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If the cabinet has to have leveling legs for the uneven surface of the garage, this option exists for storage cabinets…typically $5 per cabinet to add on. Cabinets come with adjustable shelving and fixed shelving options, with shelf capacities being a bit higher with fixed shelving. An example would be for a 36" wide shelf, the fixed shelf is 230 lbs of load where the adjustable is 180 lbs.
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The Inflated Dangers of Vaping Liquid Go Up in Smoke
As an increasing number of people turn to vaping rather than traditional smoking, and the media is turning its sensationalist eye on the potential dangers of vaping. Is vaping really dangerous? How dangerous is it? Understanding the facts about vaping will allow you to make an informed decision that is best for your own health.
The Claims
Recent news reports, including one in the respected New York Times, have focused on the potential poisoning risk inherent to vaping liquid. The liquid nicotine used to make vaping liquid in particular has been criticized, called "poison by the barrel." The New York Times points out, correctly, that nicotine is a neurotoxin when taken in huge doses, and that small amounts can quickly kill children and pets.
These are scary claims, and like all dangerous lies they have a kernel of truth. Nicotine is indeed a neurotoxin and presents a danger to your kids and pets. In fact, eating normal cigarettes is a common form of poisoning for children and other small animals.
E-Liquid: Not Comparatively Dangerous
We will join the tragic Greek chorus in their warnings about e-liquids and nicotine. It would be dangerous and fool-hardy to leave these products where children and pets may get them. The numbers of poisonings from e-liquid have risen to fifteen times what they were just two years ago.
However, the same danger is present in many common household supplies. Tylenol, commonly given to children, is hepatotoxic in all but the smallest doses, which means it can destroy your child's liver and ultimately kill them if you leave a bottle out. In addition, pediatricians and veterinarians recommend that you lock up your toothpaste. Fluoride is also a poison in all but the smallest amounts, which is why it prevents cavities so well. The amounts used to brush your teeth are not poisonous to you, but they quickly kill tiny germs that cause damage to teeth. Children die every year from toothpaste poisoning.
E-liquids were the culprit in 1300 cases of poisoning last year. Household cleaners caused 193,443 poisoning cases, toothpaste caused over 20,000, and ink poisoned yet another 11,000 people. Most of these people are children.
Moral of the Story: Don't Be Stupid
If you care about your children, pets, and other vulnerable members of your home, you will keep e-liquid in a secure place that is not accessible to them. The same is true of your toothpaste, your Mr. Clean, and apparently your ink pens as well.
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CHICAGO (CBS.MW) -- Shares of cigarette and food titan Altria Group, set to report its 2004 numbers before the bell Thursday, have been on a roll lately.
With the business likely to finally get some clarity in the coming months on major legal challenges -- including the government's $280 billion racketeering action against the industry -- and price increases in place, market watchers have been showing increasing confidence in the sector's No. 1 player.
It is unlikely they will find much in Altria's MO, -1.43% pending financial report to give them pause. In early November, the company formerly known as Philip Morris said that it was expecting to hit the "high end" of a previously forecast range for 2004 earnings of between $4.55 and $4.60 a share, including charges. The current average estimate of analysts polled by Thomson First Call is for $4.71 a share, but that excludes charges.
Chief Executive Louis Camilleri also told a conference at that time the company's smoke business was "significantly undervalued" against its peer group, and that it was "looking at a number of alternatives to maximize shareholder value, including the separation of the company into two, or potentially three, strong and independent entities."
The news sparked a rally in the stock, then trading at $46 and change. Subsequent word of price hikes on its major market-leading cigarette brands only added to the buying frenzy. By mid-January shares had crested at $64 -- their highest price ever.
At the bell Thursday, shares of Altria, the majority owner of Kraft Foods, ended at $63.10, down 0.7 percent.


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This free overnight rest area is set off the Albany Highway. There are trees between you and the highway to provide a noise limiter. It is a circular gravel layout with plenty of shade if desired. It is basic with picnic tables & bins only.
Look for wildflowers - Hibbertia, Wandoo, Jarrah, Dryandra, Banksias, Eremaea, Melaleucas and Pea flowers. Follow the track around to the lake (s.e corner) which is home to small tortoises.
The service and sacrifice of Western Australia's Victoria Cross and George Cross recipients will be remembered in perpetuity with each recipient being commemorated at highway rest stops south of Perth.
A plaque commemorates Private Arthur Gurney who was a recipient of the Victoria Cross (V.C.) for his actions during World War Two. The plaque is part of the Commemoration Way Project which honours Western Australian recipients of the Victoria Cross and George Cross.
During fighting at Tel el Eisa on 22 July 1942, Gurney attacked three enemy machine-gun posts which had been holding up his company's advance. He had already stormed the first two, killing the occupants with his bayonet, and was approaching the third when a stick of grenades exploded, knocking him over. He continued on and charged the third post, "using the bayonet with great vigour" until killed. His body was later recovered from the post. His citation claimed that his company's successful attack "was almost entirely due to Private Gurney's heroism at the moment when it was needed".
Gurney was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross, he also received service medals for the Second World War.
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Graduate Programs
The Department of English offers several vibrant face-to-face and online graduate programs. You can visit the webpage of each program, linked below, to learn more and apply.
Graduate Programs
Certificate Programs
The Department of English also offers several certificate programs at the graduate level. You can visit each certificate webpage, linked below, to learn more.
The deadline for Fall 2020 applications for the MA in Literary & Textual Studies, MFA in Creative Writing, and Ph.D. in Rhetoric & Writing is January 15, 2020. See program sites for more details.
For other program deadlines, visit the specific program site, linked above.
Graduate Courses
To view the course offerings and read their descriptions, select the Summer 2019 Graduate Courses image on the left.
To learn more about each program's sequence and courses, select the specific program below.
Annual Conferences
Global Responses to 9/11 and the War on Terror
ATLAS, an association of the MA in Literary & Textual Studies, partnered to organize the Global Responses to 9/11 and the War on Terror: Literary, Media, and Film Perspectives. READ MORE
21st Century Englishes
Hosted by Rhetoric & Writing Ph.D. students, this year's 5th annual conference theme was Cooperating and Collaborating: Creating Community in the 21st Century and took place on October 21, 2017. READ MORE
Winter Wheat
The 17th year of Winter Wheat: The Mid-American Review Festival of Writing was hosted on November 2-4, 2017. We are also wheated concurrently with the International Symposium on Poetic Inquiry! READ MORE
Learning Outcomes – Master of Arts in English (no specialization)
- Develop writing projects that integrate knowledge about audience, rhetorical structures, organization, and the process of writing and revision.
- Generate original research that evaluates and expands scholarship in contemporary English studies.
- Examine in depth and develop expertise in one or more aspect of contemporary English Studies.
- Assess their learning and scholarship in English studies and further develop their own work.
Learning Outcomes – Master of Arts in English with a specialization in Professional Writing and Rhetoric
- Create effective written and visual documents for multiple audiences based on theories and concepts central to the fields of technical communication and rhetoric.
- Evaluate the key theoretical, historical and cultural concepts of the fields of rhetoric and technical communication.
- Plan communication strategies for creating documents for people from various cultural and ethnic backgrounds.
- Create a capstone portfolio reflecting what students have learned over the course of their program.
Learning Outcomes – Master of Arts in English with a specialization in English Teaching
- Formulate and defend theories and/or practices of English teaching that draw on a sophisticated understanding of contemporary English studies and pedagogical approaches.
- Develop writing projects that integrate knowledge about audience, rhetorical structures, organization, and the process of writing and revision.
- Generate original research that evaluates and expands scholarship in contemporary English studies.
- Examine in depth and develop expertise in one or more aspect of contemporary English Studies.
