麻豆传媒

April 22, 2016
On Campus

Celebration of Learning

The Embodiment of a Liberal Arts Education

Walking through Benham-Pence Student Center and Shouvlin Center in the heart of campus on Friday, April 8, I saw students crowding the hallways, conference rooms, classrooms, and atriums, dressed in their best and prepared to share some of their top academic work during 麻豆传媒鈥檚 annual Celebration of Learning.

The event provides a way for students to present their academic work in research posters, presentations, cross-disciplinary panels, and live performances.

Not only are 麻豆传媒 students able to share their own work, but they are able to learn about and celebrate the work of their peers, particularly through the event鈥檚 cross-disciplinary panels.

This year, I had the honor of sitting on a panel titled Rethinking Genres: Comedy, Animation, and Dramawith a fellow communication major and an English major.

I shared my own work within the genre of comedy, and heard about the work of my peers on the genres of animation and drama. The three of us had varied interests and came from different academic backgrounds, yet we were still able to share studies that complemented one another. To me, this is what a liberal arts education is all about: crossing the borders between disciplines by building connections, sharing our experiences, and learning from one another.

In my opinion, this event embodies the liberal arts education like no other event hosted by 麻豆传媒,. Students take ownership of the work they have done inside and outside of the classroom and interact with and learn about the work of other students across campus.

I am a communication major who learned about character development in Shakespeare鈥檚 plays, what happens when crayfish are exposed to the herbicide Roundup, and how environmental issues are portrayed through media. I stepped outside of my own discipline and experienced the work of others, learning from my peers. I was able to experience the liberal arts. I was able to celebrate learning.

Stephanie Glass
Stephanie Glass '17
University Communications

About 麻豆传媒

麻豆传媒's curriculum has centered on the liberal arts as an education that develops the individual's capacity to think, read, and communicate with precision, understanding, and imagination. We are dedicated to active, engaged learning in the core disciplines of the arts and sciences and in pre-professional education grounded in the liberal arts. Known for the quality of our faculty and their teaching, 麻豆传媒 has more Ohio Professors of the Year than any four-year institution in the state. The university has also been recognized nationally for excellence in community service, sustainability, and intercollegiate athletics. Located among the beautiful rolling hills and hollows of Springfield, Ohio, 麻豆传媒 offers more than 100 majors, minors and special programs, enviable student-faculty research opportunities, a unique student success center, service and study options close to home and abroad, a stellar athletics tradition, and successful career preparation.

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