Liberal Arts Department Chairwoman Heather Corine hosted a spring women’s retreat April 22-24. Open to all people in her current and past classes, the retreat was focused on nourishing the creative waters. Seventeen women entered the backwoods of Taos, NM to find inner peace, but found much more. They found friendship.
Visit from an Old Friend...
posted by Christy Marshall
Nikolae Thomas, a junior Creative Writing major, greets his friend Beverly Guinn, a former Creative Writing student, who is here visiting friends for spring break. Guinn hopes to return to SFUAD next fall semester.
Elecia and Jeremy Hadley...
posted by Franco Romero
Sharing a workplace with a significant other may be challenging for some, but not for Jeremy and Elecia Hadley. The married couple have working together in Mouton hall for almost two years now. While they were still engaged, Jeremy moved to New Mexico to fill the position of the bursar at SFUAD, and rented a house for three months before Elecia moved down as well. The couple then briefly returned to Indiana for their wedding before settling into their new home. Elecia briefly considered a job at the University of New Mexico before SFUAD came through with an offer for her, and she became an academic advisor. This meant she would be working down the hall from her husband, a situation they both enjoy greatly. “We’re best friends too,” Jeremy says. He admits that he and Elecia love getting to see each other throughout the day, despite the fact they cannot seem to stop talking about work well after they have both gone home. Nonetheless, the couple has the ability to keep their home and work lives separate and feel that their constant communication is beneficial for their jobs as well. “As soon as a balance is cleared, I know about it,” Elecia says. “I know they can register. Your hold is gone, let’s get you registered. If people aren’t registered, it’s not for a lack of trying.” Elecia went on to discuss the ways in which she sees Jeremy and herself as a team. Whenever possible, they try to work together in their separate areas of expertise to ensure students who need help receive it in Mouton. “Especially when we started to bridge things like graduation,” Elecia says. “When I first came there were no senior meetings, so we started senior meetings. Then we...
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