Combining a love for music, with a desire to help others, aspiring music therapists are finding their calling on campus. The new Music Therapy program emphasizes clinical training to prepare graduates for future careers. Music Therapy is any use of various musical engagements to help people of all different needs and backgrounds. Started in Fall 2022, it is...
Read moreDetailsFor Madison Acquarulo, art is a lifetime calling. Art is something that has always come easily to Acquarulo, a junior studio art major. She has taken art from her hobby to her college major. She did not start off as an art major, but the change made a lot of sense to her. “I started with art when...
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https://youtu.be/8fHfscevOtQ Business may bring to mind images of cubicles, black coffee and long meetings. But for student Zoe Pringle, owner of Pringle Painting Plus, business is a powerful form of creativity and self-expression. Pringle is a junior psychology major with a minor in studio art. She holds several leadership positions as a resident advisor, desk assistant and peer...
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Drag shows are a subcultural phenomenon. But the term “drag queen” is a common term in pop culture. Thanks to the success of recording artist and drag queen superstar, RuPaul Charles, more people are connected with the drag queen culture. Charles hit the charts with the song “Supermodel (You Better Work)” in 1992. https://youtu.be/bkb8DU1ODqE At Southern, students are...
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https://youtu.be/jq-rrFyVCXU Whether students are looking to work with metals for a future job or just looking for a more creative elective, the metalworking classes are a place to start. Southern is home to Connecticut’s only four-year metals program. The program focuses on a variety of different techniques and has students work with both cold and hot metals. They...
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https://youtu.be/h-P3Q5hliiQ The studio art program at the university encourages a wide variety of skill sets and art styles. The “The beauty of the studio art program at Southern Connecticut State University is that we follow the liberal arts mission and guidelines that Southern has. have to take classes in four other concentration. The junior and senior programs, we...
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It began with making cloth masks out of cut-up old T-shirts and rubber bands in spring 2020. They were uncomfortable and were not properly fitting Lauryn Giuliano, a sophomore psychology major. “Obviously there was a huge shortage of the regular, blue surgical masks in stores everywhere,” says Giuliano. “So I needed a solution.” She found some people making...
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Music has had an impact on many people in the world. Whether positive or negative, music has played a role in our society, especially in mental health. “I didn’t want anything to do with the world around me. I just listened to music and it would take me to this other world. It has definitely had a positive...
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In a series of TikTok videos, Matt Lopes can be seen dancing with his friends to his father’s angry voicemails in a quest to gain 100,000 followers. Lopes, a senior theatre major, stopped the series at 80,000 followers, but that number reached over 170,000 followers and almost 6 million likes on the app. “At first it was just a...
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