Joshua Bessex

Lopes stands in the research room of the biology greenhouse with one of her designs. Lopes hopes to raise awareness about bees’ disappearing disease through her art.

Senior Maryam Lopes draws a design using beeswax. The process Lopes uses is inspired by pysanky, a Ukrainian technique for painting Easter eggs.

Denzil Suite, the new Vice President of Student Life, speaks at a presentation on campus earlier this month.

After a year of assisting its efforts in the state Legislature, Representative Gerry Pollet of the 46th District was named Legislator of the Year by the Graduate and Professional Student Senate (GPSS) at Wednesday night’s end of the year celebration.