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The Parks of Fairfield, Iowa

What is there to do in Fairfield? More than you might expect! One thing we love about our town is the plethora of parks located within just a few miles of MIU campus. For our second episode of Fun in Fairfield, we visited several of our favorite parks to give you a firsthand lookat these beautiful areas.

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Radim Schreiber Captures the Magic of Fireflies Through Photography

As daylight fades on an early summer evening, you’ll find Iowans sitting spellbound in backyards, watching fireflies float in and out of view – like invisible fairies carrying tiny, flickering lanterns.

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Ravi Both, MUM Grad and Online Marketing Specialist

Recently, I got to talk to Ravi Both after interviewing his wife, Amy Spitzfaden, a month ago. They both work for Amy’s mother’s company, PSCS, Inc., located in Peterborough, New Hampshire. PSCS helps periodical and book  publishers increase their sales both online and in retail. The company has all TM-Sidha and meditator employees, and among other projects, is focusing on how to grow their TM community.

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Lawrence Sheaff Captures the Structure of Consciousness

I chatted recently with MIU Artist in Residence Lawrence Sheaff. His one-man show, Absolute Image: the Structure of Consciousness in Visual Form, opens October 16th at ART52 Gallery in Fairfield. The exhibition explores the relationship of art, consciousness and Vedic Science.

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Taylor Ross Promotes Wonder with Art, Music and Design

A Fairfield native and graduate of the Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment, Taylor Ross navigates her world with eyes open.

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Nicole McIntyre, 2014 MUM BFA Graduate

Last August, I grabbed an interview with 2014 MIU BFA graduate, Nicole McIntyre via SKYPE. We start by talking about her pre-collegiate life in Boston where she waited tables while “avoiding the pressure of others’ ideas of success” and maintaining a healthy “distrust of where things were headed education-wise.”

Nicole’s twenty-something concern reflects the pressure this generation faces in a post-collegiate environment of unpaid internships, and an increasing inability to launch into careers-of-choice. Nicole chose to take the time to figure out what she was good at and to cultivate...

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Thrift Shopping in Fairfield

What is there to do in Fairfield? It’s a common question we hear from students who are new to the area. Thankfully, there are plenty of things to do in town – even within walking distance of campus. See for yourself in the first video of our “Fun in Fairfield” series!

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