{"id":16429,"date":"2021-01-20T08:22:15","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T08:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slamstox.com\/slamstox-news-english\/university-spotlight-university-of-louisiana-lafayette-ull\/"},"modified":"2021-01-20T08:41:41","modified_gmt":"2021-01-20T08:41:41","slug":"university-spotlight-university-of-louisiana-lafayette-ull","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slamstox.com\/en\/in-the-spotlight-english\/university-spotlight-university-of-louisiana-lafayette-ull\/","title":{"rendered":"University Spotlight: University of Louisiana Lafayette (ULL)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Babette Burgersdijk, a tennis talent from ‘s-Gravenzande who turned 19 earlier this month, lives, trains and studies in Lafayette, Louisiana. There, she is part of the ‘Ragin Cajuns’ as a student athlete. Time to put the University of Louisiana Lafayette (ULL) in the spotlight!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Babette does not get the tennis talent from a stranger, she comes from an enthusiastic tennis family. Babette’s father used to play many national tournaments. Babette was 5 years old when she started playing tennis herself, until she was 12 she also played field hockey. When she stopped doing that, she started training 6 times a week at her father’s tennis school, Burgersdijk Tennis.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

She always played competition, competed in national and JRT tournaments, in Tennis Europe tournaments and played ITF tournaments. Her highest ranking in the Netherlands was 6th U14. Last year Babette also received her VWO diploma, this made her ready to leave for the USA! She is now working hard at ULL, where her second semester has just started. What a champ!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We asked Babette if the campus is as she expected it, she says the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen I came here it really surprised me how big and beautiful the campus is. The buildings and facilities are really out of the ordinary. I really did not expect that so many people are involved in the university. Wherever you walk in Lafayette, everyone wears sweaters and shirts from ULL.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Babette Burgersdijk – student-athlete<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Want to know more about ULL? Keep reading!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Campus<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

ULL is located in Lafayette, a city of about 620,000 inhabitants. The campus looks special, with beautiful buildings and perfectly maintained gardens. You can see the campus in the picture below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A special feature of the university are the various beautiful trees that can be found there, these are called ‘Century Oaks’, as they were planted in the early 20th century by the first president of the school, Edwin Stephens. Like a fairytale, right?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Another special feature of the university is ‘the Cypress Lake’, which can be found in the middle of the campus. It is a lake of about 0.8 hectares with many beautiful flowers, but also turtles, fish, birds and, oh yes, alligators too! Whut ?! Yep, Babette is at a university with alligators. We are convinced that not many student athletes can say that!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is plenty to do in and around the campus for ULL students and residents. From zumba classes to live performances, it is all organized on campus. There is also an art museum and film nights are regularly organized. ‘Movies in the parc’, an event where visitors gather in Parc International for a good film evening in the open air!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to fun activities, also a number of cool traditions can be found at the university, we list a few below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n