Upon arriving on campus, R Baldwin ’19 fell in love with the atmosphere at Clark University: the freedom to pursue an academic interest alongside students and faculty who push you to be your best.<\/p>\n
“Clark is really good about giving students flexibility in their education, which I think is extremely valuable,” Baldwin says.<\/p>\n
The political science<\/a> major, with an international relations track, discovered a passion for sound design while working on a Clark Musical Theatre<\/a> production as a first-year student. Soon after, Baldwin added a theatre arts<\/a> major and plans to go into technical theatre\/audio engineering as a career.<\/p>\n Baldwin, who works on five shows each semester, says Clark’s intimate size provides the hands-on experience needed in the field.<\/p>\n “Since we have such a small program, I have many more opportunities to work and gain experience on shows than I would at a school that was more focused on the subject,” Baldwin says. “I can see the practice paying off.”<\/p>\n Assistant Professor Suzanne Scoggins<\/a> fueled the student’s fascination with political science, while Professor Gino DiIorio<\/a> has assisted Baldwin with figuring out a career path in sound design. Baldwin works closely with Associate Professor Odile Ferly<\/a> on a French<\/a> minor (with the hope of studying abroad in the future), and adds that Kevin McGerigle, the theatre department’s technical director, “is the sort of person that I aspire to be.”<\/p>\n “I’ve never had a professor who hasn’t been able to find a time to meet with me when I’ve needed it,” Baldwin says.<\/p>\n