- Assess their learning and scholarship in English studies and further develop their own work.
Learning Outcomes – Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing with a specialization in Fiction, Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing with a specialization in Poetry
- Develop individual, original approaches to writing fiction and/or poetry
- Produce a book-length thesis comparable in quality to the published work of contemporary poets and fiction writers
- Develop an understanding of their work's place within the context of contemporary literature
- Collaboratively assess literary work for publication
- Apply craft knowledge to produce and distribute a literary journal through relevant technologies
- Develop pedagogical skills sufficient to design and teach courses at the college level
Learning Outcomes - PhD in English with a specialization in Rhetoric and Writing
- Appraise methodological, theoretical, and pedagogical approaches for engaging as scholars, teachers, and leaders who are responsive to the situated nature of rhetoric and to what students, campuses, cultures and society want from writing today.
- Justify interventions in ongoing disciplinary conversations in rhetoric and writing studies through their own research, theory building, and pedagogies.
- Develop impactful rhetoric and writing scholarship rooted in the developing literacies, literacy technologies, and needs of diverse learners shaping higher education today.
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Bowling Green State University [BGSU] is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. BGSU has been accredited by the Higher Learning Commission since 01/01/1916. The most recent reaffirmation of accreditation was received in 2012 - 2013. Questions should be directed to the Office of Institutional Effectivenes.
The English program went through Program/Cluster Review during the Academic Year 2016-17 and is in Good Standing.
Professional Licensure (If applicable)
Bowling Green State University programs leading to licensure, certification and/or endorsement, whether delivered online, face-to-face or in a blended format, satisfy the academic requirements for those credentials set forth by the State of Ohio.
Requirements for licensure, certification and/or endorsement eligibility vary greatly from one profession to another and from state to state. The English program does not lead to professional licensure.
Gainful Employment (If applicable)
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"I can't remember the last time a novel affected me so much."
"It's always fun to be back in Melbourne, you can take the girl out of the city, but you can't take the city out of the girl!" says KitX at Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival (VAMFF) Premium Runway 1 collection on March 15.
Can you tell me about the pieces you are presenting and the creative process for them?
"KitX will be showing collection 6, a collection which began with the idea of The Love Bomb - dropping a bomb of love. Empowering women with beautiful bras worn as outerwear, fine button details and draped geometric shapes."
What are some of your personal style mantras? Do you have any new style resolutions for the year ahead?
"Always choose pieces that have been ethically sourced, created from sustainable material and have longevity and wearability!"
What is your all-time favourite book?
"The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt, I can't remember the last time a novel affected me so much."
What's next for the label?
"First up is Paris, where I'll be taking the new collection for international sales. This year as well KitX will be publishing a list of low impact and positive impact textile and trims for the public globally to access in order to have great awareness to make informed decisions about the materials they are using and/or wearing."
To learn more about VAMFF and buy tickets, click here.
Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival runs from March 1 to March 19.


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Feb 1, 2016
We're back for Season 2! Writer Joey Ziemniak joins Zach to talk about the DCOM horror movie DON'T LOOK UNDER THE BED, which features some of the best work of character actor Stephen Tobolowsky and some special effects that are way better than anything we've seen in a Disney Channel Original Movie so far.
Needless to say, we don't talk about the movie much at all, because nothing has changed about this podcast. I'm still a horrible monster.


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The question comes in the wake of Facebook's latest scandal involving Trump-linked firm Cambridge Analytica obtaining Facebook users' profile data without their direct consent. Previous reports estimated the number of affected users to be 50 million, but today, Facebook revealed that number is closer to 87 million, according to a blog post published shortly before the call.
Zuckerberg has admitted, repeatedly, that his company's previous openness to developers was a mistake, and his team has since instituted several big changes to its platform to restrict developers' access to data and try to prevent another Cambridge Analytica. Facebook also has been working aggressively to curb fake news and prevent foreign interference in elections.
But when it comes to who should oversee the efforts, Mark Zuckerberg's answer is himself. Because, according to Zuckerberg, building Facebook is hard, and nobody is perfect. Here's how he responded to NBC News reporter Alyssa Newcomb's question, "Do you think you're the best person to run Facebook?":
"When you're building something like Facebook that is unprecedented in the world, you're going to mess up.
I don't think anyone is going to be perfect. I think life is about learning from mistakes and what you need to do to move forward.
The reality of a lot of this when you're building something like Facebook that's unprecedented you're going to mess something up. People should hold us accountable for learning from our mistakes."
Indeed, Zuckerberg is not perfect. When asked about the effect of fake news on the 2016 presidential election shortly after the results were in, he said it was a "crazy idea" to think that Facebook had affected the outcome. On Wednesday, a BBC reporter asked Zuckerberg if he was taking this problem seriously enough. The CEO confessed his previous statement as being a huge mistake.
"I made a mistake by dismissing fake news as crazy," Zuckerberg said. "What I think is clear is it was too flippant, and I should have never referred to it as crazy."
In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Zuckerberg is focused more than ever on user privacy. He personally uses two-factor authentication and avoids making his password publicly available information. But he's also in charge of making sure Facebook doesn't nefariously socially engineer your mind to think a certain way and not allow bad actors access to your information without your consent. Overall, Zuckerberg wants Facebook to do more to be better.
"We didn't do enough. We didn't focus enough on preventing abuse…that goes for fake news, foreign interference in the election, hate speech, in addition to developers and data privacy. We didn't take a broad enough view and that was a huge mistake," Zuckerberg said.
According to his previous statements and from what he expressed in Wednesday's call, Zuckerberg and his team at Facebook seem to have not appreciated the scale and influence of the social network. Rather, the team focused on growth and connecting people, regardless of whether these tools allowed the nefarious activity.
"It's not enough to just connect people. You have to make sure those connections are positive and bringing people together," Zuckerberg said. "It's not enough to give people tools to sign in. We have to make sure all those developers protect information."
The Cambridge Analytica scandal in part led to the #DeleteFacebook movement, which Zuckerberg also addressed on the call. He said he could not share an exact number of accounts that were deleted, but described the movement as important. "Look, it's not good. It still speaks to people feeling like this was a massive breach of trust," he said.
Zuckerberg has agreed to personally testify to Congress on April 11. While he has been asked by several Congressional committees, he only promised he would appear in front of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. This will be Zuckerberg's first-ever testimony to Congress, and for that reason alone, the event is a big deal. But it remains to be seen if Facebook will be faced with any regulations. That isn't the case in Europe, where Facebook and other tech platforms are having to build new data protection tools to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
While a recent Reuters story suggested Facebook will not make the GDPR policies and products available to users globally, Zuckerberg rejected that report.
"I was somewhat surprised by yesterday's Reuters' story that ran on this," Zuckerberg said. "My answer was yes. We intended to make all the same controls and settings everywhere, not just in Europe. Is that going to be exactly the same everywhere? Probably not."
As Zuckerberg said, nobody is perfect. That also means its users. Twice in the call, he tried to make the case that it wasn't just a Facebook problem but rather it includes a lack of understanding by users that the information they choose to share inform Facebook's system and that of other apps.
"I think we need to do a better job of explaining the principles that the service offers. Most of the content that people knows about you is because you chose to share on your profile," Zuckerberg said. "We're never going to sell your information."


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It's no surprise the majority of people I talk to in studio say they come to ride for their mental health, and the fitness benefit is complimentary to that. It gives me great pride to hear this, as it's truly the reason we opened Spinunity.
