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LIFE Fest set Dec. 11 in Perkins

1:39 p.m., Nov. 24, 2003--LIFE Fest 2003 will be held from 1-3 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 11, in the Rodney Room of the Perkins Student Center.

A showcase of collaborative projects by students involved in the LIFE program, the two-hour event will feature a model of the student-run business “College Creations” and an interactive project entitled “Cocoamotion: The Movement of Cocoa from Flowering to Devouring.” Live music by the Caribbean Steel Drums cluster also will be featured and complimentary refreshments will be provided

LIFE, which is an acronym for Learning Integrated Freshman Experience, is an academic program for first-year students at the University. Composed of nearly 400 freshmen, LIFE encourages participants to form small learning communities organized around an academic theme, coursework and related out-of-class experiences. Termed “LIFE clusters,” these combined core elements help freshmen integrate their coursework with real-world experiences on and off campus and enable them to focus on specific majors or careers.

Sixteen first-year students are assigned to each cluster and led by a peer mentor who assists them with the adjustment to academic life at the University. Each cluster also has a faculty contact who facilitates academic exploration of the cluster theme.

The Dec. 11 LIFE Fest is free and open to the university community. For more information, call Meghan Biery at 831-3330.

Article by Becca Hutchinson

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