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The Baltimore Sun | Sunday, July 27, 2025
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student engagement and critical
thinking by promoting collaboration
across disciplines through the
arts, fostering interdisciplinary
connections, supporting diverse
learning styles and advocating
through classroom collaborations,
professional development and
community partnerships, according
to its mission.
The HUB has a dedicated art
studio devoted to learning for
academics outside of the visual arts.
Faculty members from disciplines
like science, math, geography and
biology share their curriculum and
request adapted lessons and reserve
studio space to use art as a tool
to enhance student learning, says
Laura Pasquini, visual arts program
navigator and co-lead of the arts
integration HUB at Anne Arundel
Community College.
Liberal Arts Dean Alicia Morse
charged faculty to review a January
2025 Chronicle of Higher Education
report that connects linking the head
and the hand to opening “a door
to access a deeper layer of the
mind.” She urged them to think more
deeply about “bringing the head and
the hand together [to elicit] personal
meaning, translating knowledge
into something that resonates with
individuals, creating partnerships,
connecting to communities [and]
storytelling,” explains Amy Carattini,
Ph.D., associate professor of
anthropology and co-lead of the arts
integration HUB.
“All throughout human history,
the arts and hands-on learning
were used to digest our world and
to better understand it,” Pasquini
notes. “We’re just trying to bring that
back and make the learning tactile.”
During the pilot year, students used
origami to illustrate mathematical
concepts, printmaking to illustrate
patterns of home and belonging,
dioramas to talk about memory and
collages to learn about migration
through the Sonoran Desert, for
example. Requests for additional
applications have already been
received from faculty for English,
biology
and
communications
courses.
In addition, the HUB team
has partnered with the Baltimore
Museum of Art and tied in local
artists as sources of inspiration.
“These artists are dealing with
more than something that’s just
a pretty painting,” Pasquini says.
“They’re dealing with really complex
subjects. The more that we can
introduce that complexity to these
students and then put it in their
hands to create something, the
richer the learning experience.”
A new innovation fellowship
for faculty members is supporting
student entrepreneurship at Loyola
University Maryland.
Launched in the spring, the
innovation fellowship program
enables a cohort of faculty from
across the university to engage
in
biweekly
workshops
to
expand Loyola’s innovation and
entrepreneurial culture as well as
its ecosystem, according to Jon
Weinstein, entrepreneur-in-residence
throughout the country. And in the
next five to seven years, because
they are already over 50 years old,
about 40% of the workforce will retire.
So, there are huge opportunities for
a career that will last you the rest of
your life.”
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department of the Sellinger School
of Business and Management at
Loyola University.
The
workshops
highlight
eneurship
innovation and entrepreneurship
concepts such as design thinking,
entrepreneurial
mindset
and
new venture lifecycle, which can
be integrated into curricula and
classrooms. The program also
offers faculty additional assistance
including mentoring, guidance,
material support and storage for
their own entrepreneurial efforts.
“We were looking for ways
to expand and strengthen our
support of the students as well as
everyone on campus who has an
entrepreneurial spirit,” Weinstein
explains. “In those workshops, we
are providing some insight into
what it is to be an entrepreneur, an
innovator, what kinds of programs
and content for our students might
be valuable to them to develop those
skills and interests in innovation and
entrepreneurship.”
The workshops also introduce
practical exercises and creative
activities that are translatable
to any course they would teach,
Weinstein says, and with fellows in
such disciplines last semester as
art history, management, marketing,
political science, economics and
education, he anticipates seeing
some application of the concepts
within courses in these subject
areas.
The fellows also collaborate
on projects that would serve as a
support element of the university’s
infrastructure and ecosystem. During
the spring semester, one project
led to the creation of a campus
incubator café, which serves as a
sounding board for ideas and a way
to secure feedback.
The goal of the program is not
to lead every graduate to open a
business, but instead to develop a
core set of entrepreneurial skills that
are applicable in all industries. These
include thinking, decision making,
leadership, planning, flexibility,
adaptability, creativity, all “key
elements and skills that employers
are looking for,” Weinstein says.
What are Trade Jobs?
According to the website,
The
Interview
Guys
(https://
theinterviewguys.com),
“…trade
school jobs are positions that require
training or education beyond high
school but usually don’t require a
bachelor’s degree. You might have
to head to a vocational school or
local community college. There, you
participate in a training program,
giving you the foundational skills to
qualify for the job.
“Or… you apprentice your way into
the profession with a union. With this
option, you’d work directly with an
experienced tradesperson who will
show you the ropes. The approach
is more organic and, as a bonus,
typically comes with a paycheck.
It’s essentially a formal way to learn
on-the-job, allowing you to meet a
role’s requirements without necessarily
having to head to school.”
Jobs for Life
Apprenticeships are being offered.
Imagine being paid to learn a job from
skilled artisans who know their stuff.
Instead of going into debt, you’ll earn
money that you can put away to buy
your first house.
As students attend the camp,
they’re going to get a little experience
doing some of these jobs to see if they
fit. Sponsors of the camps have job
openings and their employees, those
who have been on the job for years,
are the teachers at the camps, so
you’ll get a first-class education.
“After the first year was so
successful,” Simon says proudly,
“we easily grew the number of host
companies. Our website has everything
a host needs, all the resources
for a new camp. They provide the
volunteers, the people who will teach
the students. It’s always interesting to
see who volunteers. Even employees
like project managers and other
regular employees get involved and
speak with the students.
“The best part is seeing how
excited the students get when they
are allowed to use all the equipment.
When I visit the camps, you can see
the kids are completely enrapt, totally
focused on what the instructors are
saying. And there are no cell phones
in sight.
“Who should attend? Students
from vocational schools (like Mervo
or Carver) are prime candidates, and
also those in Boys and Girls clubs.
We get recommendations from nonprofits and Chambers of Commerce.
To be an apprentice, you have to be
at least 18 years old, so those under
18 will go back to school and then
apply for apprenticeships once they
reach 18.
“It costs around $2,000 per student
– instructors, products and food –
but they pay nothing. The union,
SMACNA, and the contractors pay
for them to attend and we, HMSE,
pay for the work boots, the tools and
personal protection equipment. I now
have a couple retirees working with
me to liaison with hosts and we attend
graduations. There are even stainlesssteel graduation medals.
“Our challenge is to get more
hosts. Contractors have a national
convention, so we are reaching out
to them. We even have four camps
in Canada. However, there are a few
areas where we need more hosts;
Maryland only has one host and
Virginia, North and South Carolina
have none. We also need many more
in the south.”
What follows are some links so you
can learn more about HMSE. Simon
is a force and has built something
incredibly worthwhile for students
everywhere. There is a list of all the
camps on the website: www.hmse.org/
Browse around. You’ll be impressed!
Learn More About Heavy Metal
Summer Experience
Everyone involved with HMSE
loves it: students, parents and hosts.
Visit these links to see a selection of
videos. This one video stood out for
me when the student commented that
there were far more different types of
jobs available than he ever imagined
just by attending the camp: https://
youtu.be/93caOw6eyos
It reminded me of my first job out
of school. Before I got it, I had no idea
it existed. In fact, there was a whole
world of jobs I never knew existed and
I would wager that is true for most of us.
Here are news programs and
podcasts with Angie Simon:
In the News: https://www.hmse.org/
about/in-the-news.html
Podcasts: https://www.hmse.org/
about/podcasts.html
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