Source - Education Management Corporation

ANNUAL REPORT
“Teaching requires being intuitive and sensing what students need in order
to succeed. Experience guides me, and I’m not afraid to alter the lesson
plan when I think it’s necessary. I find that when my students are excited
about a project or subject matter, their work naturally reflects that and
they shine.” MOLLY DEAS ■ “Molly does more than teach design, she lives
it. We all feed off her passion. Best of all, she’s secure and open enough to
feed off our passion and interests. She’ll tune in to what we’re excited about
and weave it into the discussion. It’s all seamless, and a couple of hours will
go by and we’ve forgotten that it’s school. JAMES BURBACK”
FINDING YOUR WAY–
MAKING YOUR MARK
EDMC
Molly Deas, an Instructor of Interior Design at The Art Institute of Portland, sends
a powerful message to her students through her interest in sustainable design.
Molly focuses on the many ways that green materials and approaches can change
the relationship between people and spaces. New ideas in every field of study,
remind us all, people and organizations alike, of the need to continually learn and
adapt. Molly's insights also remind us that the spaces we occupy must go beyond
their material properties to sustain our complex human needs. The same is true
for a wide-reaching educational enterprise such as EDMC. We continue to build
impressive campuses, laboratories, computer centers, medical simulation rooms,
animation studios and other current technology facilities. And yet we are far more
than the sum of these spaces. We measure our success by the success of our
students. Molly is an example of how important faculty support of our students
is to their success.
FINDING YOUR WAY – MAKING YOUR MARK • 2005 • P1