Art History Student,
Michaelmas, 1999

Certainly my experience attending Oxford University was a turning point in my life.  Everyone is familiar with the prestigious reputation that the name Oxford University carries with it.  However, after a semester studying art history there, Oxford exceeded my expectations! 

Can you imagine a library that contains every book written since the 1600’s?  Many visitors to Oxford not permitted within the walls of the Bodleian Library, but Georgetown College students are matriculated as visiting students with the University with full library privileges. 

As an art history student I did more than just read books and write papers each week.  Assignments included:  researching primary sources, special access to the Ashmolean Art Museum where I held priceless works of art by William Blake and J.M.W. Turner, and an assignment to study and write essays on certain artwork on display in London galleries and museums.  I took drawing classes at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, one of the top art schools in the world.  While overseas, I completed an independent study project on the evolution of gothic architecture for the Georgetown College Art Department Chair.  This project gave me an excuse to travel throughout the British Isles and Paris to tour and take slides of gothic cathedrals.  In addition, while I was attending Oxford, I was given the opportunity to meet one-on-one in the London studio of a former president of the Royal Academy of Portrait Painters who gave me advice on my own painting.  Lastly, I participated in events, seminars and fieldtrips with the Oxford Art History Society.

The experience of studying as a visiting student at Regent’s Park College of Oxford University was not only an amazing academic experience, it was a fascinating period of personal growth.  The experience has given me confidence to tackle personal goals.  Interviewers never fail to highlight this global experience on my resume.  The art education I received from Georgetown, coupled with the Oxford experience, has led me to start and develop an art business painting murals and portraits for private and commercial clients.  Another effect of the Oxford experience is that it developed my research skills that I am currently applying in my second year at Chase College of Law.