Robert Hester’s Photo Journal

“Where every picture is worth more than a thousand words, but a thousand stories…sort of.”

 

 

 

 

CMU public speaking instructor Elizabeth Kalmanov is reading to her summer students about the numerous amount of jobs available everywhere. After words she gave mock interviews to her students in preparation for real job interviews in the future.

As you can tell, the Russian born instructor says that she is very pleased with the way she teaches and enjoys giving her students what she says, an opportunity to go out in public, and succeed very well in it.

“Swing low, sweet chariots!” says Tony Yu, a CMU student, a good friend of CMU summer workshop instructor Lori Schomp, and a special guest instructor for the class’ recreation period. Tony is teaching fellow CMU instructor Hannah Sypher as well as the entire Workshop students and faculty members the art of swing dancing.

 

 

Hannah, is now boogie-ing, 1940’s style with her student, and good buddy of mine Bryan Rieder

Another CMU Summer instructor, Jennifer Glover, is laying the ‘get down with fellow instructor, and my personal one (instructor) Mark Chiarulli

“Hey! Brandi Chastain, Eat your heart out!” Says CMU Summer workshop student Eddie when he showed off a dance move of his own.

 

While fellow workshop student Jeremy gets a lesson in videography, by carrying a camera tripod.

 

Even Chief Instructor Mary Hart is learning how to “swing with the best of them” even if the best, or the best in training, is her student, Dylan.

 

Moments later, workshop instructor Lori , is teaching Dylan how to do a swing move called “the butterfly”.

 

“WHAZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP!” says Jeremy while having lunch and a chat on a cell at Newell-Simon Hall.

 

If you look very closely, Eddie and Lori are looking up something very interesting……..

 

 

 

……..Seriously, it’s really Eddie being the center of attention on Lori’s computer.

 

 

While Chief Instructor Mary is on her way back to the office…….

 

 

 

 

 

………..In the shadow of Pitt.

 

 

Where the world is watching,

 

 

Communicating,

 

 

 

Learning,

 

 

Talking,

 

 

Thinking,

 

 

And sometimes both dressing,

 

 

And Dancing with one another.

 

 

 

Through a window of opportunity.

 

Stories and photos by CMU Workshop’s staff photographer Robert Hester