Peer mentor Wyat and our STEM Success Coordinator Harry picked up Summer Bridge students Yuliana, Will, Anthony, and Gabe at the front entrance of Wadsworth Hall on November 16 at 4:30 PM. We were headed to an instructor’s home for a family dinner before fall break. As we made our way from Wadsworth Hall, the students in the back were discussing memes.
After three miles, we made the turn onto the street and followed the rough, mostly dirt road to the instructor’s house. As we made our way out of the vehicle and approached the front of the house, where the instructor greeted us and said, “Come around back.” When we entered from the rear of the house, we took our shoes off and went into the dining room, where we met the instructor’s two children. We introduced ourselves and began a lively chat about psychology experiments and the ethical dilemma of experiments on nonhuman animals. The instructor offered us gluten-free mac and cheese and a rustic sauerkraut and meat dish with potatoes.
As time went on, a few more students from the previous Summer Bridge cohort showed up. Jose, Nina, and Everardo, each with a guest, joined our merry band of dinner party guests. With delicious food in our bellies, smiles and laughter filling the air, the night was coming to a close. We made our way out to the car with the cold winter air hitting our faces. On our way back to the campus dorms Yuliana, Will, Anthony, and Gabe in the back were discussing void memes. We dropped them off back at Wadsworth Hall around 7:30 PM.