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Heather Grubbs
October 30th 2014
“I felt truly closer to Vietnamese culture.” October 21, 2014 UBELONG UBELONG Snapshot Name: Joseph Phelps Age: 21 Hometown: Meadville Nationality: United States University: Allegheny College Degree: Environmental Science And Studio Art Languages spoken: English, French (beginner) Past travel experience: Newbie Volunteer Abroad: Caring for disabled children in HCMC, Vietnam Duration: 6 weeks Start month:
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Heather Grubbs
October 3rd 2014
By Earl Corp/MEADVILLE TRIBUNE When Nathan Lewis came back from Iraq in 2004, he noticed things were different for him. “You go to war, (and) you come back changed,” Lewis said. Lewis didn’t let the change overcome him in a negative way. While he was a student at State University of New York at Potsdam,
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by KEN LAHMERS | Aurora Advocate In my travels, I’ve gazed upon many spectacular public art pieces in small towns and large cities. But this summer I encountered one of the most unique. On my trip to Meadville, Pa., in Crawford County just across the Ohio border, I viewed a magnificent display called “Read Between
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Adjunct Professor Steve Utz won 2014 Honorable Mention and Cash Prize for the 2014 Leicester B. Holland Prize, for his architectural drawing of Bentley Hall. The Holland Prize, an annual juried competition open to both students and professionals, recognizes the best single-sheet measured drawing of a historic site, structure, or landscape prepared by an individual(s)
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Conneaut Lake Borough, in collaboration with the Art & Environment Initiative, has received $75,000 from the Our Town Program of the National Endowment for the Arts. Professor of Art Amara Geffen will serve as the lead artist working in collaboration with Conneaut Lake residents and Artist-in-Residence Steve Prince, Ceramics and Sculpture Technician Ian Thomas, Assistant
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Story and photo by Mary Hill mhill@titusvilleherald.com Allegheny College student Joe Phelps, of Titusville, wanted to go outside his comfort zone by traveling to South Vietnam for a six-week stay, where he will work with children who have intellectual and developmental disabilities. Phelps is heading to the former Saigon, now called Ho Chi Minh City,
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Studio art major Natalie Bensel ’15 had a work accepted into the 91st Annual Spring Show currently on view at the Erie Art Museum. Her performance art video “Burden” includes ten individual performances, playing simultaneously, that explore personal burdens in an effort to create an overwhelming feeling of the chaotic beauty of what it means
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In June 2013, Max Lindquist ’14 attended the Association of Environmental Studies & Sciences Annual Conference where he presented a paper he co-authored with Assistant Professor of Global Health and Development and Environmental Studies Liz Olson, Associate Professor of Communication Arts Michael Mehler, Professor of Environmental Science Eric Pallant, Visiting Artist Tanja Beer, Theater Designer Leslie Fairman, Shannon Wade ’13, and Samantha Hoderlein ’15.
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