Exciting

Students in the Actors Workshop class perform a variety of motion exercises.

Billy Lewis massages his face in order to help loosen up.

Josie Wawrzyniak participates in an excercise to relax her facial muscles.

Instructor Joe Brady lays out an exercise concept for the class.

Exciting

Teresa Bean, assistant state's attorney for Frederick County, MD, describes her Law and Society class as having plenty of robust discussion.  It does!

Brainy

Editing and Layout students (from left) Kristin Hawkins, Julia Banks, and Tory Wilson collaborate on a research project.

Jillian Murphy has the answer!

Professor Donna Bertazzoni assists Ariel Grove in an internet search..

Students were tasked with researching the answers to 25 questions without using the most popular search and reference websites.

Surprising

Crayfish samples from the Monocacy River collected by the Environmental Studies students.

Surprising

The creativity of Hood College students knows no bounds.

Brainy

Professor Aldan Weinberg, director of the Hood Communication Arts program,  listens as a student gives an oral presentation.

Concentration!

Students in Professor Weinberg's Senior Seminar discuss a class presentation.

Everyone has an observation, and they're all shared in this Senior Seminar.

Exciting

Sara Stern, a student in the Education program, has no problem showing her enthusiasm for the course work.

Exciting

Sam Smith started out with a ball of clay and shapes it into what will ultimately be a finished piece.

Practical

Ann Hobart, right, ceramics instructor, reviews student Jessica Baumel's progress on a project.

Exciting

Hailie Duenkel describes her ceramics project; a work in progress.

Brainy

Briana White, in the foreground, and other students in her mathematics class have their eyes riveted on the whiteboard at the front of the room as an equation is displayed.

Brainy

Students in Dr. Eric Annis's (top photo, orange shirt) Biology of Marine Organisms class work on an exercise in natural selection.

Friendly

Students in an education class share stories and make introductions.

Charming

Prints hang in the sun in one of Hood's art studios.

Practical

Instructor Andrea McCluskey uses a Design and Printmaking student's work to generate classroom discussion.

Surprising

Who would have thought that Principles of Management 205 would be so challenging and so much fun?  Dr. David Gurzick broke his class into small groups, gave each a small stack of newspapers, and a little bit of duct tape.  Each group was instructed to design a structure which would permit all members to stand inside of it when constructed.

The unknown caveat was that once the design phase was complete, the designs were shuffled, and the groups found themselves having to build another group's design!

Brainy

It's a great feeling when everything that the French professor says makes perfect sense!

Friendly

Students learning a new language practice introducing their classmates in German;  with amusing results in some cases.

Practical

A digital photography class proves popular for students of all ages.

Surprising

An open mind to other cultures will offer personal rewards.