At the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, the ampersand symbolizes the generative nature of multidisciplinary education, where knowledge meets experiential learning, studio practice connects with research, theory, and application work side-by-side, and local inquiry and global engagement converge. Graduating senior Caroline Moore, majoring in art history with minors in studio art and English, is grateful for her Franklin experience over the past four years, where the intersections of crossed boundaries infused her scholarship with meaning.  

Caroline’s path to Athens was shaped by family and a sense of belonging. Her mother is an alumna, and that connection drew Caroline to UGA and to a campus she came to love for its breadth of opportunities. She found that she was able to turn her interests into a versatile, collaborative education.

Her leadership on campus speaks to that mindset. Caroline serves as co-president of the Art History Society, a student organization dedicated to independent research and scholarly dialogue. In this role, she has helped foster a community where curiosity is shared, and ideas are debated with generosity. 

Caroline’s scholarly work over the past two years spans both the Lamar Dodd School of Art and the English department. She presented “COBRA: Revolutionary Process and Collective Experimentation” at UGA’s Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities (CURO) last year. This spring, she looks forward to presenting at CURO again with English professor James Sargan on the Guild of Women Bookbinders and their relationship to the Arts and Craft movement. 

For Caroline, the museum field represents an intersection of her interests. She envisions a career that blends scholarly research with hands-on curatorial work, exhibitions, and cultural preservation. Her dual focus on art history and studio art, paired with an English minor, equips her to engage with material culture from multiple angles. 

Moore’s academic journey has been supported by the John D. and Marilyn Kehoe Cortona Program Scholarship, which enabled a transformative study of Renaissance and Baroque works in Cortona, Italy, in summer  2024.

Beyond coursework and campus life, Moore cherishes the sense of belonging she has found at Franklin. She describes her Franklin experience as inspiring and community-oriented, shaped by the support and camaraderie of students and faculty from across departments. 

Moore’s story is one of weaving together threads from different fields into a cohesive, meaningful whole. Her work in art history, her explorations in studio practice, and her immersion in museum studies demonstrate how multidisciplinary study deepens her understanding of culture and its preservation.