase my passions and talents. My first year, I mainly had Immersion on the back-burner: my friends and I would joke about wacky Immersion projects, and I attended a few info sessions when I was free….