“I was more of a strategist and wanted to interact with people, rather than being confined to behind my computer screen. … I really appreciate human interaction. I love having really deep, intimate conversations in person.”
Green Helps Implement Sustainable Dining Hall Initiatives
“This is definitely a very positive step. We’re supporting the recycling culture and giving a new life to plastic, which is great. That is a huge win in my mind.”
Shane Leonard Steps off the Field and Into the Studio
“[In] high school, I never took any art classes,” he said. “And even here, I haven’t taken any art classes. But I’ve always been interested in it.”
BC Law’s Immigration Clinic Blends Theory and Practice
“We’re not trying to create mediocre lawyers or average lawyers,” Kanstroom said. “We’re trying to create excellent lawyers who are smart and know what they’re doing and [more importantly], why they’re doing it.”
Professor Hartmut Austen Channels His Past Into His Paintings
“As an artist, I’m crazy. I’m manic. I’m impatient. I am very self-critical. I’m sometimes frustrated,” he said. “At the same time, I’m also very joyful because I can really do whatever I want to do and what I feel is important to do.”
Henry Dunkelberger’s Universe of Colors
“If you were to look at a painting of mine, it would feel like it could exist on its own, like in a, in a world. It has, like, a cohesive style and, like, a uniformity to the palette.”
Theatre Professor Jorgensen Ties Teaching and Acting Together
“I was thinking, ‘Oh man,’ you know, I don’t know if I want to teach or if I want to keep acting,” Jorgensen said. “But for me, I’ve always been very impatient in the sense of, I couldn’t stand the idea that I had to wait for someone to pick me to make art.”
The Other Side of Paradise: Field Reports From the Internship Hunt
I arrived and he was piss drunk, trying to “network,” which I would learn was a favorite verb of his that really just means introducing yourself to people at bars.
Cancer Survivor Tommy Cleary Gives Back Through Relay for Life
“Usually it’s a family member that donates, but none of my relatives matched,” said Cleary. “So they had to go to the bone marrow registry … so I got [the bone marrow] from a random stranger who has never reached out—kind of a ‘my silent angel’ type of thing.”
Listen First, Act Second: Joy Moore Drives the Student Body Forward
For Joy Moore, leading the Division of Student Affairs is like driving a car: Sometimes it’s her job to help the student body accelerate—other times, it’s to ease off the pedal.