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Art students hard work pays off
Student Art and Design Exhibition recognizes various pieces
By: Heidi Paxson
@heidipacsun
The annual Student Art and Design Exhibition award ceremony was hosted by The University of Findlay’s Art Department on April 18. The purpose of the reception was to showcase the best of UF students’ various art pieces.
UF Instructor of Art, Spencer Cunningham, says planning for the event started about two months ago.
Cunningham days he enjoys looking at the students’ work more than he does professional photographs.
“As the Gallery Director, it is my job to arrange the pieces,” says Cunningham.
The art pieces are arranged by themes that fill up the Mazza Museum walls. One of the themes revolves around the 19th century writer, Edgar Allen Poe. The pieces are not as bright as some of the other photos and paintings that surround the mysterious display.
Cunningham says that there are more than 300 submissions every year but only about 100 can be chosen. He compares arranging the displays to putting together 94 different puzzle pieces.
Art pieces chosen for this event in previous years have been included in national photography magazines such as the Photographer’s Forum.
He says that about three to four UF students get Best of Show in various exhibitions every year.
Student Art and Design Exhibition Best of Show winner, Xiaoting Qui, says that she never realized her passion for photography until November 2015.
She describes her award winning photograph as a happy accident. Qui passed the tree featured in her photograph and randomly decided to take picture, when she realized how great the picture was.
An international artist, Jordan Buschur was featured at the event, networking with and congratulating students.
“I was impressed by the artwork with high levels of craft and/ or a strong individual voice,” Buschur states in her judges statement.
The pieces did not only consist of paintings and photographs. They also included sculptures, film photography, visual communication, printmaking, and other various categories.
The pieces of art can be purchased from the Lea Gallery. Anyone interested can contact Spencer Cunningham at cunninghams@findlay.edu.
All of the Mazza Museum exhibitions are free and open to the public.
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Equine Affair Clinic and Breed Show
Students take on Outside World Experiences
By: Larissa Holmes
From April 6-9, six riders representing the University of Findlay’s English Equestrian program will attend the Equine Affair event in Columbus, Ohio. This event is held once a year, and features professionals in the industry such as clinicians, authors, judges and veterinarians, as well as various demonstrations and clinics. There are also breed demonstrations and seminars, as well as different vendors that sell products such as rider apparel, horse equipment, and handmade crafts and jewelry.
Students who wanted to apply for a spot in one of the clinics were encouraged to submit an application in order to register with the horse they wished to ride. They were also instructed to submit a video showing their current skill level with their horse. In the weeks leading up to Affair, the students worked with their instructors to prepare for the experience.
University of Findlay Sophomore Parker Nash was approached by his instructor Nicole Thungen, and invited to apply for the Equine Affair with Thungen’s personal horse, Rheiny. Nash was eager for the opportunity and submitted a video from his summer when he leased Rheiny and competed with her. He was selected to ride in a Dressage clinic with instructor Nicolas Fyffe.
“Any chance to ride off-property is beneficial,” Nash explained. “As well as getting that perspective from an accomplished instructor.”
While he will receive assistance from Thungen in transporting Rheiny to Equine Affair the day before his clinic, Nash will be completely independent. He has been riding Rheiny since last summer and has developed a good relationship with the horse. Nash will continue to prepare in the weeks leading up to the clinic.
Kacie Green, a senior, is nervous about riding in the Equine Affair for the first time, as well as taking part in her first clinic. However, she is looking forward to the opportunity, and thinks it will be a great experience. In addition to riding in two separate clinics, each hosted by Eventing expert Holly Hudspeth, Green will participate in a thoroughbred breed demonstration with a horse named Vanderbilt, her assigned horse for the semester.
“I’m really hoping Holly can give me some new ideas and exercises that will help our jumping,” Green said. “Vanderbilt is amazing to flat, but he can be really difficult for me to ride, especially when we jump.”
Findlay sophomore Gwen Jones is a veteran to the Equine Affair. She participated the previous year with a horse named Peanut. This year however, Jones will be taking part in a more discipline-specific clinic with an Eventing horse. She will also ride in a clinic led by Holly Hudspeth and participate in the thoroughbred breed demonstration.
“I hope to be able to take what I learn from the clinic and be able to transfer that knowledge onto not only the cross-country course, but also to any future horses that I work with,” Jones said.
Those who are participating in the clinic are looking forward to the riding opportunities that will be made available to them, as well as the chance to learn from some of the best riders their discipline has to offer.
University works to improve current student health insurance plan
By: Olivia Wile
@wile_o
As with every new President who takes office, policies are anticipated to change with the election of Donald Trump.
This is clearly evident, as the president issued a travel ban on seven Middle Eastern counties within his first week in office and is currently working on a new healthcare bill to replace the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare.
Changes in policies are not exclusive to Washington, D.C, however. The University of Findlay is in the process of implementing its own updated health insurance plan.
David Emsweller, Director of Student Affairs at the University of Findlay, says the current student health insurance plan has been intact at UF since his arrival in 1998. Emsweller sums up the plan, stating, “Right now we have a supplemental plan, it’s just a small plan, that covers $2,500 worth of [medical] expenses.”
With the current plan, students can go anywhere to receive medical treatment as long as their primary insurance covers it first. They must then send an explanation of benefits, and after coverage is applied, whatever money remains or is not covered by primary insurance will be reimbursed to the student.
Emsweller explains that Findlay’s plan is not the same as a full medical insurance plan, since a student’s maximum coverage for the year under that plan is only $2,500. Regarding changes both at the White House and in the current health insurance plan at Findlay, he stated, “Regardless of where the healthcare bill goes, past or future, we want to provide some type of plan that a student can purchase that provides comprehensive medical coverage.”
The University of Findlay is working to do just that, as Emsweller and his team are investigating several comprehensive plans that will allow students the option to receive full health insurance, or remain covered by their parents’ plan.
“We are seeing students who are arriving at college who have no major medical coverage,” Emsweller said. As a result, the goal for the new plan is to improve coverage while it remains inexpensive.
“Right now, we are talking to a variety of vendors and are obviously going to look for the most cost effective plan that offers though the best coverage,” Emsweller said.
Changes are predicted to go into effect in the Fall of 2018.
“Whatever gets passed in Washington will impact it, we just don’t know how yet,” says Emsweller.