by UNCP College of Arts & Sciences
Hosted by the Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at UNC Pembroke, in each episode distinguished guests discuss a thought provoking topic.
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March 14, 2024
<p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>Each year, the arrival of the 14th day of March, or 3.14, is celebrated as Pi Day, in honor of the number Pi, which has been used by mathematicians throughout history. Pi Day is a time to honor the importance of math through events and conversations such as today’s episode. We are joined by Hillary Sessions, Director of Mathematics at UNC Pembroke, for a conversation about how UNCP is addressing the challenges brought about by the learning interruptions of the Covid-19 pandemic, the development of new math curriculum, her own research into learning strategies, and what UNCP is doing to involve the community in the Pi Day celebrations. We even found time to bust some math myths!</p> <p>Hillary Sessions was raised in Richmond County, NC, attended Richmond Senior High, and earned her B.S. in Mathematics from UNC Wilmington. She taught math at Scotland High School in Laurinburg, NC, where she fell in love with teaching and coaching volleyball. After working as a mathematics teacher, instructional coach, technology integration coach, beginning teacher mentor, mathematics department head, and volleyball coach, she earned her Master of Science in Mathematics Education from UNC Pembroke. Mrs. Sessions came to UNCP as a member of the faculty in 2019, works as the Director of Mathematics, and has also served as the Graduate Program Coordinator for Mathematics Education, Mathematics Placement Test Coordinator, Chair of the Mathematics Curriculum Committee, and as an Academic Advisor. </p> <p>Mrs. Sessions is attending North Carolina State University, earning a Doctor of Philosophy in Teaching and Learning in STEM Education with a Concentration in Mathematics. Her research centers undergraduate student success in mathematics, helping students break down barriers of understanding in their math coursework. Research-based strategies focus on course sequencing and structure, integrating organizational and study skills into curriculum, focusing on conceptual understanding and alternative forms of assessment, fostering collaboration and communication, and adopting self-directed learning methods. For her dissertation, she designed a convergent parallel mixed methods study, concentrating on the impact collaboration can have in undergraduate mathematics courses on student achievement, mathematical anxiety, and motivation. She will graduate with her PhD in Spring 2024. </p> <p>Find the episode transcript <a href='https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/trf678/Transcript_Episode_706ci59.pdf'>here</a></p> <p>Follow UNCP’s College of Arts and Sciences</p> <p> on<a href='https://www.facebook.com/UNCPcas%20'> Facebook</a>,<a href='https://twitter.com/UNCPCAS'> Twitter/X@uncpcas</a> and<a href='https://www.instagram.com/uncpcas/'> Instagram@uncpcas</a></p> <p></p>
February 22, 2024
<p> This month we welcome Professor Brandon Sanderson of UNCP's Department of Art, who shares his work as an artist and educator. Entering his 22nd year as a professor and 28th as an exhibiting artist, Professor Sanderson currently serves as the sixth Director of the Pembroke Undergraduate Research and Creativity Center and as Professor of Art teaching Printmaking and Drawing. Supporting undergraduate research across the campus including everything from scientific and humanities-based research to jazz composition, the Pembroke Undergraduate Research and Creativity Center holds a yearly Symposium showcasing student work. In our conversation, Professor Sanderson shares his own story, from growing up on the farm, to work in computer science, which led to development as a printmaker, and his work with arts organizations such as the Artnauts Collective, combining art and social justice initiatives in Ukraine, Sarajevo, South Korea, Bosnia, Columbia, and many other locations.</p> <p> Since 2013, Professor Sanderson has served as Workshop Coordinator for Frogman's Print Workshops on the campus of the University of Iowa, the largest printmaking workshop in the United States. Sanderson holds two Bachelor of Science degrees from Colorado State University-Pueblo, in Printmaking/Drawing and in Computer Information Systems. He earned his Master of Fine Art degree in Art with a specialty of Printmaking from the University of South Dakota, where he studied under 20th century print and paper artist Lloyd Menard. Prior to his career as an artist, Sanderson worked as a computer programmer and systems analyst.