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December 2022 UTC alum Gus Gaston, shown in the Guerry Center’s Debbie and Michael Bell Library, will be heading to Germany after being selected for the CBYX fellowship. Photo by Angela Foster.<\/p><\/div>\n

Gus Gaston knew the question would be coming: \u201cHow much German do you know?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a long way to go on the German, so not very much,\u201d Gaston said with a laugh. \u201cI have a 45-day streak on Duolingo, so \u2018Yay, me.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

With that came another laugh.<\/p>\n

Language immersion will be coming very quickly. A Brock Scholar as a University of Tennessee at Chattanooga student, Gaston is heading to Germany in July after being selected as one of 75 finalists for the 2023-2024 year of the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The annual fellowship, funded by the German Bundestag (federal legislature) and the U.S. Department of State, provides 75 American and 75 German young professionals the opportunity to spend one year in each other\u2019s countries studying, interning and living with hosts as part of a cultural immersion program.<\/p>\n

Gaston graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in art: graphic design in December 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy application was built around studying contemporary street art and how it grew out of German expressionism. As I started really digging into the application, the fire was in me 100%,\u201d Gaston explained.<\/p>\n

According to the fellowship program, the core of CBYX is cultural diplomacy achieved through components including placements throughout Germany, language training, university and community involvement and work experience. Finalists were selected for \u201ctheir flexibility, independence, open-mindedness and mature sense of adventure.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGus\u2019 creative energy, powerful curiosity and just plain lovely personality will serve them well in Germany,\u201d said Dr. Linda Frost, dean of the Honors College. \u201cGus has already demonstrated a strong affinity and aptitude for international travel and work, and I know this is going to be an amazing experience for them and everyone with whom they interact.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gaston will head to Washington, D.C., for an orientation seminar in late July before flying to Germany. The program\u2019s timeline calls for a two-month language immersion and a semester at a yet-to-be-determined university before embarking on a five-month internship in one\u2019s career field.<\/p>\n

A Chattanooga School for the Arts & Sciences graduate, Gaston admitted, \u201cI don\u2019t know what I want to do long-term.\u201d A year in Germany allows for the opportunity \u201cto keep all options open.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve talked to some alumni of the CBYX program,\u201d Gaston said, \u201cand they\u2019ve told me, \u2018Some people go to Germany already knowing what they want to do and where they\u2019re going to be, but the truth of it is you don\u2019t know who you\u2019re going to meet. You don\u2019t know what you\u2019re going to get interested in between when you arrive and when you start your internship.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Gus

Gus Gaston and instructor Derek Witucki designed the art installation at Reflection Riding Arboretum and Nature Center. Photo courtesy of Derek Witucki.<\/p><\/div>\n

A year ago, Gaston was finishing a mural project at Reflection Riding Arboretum and Nature Center under the guidance of former UTC graphic design lecturer Derek Witucki, now a graphic designer and assistant professor at PennWest Edinboro in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

\u201cI found Gus to be incredibly driven in the work that they do and they want to engage with other people, with communities, and in taking on bigger projects,\u201d Witucki said. \u201cI knew that Gus\u2019 plans were to travel abroad, and this particular opportunity seems very well tailored for Gus\u2019 interests.\u201d<\/p>\n

The process behind the Reflection Riding experience and how it was funded was the foundation of Gaston\u2019s honors thesis.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy paper was talking about how that money was managed and how artists were in and out of that project for various reasons, but I did a lot of research driving around and studying the murals in Chattanooga,\u201d Gaston said.<\/p>\n

Sherese Williams, director of Operations and Admissions for the Honors College, was on the thesis committee.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the things that the thesis focused on was the process of creating a mural, but also looking at muralists and mural art in Chattanooga and doing a lot of deep diving,\u201d Williams said. \u201cI\u2019m excited to see how they incorporate the street art that they see in Germany into their own personal art.<\/p>\n

\u201cGus is very reserved when you first meet them, but the more you get to know Gus, the more Gus speaks their mind very fluidly. I love that about them. Watching them blossom from freshman year to now has just been a joy.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Gaston gained valuable travel experience visiting Kenya and Brazil last summer, the year in Germany will be a whole new experience. They are excited and ready for that educational journey.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I first started looking into this program, it seemed like a really good fit for me,\u201d Gaston said. \u201cI\u2019ve never lived out of Chattanooga before; I\u2019ve never moved away, so this is obviously going to be a growing experience. I\u2019ll learn German and I\u2019m excited to be immersed in that culture.<\/p>\n

\u201cGermany is rich in art and design history. One of my favorite design movements is the Bauhaus School\u2014it\u2019s a lot of bold colors, geometric shapes, typographic experiments\u2014and I am really excited to look into that. The Bauhaus School is still running, so I could potentially study there or maybe get an internship related to that.\u201d<\/p>\n

*   *   *   *   *<\/p>\n

A story about Gaston wouldn\u2019t be complete without mention of a Guerry Center family connection.<\/p>\n

Gus\u2019 parents, UTC alums Cindy and Cody Gaston, were married on August 7, 1993, and the wedding reception took place in the Guerry Center.<\/p>\n

Cindy, a member of the University Honors program as an undergrad, received a bachelor\u2019s degree in elementary education in 1993; she later earned a master\u2019s degree in school leadership in 2011. Cody graduated from UTC in 1999 with a bachelor\u2019s degree in mechanical engineering.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s this picture of them from the reception where the sun is shining through really, really nicely through the window,\u201d said Gaston, referring to the Guerry Center\u2019s Reading Room.<\/p>\n

Twenty-nine years later, the Gastons watched their child\u2014a Brock Scholar\u2014participating in an Honors College commencement celebration event in the same room.<\/p>\n

\u201cWatching them, I felt like it was a full-circle situation,\u201d recalled Williams of the December 2022 commencement event. \u201cThey had their UTC love story and they had their beautiful child, Gus, who came through Brock.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou could see how proud they were of Gus.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Cody

Cody and Cindy Gaston’s wedding reception took place August 7, 1993, in the Guerry Center. Photo courtesy of Gus Gaston.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Brock Scholar as a University of Tennessee at Chattanooga student, Gus Gaston is heading to Germany in July after being selected as one of 75 finalists for the 2023-2024 year of the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals.<\/p>\n

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