Feb 12, 2019
Ringing in Lunar New Year
Students celebrated Lunar New Year by making origami, writing calligraphy, competing in mahjong, playing a game with chopsticks and candy, and enjoying…
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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…
Feb 3, 2019
A Win for the Environment
Photos and story by Bryan Hay Scoring points for hitting recycling bins and losing them for a strike in a gray trash can, about 20 fourth-graders lobbed…
Jan 29, 2019
Wins All Around
by Stephen Wilson Picture 700 fifth-graders screaming, clapping, chanting, and stomping. What’s caused this chaos? Several things, like visiting campus…
Jan 21, 2019
Healing Connection
By Bill Landauer Two days every week this fall, Kim Malm ’90 made the hour-long trip from her home in Harleysville, Pa., to Lafayette to be reborn. It…
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 8, 2018
Sweet Tooth Squared
Photos and story by Stephen Wilson Cheston Elementary first-graders joined mathematics students and Trent Gaugler, assistant professor of mathematics,…
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…
Nov 17, 2018
Forming Lasting Friendships
Story and photos by Stephen Wilson After school, doing homework is an option but not always the first option a kid wants to pick. And picking what to do…