</p> <p>Since 1995, Professor Sanderson has exhibited in over 575 venues in 65 countries. Recently he has shown in Poland, Palestine, Chile, Bosnia, Uganda, Cambodia, Colombia and Ukraine. He has also held 37 university lectures in 27 states and participated in 81 collaborative studio projects. In 2018 he was the first visiting artist in the West Virginia University Master Printmaking series. He also is a long-time member of the Artnauts international art group, which uses the visual arts as a tool for addressing global change. Professor Sanderson’s work appeared in the nationally acclaimed “Re-Riding History” exhibit, which featured works by 72 contemporary native and non-native artists who responded to the events surrounding the 1875-1878 capture, relocation and imprisonment of 72 Plains Indian warriors at Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Florida.</p> <p>Professor Sanderson was recently awarded a number of grants to use his technical and artistic backgrounds to design and prototype art equipment that is cost-effective and accessible to those with disabilities. His current body of work combines laser cutters, CNC machines, 3D printers, and digital drawings with the traditional tools of the printmaking and drawing studios.</p> <p></p> <p>Rediscovering Flight ScreenPrint V, by Brandon Sanderson</p> <p>Learn More:</p> <p>Brandon Sanderson – Artist Website</p> <p><a href='http://www.brandon-sanderson.com'>www.brandon-sanderson.com</a></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>Photo Captions: Artnauts Collective solar panels with soldiers and students in the Ukraine, providing both art as inspiration and also charging stations for electronic devices as well as power for areas where this is unreliable. </p> <p>Artnauts Collective </p> <p><a href='https://www.artnauts.org'>www.artnauts.org</a></p> <p>Artnauts on Instagram</p> <p><a href='https://www.instagram.com/artnauts/'>https://www.instagram.com/artnauts/</a></p> <p>Artnauts is an artist collective that uses the visual arts as a tool for addressing global issues while connecting with artists from around the world. The name derives from combining the words "art" and "astronaut" as a way to describe the process of exploring uncharted territory in the world at large. The name also denotes an art practice that is "not" art as usual and goes beyond the confines of the traditional or conventional art word, blurring the boundaries between art, activism, and social practice.</p> <p>Frogman’s Print Workshop</p> <p><a href='http://www.frogmans.net'>www.frogmans.net</a></p> <p>Pembroke Undergraduate Research and Creativity Center</p> <p>The Pembroke Undergraduate Research and Creativity Center of The University of North Carolina at Pembroke stimulates, supports and promotes inquiry, discovery and creativity in scholarship and the arts through mentored research experiences with faculty and other regional, national and international scholars and professionals. </p> <p>The center facilitates and coordinates preparation in research skills necessary for professional fields and graduate study.</p> <p>The center is designated to serve as a clearinghouse for undergraduate research and creativity opportunities on and off campus. Undergraduate students presenting their work at conferences are encouraged to apply for a travel grant. Additionally, faculty mentors are encouraged to promote their research agendas through the PURC.</p> <p>For more information about PURC, please browse our website or call 910.521.6841 or email [email protected].</p> <p>2024 PURC Symposium -- Wednesday, April 10th, 2024 in the Mary Livermore Library Commons Area</p> <p><a href='https://www.uncp.edu/academics/research/purc-pembroke-undergraduate-research-and-creativity-center/purc-symposium'>https://www.uncp.edu/academics/research/purc-pembroke-undergraduate-research-and-creativity-center/purc-symposium</a></p> <p>Find the episode transcript <a href='https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/xhrpy3/Transcript_Episode_69_of_30_Brave_Minutes9rte0.pdf'>here</a></p> <p>Follow UNCP’s College of Arts and Sciences</p> <p> on<a href='https://www.facebook.com/UNCPcas%20'> Facebook</a>,<a href='https://twitter.com/UNCPCAS'> Twitter/X@uncpcas</a> and<a href='https://www.instagram.com/uncpcas/'> Instagram@uncpcas</a></p>
January 18, 2024
<p>We start off the new year by welcoming Dr. Joseph Van Hassel, Chair of the UNCP Department of Music, and Kalem Graham, Director of the 'Spirit of the Carolinas' Marching Band, for a conversation about musical activities on campus and beyond. We discussed what brought each of them to music as a career, and what they studied along the way. </p> <p>We learned more about what research and scholarship looks like in the performing arts, and the two shared how their work in the classroom informs growth as performers, and in the study of education and teaching. As educators monitor the long-lasting changes in public school programming brought by the Covid-19 pandemic, more is learned about how to respond at the university level. </p> <p> As one of the major