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Transfer student driven to help commuters feel at home on campus
Chelsea Burke '25 admits that when she set to transfer from Montgomery County Community College to 91做厙 after earning an associate degree, she was putting all of her eggs into one basket, so to speak. But thats because it was the p...
Ph.D. in Leadership candidate brings special-needs fitness center to campus
The inexplicable Christmas staple "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer" isn't known to elicit many fond memories. But it recently caused Tara Simmons '16 MA '18 Ph.D. '25 to count her blessings.The owner of All Abilities Fitness Center, which cater...
Theatre program founder proud of achievements, hungry for more
Nathan Thomas, Ph.D., knew he wanted to teach theater to college students as early as the fourth grade. And at the mere age of 7 when he and his brother convinced their mother to drop them off to see Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Gene...
Philosophy professor gets royal welcome in Saudi Arabia
In 2015, Associate Professor of Philosophy Josh Hayes co-edited Aristotle and the Arabic Tradition, a collection of essays spotlighting the intellectual giants influence upon Arabic philosophy. Little did he know that nearly 10 years later, par...