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Changing the world by using empathy to solve the concrete needs of users is what moves the design and teaching approach of our new faculty member for the School of Art and Design, Hye Jeong Park, Ph.D.

Since he was very young, Daniel Farr, DMA, has had a love for music. He found the ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï the best place to share that love while combining two of his passions: conducting bands and teaching.

ForFlor Leos, the opportunity to see the work of another artist was transformational. A senior majoring in Ceramics and minoring in Mexican American Studies,*Leos says that when Chicano muralist Leo Tanguma came to ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï her junior year, it shaped her path and her view of her own art.

The legacy of artist, activist and ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï alumna Lydia Ruyle ‘72 is being celebrated during Women’s History Month through an exhibition featuring her lively banners of divine goddesses from around the world inside Campus Commons.

A group of ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï students reviewed their COVID-19 experience and showcased it through art creating pieces for University Libraries' Reflecting Back, Looking Forward student exhibition.

Two ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï students pick up their violin bows and practice fast passages and rhythms whenever they can. But playing an instrument isn’t the only intense activity taking up their spare time. Alongside playing beautiful, eloquent and moving music, Taber Land and Katherine Muser also help battle raging fires that span hundreds of acres at a time.

Most years, the ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï Combined Chorus gives ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï choral students an opportunity to perform at the Union Colony Civic Center in Greeley with the Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra (GPO). That tradition has been on hold due to the pandemic, but this year it’s coming back with a heartfelt flourish.

El Día de Los Muertos, the Day of the Dead, is a Mexican holiday celebrated annually on Nov. 1-2. The festivity showcases the love and respect for deceased loved ones. Every year, families and communities gather to remember their relatives through building altares or ofrendas.

In the early 2000s, two eager ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï Theatre Arts majors had their eyes set on New York’s biggest stage. Taking dance course after dance course and performing in multiple student productions, Jason Veasey and Aléna Watters achieved that dream, using the skills they perfected on campus and eventually showcasing them on Broadway.

Latinx art, culture, language, and history took center stage fostering discussions and conversations around Latinx heritage during ÍøÆسԹÏ’s Latinx Heritage Month.