This video titled, “Elon in India,” was video recorded with Elon students and Leo and Laurie Lambert (8th President of Elon University) during the Winter Break of 2012. Ryan Witt (Senior Video Producer with Teaching and Learning Technologies) and Margaret Cissel (Class of 2012) produced this video. There were four study abroad classes in India which included: a Science Exploration, Business, Human Services, and Periclean Scholars studying in three of Indian cities (Cockin, Delhi, and Jamkhed). Leo and Laurie Lambert traveled to all three Indian cities and met with the students. The study abroad piece video shots included: the Lamberts in an Indian peddling cart; Leo Lambert talking with Elon students; students on a boat pulling ropes; students playing patty-cake with an Indian child; Elon students walking with Indian college students on a campus; Indian culture settings; student riding in animal pulling cart; people on camels; street scenes of India; a monkey sitting in a tree; the Lamberts walking through the airport in India; Terry Tomasek (Associate Professor, Education) and Crista Arangala (Associate Professor, Mathematics) walking down a Cockin road; Elon students shopping on an Indian street; an Indian man preparing traditional Indian food; students trying new Indian food; Indian students wearing school uniforms; Indian students playing soccer on the fields; Indian students in the play yard singing to the Lamberts and Elon students; and Elon students teaching classes. The second phase of the India trip took place in Delhi with the Lamberts meeting up with the Business and Culture class, which was led by Neeraj Gupta (Assistant Professor, Finance ) and Sarah Thomas (Associate Director of Corporate & Employer Relations). The video shots included: the Lamberts walking through the Delhi airport; students walking with their guide through the busy streets of Delhi; students on a roof top with Indian homeless children; Elon students drawing with the homeless children; profile shot of Leo Lambert looking pensive on a roof top; wide shot of Leo Lambert sitting listening to Ruchi Khemka speak with the Elon students; and a sunset shot of the people living on the roof top. The third India stop was in Jamkhed at the Comprehensive Rural Health Project with Martin Kamela (Associate Professor, Physics) and Kristen Sullivan (Assistant Professor, Human Services) leading the two classes. Lambert spoke of two Elon groups in the Comprehensive Rural Health Project, which included the Human Services class and Pericilean Scholars. Video shots included: Rural life scenes including cows; man walking with sticks on back of bike; exterior shot with a motorbike riding in front of the Comprehensive Rural Health Project; wide shot of the Lamberts with women sitting on the ground with Margaret Cissel taking photographs; CRHP training Elon students; students touring the villages; health care providers visiting the village people; Lambert listening to an Elon student speak; Indian people and students working in a field of sustainable crops; an Indian woman painting on an Elon student’s forearm; shots of babies and people working; a group shot of the Lamberts and students wearing traditional Indian wear; and wide shot of the Taj Mahal with students. There are sound bites from faculty, students, and Dr. Leo Lambert. Some names included: Lauren Sutherland (Freshman, Bio-Chemistry), Marion Copeland, (Sophomore, Public Health Studies), Immanuel Bryant (Sophomore, English), Bonnie Efird, (Senior, Journalism), Andrea Brooke (Senior, International Business & Finance), Ruchi Khemka (Vice President, Sevayatra Edutrips India), Morgan Darcy (Sophomore, Political Science), Scott Bishopric (Sophomore, Finance & Economics), Hayley Knicely (Senior, Exercise Science), Aisha Mitchell (Senior, International Studies), Scott Christopherson (Senior, Political Science), Anna Becker (Senior, International Studies & English), Jenn Brouder (Sophomore, Human Services), and Nakhila Mistry (Sophomore, Math).
