Music & Memory: How Music Helps People Living With Dementia
November 26, 2025
therapy can stimulate memory and improve quality of life.
Read MoreThe Hidden Crisis: Social Isolation in Older Adults
November 26, 2025
By: Emily Rush It’s no secret that social isolation is a growing concern among people. Even before COVID-19, people were more likely to stay indoors, glued to their screens, than venture out and connect with others. When you hear about the issue, what kind of person do you picture? Most people would typically picture someone who’s nerdy, a bit awkward,…
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Common Concerns and Helpful Tips for adults thinking about going back to school
November 25, 2025
I found myself thinking about going back to school after the last bird left the nest. My youngest son lives across the country and has his own family. Like a lot of mothers that left me with too much time on my hands and a house that was just too quiet. It gave me a lot of time to think…
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Blue Beach
November 23, 2025
For this project, I used a picture that I took when I visited Chicago on a cold day. The original picture is bit gray and drab, so I decided to play a lot with the “camera raw filter” as well as “hue/saturation.” I made the choice to push the blue a lot because I feel like it captured how cold…
Read MorePhotography
November 23, 2025
Since I am on vacation for holiday break, I decided to use my surroundings outside and take a photo of a plant that I thought would be perfect for this assignment. Since I’m not in Indiana where the weather is groggy, I thought it would be nice to use the pretty environment while I still could. I did not use…
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Farmer’s Market Flowers
November 23, 2025
I took a photo of a flower truck at a farmers market for this assignment. To make the image pop more, I cropped inwards and edited coloring, lighting and blur settings. I really like this image. I think the flower truck is adorable and the trees in the background look really nice with the picture. Unfortunately I didn’t have a…
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Golden Fall
November 23, 2025
This photo was taken at McCormicks Creek State Park here in Indiana. I find the original photo interesting as this tree is still the highlight of the picture but I felt adding a black and white contrast would help it stand out even more. It follows inspiration of mixing color and black/white to create a good contrast.
Read MoreRed Cross Email Campaign
November 22, 2025
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Read MoreChicago View
November 22, 2025
For this assignment, I decided to take a picture from the window of Trump Tower in Chicago.
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