I used to believe that the only way to get fit was to work the body. So years ago, when I signed up at my local gym and began my boring routine of hopping on a machine with my headphones on, burning those calories...being naturally shy in social situations, I avoided eye contact and therefore never made connections. In the end, I quit the gym because that level of comfort never appeared - and this was before gym selfies were a thing...so there weren't many distractions ;)
Then I experienced my first boutique fitness class. The greeting I received from the front desk, the applause that came when the Instructor congratulated me after class was over...I was hooked! I felt immediately connected, regardless that it was an amazing workout. When I walked out of those doors, my mind was clear - I was happy, I felt great. I understood the true meaning of fitness.
When I see people engage in conversation before class and hear laughter and chatter coming from the change room, it gives me such a feeling of accomplishment knowing that my experience is being replicated. Spinunity breeds that feeling of inclusion. And when I attend a team members class in our studio, it brings me back to my first experience, and I remember that whatever life throws at me, I have a positive and focused mind to handle it.
Indoor cycling started as an escape for me, not from life but from the hustle that life brings. How refreshing does it feel to shut off your brain for an hour? So I ask you, what's so wrong with an hour? Broken down it's only 1/24 of your day to spend on the most important person in your life...YOU!
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Authors notes: This is the flexible portfolio / presentation section where work I am currently presenting will be shown.
The approach will be targeted at the intended client or viewer so if you have been asked to locate to this page then this is for you. There should be a header that specifies you so it is easy to know if you are at the right place.
If you have not been sent a URL locator to go to this page then you need to reselect a main menu and navigate to a general section of interest.
NB: It is intended to grow this section to contain multi-portfolios and to publish them in their intended "wrapper" or packaged / designed form as a click and load function. These will feature in the side menu as specific loading pages.
The following portfolio is a simple scrolling portfolio of a sample range of work based on my past and present experiences within the Publishing Design sector as a Graphic Designer, Art Director, Production Director within the commercial sector and as an educator as a Course Team leader and a senior lecturer in Graphic Design working with Foundation Degree students.
I have presented this as a simple narrative to enable there to be a meaningful commentary on the work being shown. The work is sectioned into four sections,
• Commercial work (Examples of a small group of projects taken from a my client list. These are taken from the major promotional brochures that were produced for the design consultants I worked for).
• College and University publishing work examples (Examples of internal college publications that have been developed for different projects I have managed).
• Student work examples. (Samples of projects written and taught by myself for the graphic and publishing module on the Foundation Degree I currently run).
• Personal speculative work (links to site areas supporting portfolios for fashion models and planned exhibition work).
Whilst the work shown is not conclusive of the work I have undertaken either as a practitioner or as an educator I hope it gives you an indication of the depth of my experience within this subject area through my working life. I also hope it demonstrates my enthusiasm and intellectual interest in publishing design and allied areas of Graphic, Imaging and Illustration design.
The work I would like to show on this section concentrates on the different roles within the industry I was employed within.
London / Birmingham 1982 -1991:
Within this period I worked on a wide range of Publishing design projects. These were associated with clients based within the UK, Europe and the USA. I was initially employed as a creative team worker and then as a designer and then finally as an Art Director and a Production Director. The focus of my work was within the area of rationalising design for actual use through developing good real-world understanding in creating solutions for clients.
The following images with a short narrative are of some of the projects I worked on. At the foot of each section I will list other projects that I have contributed to either as a designer, a production manager or as a team leader.
West India Docklands Project, Fitch and Co, 1985.
Publication Design to support the new Dock-lands corporation development. My role within this project was to work with a team of designers and support the development of the Docklands through a graphic proposal. This quite specialist publication design was a limited 1000 print run designed specifically for promotion of the project. I hold one of the copies which I will present at the interview. It's a beautiful piece of print.
The yellow Book, Fitch and Co, 1985.
This is the promotional book for the company called the yellow book. Within this book are some of the projects I worked on whilst working at Fitch. I have a copy I can show at interview and talk through some of the projects and my contribution as a creative, a consultant production manager and through research and development.
Fitch and Co client list:
For these clients I worked for creative services and worked within the creative teams developing the conceptual solutions. I attended client meeting as the planning specialist and produced reports to support the development of the project.
• Secret Garden - Body shop packaging competitor, based in Regent street London.
• RHM (Rank Hovis McDougal) - Catering packaging.
• Sealink Ferries - On ship catering restaurants (interior graphics project).
• Hornets Bike Couriers - Design of clothing. livery for cycles for the "first" cycle courier service in London.
Alliance and Leicester Project, Michael Peters, 1986.
This project was to provide a new corporate design scheme for this building society based on a repositioning of their entire front-of-house image. This is the period where incorporation enabled all financial organisations to work in different areas unfamiliar to their current market role - hence the need for the repositioned image. This was one of several financial corporation that I worked with on as a designer, team leader and production specialist. This type of project involves extensive publishing design work over all public literature, livery (signage), advertising and promotional / mail-out print material.
Heinz baked Beans, Michael Peters, 1986.
A project where a simple update to a vanguard design is applied with astonishing results. I worked with a team of heavyweight designers as a production manager / team leader coming up with numerous designs that were all too radical for this well known, but at the time, suffering brand. The simple updating of colour, subtle typographic updating and the key stroking of the 57 varieties motif / symbol was the final solution - and put the products impact and market value as brand leader back above its competitors. As a publishing design work the team did contain designers who were typographic and publication design specialists who were key people in the solving of this difficult brand relaunch.
Final can design (new corporate).
Harp Larger Corporate image redesign, Michael Peters, 1986.
This was a major redesign where the tired circular 1970's low-perceived value of the brand was removed in favour of a dynamic new design. Angular and wedge designs were in vogue and the image was aimed at a young market. The project involved logo, packaging, counter-mounts and all signage and promotional and advertising being overhauled. I also worked on Tenants, La Batts and Molson larger brands in the same period. Harp was my favourite project as it had the most dynamic effect on the market. The publication design on this project was significant with the new typographic elements and the graphic design content in the way it was applied. This was a Partners group team project where I project and production managed with a team of three designers. My involvement was as the creative team and production manager. On this project I was involved with the final development of the printing (via Metal Box UK) and mercandising of the launch of the product working with Steven Round, the branding manager for Harp at Guiness.
Corgi Toys Corporate design and Packaging Design: 1985
This was an exciting project where I worked with a team redesigning the logo from its quite tired 1960's image that I as a child bought. The vibrant and dynamic packaging was combined with the logo design above. My contribution was mainly in the corporate works aspect of this project working with two other designers.
Michael Peters and Partners client list post 1985:
For most of these projects I was responsible for the production management of the development of design presentation material for the Partners group working under Aubry Hastings-Smith, partner of Michael Peters.
• Tennants Larger - Packaging design.
• LaBatts, Canada - Packaging and counter-mount design.
• Berry Brothers and Rudd - Corporate alignment & Wine label design project.
• Campbell's soup - Gourmet packaging label design.
• Electra Financial services - Corporate Design.
• Buitoni - Princes Sandwich spreads packaging Design
• Barrilla, Italy - Pasta Packaging Design
• Invernizzi Cheese Corporation, Italy - packaging design.
• Fazer Biscuit corporation, Finland - Biscuit Packaging
• Top Shop (Burton Group) - Retail Graphics
Clientside design for GKN, one of my first publishing designs for print: (Stern Osmat) 1983.
This is one of the first jobs I did, client-side running a department producing in-house graphic design for mailout packs for hardware retailers. The promotions were on my arrival all in mon and on A4 paper run off a Gestetner 211 offset printer. I liaised with a local printer and took the promotions into 4 colour through sponsorship from the manufactures. I also developed large catalogues and merchandising units for these companies. This is one example of a brochure I was quite proud of at the time. I was 23.
Pirelli Promotional work: 1993 East Midlands Agency design work.
