Fall 2012 Volume 107 • Number 1
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Artisans in Bagru, India lay out dyed fabric to dry in the sun Vice President for College Relations
Stephen A. Dare SENIOR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS
Jill Hungsberg EDITOR
Charlie Casey caseyc@union.edu
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ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Erin DeMuth Judd demuthje@union.edu CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Christen Gowan Tina Lincer Phillip Wajda Bill Ackerbauer ’96 CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS
Matt Milless Eric Seplowitz ’96 Timothy Raab
4 Colorfully crafting change: A Minerva Fellowship brings the hues of Bagru to the world, and new autonomy to its artisans
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President’s Message
Jeremy Fritzhand ’10 went to Bagru, India in 2010 as a Minerva
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Fellow and established a business—Bagru Textiles—that’s
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DESIGN AND PRODUCTION
helping local artisans gain economic independence. With the
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aid of subsequent Fellows, one sent each year to work with
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Printing
Fritzhand and the Bagru community, these artisans are thriving
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in new ways.
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14 Heavy metals found in Gulf of Mexico oysters Assistant Geology Professor David Gillikin participated in a
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study that indicates eastern oysters have more heavy metals
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in their shells and tissues than they did prior to the 2010
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Deepwater Horizon catastrophe, which caused the largest off-shore oil spill in United States history.
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S P E C I AL i n se r t : Your Union Now—Celebrating the accomplishments of the You are Union Campaign.
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