Below, an update from VHP president Tamsin Chen about our organization’s most recent trip to Haiti, undertaken by Andrew and Lily Meade.
“What a start to 2014!
In January, Vassar Haiti Project (VHP) Co-Chair Andrew Meade, and his daughter, Lily Meade, met with our partners in Haiti to continue to strengthen our relationship with the village of Chermaitre.
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Assignment-In-Lieu of Class
Last week, we had another snowstorm. It is February, after all, in New York. I was unable to get out of my neighborhood to get to my 9 am class.
Speed-dating to review course material and build community
This semester, I came up with a cool way to have my class get to know each other a little bit on the first day.
My course is an intermediate-level neuroscience course that builds on knowledge they should have gained in more introductory-level work. I wanted to highlight particular concepts that they should have mastered and to gauge how well that knowledge was retained by them.
Sometimes Learning is a Team Sport
When I used to think about students working on my course material outside of class, I imagined them sitting at a desk in the library, highlighter in hand, poring intensely at the written material I had assigned. Or, maybe they were sitting quietly typing up the paper that I had assigned, a large stack of hand-written notes stacked beside them. Basically, they were working alone.
Fantasy and Reality in Natatorium Undine
Today’s post comes from Kamaria Mion, class of 2014 and Art Center Student Docent.
Florine Stettheimer is one of the best examples of an artist whose life informs her work.