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Sculpting Futures: ISC names Art Dept. Chair Ron Pederson Educator of the Year(0)
For Ron Pederson it isn’t about the award he received from the International Sculpture Center for Educator of the Year. It isn’t about his new art exhibit “Professing Sculpture.” For Pederson, it’s all about the students.
“Basically the award is for teaching and because I’ve always had the attitude that it’s all about the students,” said [...]
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