The students will attend conferences and make speeches as the representatives of different nations, while competing for awards with other universities. Teixeira expects her team to participate in the major conference at Harvard University. This year we're starting a stock club, in which students make investments. We don't have an undergraduate business school here, but everyone should have some knowledge of business and its influence. But the residential college system isn't solely for students.
Faculty members learn as well.
Petry, who has been associated with the system since 1975, said he has observed the changing face of the Northwestern student body. You can see the concerns of people at this stage in their lives. Through informal conversations and lunches with students, he has seen how students fit their undergraduate education with their future plans. Barton, who directs the Chicago Field Studies Program, has become more aware of how understanding past experiences can relate to the questions young people have today. The chance for student-faculty interaction has proven just as valuable as the subjects being studied, according to the masters.