Season 2 - Episode 4- Latin in My Everyday Life
In this episode, UAlbany student Chris discusses his experience at the university and his experience serving in the US Navy. He mentions his medical condition, POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome), and how it affected his ability to continue his service. He later talks about his experience taking a Latin class at UAlbany and how having an amazing professor for the class has impacted his appreciation and understanding of the language.
:00 – Introduction
:50 – Why Chris chose UAlbany
2:09 – Chris’ experience at UAlbany
4:20 – Experience in the Navy
7:08 – Medical condition – POTS
7:55 – Experience with taking a Latin class
10:25- Taking a class with Award Winning Instructors (Shout out to Charlie Giglio!)
14:10 – Thoughts about Latin
16:23 – How Latin has helped with reading comprehension
19:05 – Tattoo with meaningful phrase in Latin
24:27 – Chris’ future plans
Contributors:
Christopher Stewart (Storyteller), Claudia Pique (host), Henry Grygas (host), Jessica Dandrow (sound editor/marketing), Rashel Jimenez (marketing), Carmen Serrano (Editor/Executive Producer). UAlbany Student Stories, Episode 2 [podcast]. Music from El Pañuelo de Pepa by Javier Colina and Pepe Rivero. José Cruz, Executive Producer. Funded provided by the UAlbany
Faculty Research Awards Program (FRAP).
Special thanks to Ryan C. Clow, Digital Scholarship Center Training Specialist, for allowing us to use the equipment and recording studio.
Email Carmen Serrano: cserrano4@albany.edu or the Podcast team: GRP-uastudentstories@albany.edu
Funding provided by the UAlbany Faculty Research Awards Program (FRAP).
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