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Posted: July 29, 2009 at 5:10 a.m.

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ROGERS — Students attending summer arts camp

Thirty-three select students from 32 Arkansas high schools are spending a week at the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute atop Petit Jean Mountain in central Arkansas for Envision U 2009. Five of these students reside in northwest Arkansas: Nick Busbee of West Fork High School, Dee Moore of M.O. Ramay Junior High School in Fayetteville, Amanda Ritter of Rogers Heritage High School, Kat Scantling of Elkins High School and Lola Sholley of Har-Ber High School in Springdale. The goal of this summer arts camp is for each student to experience and reflect on five common art disciplines: visual art, literary art, music, dance and theater.

The students chose three courses to take during the week - one at the intensive level and the other two at the exploratory level. Students are in intensive-level classes for a significant amount of time during the week. The goal of these classes is for students to have an intense learning and creative experience with the medium. Exploratory classes are much shorter classes designed just to introduce students to new and different art media and give them a chance to experiment with creating in a variety of art forms.

On the final day of the camp, students will share what they learned in their intensive-level classes at a culminating performance. The presentation took place July 25 at the Rockefeller Institute.

UAFS spring graduates

The University of Arkansas-Fort Smith awarded 705 degrees and certificates for the spring 2009 semester and the first summer term this year, according to Penny Pendleton, dean of enrollment management.

Conferred were Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Applied Science, Bachelor of Music Education, Bachelor of Business Administration, Associate of Arts, Associate of Applied Science and Associate of General Studies degrees, as well as Technical Certificates and Certificates of Proficiency.

Graduates included from Rogers: Alysson Gaines, A.A.S., Nursing Technology (ADN); and Perry Maleare, B.S., Nursing, RN-BSN Online Completion.

Scholars, Pages 8 on 07/29/2009

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