“Jim Burns and I remember we talked about this. We’re not at all certain that these experiential jaunts were worth the extraordinary, extraordinary investment that the college was asked to provide. Keep in mind, initially he wanted a whole year out of a student’s four-year life in this college. He, Gaudino himself. The first semester would be entirely four courses by Gaudino, the second semester would be away on this experience, plus the following summer would be writing and meeting with Gaudino. So the colleagues said, “Who the hell do you think you are?” “Ridiculous.” And so they whittled it down. He ended up however with two courses. Two courses, which were preparatory courses taught by Gaudino, then the whole semester away, the spring semester away.

–Kurt Tauber,
Former Political Science Professor