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LeaderShape® is a nationally recognized program that challenges participants to explore identity development, inclusive leadership, and the importance of a healthy disregard for the impossible. (Photo courtesy of Avani Rana)

Pursuing the vision: The LeaderShape® Institute’s impact on the College

Over winter break, the College held a four day, campus-based session of the LeaderShape® Institute that engaged selected participants with highly interactive large and small group activities. LeaderShape® is a nationally recognized program that challenges participants to explore identity development, inclusive leadership and the importance of a healthy disregard for the impossible.

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A great way to relax, if the weather is nice, is by sitting outside (Photo courtesy of Catherine Gonzalez/Staff Writer).

How students at the College plan on spending their day off

This Thursday, Feb. 16, professors from the College will be partaking in the Excellence in Teaching and Learning Summit, so undergraduate students will have no classes between 8 a.m. and 4:50 p.m. The Signal interviewed a random sample of undergraduate students at the College to get a feel for what the general student-body will be doing with their free time.

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The College’s Accessibility Resource Center (ARC) gives students with disabilities access to a broad range of accommodations for mental and physical disabilities, such as time extensions on assignments and housing accommodations. (Photo courtesy of Flickr/“Accessible Parking” by SmartSign/Aug. 16, 2013)

A look at accessibility on campus: What are students’ options?

The College’s Accessibility Resource Center (ARC) gives students with disabilities access to a broad range of accommodations for mental and physical disabilities, such as time extensions on assignments and housing accommodations. Other barriers, such as physical accessibility during construction, may be harder to navigate.

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(Photo courtesy of Shane Gillespie/Staff Photographer)

The ultimate guide to on-campus dining

Eating, a task that is supposed to be painless, has been difficult for some students at the College due to confusing standards when it comes to dining on campus, so a straightforward guide on how to navigate meal swipes, meal points, meal equivalency and Campus Town Dollars is long overdue.

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Though breaks are supposed to be time for students to relax, they can often end up causing more stress as students use the time to catch up on work (photo courtesy of Flickr/“Learning” by CollegeDegrees360/ July 12, 2012).

School breaks may actually heighten stress in students

For students at the College, the pressure of the semester’s end made the Thanksgiving holiday stressful rather than a time for gratitude and decompression. While many might experience familial stress during the holiday season, students were met with a unique set of headaches with finals taking place in such close proximity to Thanksgiving break.

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A stack of letters in a box in the attic opened a door to family history and a story worth spreading(Flickr/ "stack" by hobvias sudoneighm, April 1, 2007).

Hidden family letters become off-Broadway play

The letters were located in the attic of their family home and had been locked away for over 15 years collecting dust, covered in swastikas and written in German and Polish, two languages that no one in the Hollander family spoke.  Found after his parents had passed away suddenly in a tragic car accident in 1986, Richard S. Hollander refused to look at them, burying them from his mind and back into the attic he found them in.  Unpacking them meant having to address the fact that he truly didn’t know his father.

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