Working part-time with a local Agency in the East Midlands I contributed to several local design accounts inclusing this promotional campaign work for Pirelli. This was the bread-and-butter local office work to support the merchandising of the porduct in the UK market. Small print runs with very tight budgets and a need for fast publication design with an emphasis on impact. This sis the type of work students face when they first practice in the real-world. Again my experience within this type of work enables me to fully understand the portfolio that the students must have to be able to practice commercially.
Premier World Travel. Travel Agency based in Rugby, West Midlands
This was a corporate design commissioned for a new travel agency based in the West Midlands. Whilst teaching I felt it important to practice skills in graphic design and publishing. The owber of the company approached me to create a simple design that intimated the idea of holiday, recreation, seaside and warm days as their market was targeted at British holdays abroad. The design was developed into signage and brochure design and applied to local press and periodical advertising.
Inner booklet for the CD design.
Chinese Whisper: Independent CD Sleeve Concept, design and artwork.
This was a small commercial project that I undertook to support an independent Chinese Orchestra produce and launch their first CD within the UK. The project was a "do everything" which made it very attractive to me as a way of testing my currency having not worked commercially for a number of years. The approach was to develop a concept for the publishing design by meeting and seeing the orchestra perform. I wrote the copy for the design through the idea "one mouth three ears" (the three Chinese symbols for whisper shows three symbols for ears and one for a mouth). I then designed the layout and produced a series of designs for the client to approve. They chose this simple clean version against a more Chinese ornate design - which I was pleased with. I then photographed the orchestra in the studio (I am a fully trained studio photographer), created a set of cut out images and shot location photography for the inner sleeve montage. I then created the final inner spread montage and back sleeve group cut out in Photoshop and retouched for reproduction. After overseeing the print via a company in London the final CD was launched late in 2007. This was all produced in a four week period from concept to final print.
Back card showing studio group image and play list with Lingmusic corporate.
Inner card with disc that fits over the black Chinese branding of "One mouth, three ears" reversed out of white.
Assistant Programme Manager, South Nottingham College 1995 - 2011.
The work I would like to show on this section concentrates on the role of assistant programme manager where one of my core responsibilities was to generate college development events, print and publishing material to promote the courses within the school and contribute through the design and publishing of College corporate literature. These are a few examples of numerous publications I designed, artworked, created illustrations and photography for. As these projects had very tight budgets the approach was very different from the roles within the Design consultants and the Advertising agencies. This was a huge challenge with a teaching timetable of 12 hours and an active role being responsible for actually running the events, developing sponsorship and being involved in managing European Funding bids (for example the folder design was for the actual live three million pounds refit to the college to create a COVE digital centre for industry).
C.o.v.e Launch Event Folder / Corporate design for Centre of Digital Design launch. 1998
The launch folder: A major event launch publication folder. This was to launch a sharp new industry savvy image for the new three million redevelopment of the college through the promoting of the new digital skills centre for print and digital media professionals. The folder was an in-house development and therefore had to be designed / published with a limited budget and print specification. Overall there were several accompanying publications including the menu brochure (see below). The design included conceptual work and the designing of a new logo corporate design, publication designs and signage. Production-wise I commissioned the illustration through an Architectural Illustrator where the resultant water colour was created through the architects plans, before the building was undertaken. I can present a copy of this folder at the interview.
The menu card: For the C.o.v.e event (above). 1998.
This publication had to be reproduce on 170 gsm - 200 gsm stock on a basic Photocopier. As a result of this I developed the product as a simple clean publication with simple lino-cut style graphics (illustrated by myself) and typography that used a strong use of balanced white-space. Result was the cost to produce the job was virtually nothing for the college. Although Publication design suggests lots of print technology and a good budget in this case there was no budget available - this type of restraint requires you to be inventive and develop a design based on such a difficult production situation. And it is not uncommon in the commercial sector to get "spin off" projects like this. I can present a copy of this item at the interview.
Shared Vision publication (corporate education based print industry quarterly trade sponsorship publication) 2008
This quite simple 4pp journal was a part of the Shared-Vision and was designed to promote print education as a sponsored partnership between the Print industry sector, the city council / government and the college. The publication design involved liaising with the industry and council and developing a logo / publication that had some link to the new C.o.v.e centre development at the college.
Success through learning Brochure for South Nottingham College: 2004
This brochure was commissioned by the Principal of the college as the major Strategic college plan for the relaunch of the college. The 6pp square format brochure contains important new information on the colleges plans for the future and as such had to be a quality publication. The print was made onto a fine clay card and printed on a commercial press. I can present a copy of this item at the interview.
Multimedia Promotional Brochure (awareness pocket brochure): 2004
This tiny A6 multifold single colour publication was designed for the 16-19 year-old market with the emphasis on answering the questions they always seemed to forget to ask. It was well received and updated annually. My responsibility was to write, design, artwork and brief to the internal college print staff to print through the year two diploma print students making this a cost free publication that doubled up as an education offset print machine project.
Higher Education Conference booklet for South Nottingham College: 2001
This was a conference managed by myself and delivered by myself and my colleague the head of the Photography course. The conference was targeted at local East Midland schools who were invited to attend and debate the needs for their six formers moving into Higher Education of a vocational nature. This featured 4pp booklet was a print item from the conference. The front panel was also designed to function as a projection cover for the AV presented and an A3 poster for sending through a mail-out to schools. The design is in the style of the Futurists to denote the "projecting of the future of Multimedia and Photography at the turn of the century". It was a great event where many schools attended and contributed their ideas. My input was the design concept, publication design, artwork and in-house print managing.
Multimedia mail-out poster to promote the Higher Education course: 1998.
This was a simple play on the idea of digital data in an abstract form to promote the idea of technology being a structure rather than objects in Art and Design. The reverse of this poster held information on the course. The image was built in Photoshop and the final poster was printed in A4 as a flyer that could occupy a notice board, and although a small poster still had visual impact and caught school students attention.
Foundation Degree in Computer Games and Interactive Media Course Brochure, 2010.
This was the course brochure placed online with the intention of attracting new students to the course. The brochure was also developed as signage for the external display area within the COVE centre to remind the students of the course they were attending.
You can access the actual brochure in its pdf web based format here:
The following links will locate you with current and recently graduated student work. There is also a link to a sample video of a tutorial with a publication design student who is developing a major front-of-house corporate company web vehicle for his proposed career as an on-line products developer. I hope this is helpful in showing what the students have been undertaking on my Foundation Degree and shows you the important inclusion of Publishing Design on the Foundation Degree in Computer Games and Interactive Media course.
Graduated 2013. Currently employed by a Nottingham based On-line design organisation as website developer. Dan's work is a good example of a student trying to develop a front-of-house
His work can be linked to using the links below.
Uncreate magazine:
Animated viral you-tube magazine self promotion.
Corporate Website with Commercial work:
This is the T-Skills Publishing document that is produced in the students wrapper style. All documentation fits together to form a final portfolio where the reports become effective chapters. The T-Skills section the students feedback to the degree what they have studied and learnt in the second year of the course both in the advanced sessions taught and through independent study. This is assessed in Core unit 7, Self-development. You can upload the complete brochure below.
This is a good example of the publishing reports designs that the students generate as a part of the Graphic Design module. The Wrapper project in term one requires the students to create a corporate document design that will be the publishing design that they use for all reports and graphic materials they submit on the course. Luke utilised a card system approach that allows a good sense of space with structure using simple colours to denote the item and balanced layouts using good breathing space. You can upload the complete brochure below.
This is a good example of the publishing editorial or short dissertations in a research report design that the students generate as a part of the Graphic Design module. The intention is to develop year two short dissertations that link to the students specialist areas of study. The final 3000-4000 word studies need to be designed in such a way that the design works with the theme and creates an editorial ready for publishing either as report or within the context of a magazine format. The intention was to collate all second year reports and launch a magazine next year and to place this on the course site for the public to read. This report utilises a folded specialist newspaper feel with a very advertising typo design - perfectly related to the subject it is discussing.
