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College of Communication & Design June 2022 - Volume 26
Graduating Changemakers
Being educated requires more One such example is the
than knowing the periodic table of Citizenship Project, which recently
elements or reading Shakespeare. celebrated its 10th year. Since its
To be truly educated means inception, the program — required
appreciating one’s obligation to for all first-year students — has
give back to the community. logged a whopping 53,753
community service hours.
Lynn University, a small institution entering the
in Boca Raton, Florida, has been According to Dr. Anna Krift, workforce after
taking that belief to heart, hosting the program director, this past
By Dr. Robert P. Watson an array of civics initiatives both on January alone: college
Contributing Writer campus and in the community.
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• Several hundred students participated;
experiences of the students is imperative
to their growth as changemakers and
responsible citizens.”
contents • 31 different service projects were offered;
and One SIL student, Bea Waterman, has taken
• 18 community organizations partnered with advantage of the opportunities and “has
1. Graduating Lynn, assisting with everything from beach
clean-ups to caring for rescue dogs.
been active in social impact every semester
since starting college.” Along the way, she
Changemakers discovered that her “personal values fell in
By Dr. Robert P. Watson Another initiative allies with the national line with the triple bottom line of maximizing
advocacy group — Comfort Cases — in impact while focusing on people, profits, and
collecting thousands of crayons, blankets, the planet.” She is now planning a career
3. Entering the Workforce slippers and other items for children that are in social impact by promoting sustainable
After College then put into backpacks and delivered to area business practices in her hometown.
foster facilities.
By Janey Maingot
Citizenship and social impact have now
More than simply volunteering, however, been a core component of the campus
experience for several graduating classes at
3. Hot Summers & South these social impact projects are built into the
curriculum and managed by Lynn’s Social Lynn. Regueiro observed that the “academic
Florida Impact Lab (SIL). Take, for example, the experience of students who engage in these
By Max Lederer campus “Impact Series,” a film and book programs has been enhanced by having them
series with corresponding discussions on step out of their comfort zones and engage in
impactful topics like diversity, refugees or new opportunities.”
4. Mizner Park: A Boca sustainability. The series, which is integrated
Raton Mainstay into the core curriculum, is designed to blend The goal continues to inspire students to be
with other foundational topics covered in the changemakers after graduation.
By Moecha Lubin
liberal arts.
The author holds the titles Distinguished
5. Promoting Civility on Dr. Antonella Regueiro, director of the Professor of American History and Avron
SIL, notes that “Embedding social impact Fogelman Research Professor at Lynn
Campus initiatives in the curricular and co-curricular University.
By Dr. Robert P. Watson
5. Summer Staff Writers
6. Balancing Life as a
Student & Personal
Trainer
By Janey Maingot
7. The First Carnegie Hall Above: Project Civitas voter registration drive on campus with the Above: Distinguished lecture series with CNN’s White House
Performance by a League of Women Voters. Photo/Project Civitas. correspondent. Photo/Lynn University.
Native American
Composer & Pianist
By Sabine Dantus
8. TikTok: The New Part-
Time Job
By Julie Liddawi
Above: Lynn students meet with Holocaust survivors. Above: Professors and students march in a rally.
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Entering the Workforce Hot Summers &
After College South Florida
Kathryn Anagnos describes the job-hunting process amid the pandemic Preventing heat exhaustion
during the summer
Kathryn Anagnos, Unemployment rates were also rising at an
a customer care alarming rate because of businesses being South Florida and
and social media forced to shut down due to the virus, creating other subtropical
reporting specialist at more competition in the job market and fewer and tropical areas
Publix, discusses her positions to fill. This was a rough economic are known to
experience entering period for society. Remote jobs have become have extremely
the workforce more prevalent in light of this situation. hot summers.
after college and Now, the impact
throughout the By Janey Maingot “It felt like a lost cause looking for a job during of that heat is
COVID-19 pandemic. Staff Writer this time, and I thought that I was never going expanding to By Max Lederer
climes typically Contributing Writer
to find a good entry-level position in my field.
In January 2019, shortly after graduating with Instead of depending on other companies to featuring milder
a Bachelor’s of Science in Advertising from give me an opportunity to rise in my career, I summertime temperatures, like the
the University of Florida, Anagnos pursued decided to take things into my own hands. I Northeast.
her first post-college job as a bartender in St. signed up for Fiverr and started freelancing.
