HUF brings cultural understanding Harding niver ity in Florence (HUF) offered the chance to experience int raction between id a and their phy ical re ults - re ult which span mill nnia from the ruin of Ancient Gr ece to modern day haute-couture in Milan. In the 16th c ntury villa which hou e the program the new id a of a foreign language became r al becau e imple communication d manded it. ocabulary lists no long r topped v. ith a te t; in the street mark , these word determined the xtent of expre ion. imilarly, then w id as of art which tudents encountered made more n with first-hand xperiences. Michelangelo ' Davidwa een not as a ix-inch photograph but rather exp rienced a a 13-foot marble block f g niu . Likewi e cath drals were lifted from book into real life where tud n felt the pr nee a bell tower rang out over the city. R ligiou growth dominated the H F experience for many. "Visiting th place wher Paul ' letter were written and ent gave a better und r randing of the people 's conditions and brought the criptures ' m aning into a n w light " said Danny Moore. The group attended wor hip ervice with the Italian congreoation. "Following along in Engli h and hearing th Italian, I felt the uni er al bond we all have in Chri t de pite our differences, " said Lee Hankin . tudents also had block of free travel during which they faced new id a regarding cu tom , currency, dr ss, language , tran portation and f d. 'The introduction to new culture not onl helped me better und r tand Europ , but it also helped m come to under rand myself and m own culture better " aid Christin Crea y. "The idea which I faced ar a ery active part of who I am now. ' - Craig Hanson Robbieand.Mona Shackelford, along zl'ith }irn Massie, Lee Hankins. DaveRoberson, Scott Bai11ea11djeJ!Co1111erparade around tbe l'illa in tbeir banquet co tumes. Banquetsatthe end of the semester tl'ere a HCF tradition . Architecturepierces the sky in trassbourg. France. Hl 'Fstudents il'ere gil'en the oppo1111 - 11i(l' to experience new cu/- tu res all overEu rope. Pboto by Scott Baine. jess and Korie Robertson, zl'ho ~pent the s11mmer at HUF, ll'ctil for their train to Florence. Students became quickzl' accustomed to eating, sleeping reading zl'riling - el'e1y thi11g 0 11 the trains. Photo by Christie Cate.
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