The complete report can be downloaded here:
This is the year one experience project that links to the year two FMP for the Foundation Degree. The project asks students to develop a programme research study that relates to a thematic practice. This study looks at colour and the notion of its use within visual communication. This student was concerned with the lack of understanding and depth of research students used to allocate colour language to their designs. This was published in her Wrapper style. The complete report can be downloaded here:
This is a dissertation report focusing on a simple understanding of how animation is perceived within its interpretation via techniques employed. Jordan is a practical high articulate student who specialises in the development of digital solutions. To attempt to develop a understanding of animation variety he had to look at real-world information and opinion. The publishing design is very clean and accessible. This was an excellent design when you consider this student spends most time in UDK or Maya. It indicates that students who specialise in such areas can develop excellent communication publishing design skills! The complete report can be downloaded here:
This is a current work-in-progress design where Connor is developing for his FMP a compile suite of publishing channels led by the central product, the on-line web site. Connor has developed a complete suite of materials including: A main site on-line that is based on thematic "Web developer and designer" principles, a supporting T/skills or "spin-off" non commercial projects in 3D, sound design, Animation, Games Design, a mobile App variant, a design for corporate literature etc. All of this keys into his maroon circular CM badge. Connor is currently looking to redevelop the interfaces below to follow the header bar, 3x5 square place-holders, footer bar set grid based in the word press T-skills site. This is a case history that I hope to be able to present as a valuable example of how I tutor and work with the students to develop professional publishing solutions with the students. In this type of role I act as Art Director and Client. There is still a long way to go in the final term to make this work.
You can watch my discussion with Connor on Vimeo Here
Connors wordpress site can be seen Here (with lots of work to do from the meeting wehad this week).
Connors updated site is here
Connors final adjusted corporate site is here
This is a more diverse way of looking at the way we need review how we publish material. Jonathan is a part of this new music as a device for motivating access to different products and services. His work is creating on line viral material in the form of music. He is still looking for the"break"commercially in this Independant new way of using music as a marketable signature. The links below suggets that there is a currency of on-line graphic publishing that is essential for him to survive the future and be "visible" and "in vogue". Neo-publishing or contemporary behaviour in how we communicate in this area is totally out-of-the-box. Jonathan through his alter ego Ken Ashcorp really exists and seeks to thrive as a virtual cyber space creature. He has a real visual image in Manga-esque form and appears on all the sites to be seen on. A real virtual-party animal! And don't forget to listen to his acidic catchy electro-pop!
To keep the tongue-in-cheek attitude click here to see Jonathans poke at the character he created for his alter-ego through a project he presented as a failure*, in effect as a design character to carry the sound and voice-over product that did in the end get him real work in America creating simlilar communication network video shorts. (*Which it wasn't. Of course).
NB: Download below and double click....it's an old flash doc!
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The winners,"Mess it up".
The audiences Choice, "Boogie Nights".
All course teams worked together to create a complete computer game. This is based on a set brief from the client and requires a concept stage with focus group activity and feedback sessions. Interim presentations and a final agreed progress from the client agreed. The idea is then progressed into a full assets development and then a build and test phase. The students worked in teams of six. Role play is an essential part of the project. The projcct is run by a Creative Director from a Design media company. Above are the two winner at the final presentation at Broadway Media Centre in one of the main Cinema Studios.
You can see a video of the final work here
Personal work, urbangraphica design
Examples of my personal work on web design, corporate design and other forms of communication media can be found here and typography works here
Contemporary Fashion Graphic Imagery
Whilst teaching I develop my own personal fashion imaging materials through studio photography and extensive Photoshop and Illustrator work. I have produced four model portfolios in the past 4 years and these can be seen with other selected images here
Contemporary Dance Imagery
Whilst teaching I work on dance imagery through studio photography and location work. This also involves extensive Photoshop and Illustrator work. I have produced two portfolios in the past 4 years (Retina dance promotional work and work for a Japanese Ballet dancer Midori) and these can be seen with other selected images here
Urbangraphic Illustration and graphics
The theme of this site. I create urban based imagery that forms the framework for an exhibition in late 2014 at a Nottingham based gallery. Images that form this exhibition are here
Research Study / Doctorate Study
Doctorate proposal can be located here. This has recently been developed further to include two further aspects for investigation prior to confirmation for study. Other reserch on this page has been unpublished and is in store. Please ask if you wuld like to read other written research articles (via email).
Supporting written papers
Supporting materials on T SKILLS can be found here. There are two entries that concern the development of T Skills. One that looks at journals and T Skilling. The forth file is a practical "fill-in" chart for students to use.


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Reliable Ratings for Kitchen Appliances
According to Consumer Reports and Goodhousekeeping.com – two very credible resources for household appliance ratings – here are a few of the must-haves for 2014 if you're looking into investing in new kitchen appliances.
Whirlpool gets pretty solid reviews across the board. If you're looking for something with bells and whistles, Whirlpool offers higher end refrigerators with its Side-by-Side model with 6th Sense Live Technology. This model has sensors to adjust the temperature remotely or let you know when the unit needs maintenance. If you're more into the green scene, Whirlpool also has a decidedly reliable model in the Gold Energy Star French Door Bottom Mount, which got an A- rating from Good Housekeeping (the minus came from the lack of added pizazz and crisper drawers that don't pull in and out very smoothly). Outside of Whirlpool, you might consider the Haier Cabinet Depth fridge, which is energy star rated – only about 49 bucks annually energy consumption – and was one of the most consistent models on the display floor.
Microwaves and Toaster Ovens
What's cookin' good lookin'? Depends on the oven you've got, so you better invest wisely. Check out the following models for top models in 2014:
If you're looking for a compact model that can do pretty much everything an oven can do without taking up a third of the kitchen, you might check out the Breville Smart Oven Convection Toaster Oven. It's a bit pricey for a toaster oven, but for an all-in-one mini oven, it can run with the big dogs – it bakes cakes, roasts chickens, broils 4th of July hot dogs (and for any old Saturday, too) and has gotten rave reviews.
For those who prefer to nuke their dinners instead of watching them crisp in the toaster oven, Panasonic's Prestige model utilizes state of the art technology to heat food consistently and accurately for your nutritious (or not-so-nutritious) needs.
Some of the best dishwashers of 2014 are made by KitchenAid. As a high-end brand made specifically for foodies, chefs, and cooking enthusiasts KitchenAid dishwashers are loved for being quiet, easy to clean, and high performance. If preparing meals and throwing dinner parties is something you love to do then a KitchenAid dishwasher might be the best choice for you.
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They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Well, companies are looking at new ways to capitalize on that flattery: Create or take part in desirable narratives, and make them shoppable. I like to believe that as individuals we make choices reflecting our own desires rather than those of others. But advertisers will be there every step along the way to tell us that our sense of self will be more complete if we buy whatever it is they are selling. And today advertising is so integrated into our sensory experiences that the line between creative content and paid content is practically indistinguishable. Media, which basically runs on advertising dollars, is one of the most vulnerable industries and it has been forced to evolve.
We opted out of commercial breaks only to get our regular programing saturated with product placement. We opted for free access to the news, only to find advertisements and sponsored links scattered like land mines across the page. We have traded transparency for convenience.
