In Conversation With
Professor Out’, where students can treat their given to students at Amherst is particularly import-
professors to a dinner at the college’s expense, ant for international students, especially Chinese
which is meant to create more occasions for them students. For Chinese students spending their
to communicate with each other. We also have the challenging college years in an unfamiliar country,
Summer Science Undergraduate Research Fellows the individualized attention and mentoring given
(SURF) program every summer, which allows by the college or their professors are of great
students to research with their professor on a one- benefit.
on-one basis. Their research results are displayed
centrally in a Research Poster Session and some Percy: Based on your observations, what qualities
projects even lead to published academic papers. do professors like their students to have? And what
The things I just mentioned all help to broaden the attracted, and motivated by the culture at Amherst
perspectives of our students, which is only possible College? What kinds of students are more suited to
in the small environment of a liberal arts college. a liberal arts education?
Sabrina: I think that the individualized attention Xiaofeng: A liberal arts education is suitable for
kinds of students are more likely to be inspired,
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