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It's a great learning environment.

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The teachers are all fantastic.

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Then I see all the friendly people...

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I'm focusing on illustration.

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I chose to get my degree here at Western for the smaller hometown environment. 

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And more one on one with my teachers.

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I love Monmouth. I've had friends that go to school here.

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The name of the game we designed is, "The Oregon Trail."

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I produced this animation and it's pirate themed

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Today my group and I are actually working on 

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Today my group and I are actually working on 

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This is one of my paintings. It's called, "Trailing Mercy" 

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They brought in a lot more instructors, they've really opened up their digital program

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Sometimes you have to use Illustrator, sometimes you have to use Premiere,

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and sometimes you have to use After Effects.

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And in class, I learned how to use these all together to create this cohesive animation.

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My career goal is to be able to design things for companies and people.

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I think what makes Western beautiful is that the college is located in a rural area,

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but is also just an hour out from an urban area like Portland. 

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As a non traditional student, I'm very comfortable here.

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I can make friends and all my teachers are very kind.

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I think what makes Western special is the staff and students.

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They're all very kind, very helpful. 

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I haven't had a bad experience here and I'm sad to graduate.

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