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PRESIDENT Carlton E. Brown VICE PRESIDENT FOR INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT Trisa Long Paschal
FEATURES Forging STEAM Ahead CAU Integrates STEM and the Arts to Precipitate Exciting New Paradigms
Preparing Today’s Students for Tomorrow’s Careers How STEAM creates more than hot air at CAU 20
ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT OF STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS & UNIVERSITY RELATIONS Donna L. Brock
CAU Curriculum Changes Set a New Path Collaboration, problem-solving, and creativity rule
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Full STEAM Ahead Building a Better Graduate
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PHOTOGRAPHY Curtis McDowell, Foxx Media Group, Jay Thomas
Partner Spotlights CAU Guild: 22nd Annual Jazz Under the Stars Concert
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PRINTING Graphic Solutions Group
Toyota Provides Key To Driving Down CAU’s Carbon Footprint
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Student Spotlights Austin Casillas: Driving It Through the Goal Posts
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Alycia Attaway: Excellence in the Face of Adversity
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Danica Nestor: Doing Well By Doing Good
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Ahmed Alkhaldi: Changing Places
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Alumni Spotlights Lewis Wooten’s Career Takes Orbit
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Chloe Poston: Pivoting Off the STEM Pipeline
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Alysha K. Thompson: Fashioning Harlem’s New Runway
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Maurice Slaughter: Cruising to New Heights
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EDITOR Joyce Jones CONTRIBUTORS Erin Evans, David Lindsay, Frank McCoy, Matthew Scott DESIGN DesignEng
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