As I am currently attending the University of Texas at Arlington acquiring my master’s degree in landscape architecture, I will be posting my projects and work from all my classes. I will include projects from studios, core classes and electives that way everyone and myself can review my progress.
This magazine cover is a duplicate of the popular magazine – PAPER. It was designed for my visual communication design course at St. Mary’s University. The cover features my good friend, Alan Vargas, with a popular theme for PAPER – 1000 Beautiful People.
The Heritage Club Video was created as a compilation of the last 10 years of student produced recognition videos, celebrating St. Mary’s University alumni that have graduated more than 50 years ago.
What I have learned from this podcast assignment including many things. For example, the annunciation of my words. I’ve always had trouble annunciating my words, I somewhat mumble a lot. So, from this podcast, I learned to somewhat exaggerate my words to sound more crisp and loud. The second thing I learned was taking my time with talking. For example, I had to do many retakes because I would speak very fast and slur, but I still didn’t feel comfortable with the finished project. The last thing I learned is about the software. I had trouble exporting my podcast because many of the songs I selected were not eligible to export, I’m assuming because of copyright issues. GarageBand was actually easy and simple to use, I thought I would have trouble, but I didn’t.
Maria Flores is the manager of Starbucks at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas. She opens up about her experience being the manager, her day-to-day schedule, and the best part of all…seeing how happy the students are with their coffee.
Holly Basaldu, a Speech Communication major at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas tells her story behind her favorite Mexican pastry dish, polvorones. She describes the recipe, her origins of baking and the unspoken bridge between culture and food.
IngredientsÂ
2 sticks (16 tablespoons of unsalted butter at room temp
1/2 cup of granulated sugar
1/2 cup of confectioners’ sugar
1 tablespoon of ground cinnamon
1/2 cup of walnuts (optional)
Directions
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Beat the butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until smooth. Add the granulated sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Scrape down the sides of the bowl. Put the confectioners’ sugar in a large bowl. Roll the dough by two teaspoonfuls between your palms into balls. Arrange the balls on a large baking sheet, spacing them 1/2 inch apart.
Bake the cookies until golden brown or for 18 minutes. Cool cookies down for 5 minutes. Toss the cookies in the powdered sugar. Transfer the sugar-coated cookies on a separate plate.