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Dr. Vickie Christie looks forward to time for family, travel, and reading late into the night.
For some of the best teachers, the way to help students is to set the bar high and show them how to reach it. For Dr. Vickie Christie, that was at the core of her teaching at Rocky Mountain College. “If I had not met Dr. Christie, my life would never have been as good as it has been,” said Kara Graetz, RMC ’04. “One class with her changed the trajectory of my college education and my career. She taught me how to learn.” Graetz said Christie was “tough, but fair; demanding, but always encouraging, and basically didn’t let you do less than you were capable of.” For Graetz that meant landing a prestigious internship with NBC in New Continued on back page
SWEET SOUND B A L L A RD GIFT
Chester, Mont., native Philip Aaberg has performed with the Boston Pops, Peter Gabriel, Elvin Bishop, and at the Marlboro Chamber Music Festival. He has toured solo in Europe and Japan and released eight solo albums. In March he performed in the Great Hall of Prescott Hall, a special occasion to dedicate a new Bechstein piano donated in part by Dr. William and Merilyn Ballard. He delighted the full house with his stories and his compositions. More on Sweet Sound See Insider, Page 2
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