Petersburg, Florida. I was doing social media management and
advertising for multiple small businesses for
Seven months later, she decided it was several months. This improved my resume,
time to put her degree to use and became and the next time I tried to apply to larger
a salesperson at AutoNation Ford. Having companies, I was hired right away. It wasn’t
limited knowledge of vehicles, Anagnos exactly what I wanted, but it was the foot-
realized the career choice was not going to in-the-door that I had been waiting for,” said
be fulfilling. In leaving her job to become a Anagnos.
waitress, Anagnos stumbled upon a better
opportunity. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 Anagnos was given a position at Publix as
pandemic began shortly after. a social media customer care agent in April
2021. Three months later, she was promoted
“My first advertising-related job came to her current position as a customer care
from a restaurant interview. The manager and social media reporting specialist.
interviewing me at the time also owned a Above: Thermometer with 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38
degrees celsius) is not uncommon in the summer.
small marketing company. When he saw When asked what advice she had for Photo/Getty Images.
my resume, he noticed that I had recently graduating seniors, Anagnos said, “Stay
graduated with an advertising degree from patient and persistent. The right opportunities Some ways to prevent heat exhaustion
the University of Florida and that I had will come.” include drinking plenty of water and
certifications in programs that were useful to other hydrating fluids, and eating regular
his business. I was offered two jobs on the meals. You also need to limit your time
spot. One as a waitress and the other as a with direct exposure to the sun since
social media manager,” said Anagnos. UV rays are more impactful than ever.
You can still enjoy the South Florida
“When COVID-19 hit, I lost two jobs and my heat during the summer by lounging on
main source of income. I had been working the beach, swimming in the pool and
at two different restaurants that had closed doing less strenuous and more relaxing
down, and the marketing company that I activities.
was working for wasn’t paying very much or
doing very well. I started applying to as many “Climate scientists were predicting
marketing jobs as I could in the Tampa Bay exactly these kinds of things, that there
area,” said Anagnos. would be an enhanced threat of these
types of extreme events brought on by
Due to the pandemic, in 2020, large increased warming. It’s very distressing.
companies were partaking in hiring freezes,
and it became very difficult to obtain a job. Above: Portrait of Kathryn Anagnos. Photo/K. Anagnos. Continued ...
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These are not encouraging signs for our Mizner Park: A Boca Raton Mainstay
immediate future,” Jonathan Martin, a
professor of atmospheric science at the Experience a South Florida Attraction
University of Wisconsin-Madison told
NBC News. Mizner Park, located in
Boca Raton, Florida,
The hot and wet season in Florida is one of Boca’s most
typically lasts from May to October. Dry loved attractions.
and cooler temperatures persist from There are multiple
November to April. South Florida is a activities available,
great place to be year round, especially if including shopping,
you love warm weather. dining, attending
open-air concerts, By Moecha Lubin
Above: The front of Yard House Restaurant at Mizner Park. Photo/M.
Staff Writer Lubin.
“The heat event that we had in the museum- and gallery-
Pacific Northwest in June — it’s not hopping.
that we’re suddenly going to see that
every summer, but the recent extremes The park’s namesake is Addison Mizner,
are certainly a preview of what we’ll a famed American architect whose
Mediterranean Revival and Spanish Colonial
see more frequently in the future,” said
Revival became fixtures throughout South
Karin Bumbaco, a research scientist
Florida.
at the University of Washington
and Washington’s assistant state
Mizner Park is full of dining options and
climatologist, to NBC News. Above: One of the many stores located in Mizner, BVLGARI, mainly
activities. One of the great restaurants is Yard
selling watches and fine jewelry. Photo/M. Lubin.
House, where patrons can sit, eat and enjoy
This can be a good thing for northerners
the scenery of the park. Mizner also contains
trying to escape the cold, but also a
a multitude of activities; there are bean bag
bad thing for people who suffer from
throwing games and human-sized chess
chronic illness or get overheated quickly. boards.
Summer heat in South Florida can lead
to heat exhaustion and make you feel Mizner Park also hosts parades and concerts
disoriented, especially when factoring for throughout the year. During the holiday season,
humidity. there is a full parade at Mizner Park where “The
Nutcracker” makes an appearance on a float.
With the ongoing threat of climate
change, there has been an increase in Above: A statue Located within Mizner Park. Photo/M. Lubin.
