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Candles and Carols spreads Christmas cheer from the School of Music, Theatre and Dance

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Candles and Carols is a 57-year tradition that the School of Music, Theatre and Dance (SMTD) puts on each December.  “It started when a group of people would gather in Park Place Church and sing carols together,” Dr. Jeffrey Wright, the dean of the SMTD said. “Gradually, we began to add components from the department.” According to Wright, it is an opportunity for the community to gather at the beginning of the holiday season and enjoy fellowship. “Through the show, we are reminded of … [Read more...]

SOMTD to present “The Music of Georgia Stitt”

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On Friday, Oct. 1, the School of Music, Theatre and Dance will present a concert of composer and lyricist Georgia Stitt’s music.  “She’s an incredible artist and activist,” director David Coolidge said. “It’s a great opportunity for our students not only to work with a great level of material, but to receive direct feedback from Georgia.”  For the past month, the department has been working every day to perfect the show.  “Once we got into rehearsal, it has been pretty … [Read more...]

The Conspiracy

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Claire Mountcastle speaks with senior Melanie Marchena and director of orientation and first-year experience Nii Abrahams about The Conspiracy, a newly-formed community of students created to support AU athletics. … [Read more...]

LinkedIn is the place to be for students

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Forty million people use LinkedIn to search for jobs every week, and three people are hired every minute on the site. “LinkedIn is the best way to take any student sitting in a classroom and put them in an office environment,” said Dr. Anna Stumpf, Ball State assistant lecturer, online program coordinator and former Anderson University professor. “The conversations that take place on LinkedIn are the same that take place in board rooms.”  Stumpf has been using LinkedIn since 2008, and … [Read more...]

‘It has been a rollercoaster’: Senior Hannah Hawkins reflects on basketball journey

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“I started playing when I was in fourth grade,” Hannah Hawkins said. “There was a league at the park that I joined.” Although the two-time HCAC Defensive Player of the Year loves the sport, it wasn’t always her goal to play in college.  “I never saw it going anywhere,” Hawkins said. “Even in my senior year [of high school], I said I wasn’t going to play in college. Hawkins explained that she enjoys basketball for the fun of it, not the competitiveness, and that she wasn’t … [Read more...]

COMM department announces new journalism major

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Starting in the fall of 2021, AU’s communication and design arts department will begin offering a full journalism major. The program will be headed by Dr. David Baird, who is already the academic adviser for the complementary journalism major.   “Several students have asked us in recent semesters if we could offer a stand-alone major,” Baird shared. “It was possible to do that without adding any courses, faculty or additional expenses, so we went ahead and proposed it.” The … [Read more...]

Access is key, according to Mike Thigpen

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The biggest issue concerning MOSAIC right now is access, according to Chief Diversity Officer and Co-Chair of MOSAIC Mike Thigpen.  Thigpen emphasized that some students do not have the same opportunities as others.  “It is the responsibility for those who provide care to diagnose the need for each person that comes in,” Thigpen said about students who enter the university.  “MOSAIC is an acronym for ‘Making Our Students an Informed Community,’” Nia Carter, author of … [Read more...]

COVID-19: Looking forward

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“It’s a big deal,” Professor of Nursing Dr. Sarah Neal said. “Where we’re at right now is a whole lot of bad. We are in the red zone in Madison County.” For the last 10 months, the world has been ambushed with a pandemic that has changed the normal way of life. Many students have had to adjust to online learning and businesses everywhere have been forced to close their doors.  “We can mitigate a lot of spread if we change our behaviors,” Neal said.  Neal, who has been at AU … [Read more...]