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<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>Students\u00a0in Kraemer Family Library were treated to a respite from studying for finals,\u00a0thanks to a handful of Visual and Performing Arts students and seniors from the\u00a0MacKenzie Place retirement community.<\/p>\n
From\u00a010 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. May 4, students from\u00a0Joye Cook-Levy’s\u00a0VAPA 1050 course entered the usually quiet library and started walking from table to table asking students if they had five minutes to spare to listen to a quick story. Participants\u00a0sat on mats more reminiscent of a kindergarden classroom than a college campus and listened to popular stories read by\u00a0seniors from the MacKenzie Place retirement community.<\/p>\n
According to Cook-Levy, lecturer,\u00a0Department of Visual and Performing Arts\u00a0Educational Theatre and Outreach, the “intergenerational flashmob” was the\u00a0community-based arts and education course’s\u00a0final project.<\/p>\n
“The goal of the students and seniors is to get tired stressed out students to take a break and smile during dead week, as well as for students to connect with and creatively play with the senior residents from Mackenzie Place,\u201d Cook-Levy said. “As a group they are all taking the risk to be seen and to comfort a stranger while fostering a more productive atmosphere for learning and studying for finals.\u201d<\/p>\n
Stories included an excerpt from “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” a Marvel Comic Book, Dr. Seuss, and a Mo Willems book.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>