It is one of the most inclusive sites in Boca
more intense and sweltering heat waves Raton; families, friends and couples alike enjoy
reaching parts of the U.S. and other spending time together there.
regions of the world that have rarely seen
it occur. Due to its proximity to the beach, visitors are
often spotted wearing bathing suits. And since
the university experience can be stressful,
visiting Mizner Park and having a good time,
laughing and enjoying yourself is one of the
best ways to spend free time. Best of all,
Mizner Park is less than 10 minutes from the
Above: The walking path of Mizner Park closes to the bean bag
Lynn University campus. throwing area. Photo/M. Lubin.
Above: The description of the statue reads “Silently Spoken Words.” Above: The walking path of Mizner Park closes to the bean bag
Above: Relaxing the water is one way to cool off in the
Photo/M. Lubin. throwing area. Photo/M. Lubin.
summer. Photo/Getty Images.
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Promoting Civility on Campus Summer Staff
Who hasn’t worried now is the time to step up.” Backman is Writers
about offending practicing what he preaches by promoting
a coworker while water conservation, voter registration and We are pleased to introduce the
discussing the LGBTQ advocacy on campus. iPulse’s summer staff writers. This
evening news or small but talented group of students
losing a friend over Nayelys Ramirez, a rising sophomore will be contributing their insights and
a polarizing political from Cuba who is the president of Lynn’s expertise to our publication during the
issue? Indeed, Fair Trade initiative, described being summer.
politicians, pastors By Dr. Robert P. Watson “passionate about social impact and
Contributing Writer civility because, as an immigrant, I believe Julie Liddawi is a senior studying
and parents alike
are bemoaning the that there is so much that can be done political science. Liddawi received
hyper-partisanship and incivility in American by bringing cultures and communities dean’s list honors in the fall and spring.
society. The signs are everywhere — from together when working towards a common This year, Liddawi has been working
reality television and talk radio to the anger goal of overall better opportunities for at a Place of Hope and a local food
and gridlock that now define the American everyone.” drive. She is looking forward to being
body politic. involved with the Office of the Senate in
The campus-wide project offers an array of Washington, D.C., this summer.
To address this crisis, Lynn University events and co-curricular opportunities for
launched an initiative in 2015 designed to students, including a distinguished lecture
promote civility both on campus and in series on civility and student-led “Civility
the community. A college education, after Summits,” while faculty are encouraged
all, is not just about preparing students to include civility as part of their course
for a particular career. Rather, it is about syllabi.
so much more, including helping students
become informed, engaged members of In a larger sense, modeling a culture of
their communities. And thus, Project Civitas, respect and inclusion on campus is a
inspired by the Roman word for citizens with positive step toward both assuring that
a shared sense of community, was born on students have a civil place in which to learn
the Boca Raton, Florida, campus. and inspiring them to apply those lessons
in their communities and careers.
“We all live on the same planet and face
many of the same issues,” remarked The author holds the titles Distinguished
Spencer Backman, a political science Professor of American History and Avron
major and Civitas scholarship recipient. Fogelman Research Professor at Lynn
“Everything seems to be at a crisis point, so University in Florida.
Above: Julie Liddawi.
Moecha Lubin is majoring in
communication and minoring in graphic
design. Lubin has made the dean’s
list for three consecutive semesters.
While attending high school, she was
president of two clubs, secretary of
one club and social media manager of
another. She still managed to keep a
3.7 GPA.
Above: Citizenship Project, Day of Caring crop gleaning project at a local farm. Continued ...
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Balancing Life as a Student
& Personal Trainer
Rhema Phillips describes time management as a
student & personal trainer
Rhema Phillips, very long, so managing my time properly is
a Lynn University very important,” said Phillips.
student, balances
work obligations with “Considering the fact that I am currently still
the responsibilities in school, I have had some mistrust in my
of being a full- expertise on training. However, after they
time student. Her have spoken with me and seen my skills, the
goal is to motivate uncertainty usually goes away. Additionally,
individuals along By Janey Maingot many of my clients prefer to have a younger
Staff Writer
their fitness journeys personal trainer, so my age works in my
through personal favor,” said Phillips.
training.
