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September is Classical Music Month

Classical music is a type of music composed in Europe between 1730 and 1830.  Music from that period largely consisted of Operas, Symphonies, Concertos, String Quartets and other chamber music.

Nutritionist Author Has the Recipe for Success

Kim (Dwyer) Larson ’81 capped a career in nutrition, which included becoming the Seattle Mariners baseball team’s first sports nutritionist and launching a wellness coaching and consulting business, by writing a book on battling high blood pressure.

From Poverty to PhD: A FIERCE Tale to Tell

When Carolyn Colleen (Bostrack) ’07, ’10 decided to become an author, she decided to tell her own story of overcoming adversity to earn three college degrees and tap into her entrepreneurial skills to pave her own path to success helping others.

Persistence Pays for Alumni Author Debra Shumaker

After years of hard work and several near misses, 2021 saw Debra (Kempf) Shumaker '93 complete her quest to become a children's picture book author, with one book out in May and another to be published this fall.