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A festive
air surrounds the Cambridge Campus at
Anoka-Ramsey Community
College (ARCC), thanks to the recent
graduation of students, as well as to
the recent installation of student sculptures
on the campus grounds.
The campus delivered a proud congratulations
to the graduating class of 2004 during
the Commencement Ceremony on May 14.
The 108 new graduates heard words of
wisdom from fellow graduates Laurie Mettling
and Adam Grise, and from the featured
community speaker, Isanti County District
Attorney Jeffrey Edblad. A member of
the Cambridge Community College Foundation,
Edblad’s family has resided in
Cambridge since 1859. Musical interludes
were provided by the Cambridge Campus
Singers and pianist Dorcie Larson. Among
the students receiving diplomas were
three who successfully completed the
Honors Program, 21 Phi Theta Kappa members,
and 33 who maintained a 3.5 or higher
grade point average. |
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| The 2004 graduating
class on the Cambridge Campus of Anoka-Ramsey
Community College awaits the beginning
of their Commencement Ceremony on May 14,
2004. |
In the days leading up to graduation,
student artists helped transform the
campus grounds with seven larger-than-life
sculptures. The works represented the
final projects of 20 students enrolled
in the Sculpture I course taught by ARCC
Sculpture Instructor Craig Campbell.
“This gives the students a taste
for what it’s like to put their
work out in public and get some feedback,” Campbell
said. “We really wanted to engage
the campus.”
Sculpture students were asked to come
up with ideas that would communicate
something significant about themselves
and their experience at college. The
class then voted on what they thought
were the best ideas, and the top seven
were selected for production. Groups
of two to three students then worked
together to construct the sculptures
from wood, metal and a variety of textiles. |
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A 12-foot-tall wooden palm
tree installed on the Cambridge Campus
of Anoka-Ramsey Community College is the
work of student sculptor Jody Benson. |
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Student sculptor Bunny
Gilbert’s
work, “3C Windmill,” was one
of seven sculptures installed on the Cambridge
Campus of Anoka-Ramsey Community College. |
The resulting
installations range from the literal
to the metaphorical. Among
them, a 20-foot-long guitar, a 12-foot-tall
palm tree, a garden of human heads in
profile, three bright blue kites, three
giant C’s affixed to a pole that
spins, the Earth surrounded underneath
by hands, a group of stars, and a giant
measuring stick decorated with education-related
images.
Campbell says students have requested
permission from the Campus Facilities
Committee to keep the sculptures installed
on the grounds throughout the summer,
but a final decision has not been made.
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