Feb 11, 2019
Kindergarteners & Clay
Story and photos by Stephen Wilson When Nestor Gil, associate professor of art, handed out pencils to kindergarteners, he asked them to notice what made…
Community-Based Learning and Research
Jan 20, 2019
Catalysts for Cougars
Photos and story by Stephen Wilson Elephants go through six sets of teeth in their lifetime, and each new set comes in larger than the last. Maybe they’d…
Jan 3, 2019
Mad Libs, Balloons, and Social Skills
Story and photos by Stephen Wilson What 7-year-old doesn’t like a balloon? Imagine giving a child the task of keeping one balloon aloft. Complicate things…
Dec 4, 2018
Teaching Happiness
Story and photos by Stephen Wilson Question: What is happier than an eight-year-old the day after Halloween? Answer: Not much. But third-graders visited…
Sep 14, 2018
STEM on a Plate
Story and photos by Stephen Wilson Cicadas whirring in the trees. Fireflies turning on their evening lanterns. Ants lining up for a picnic. Summer is full…
Aug 29, 2018
Early Introduction to Service
The Pre-Orientation Service Program (POSP) saw 24 returning student volunteers and 36 first-year students provide activities for Easton residents. The…
Aug 23, 2018
Walls Come Tumbling Down
By Stephen Wilson Temperatures ranging from 116 degrees to -40 degrees. Rugged and exposed terrain. Lack of water, vegetation, and game. There was a reason…
Aug 1, 2018
Energy Stars
By Stephen Wilson It takes 300 hours of electricity, which is about 12 days, to make one simple cotton T-shirt. If that doesn’t sound like a lot of energy…
Jul 15, 2018
Learning Latin from Leopards
By Bill Landauer Markus Dubischar’s Elementary Latin class is seldom so elementary. Krista Yetter’s fifth-graders from Cheston Elementary School in…
Jun 27, 2018
Justice for All?
A child, wearing an “Old Sparky” commemorative T-shirt, plays around a display of the electric chair where 361 prisoners sat between 1924 and 1964…