First-Year Global Jumbos

The Blog of the Tufts 1+4 Bridge Year and Tufts Civic Semester

Tufts 1+4 Brazil

by Seneca, Tufts 1+4 Participant I met a host of incredible people during my year abroad. Strangers who welcomed me – a foreigner with no voice or connection to the local community — with open arms into their homes and their lives. These people shared so much with me, more […]

O Caminhão Que Vem

This entry was posted in 2019-2020 Tufts 1+4 Fellows Tufts 1+4 Brazil Tufts 1+4 Bridge Year on May 14, 2020

By Jason, Tufts 1+4 Participant Saudades. This was one of the first words that I ever learned in Portuguese. The best way that I can describe this word are the little feelings you get once you deeply begin to miss something or someone. Now more than ever, I have many […]

Danger of Contentment

This entry was posted in 2019-2020 Tufts 1+4 Fellows Tufts 1+4 Brazil Tufts 1+4 Bridge Year on May 1, 2020

by Bryan, Tufts 1+4 Participant Oftentimes when my host mother would greet me, she would say, “Meu angel com olhos azuis.” My blue eyed angel. One of the things I had to become accustomed to was how my host mother displayed affection. On about day 3 of my living there […]

The Blue-eyed Angel

This entry was posted in 2019-2020 Tufts 1+4 Fellows Tufts 1+4 Brazil Tufts 1+4 Bridge Year on April 22, 2020

by Roger, Tufts 1+4 Participant As each Fellow moves through their journey, they’re confronted by a slew of day-to-day encounters and oddities, each tucked away as a memory-a portion of the physical voyage we’re on our ways through. A gorgeous bunch of natural flowers with unfamiliar scents, particularly haggle-y street […]

Curling Up and Flying Away

This entry was posted in 2019-2020 Tufts 1+4 Fellows Tufts 1+4 Brazil Tufts 1+4 Bridge Year on March 30, 2020

By Cher, Tufts 1+4 Participant Standing upon a simple yet elegant mansion, I was awed when I first saw how architects were able to transform white walls and wide pane glasses into such an aesthetic building. Walking through the rows of mansions by the lake, I always admired the modern […]

The Modern Architecture Pandemic

This entry was posted in 2019-2020 Tufts 1+4 Fellows Tufts 1+4 Brazil Tufts 1+4 Bridge Year on January 29, 2020

By Seneca, Tufts 1+4 Participant For as long as I can recall I have tried my best to embody the contrarian, the Devils’ Advocate, the counterculture. I regularly adopt wildly argumentative stances with little basis just to be able to oppose my friends. I hated more than anything when my […]

Food Remains Ever So Important

This entry was posted in 2019-2020 Tufts 1+4 Fellows Tufts 1+4 Brazil Tufts 1+4 Bridge Year on December 10, 2019

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