Ultimately, if Phillips manages her time well
In the summer of Phillips’ third year as an and maintains a healthy balance in her life,
Above: Mecha Lubin.
undergraduate, she took an internship at everything goes well. Phillips promotes the
Johnny O’s Gymnasium, where she began idea of individuals embarking on their own
Janey Maingot is a Lynn University
learning the ins and outs of gym life. While fitness expeditions because of the mental
senior pursuing a bachelor’s degree
there, she was surrounded by personal and physical benefits they provide.
in psychology. Born and raised in
trainers and soon fell in love with the process
Trinidad and Tobago, she moved to
of helping others in their fitness journeys. “To cope with the stress of being a personal
Miami, Florida, at the end of 2017 at
trainer, I engage in my own workouts. Just
the age of 19. She spent two years at
A few months later, Phillips became a like for many of my clients, workouts provide
Miami-Dade College before transferring
licensed personal trainer and began a mental escape from the stressful reality of
to Lynn in 2020. She is a member of
growing her business within the Boca Raton day-to-day life. It is very important to me that
the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society,
community. I don’t miss my own workouts, because it
the Golden Key Honor Society and Psi
helps to maintain balance and order in my
Chi. She plans to pursue a Doctor of
“The most challenging aspect of being a life,” according to Phillips.
Psychology degree after completing personal trainer as well as a full-time student
her undergraduate degree. She is is time management. I train Monday through Lastly, Phillips says that her days are long,
interested in clinical assessments as a Friday, from 6 a.m. to 12 p.m., and after I but rewarding. “I enjoy every aspect of what
profession. have classes to attend. The days can be the day may bring.”
Above: Rhema Phillips partaking in exercise as a form of de-stressing, at Above: Father of Lynn University student, Rhema Phillips, and herself, at
Johnny O’s Gymnasium. Photo/R. Phillips. her graduation ceremony. Photo/R. Phillips.
Above: Janey Maingot.
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The First Carnegie Hall Performance by a Native
American Composer & Pianist
Roberta Rust’s Carnegie Recital Hall Premiere Released by Navona Records
On May 13, Fire,” which was dedicated to Los Alamos, Native American music as a composer. The
PARMA’s Navona New Mexico. The atomic bomb was created St. Paul Chamber Orchestra commissioned
Records released during World War II in the Los Alamos National his composition “Incident at Wounded Knee,”
a live recording of Laboratory’s Manhattan Project in this city. which has been performed quite a few times in
pianist Roberta Rust both the United States and Europe.
performing concert Ballard asked Rust if she would give the work’s
fantasies by composer world premiere at her recital, so Rust paired it Ballard’s accolades include National Indian
Louis W. Ballard with “A City of Silver” for the concert. Achievement Awards; grants from the
for the first time at By Sabine Dantus Rockefeller Foundation, Ford Foundation
Carnegie Recital Hall in Contributing Writer “Ballard felt these pieces were celebrations and National Endowment for the Arts;
1984. of two cities that had a major influence on ASCAP Awards; the first MacDowell Award
humanity,” Rust said of Ballard, “He also noted for American Chamber Music and a Lifetime
This recording is significant in the classical that the recital marked the first performance in Musical Achievement Award from First
music world because it is the first time an Carnegie (Recital) Hall of the music of a Native Americans in the Arts.
American-Indian composer’s music has been American composer by a Native American
performed at Carnegie Hall by an American- concert pianist.” He was music director for the Bureau of
Indian pianist. Rust is of Sioux descent, and Indian Affairs and developed a bicultural
Ballard’s ancestry includes a principal chief Rust has performed to critical acclaim around music education
of the Cherokee Nation, a medicine chief of the globe, with performances at Carnegie program that
the Quapaw Nation and Scottish, French and Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, New York’s Merkin earned him a
English ancestry. Concert Hall, Rio de Janeiro’s Sala Cecília Distinguished
Meireles, Washington’s Corcoran Gallery, Service Award
“The genesis of these premiere performances Havana’s Basilica and Seoul’s KNUA Hall. from the
of Louis W. Ballard’s concert fantasies for Central Office of
piano occurred when I first became aware Hailed for her recordings on PARMA (Navona), Education and
of his music in the early 1980s,” said Rust, Centaur and Protone labels, Rust has worked a citation in the
pianist. “I heard the work on a radio broadcast with the Lark, Ying, Serafin, Amernet and Fine Congressional
and was deeply moved by it and called Arts String Quartets, Miami’s Mainly Mozart Record.
ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Festival, the Philippines Opusfest, the Palm
Authors, and Publishers) to try and find out if Beach Chamber Music Festival, Festival Miami, Ballard attended
Ballard had composed any solo piano music.” Long Island’s Beethoven Festival and France’s the University of
La Gesse. Oklahoma and
These works by Ballard were written in honor graduated with Above: Roberta Rust.
of two cities near and dear to the composer’s Rust studied at the Peabody Conservatory, honors from the
heart: Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Los graduated summa cum laude from the University of Tulsa. He was awarded honorary
Alamos, New Mexico, in the United States. University of Texas at Austin and earned doctorates from the College of Santa Fe (NM)
Ballard sent his score for his concert fantasy performer’s certificates in piano and German and William Jewell College.
for pianoforte, “A City of Silver,” to Rust. Lieder from the Mozarteum in Salzburg.
She received a master’s degree from the “It is not enough to acknowledge that [Native]
“‘A City of Silver’ was inspired by Ballard’s Manhattan School of Music and a doctorate American music is different from other music.
1980 trip to Buenos Aires, Argentina, from the University of Miami. What is needed in America is an awakening
and bears the dedication, ‘para todos and reorienting of our total spiritual and cultural
los desaparecidos del mundo’ (for all the During his lifetime, Ballard was widely regarded perspective to embrace, understand and learn
disappeared ones of the world), with specific as the preeminent Native American composer from the aboriginal American what motivates
reference to the people who vanished at the of classical music, symphonic works, choral his musical and artistic impulses,” said Ballard,
hands of the Argentine military in the 1970s,” works, chamber music, and ballet music. His composer.
said Rust. music debuted at Lincoln Center, Kennedy
Center, Smithsonian Institution, Hollywood “A CITY OF SILVER & A CITY OF FIRE,” the
The summer before Rust’s New York premiere Bowl, Town Hall and Carnegie Hall. album, is available on Apple Music, Amazon
in the October 1984 recital at Carnegie Recital Music, Spotify, YouTube and Deezer. For more
Hall, Ballard told Rust about another concert Ballard is widely regarded as a composer who information, visit https://www.navonarecords.
fantasy he was working on entitled “A City of bridged the gap between Western music and com/catalog/nv6429/.
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Editor-in-Chief
TikTok: The New Part-Time Job
Taryn Super
TikTok as a new source of income for university students
Faculty Advisors
Released in “Around Christmas, I made a post because
Gary Carlin
September 2016, I was super nervous about paying rent and
Sabine Dantus
TikTok has become paying my bills on time because I was on
Martin Phillips a powerful platform unpaid maternity leave; my followers stepped
Stefanie Powers for people around the up…and in total they sent me about $1,400,”
world. It has since said a young adult TikToker to Vice Magazine.
Staff Writers evolved to become
Julie Liddawi a means of income For more information on TikTok’s creator fund,
Moecha Lubin for users from the By Julie Liddawi visit: https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-gb/
Staff Writer
Jainey Maingot comfort of their homes. tiktok-creator-fund-your-questions-answered.
Contributing Writers Now, Lynn University students are creating
and hosting short-form videos on the social
Sabine Dantus
media site as a first or second source of
Dr. Robert P. Watson
income.
Max Lederer
TikTok is a growing sensation that helps
Editorial Support students find income through the creator
Jordan Chussler fund. The platform’s algorithms give students
a chance to reach a certain number of people
Design in order to get paid.
Andy Hirst
And with the growing student loan debt crisis,
Web Support coeds are able to use that income stream as
Jahzeel Ramos a means of paying off liabilities.
“After I started doing lives and the creator Above: Students making money off of TikTok’s. Photo/Google
Print Support
fund on TikTok, I was able to cover half my
Robert Leigh
student debt from Lynn University,” said
Nicholas Civette, a Lynn alumnus.
As the funds and views of these accounts
grow, many students find angles to TikToks
lives. To TikTok, live creators need at least
1,000 followers, and after linking the student
creator’s bank account, they can start to
make money off of talking to people via users
download the issuu app sending monetary gifts.
Find our editions digitally using
the app store or by scanning the
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According to Sydney Bradley and Michael
lynnipulse.org Espinosa, writers for the Insider, an online
news magazine: “Over the past two years,
live-streaming has seen a surge across major
FIND US ON social-media platforms due to the pandemic
and a growing appetite for video content.
That’s meant a boost of revenue for creators,
who are making hundreds — and in some
cases, more than $1,000 — of dollars per
week going live.”
Students at Lynn University are starting to
catch on to this trend and are embracing
TikTok as a means of alleviating financial debt. Above: An example of how to receive money through lives.
Photo/J. Liddawi.
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