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	Podcast:		Off the Clock
	Episode:		Off the Clock - Sarah Leen Addresses Visual Arts and Design Showcase
	Category:		Government & Organizations
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	Publish Date:		2017-02-09 16:21:20
	Description:		National Geographic is well-known for its photography. University of Missouri alumna Sarah Leen was the first female director of photography for the magazine. She recently took time out of her travels to give a keynote address at the 2017 Visual Arts and Design Showcase at her alma mater. National Geographic has sent Leen to places like Lake Baikal in Siberia, the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia, and a volcano in Mexico called Popocatepetl. Recently the Missouri School of Journalism graduate returned for a visit where she addressed 400 people at a student visual arts and design showcase that was last Friday in Jesse Hall. Up to $10,000 worth of scholarships were given by chancellor Foley on behalf of the university. Two $3,000 grand prizes were awarded for applied design and artistic expression. Before Leen’s address, Chancellor Hank Foley introduced her. “I particularly have a fondness of art because my mother because my mother attended the Rhode Island school of design so it’s our
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