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Laura Ramage
  • music
  • Class of 2016
  • Harleysville, Pa.

Laura Ramage Receives Arnold Grant for Student-Faculty Research

2016 Jan 6

Laura Ramage of Harleysville, Pa., is one of two students to receive an Arnold Grant for a student-faculty research project during Summer 2015. Ramage, a graduate of Souderton Area High School, is pursuing a bachelor of science and bachelor of arts in early childhood education and music.

This Arnold Grant supported two students traveling with Dr. Rebecca Lister, associate professor of music, for a summer program in Paraguay. In Asuncion, one of the oldest cities in the heart of South America, they worked with students entirely unlike any with whom they have worked before. The project provided the students with real life teaching experiences on the elementary level, teaching general music classes and lead workshops in the Colegio Internacional de Asuncion.

Additionally, Dr. Lister and these students worked and studied with students at the Conservatorio Nacional de Musica in order to gain better understanding of music and general Paraguayan culture. Dr. Lister supervised and assisted these students and used her contacts in Paraguay to facilitate further learning opportunities. Together, they hope to build on the foundation for exchange between Paraguayan and American students in the field of music, as well as other disciplines.