performing ensembles in the department, the 'Spirit of the Carolinas' Marching Band not only entertains, but has been a training ground for student leadership for decades. Students work in all aspects of the ensemble's organization, including music, technology, personnel, and facilities management, in the stadium, on the road, in Moore Hall, and on the practice field. Students assist with storing and caring for uniforms and equipment, leading instrumental and color guard sectional rehearsals, group rehearsals as Captains, and for some, leading the entire band as Drum Majors. </p> <p>In each spring semester members of the band re-form into the Pep Band to support men's and women's' basketball, continuing to work on these important leadership skills across the year. The 'Spirit of the Carolinas' joins the Wind Ensemble and Concert Band, Percussion Ensemble, University Chorale, Vocal Jazz Ensemble, Orchestra, Jazz Combos and Ensembles, and many other chamber groups across the department, open to majors and non-majors alike. </p> <p> Join us as we celebrate the study, performance, and teaching of music and the great work being done by students in Moore Hall in collaboration with faculty, staff, and community.</p> <p>Featured on this episode are L to R: Dr. Joanna Hersey, Dr. Joseph Van Hassel, Mr. Kalem Graham, and Dr. Richard Gay, and we are back to recording in the Radio Room in Old Main with thanks to our Department of Mass Communication for their assistance. </p> <p></p> <p>'Spirit of the Carolinas' Marching Band Director Kalem Graham with the Pep Band Seniors and Music Department Staff Member Meggan Hollis.</p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>'Spirit of the Carolinas' Marching Band on parade and on the field showing off the new uniforms!</p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>Dr. Joseph Van Hassel traveled to Japan in summer of 2023 to perform and teach at Senzoku Gakuen College of Music and at the Takasaki City Theater.</p> <p>Learn More:</p> <p>Visit the 'Spirit of the Carolinas'<a href='https://www.uncp.edu/music/ensembles/sotc'> Home Page</a> and follow them on<a href='https://www.instagram.com/official.sotc/'> Instagram</a> and<a href='https://www.facebook.com/SpiritoftheCarolinas'> Facebook </a></p> <p>The<a href='https://www.uncp.edu/departments/music/calendar-events'> UNCP Department of Music Calendar</a> is updated routinely and the best way to stay connected with event information!</p> <p>Visit Dr.<a href='https://www.josephvanhassel.com/'> Joseph Van Hassel's website</a> to hear recent performances and find information about recordings and publications</p> <p>Joseph Van Hassel is a North Carolina-based percussionist specializing in orchestral and chamber music. Performance highlights include Carnegie Hall, the Cincinnati MusicNow Festival, the Percussive Arts Society International Convention, the International Tuba Euphonium Conference, and the Hindemith Center in Switzerland. He can be heard on recordings for the Innova, Mode, Equilibrium, nobrow.sounds, and Ohio Percussion record labels, and his solo CD of percussion commissions is available on Soundset Recordings. He is published in Percussive Notes, and his compositions are published by Media Press and PerMus.</p> <p>An active educator, Joseph has presented master classes and given solo performances at numerous universities, including the Manhattan School of Music, Peabody Conservatory, Senzoku University in Japan, and the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies at the University of California at Berkeley. He is on the percussion faculty at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, and previously taught at Ohio University and Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. </p> <p>Joseph earned degrees from the Hartt School, the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and Ohio University. He also spent time studying music and dance in Ghana, West Africa. For more information please visit his website: <a href='https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fjosephvanhassel.com%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cjoanna.hersey%40uncp.edu%7Ca30920091ded45de428508dc1177cea6%7C1aa2e3287d0f4fd19216c479a1c14f9d%7C0%7C0%7C638404453488630179%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=phNQuctqereMg4Pqh6xzWUfl%2B9KpRLAewHCwZupjX10%3D&reserved=0'>josephvanhassel.com</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Find the episode transcript <a href='https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/zcije2/Transcript_Episode_68_Music93vcv.pdf'>here</a></p> <p>Follow UNCP’s College of Arts and Sciences</p> <p> on<a href='https://www.facebook.com/UNCPcas%20'> Facebook</a>,<a href='https://twitter.com/UNCPCAS'> Twitter/X@uncpcas</a> and<a href='https://www.instagram.com/uncpcas/'> Instagram@uncpcas</a></p> <p> </p>
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