In Hollywood, costume design has always been a great source of inspiration for designers and shoppers alike. And now with the rising legitimization of television alongside film, certain prime time characters are becoming popular sartorial references. With this rise of TV icons, the concept of Shazam-ing (yes, it's ubiquitous enough to be verbified) is being applied to fashion as well. But rather than wait for monthly magazines to tell us where to find the real-people-priced version of Gwenyth's latest red carpet dress, we want the information now. This trend began via shoppable runways, videos (Barneys and Nowness), and online editorials, and is now coming to a TV near you.
Conceptually, shoppable TV is a cool idea. But mostly it raises many concerns. Some of these are brought up in this Fashionista article, like preserving the creative license of the costume designer, a logistically reasonable way to provide the information, and the fact that people aren't watching shows in real time. Transparency is a real issue in regards to which the format and messaging is key. While it seems like a great tool to know exactly where to go buy that great office wardrobe from the Good Wife, for example, the format of the medium leaves too much ambiguity between the creative prerogative and the sales pitch.
Beyond the ethical issues that would need to be addressed, this idea of prefabricated wardrobes from a celebrity or television character removes the allure of fashion and commoditizes it. It would be one thing if these movies and shows were introducing viewers to designers and products that are hard to find or unknown and ripe for discovery. But the job of costume designers is not to tell you where to shop, it is to develop characters through clothing. And the reality is that most of the sponsored content we see in media comes from big brands and distributors that are accessible to a vast audience because they are the most actionable, and they are backed with the most advertising dollars.
It begs the question that so often comes to mind as technology tackles new frontiers: Just because we can do it, should we?
Isn't it better to take inspiration from what we see, rather than try to replicate exactly? In literature when we copy and paste it is called plagiarism, in art, forgery. In fashion, to copy and paste is not a crime but it does feed a biassed branch of consumerism. Fashion is one of the greatest means of self expression. To curate one's identity by emulating someone else is to be deprived of that privilege. There will always be a distinction between leaders and followers. The danger here is not in being a follower, but in choosing your leader, and making sure its a person or a cause you truly believe in, not just the one that is convenient.


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Our exceptional faculty cultivate student's interest in the class material, engaging them to form their own ideas and opinions as new concepts are introduced. This independence of thought and the experience of being valued as an individual within the group form a foundation of confidence and self-worth that shine in a Waldorf student.
We Love to Learn
A Waldorf education is guided by the tenet that a teacher's most important goal is to support the development of a child's unique individual capacities. By paying close attention to the developmental needs of children at each age, a Waldorf education seeks to nurture the gifts that each child brings to the world.
A unique aspect of a Waldorf grade school is the class teacher. The class teacher ideally remains with his or her students from first through eighth grade. This system allows the teacher to grow along with the students and facilitates a strong bond of trust between students, parents and teacher.
Alexa Redner
Preschool Teacher
Alexa joins the Santa Cruz Waldorf Rosebud preschool after leading a Waldorf preschool program, Star Mountain Playgarden in Sonoma, California.
She has spent the last decade teaching in Waldorf Early Childhood programs in the Bay Area as well as being a lead mindfulness teacher for Mindful Schools, based out of Oakland, California.
Alexa brings her passion for mindful presence into her daily teaching life with the preschoolers. She lives in Bonny Doon with her violinist husband Aaron and son Koya Moon.
Yoko Ballard
Preschool Teacher Assistant
Bio and picture coming soon.
Stephen Spitalny
Kindergarten Class Teacher
Stephen Spitalny is a long time kindergarten teacher and teacher trainer. He is a former editor of Gateways, the journal for early childhood teachers. He has written many inspiring and helpful articles on early childhood, and is the author of the book Connecting With Children. Stephen works with children from 3 to 7 years of age and has been doing this work for the past two decades.
Richard Corbal
Kindergarten Class Teacher
While living in Los Angeles and exploring various artistic careers, Richard and his wife, Erin, were blessed with the news of a new life joining their family. Considering the many changes a child would bring, Richard followed an impulse and became involved with the Waldorf Institute of Southern California's teacher training program. After a transformative year of training, Richard, Erin, and baby, Parker Jane, moved back to Santa Cruz, a community which strongly reflects their ideals. Richard resumed his teacher training at the Rudolf Steiner College and is currently working towards his master's degree in Waldorf Education. Upon relocation, Richard acquired a position at a Waldorf-inspired preschool on the Westside of town, where he co-taught for a year.
A three-week practice teaching stint brought Richard to Joan's kindergarten in the spring of 2010. Shortly after, he was hired as the new preschool teacher at the Santa Cruz Waldorf School. Richard's class has grown into a full kindergarten.
In addition to being a husband, father, artist, UCSC graduate in visual arts, surfer, fledgling drummer, and a SCWS board member, Richard is committed to Anthroposophy. With Waldorf Education, he brings truth, beauty, reverence, and goodness to the development of the well-balanced child. Richard's daughter currently attends Ms. Casey's 6th Grade.
Hailey Villa Brightman
Kindergarten Assistant
Hailey has been working with children, while also balancing her time in various modalities of healing arts and herbology for the past six years. It was when she joined the After Care team here last year that she was able to truly realize her deep inner passion for Anthroposophy. Aside from her position in the Kindergarten After Care, Hailey was also able to spend a great amount of time assisting Joan Agostinelli, Amy Kopald, and Richard Corbel in their Kindergarten classes. Her intuition and ability to tend to children's needs make her a perfect fit for our Kindergarten.
Nadia Peralta
Kindergarten Assistant
Nadia Lucia Peralta has been working in Waldorf Early Childhood programs in Sacramento and Santa Cruz since 2013. She graduated from the University of California Santa Cruz in 2012 with a bachelors of arts in a self-created major titled, "Cosmopolitics in the Americas" which was a study in the theory and praxis of the way stories shape social change and relationship to land, territories, and water. Nadia recently finished a 400 hour energetic herbal medicine intensive at the Blue Otter School of Herbal Medicine. She has the experience that plants and water can help people remember their inseperable connection to all of life and facilitate their remembering of their self-worth, power, and beauty. Nadia is passionate about participating in the practice of a more peaceful world. Nadia has participated in different community organizing movements led by indigenous people for the last 10 years, including every winter as a sheepherder in Navajo Nation, Black Mesa. Nadia is very curious about midwifery and birthing people's health. Nadia's favorite weather is coastal fog and she enjoys singing and playing music with friends sometimes performs the music she writes around town.
Sunset Sky Richter
1st Grade Class Teacher
Sunset Richter began the millennium by taking a first grade class at the Santa Cruz Waldorf School after completing a BA in Waldorf Education at Rudolf Steiner College. She is originally from Indiana, where her favorite childhood activities included swimming in Lake Michigan, acting in community theater productions, singing, and Irish dancing.
She first encountered Waldorf Education when working as an apprentice on an organic farm in Maine. While many groups of children visited this farm, Sunset was particularly impressed when the third grade from the local Waldorf school came to visit. Their ability to work as a team and have meaningful connections with their teacher and other adults inspired her to pursue Waldorf teacher training.
Sunset lives in Felton with her husband, Brad, and enjoys hiking with her dog, "Salty". She still enjoys folk music and plays bagpipes with the Santa Cruz Pipes and Drums. She also loves the artistic nature of the Waldorf curriculum and particularly enjoys watercolor painting, writing plays, and researching everything from Anatomy to Zen at the public library. Her nickname, Sunny, seems to suit her well because you can often find her outside enjoying the sunshine with her students!
