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Academy Newsletter - Summer 2016
Academy Blog, Alumni, Dance, English, Media Arts, Music, Musical Theatre, Support, Theatre, Visual Arts Gary Ricke 6/10/16 Academy Blog, Alumni, Dance, English, Media Arts, Music, Musical Theatre, Support, Theatre, Visual Arts Gary Ricke 6/10/16

Academy Newsletter - Summer 2016

Summer Newsletter 2016!

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Alumni Update - Luke Sangerman
Music, Alumni, Academy Blog Gary Ricke 6/3/16 Music, Alumni, Academy Blog Gary Ricke 6/3/16

Alumni Update - Luke Sangerman

Updates from Luke Sangerman (Music '15).

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Sydney Jones - Dance '16
Dance, Academy Blog, Support Gary Ricke 5/20/16 Dance, Academy Blog, Support Gary Ricke 5/20/16

Sydney Jones - Dance '16

Sydney Jones will join the dance program at Point Park University in Pittsburgh.

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Jacques Agbobly - Visual Arts '16
Academy Blog, Support, Visual Arts Gary Ricke 5/19/16 Academy Blog, Support, Visual Arts Gary Ricke 5/19/16

Jacques Agbobly - Visual Arts '16

Jacques is off to Parsons School of Design in New York in the fall.

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Elenna Sindler - Music '16
Academy Blog, Music, Support Gary Ricke 5/18/16 Academy Blog, Music, Support Gary Ricke 5/18/16

Elenna Sindler - Music '16

Elenna is headed to the California Institute of the Arts in the fall to study opera!

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Avery Gray - Musical Theatre '16
Academy Blog, Musical Theatre, Support Gary Ricke 5/17/16 Academy Blog, Musical Theatre, Support Gary Ricke 5/17/16

Avery Gray - Musical Theatre '16

Avery Gray (Musical Theatre, '16) is off to TCU's theatre program in the fall!

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Quinn Bailey - Media Arts '16
Academy Blog, Media Arts, Support Gary Ricke 5/16/16 Academy Blog, Media Arts, Support Gary Ricke 5/16/16

Quinn Bailey - Media Arts '16

Quinn Bailey is headed to Loyola Marymount in Los Angeles in the fall!

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Garth Johnson and Preston Miller Guest Choreographers
Dance, Alumni, Academy Blog Gary Ricke 3/31/16 Dance, Alumni, Academy Blog Gary Ricke 3/31/16

Garth Johnson and Preston Miller Guest Choreographers

Alumni Guest Choreographers Garth Johnson and Preston Miller.

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Saying Goodbye to an Old Friend
Academy Blog Gary Ricke 1/19/16 Academy Blog Gary Ricke 1/19/16

Saying Goodbye to an Old Friend

Today I sold my Premier drumkit, and I feel like I’ve parted ways with an old friend.

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Goals are for Losers (and Other Interesting Reads)
Academy Blog Gary Ricke 1/15/16 Academy Blog Gary Ricke 1/15/16

Goals are for Losers (and Other Interesting Reads)

Like many people, I have always enjoyed using New Year’s Day and the weeks that follow as an opportunity to set goals. I’m a habitual resolution maker (both big and small) with a long history of satisfying successes and disappointing failures.

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Save your soul. Turn off your gadget.
Academy Blog Gary Ricke 12/7/15 Academy Blog Gary Ricke 12/7/15

Save your soul. Turn off your gadget.

"When you are so lucky as to witness something beautiful… resist the temptation to whip out
your gadget. Enjoy this rare sliver of time called now. It will be gone before you know it."

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Education is the Work of Teachers, not Hackers
Academy Blog Gary Ricke 11/22/15 Academy Blog Gary Ricke 11/22/15

Education is the Work of Teachers, not Hackers

The terrorist attacks in Paris last week (and the subsequent arguments about everything from Facebook solidarity to Syrian refugees) reminded me of a powerful essay I read years ago: Education is the Work of Teachers, not Hackers.

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