UNCA Campus tour
On the first tuesday evening, we went to the UNCA campus for a cooking class but as we were split in two different groups, we went on a campus tour first to discover what an american university looked like, how different it was from a french university and to meet some american students. The american students who were supposed to take care of us during this time were about 45min late so we wated in a sort of caffeteria or a coffe shop. We were scared that we would be late to our cooking class but in the end as the other cooking group was more than an hour late it was not such a big deal.
A group of four super friendly students who spoke french (kind of) took us all around the different buildings, from the yoga class to the library and the swimming pool. They told us about their mascot, Rocky The Bulldog and the tradition they had to touch the statue of it as a lucky charm to passe the exams. At this time we were all concerned by the « baccalauréat » so we touched it.
There were so many different buildings dedicated to studies (laboratory, sciences class…) but also buildings like a theatre or a small maze on the floor (which we couldn’t quite get out of!).Those were pretty surprising to find in an University because it’s something that would never take place in a French university. It was really the exact same image we had printed in our minds about american college. Everything was so big, the campus, the buildings…
We also saw how important sports are in the american universities. Inside the campus there were a swimming pool, a basketball and a soccer court, a sports hall, a yoga class, a tennis court, a baseball and a football field and so many sport events to follow. American college students don’t have to go outside their campus to workout, everything is already set for them which is a pretty good thing according to us.
The campus tour lasted about 40 min and it was really interresting, I mean more than what we thought it would be.
Axelle Guérin and Juliette Brazille.