Angela Oswald
2nd Grade Class Teacher
Angela grew up in sunny San Diego, CA, near the ocean. She's one of three siblings and has a twin brother. It was at home where she learned about sharing and close relationships. As a child, she enjoyed making crafts out of nature, mixing colors and textures, reading books, and exploring outside. In high school, she became a lifeguard and taught swim lessons. She learned of the beauty that comes with teaching, inspiring others; witnessing growth and confidence. Angela studied and graduated with a BA in Communications and a minor in Philosophy from the University of San Francisco. After taking courses in Early Childhood, she discovered Waldorf education and found, at last, a pedagogy that aligned with her beliefs of teaching a developmentally appropriate curriculum and to the wholeness of the child. She enrolled in the Bay Area Center for Waldorf Teacher Training and graduated in 2016. During the 2016-17 school year, she was teaching English to grades 1-7 at Kusi Kawsay, an Andean Waldorf-inspired school. She came back to the US to take a job as the First Grade Assistant at the San Francisco Waldorf School. She looks forward to taking the Class of 2026 at the Santa Cruz Waldorf School on an 8-year journey.
Dexter Brightman
1st Grade Assistant/After School Program Director
Dexter Brightman is our After School Program Director, as well as the 1st Grade's Assistant. He has a background and education in art and music, and thrives off of creative endeavors of all sorts. Before coming to the Santa Cruz Waldorf School he spent 5 years working at the San Francisco Waldorf School in the Kindergarten and After Care Programs. Organizing seasonal camps and craft activities is another expertise that he brings to our school. Dexter passionately provides the children with a space for safe, nurturing fun through Anthroposophical methods. Dexter is a Santa Cruz Waldorf School K to 8 alumni.
Esther Centers
3rd Grade Class Teacher
Esther has a passion for bringing out the best in children. Esther also serves families in her capacity as a certified Parent Coach. Native of Seattle, Esther attended Western Washington University studying child development. She earned her Waldorf teaching certificate from Rudolf Steiner College and was a founding class teacher at the Portland Waldorf School. Esther worked for over a decade at the Rudolf Steiner School of Ann Arbor as music teacher, educational support tutor and pedagogical assistant before moving to Santa Cruz. She loves playing violin and walking by the water with family and friends.
Estasia Barrientosi
4th Grade Class Teacher
Bio coming soon.
Mireille Horton
5th Grade Class Teacher
Mireille (pronounced Moriah) grew up in the Netherlands where she had the privilege of attending the Waldorf of Driebergen from kindergarten through high school. She graduated Universiteit Utrecht with a degree in English Language, studied Early Childhood Education at Cabrillo College and then received her Waldorf Teacher Training at Rudolf Steiner College in 2006. Mireille continues her second eight-year journey as the teacher of the class of 2023. She is inspired by the beautifully complex picture of child development that informs the pedagogy in Waldorf schools and continues to be in awe of the wisdom in Rudolf Steiner's curriculum. She hopes her enthusiasm for learning will be reflected in the children's joyful discovery of the world and of their own individuality. Mireille enjoys family, cooking, travel, running, gardening and swimming.
Katy Larson
6th Grade Class Teacher
Bio coming soon.
Jodi Casey
7th Grade Class Teacher
Since stumbling upon a small Waldorf initiative for her three children in the deserts of Arizona in 1996, Jodi Casey's passion has been Waldorf education. She has been a parent, board member, administrator, consultant and volunteer for Waldorf schools all over the world. Anticipating her children's graduation from the San Francisco Waldorf High School, Jodi completed the three-year Waldorf teacher training program at the Bay Area Center for Waldorf Teacher Training. After substituting and assisting at the San Francisco Waldorf School for two years, she took her first class at the Santa Cruz Waldorf School in 2013. Jodi's favorite part of being both a Waldorf parent and teacher is watching children grow, develop, and discover themselves through the diverse, artistic, and edifying curriculum while continuing to grow and develop herself through the challenges of being a parent and teacher. Jodi has a bachelor's of science degree in Journalism, and was the owner of her own consulting firm specializing in the community relations aspect of the redevelopment of contaminated urban sites and prior to that was the marketing director at an environmental consulting firm. When not contemplating how to best meet the needs of her current group of students, Jodi and her husband enjoy hiking, traveling, exploring food, and spending time with family and friends.
Scott Olmsted
8th Grade Class Teacher
Scott received a B.A. degree in Human Biology from Stanford University and a Waldorf Teaching Certificate from Rudolf Steiner College.
Scott's journey with the Waldorf Education began when he was in high school. He researched different types of education and as a result, committed himself to starting a school with a unique philosophical foundation. Then he found Waldorf Education and thought, "This is better than the school I envisioned creating!"
Scott has been actively involved in Waldorf teaching for more than 20 years. During that time he served as a class teacher at the Live Oak Waldorf School near Auburn, CA, successfully carrying a class from first through eighth grades.
He also worked in teacher training programs at the Bay Area Center for Waldorf Teacher Training in San Francisco, and with the Sunbridge College in New York. For three years, Scott was on the executive management team at the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America (AWSNA).
Scott joined the Santa Cruz Waldorf School in 2006. His three children all attended Waldorf Schools.
Ximena Sierra
Spanish Teacher
Ximena Sierra was born in Cali, Colombia, and was reared in both Brazil and Columbia. In 1996 she received her master's degree in electrical engineering from the State University of Campinas, Brazil. After working for years as an engineer in California, she decided to leave engineering to embark on a new career in teaching.
It was in Brazil that she first heard about Anthroposophy while attending a program called "Trabalho Biografico" developed by Founder Gudrun Burkhard. The extensive study and conscious exploration involved creating a personal biography in which she experienced her life connected to all of human evolution. She was assisted by several fundamental professionals: an Anthroposophical doctor, a nurse, a biodynamic gardener, a painting teacher, and a music teacher. This beautiful, nurturing experience led to an epiphany and a quantum shift in how she related to the world.
Upon returning from a summer visiting Brazil, Ximena visited the kindergarten at the San Francisco Waldorf School and as a result of her earlier work with Burkhard in Brazil, chose Waldorf Education. She pursued Waldorf Teacher Training and completed her certification in 2005 at the Rudolf Steiner College. Ximena ran her own Waldorf-inspired early childhood program for two years. .
To accommodate her daughter's interest in differing cultures, Ximena volunteers as the Arts and Crafts Coordinator for "Mensageiros da Cultura", a Bay Area cultural program for Brazilian children organized by Brazilian mothers.
Raised in Brazil and Colombia and immigrating to the US in 1996, Ximena's experience is that teaching a new language builds bridges from one culture to another, and accesses different thought processes which brings a richness to experiencing the world. In 2009, she joined the Santa Cruz Waldorf School as the Spanish language teacher for all eight grades.
Kerry Maloney
Handwork Teacher
Kerry is a native Californian who has long been inspired by the beauty and diversity of Northern California and is a devoted ocean lover. She studied fine arts at Cabrillo College and earned her livelihood as a seamstress for many years. She began working at the SCWS in 1984, first as a parent volunteer, and then in the Aftercare Program. She substituted as a classroom teacher, taught handwork classes, and became a full faculty member in 1994. Kerry enjoys teaching children and adults alike and is dedicated to bringing the joy of the creative process to her community. She credits her alternative upbringing with imbuing her with the inspiration, self-reliance, and ingenuity that she is so eager to share with her beloved students. Kerry has a depth and breadth of handwork knowledge and her skills and talents include the following: quilting; doll-making; hand-spinning; felting; silk painting; Hawaiian quilting, and paper crafts. She is also an avid knitter. Kerry is the mother of four children, all of whom have attended the SCWS.
Jai Bolwell
Upper Grades Art Teacher
Jai grew up in the Santa Cruz mountains, and spent grades 2-8 at the Santa Cruz Waldorf School. She spent her teenage years developing her love for all things artistic, and graduated UC Davis in 2016 with Bachelors degree in Studio Art. Her work has been displayed around the city of Davis and in Santa Cruz. As an alumni of the Waldorf School, she uses her memories and own experiences as a student to create projects that are creative and engaging, while teaching the students tools and techniques to help them create beautiful works of art. Jai spends her free time enjoying nature, which serves as her main inspiration in the classroom and in her own work.
