“The adrenaline you get when you’re on stage is a whole different level.” —Manogna Thota, junior, co-president and co-captain of Hurricane Bhangra, a University of Miami Punjabi folk dance club

Founded in 2003, the competitive, collegiate team performs internationally and locally.

“These stories show students a different way of experiencing the world. It’s more open-ended and free flowing than other subjects allow, and it’s refreshing to think that whatever their career, it’s a way of thinking that can expand your world.” —Han Tran, senior lecturer, College of Arts and Sciences

Tran taps into mythology to help her students gain a broader understanding of their world.

“In my course, students are asked to look at themselves, to look at their family members, to look at their traditions, and they are asked to create based off of themselves.” —Demar Matthews, visiting professor, School of Architecture

Matthews challenges his students to explore their own cultural backgrounds and incorporate their identities into architecture.

“Immersive media is anyting that you are immersed in, and the theater is one of those avenues. How can the costumes that I create best meet the needs of who's wearing it?” —Lorena Lopez, lecturer of interactive media, School of Communication

Lopez applies principles of user experience design through her work as costume designer for the Arsht Center’s production of “The Busy Bees’ Great Adventure.”

“I’m still pinching myself. Frost has given me everything. I wasn’t trying to get on Joy Saturday’s band. I put in a lot of work and all this just blew up.” —Connor Rohrer, graduate student in music theory and composition, Frost School of Music

A jazz pianist, Rohrer appeared with Joy Saturday in a sold out concert and was a finalist in the ultra-competitive 2023 Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz International Piano Competition.