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ARTISTRY IN MOTION The Dance Academy at Cuyahoga Community College allows Cleveland’s youth to unlock the talent within themselves. See what they found during a year-end dance gala — Soar — at Playhouse Square. The performance will take place at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 5, at the Connor Palace. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at playhousesquare.org. Last year’s show sold out. The gala is made possible through generous support from the Cleveland Foundation’s Arts Mastery initiative.

FIGHTING FOR A CAUSE There’s an epidemic in Cleveland that a Tri-C alumna vows to defeat. As executive director of the nonprofit Environmental Health Watch, Kim Foreman, Class of ’97, is on the front lines battling the lead paint crisis poisoning the city’s youth. Her work over the past two decades built a foundation for last year’s historic legislation in Cleveland targeting homes coated with lead-based paint. She’s also working on the issue at the state level with Ohio’s Lead Advisory Committee.

SPRING 2020

QUICK STUDIES Members of the women’s cross country team at Cuyahoga Community College aren’t just fast runners. They’re fast learners, too. As a team, Tri-C posted a 3.816 GPA for fall semester — third-highest in the nation among NJCAA Division I schools. Six Triceratops earned Scholar All-American honors from the NJCAA Cross Country Coaches Association. The academic success followed one of the team’s best seasons in running spikes. Tri-C placed 13th at the 2019 NJCAA championships, the second-best showing in program history.