Ivy Young
Garden Teacher/Manager
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Clint Walters
Movement Teacher
Half Moon Bay born and raised, I enjoyed living and playing on the coast. I attended all the public schools in my area playing mostly baseball and football as my preferred sports. After high school I attended College of San Mateo studying all my undergraduate courses and playing football. Our team went from worst, in my first year at the school, to first and almost won the title for northern California junior college football. After two years at CSM I transferred to Chico State where I received my B.A. in history and minored in physical education. It was at Chico State when I became hooked on tennis and continue to play to this day. After graduation I spent one more year at Chico State receiving my public teaching credential for grades 7-12. After substitute teaching at my alma mater for two years I began working for a friend who was a contractor and learned carpentry and other phases of construction. Four years later I discovered Waldorf education on a job site in Half Moon Bay from a 4th grade child who was visiting from the Haleakala Waldorf School in Hawaii. It was then I heard the calling to end my career in construction and begin my career in Waldorf teaching at the Steiner College in Fair Oaks, Ca. It was here I met my wife Terry who I married in 1995. After a two year training, I applied at the Santa Cruz Waldorf School and was given the job in 1993 as the first grade teacher for 28 students. I taught for five years and then became the movement teacher at our school. While at the school I took a five year training in Spacial Dynamics which is a movement training for Waldorf Teachers. I left the school for two years at one point to take a break and worked as a carpenter. After my return I taught fifth and sixth grade then again became the movement teacher. I am dedicated to Waldorf education and feel it is the best education since we care about the child's development. Rudolph Steiner knew that keeping the education alive and appropriate for their age was critical for their healthy development. Yah Waldorf!!! I enjoy singing and playing my harmonica. Nature is a major influence in my life and I enjoy hiking and jogging in it when I get the chance.
Kyle Lutz
Kindergarten Aftercare
Kyle's work of the past ten years includes teaching preschool, teaching music in early childhood, musical programming in summer camp and ECE centers, bilingual art therapy in Colorado, and surf instruction on the Chilean and California coast. Other than a month and a half long work-study teaching third and fourth grade at a Waldorf-inspired school in Peru, he is new to Waldorf education and looks forward to learning more about it alongside the students and teachers in this wonderful school.
"I am from Los Angeles, CA, and graduated from Colorado College with a Bachelor of Arts degree and Philosophy major in 2015. In my free time, I play guitar and banjo, surf, skateboard, write fiction and poems, and go camping/backpacking all along the great big West Coast."
Jeanne Feeney
Parent-Child Teacher
Jeanne Feeney is a graduate of Sophia's Hearth, a Waldorf early childhood training program in Keene, NH to work with families with children from birth to three. In 2008, she was invited to collaborate on the design and implementation of the first Parent-Infant and Parent¬-Toddler programs for the Washington Waldorf School in Bethesda, MD. Jeanne taught in that program and also inaugurated the 2 year old drop¬-off classes (for children without their parents) until moving to Santa Cruz, CA in 2013.
A master practitioner of the somatic movement and healing modality, Body-Mind Centering ®, she works with adults and children using gentle hands-on techniques and exercises to lessen pain and promote well¬-being. Jeanne's children, now in their early 20s, are both graduates of the lower school at the Washington Waldorf School.
Polly Malan
Strings Teacher
Polly Malan started the strings program at SCWS fifteen years ago. She graduated from Bowdoin College with a degree in British History and Music. She has studied music at the graduate level at Northern Illinois University, Stanford University, and UCSC. As a violist, she can be seen performing throughout the Bay Area in various symphonies and chamber ensembles. She also teaches violin and piano privately. She lives in Bonny Doon with her violinist husband.
Renata Bratt
Strings Teacher
Renata Bratt is Kuumbwa Jazz Artist in the Schools for Santa Cruz County, past chair of the American String Teachers Association Eclectic Styles Committee, conducts the Festival Strings through Cabrillo's Youth Strings program and teaches cello in her private studio. Her string orchestra arrangements are published by Alfred and her cello books by Mel Bay. She has taught classical styles, jazz improvisation and fiddling at international string workshops including Alasdair Fraser's camps, Southern Hemisphere International School for Scottish Fiddling, the New Directions Cello Festival, Wintergrass, the Mandolin Symposium, ASTA, MENC and Suzuki institutes. Renata records and tours with Cindy Lee Berryhill (rock) and Reel of Seven (Scottish Dance) and has played back-up with luminaries such as Darol Anger, Liz Carroll, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, Lyle Lovett, and Dionne Warwick. Rolling Stone dubbed her an "ace performer" for her work with alternative rocker Cindy Lee Berryhill's Garage Orchestra. She received her Ph.D. in Music from U.C. San Diego and is a former president of the Suzuki Music Association of California.
Anne Cleveland
Music Teacher, Tutor & Parenting Coach
Anne Cleveland currently teaches choir to the 4/5 and 6,7,8 grades and through music has dedicated her life to creating harmony in the world through teaching, performing, and composing music, as well as coaching families to find more balance and harmony in the home.
Anne grew up in Maryland and from an early age, music was always a central theme. She loved singing rounds with her mother and brother and playing piano, guitar and flute. She eventually found her way west and graduated from UCSC with a degree in Music and has since taught and performed music and throughout the Bay Area in numerous Classical, Folk and Jazz ensembles. She is currently completing the Werbeck singing training with Christiaan Boele at the "School of Uncovering the Voice, and has begun the pedagogical singing course as well.
Anne discovered Waldorf education through her nieces who attended the Sacramento Waldorf School. In 1990 Anne joined the San Francisco Waldorf teacher-training program and in 1994 began teaching in Santa Cruz where she has served the Waldorf Community for over 20 years as a class teacher for 10 years, specialty teacher in music and Spanish, tutor, mentor, faculty chair and parenting coach. After graduating her last class in 2010 she went on to get her Master's in Waldorf Education at Antioch University, where she became even more dedicated to helping Waldorf to thrive in the world.
Anne loves combining her many years of experience as a musician and Waldorf teacher along with her training as a Life Coach and Simplicity Parenting Group Leader in all her work with the children, teachers and parents. When Anne is not teaching she loves to sing, dance salsa, compose her own music and work in the garden.
Wanda Taylor
While receiving her degree as a public school teacher in Switzerland, Wanda Taylor was introduced to Rudolf Steiner and Anthroposophy. Ever since that day she dreamed of going through Waldorf Teacher Training. After teaching in Switzerland for 10 years she moved to the US with her family and while her two girls started attending the Waldorf School in Costa Mesa, she finally was able to fulfill her dream and received her Waldorf Teaching degree through the Antioch University in New Hampshire. In 1999, Wanda moved to Santa Cruz from Southern California and had the opportunity to tutor at the Santa Cruz Waldorf School while her children attended the Santa Cruz Waldorf School. She very much enjoys working one on one with children, to discover and help them depending on their individual needs.
Marina Thomas
Eurythmy Accompanist
Marina Thomas is a piano teacher and accompanist with 30 years of experience in Ukraine. She loves children very much. She came to Santa Cruz to marry musician John "Tuba" Thomas in Santa Cruz. Marina works in many children's programs and projects, such as children's choirs and productions of children's musicals, as well as teaching private lessons.
Thomas Nold
Woodworking Teacher
Thomas was a teaching tennis pro in his younger years. He earned a BA in art and a BS in education from Northern Illinois University, and retired after 30 years of service in the Santa Cruz probation department. He has four children, two boys and two girls, ages 35 through 22. Since retiring, he teaches woodworking at Waldorf school and plays music in local venues many times a week.


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