An intern at NASA. A grand prix racecar driver. Ground-breaking programs. Life-changing friendships. These are just some of the stories we feature here on Pulse.
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Building Community Spirit, Loaf by Loaf
While breaking bread, Shauna is also breaking the mold. What comes out of the community oven in Braddock is extraordinary. But what comes out of her community spirit is changing people’s lives.

Alumni Profile: Scott Marshall, Bachelor of Sustainability ‘16
Marshall had begun thinking about how he could use his grandparents’ farm as a family asset in 2013, and after a job change, he decided a return to school was in order.

Alumni Profile: James Snow, MSUS '16
“Chatham is a big enough program to obtain resources, but it’s small enough to build really close relationships,” Snow says. This allowed Snow to truly understand the world he’d be working and making a difference in.

Interview with Marc Nieson on Writing his New Memoir
“I try to help my students get past the presumption that this should be an easy thing. When you’re a visual artist, you know you’re going to have to do 8,000 sketches. Somehow in writing that idea isn’t so present; people think they can just jump in and do it. It’s all about building your facility and taking on the next challenge.”

Award-Winning Filmmaker Chester Lampman, MFA Film & Digital Technology '12
If you think of award-winning filmmakers, Chester Lampman, MFA Film and Digital Technologies ’14, may not be the first to come to mind, but make no mistake—he’s the real deal.

Alumna Profile: "Sniffing Around Brooklyn"
As with so many New York stories— at least in the movies—it began with a gun. A 3,200-pound custom-built breakfast cereal-puffing gun that traveled the city demonstrating how grains get puffed into cereal.


Alumni Profile: Dr. Kathi Elliott DNP '14
“I plan to continue my mother’s legacy by exposing girls to opportunities and experiences that they traditionally would not have access to.”