Poised for New Beginnings
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MADISON MERCADANTE ’23 | Major: kinesiology | Hometown: Midland Park, NJ | Favorite thing about ballet: feeling weightless
The Secret Life of Bee. . . Researchers
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DANIEL HA ’20 Major: biology (environmental science concentration) Hometown: Chiang Mai,
Thailand Keeps a mental list of pollen colors he’s seen in the beehive (the rarest one is blue).
Villodas Takes DEEP FAITH into “The Depths of the Soul”
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DEEP FAITH Week 2020 brought to campus Rich Villodas, pastor of New Life Fellowship Church in New York City, who preached a message of radical transformation from the inside out.
Words that Belong to One Language But All People
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ROSE BAKER ’21 Major: linguistics Hometown: Layton, UT If she could be fluent in any other language, it would be Russian.
Why Gordon’s Education Program Is in the Top 15 Nationwide For Early Reading Instruction
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Over the last 20 years, American youth have set record-lows for underage drinking, smoking and teenage pregnancies, but they haven’t gotten any better at reading.