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Mrs. Gina Mayhew, Assistant Professor, Education Where are you from? I’m from Colorado; I grew up in the mountains. What made you want to teach? I mentored a lot of first-year teachers and I noticed that they had the right ideas behind teaching but the reality wasn’t there. Something that […]
Almost Human Premieres: Monday, Nov. 4 at 8/7c, Fox. A futuristic twist of the crime drama genre, Almost Human portrays the experiences of two LAPD officers, one of which is a highly evolved human android. The year is 2048, robots and humans team up to fight crime. Detective John Kennex […]
Aerobic Walking and Jogging, Tennis, Swimming and Bowling are just a few of the wellness activities offered at John Brown University each semester. This fall, however, students signed up for two classes not normally found on the course schedule, Martial Arts and Dance. Taught by Jim Blankenship, associate professor of […]
“Alan wore a leather jacket, swore the blue street like a biker, and sang the song, ‘My baby can do the Hanky Panky,’” said Sandra Van Thiel, professor of education at John Brown University, as she described her fondest memory in her teaching experience. In order to discourage Alan’s swearing, […]
Each summer, students leave the John Brown University campus and fan out across the world to pursue jobs, internships, summer classes, vacations and adventures galore. When they return, exciting news of these summer adventures wafts across campus like a refreshing breeze of excitement and opportunity. But, have they ever wondered […]
In 1964 the Beatles came to America, the Vietnam War escalated, a law passed abolishing racial segregation in the U.S. and the movie Mary Poppins premiered. In that same year, Richard Lee Ruble started teaching at John Brown University. Nearly 50 years later, Ruble is still teaching for the University. […]
You know you remember them: the bright, saucer-like moon you said goodnight to, the wild things in your dreams, the enormous larger-than-life red dog. Children’s book illustrations. They captured your imaginations then, and now they capture the imaginations of your nieces and nephews. The art of illustrating for children is […]
“Get away! Get away!” the man screamed with blood dripping down his head as he lunged at 16-year-old Allie Miller. His knife slashed the air in front of her. Allie stepped back and reached for her gun, yelling, “Knife! Knife!” An officer ran from around the corner and hit the […]
Senior Matt Tintera will walk across the John Brown University stage in May to receive a diploma like every other graduate, yet there will be one significant difference about Tintera’s diploma. His hard earned piece of paper will read “Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy,” a major only recently offered. Tintera […]
They may or may not know it, but the incoming freshman have summer reading in their future! Jake Stratman, assistant professor of English, and his league of book-choosing accomplices narrowed the list down to the final five books. From these, students will choose at least one to literarily devour. The […]