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Alumni Notes
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In Feature Stories
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ILLUSTRATING THE PAST
Joy Leland often asks her elementary and high school art students to list 20 things that they would like to accomplish in their lifetimes. No matter how impossible the goals may seem, she encourages students to write them down. "I want them to learn that you can make things come true if you really want them to happen," she said. After all, when Leland was growing up in Vermont, her dream of taking part in an Egyptian archaeological dig seemed pretty far-fetched. Yet today she regularly finds herself in ancient tombs deep beneath the Egyptian desert
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Joy Leland '91, a freelance archaeological illustrator for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, stands in front of the Step Pyramid of the Pharaoh Djoser at Saqqara, the oldest pyramid in Egypt. |
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In Campus News
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In Alumni Profiles
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 What a Difference Five Years Makes
When Elizabeth S. Ivey joined the University of Hartford as provost in 1995, she walked head-on into one of the most difficult and challenging periods in the institution's history. Now, as she prepares for her June 30 retirement, Ivey sees a University that is far different...
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 The Unsinkable Titanic
Following the success of his tone poem, Titanic, Peter Boyer (Hartt MM '93, DMA '95) is fast becoming a Titan in the sea of American composers. He is one of only a handful of young American composers to attain his high level of success...
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