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Let's Talk About Death: An Open Forum For Challenging And Changing Uri’S Response To Student Bereavement, Molly Beluk
Let's Talk About Death: An Open Forum For Challenging And Changing Uri’S Response To Student Bereavement, Molly Beluk
Senior Honors Projects
When my father passed away in March 2020, I felt discord and inconsistency in how the faculty responded to my grief. This project is designed to understand how the University of Rhode Island currently supports students after they have experienced a death loss and determine ways we can improve student support moving forward. This project’s praxes include a faculty survey on current supports; study of other universities’ student bereavement policies; and facilitation of a forum with faculty, staff, and administrators. Students who experience a loss in their college years “are at risk for decreased academic performance and dropout” (DeSpelder and …
Body Image And Dance: Achieving Perfection At Any Cost, Carolyn Bollerman
Body Image And Dance: Achieving Perfection At Any Cost, Carolyn Bollerman
Senior Honors Projects
CAROLYN BOLLERMAN (Political Science, Gender and Women’s Studies)
Body Image and Dance: Achieving Perfection at Any Cost
Sponsor: Jessica Strübel (Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Design)
Over sixty years ago George Balanchine, one of the most influential ballet choreographers of the 20th-century and co-founder of the New York City Ballet, set the standards for the ideal ballet body look. These standards include body-long limbs, long neck, flat chest, toned muscles, and a very thin pre-pubescent look. The “skinny dancer” in the 1960s and visible bone structure was not only expected, but viewed as the norm for professional dancers.
Despite the known …