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When Becca Peterson arrived at �ڰ������� in 2014, the transition to college was a shock.

In the spring of 1984, a young Speech and Performing Arts major anxiously walked into the cramped and cluttered Spanish Dance Theater office to apply for a student aide position. “Hi, my name is George,” he said, introducing himself to Dame Libby Komaiko, the company’s founder and artistic director.

When Sandra Beyda-Lorie was of �ڰ�������’s in January 2017, one of the first things she did was look outside of the college.

Carly Hall has always loved math, and she’s been very good at it. But it wasn’t until the summer before her senior year, standing in front of a room full of incoming freshmen, that the University Honors Program Scholar would discover her passion: teaching.

Building relationships has helped bridge the gap between an education in theory and one in practice for �ڰ������� earth science students. Faculty in the earth science department have reached out to local and national agencies and organizations in order to provide internships and field opportunities for their students. These hands-on experiences have brought to life the concepts learned in textbooks and discussed in the classroom.

In May of 2014, Claudia Hernandez earned her bachelor’s degree in social work from �ڰ�������. It was the first major step in realizing her lifelong goal of becoming a social worker—a goal born from tragedy.

Cyberbullying, “net banging” (the practice of recruiting gang members via social media), cultivating culturally sensitive learning environments—what do these wide-ranging topics have in common? They can all be studied through the prism of emotional behavior disorders—and Mickie Wong-Lo, assistant professor of special education at �ڰ�������, is doing just that.

Sean Katamay, English alumnus, and Jon Gronli, English graduate student, are on two different paths with their academic career, but they discovered common ground when it comes to their shared passions for creative writing and gaming.