WHY DO MARMOTS LIVE IN TOWN? Biology students helped this summer to research Spokane’s yellow-bellied marmots and urban stress. They worked with Elizabeth Addis, assistant professor of biology, who grew up in Montana and knew only the shy marmots of Glacier National Park.
LINGUA AMERICANA Gonzaga’s English Language Camp in July drew 350 children. The camp makes the perfect ESL teachertraining ground, said James Hunter, assistant professor and camp director. Graduate students learn how to teach English as a second language first by watching master teachers, and then by doing the teaching themselves.
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At Gonzaga Law School, 24 students enrolled in June in the new, accelerated two-year program. Law School Dean Jane Korn describes the new plan as “the same education, less vacation.” Gonzaga’s Accelerated J.D. is a response to nationwide concerns about legal education. The new program has three terms per calendar year and is offered in addition to the traditional threeyear program.
An Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, a first for the Jundt Art Museum, features the work of the pre-eminent metal artist David Hayes. Thirteen pieces will be displayed near the Jundt and Lake Arthur. Hayes’ iconic sculptures are held by the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim and more than 100 other institutions. The exhibition runs for a full year, through July 2015.
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