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Courses he has taught at East Central include Art Appreciation. Art for Teachers, Ceramics I and ll, Painting I, Drawing I and n. Design I and II, Art History 1 and II. Begin– ning Painting and Inven– tive Crafts, and Art in Kids' College. He also established a computer graphics lab for the Col– lege's Fine Arts Division. In addition to his tea,ch– ing duties, Guraedy served as Chairman of the Division of Fine Arts and co-adviser for Theta Xi Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for two– year colleges. He has also served on various com– mittees throughout his career.

College Art nstructors' Association and is a member of several other professional organiza– tions. In reflecting on his career. Guraedy said the "interaction with stu– dents and faculty'' is what he will miss most. ''I've had some fun times and enjoyed most every day that I came to teach.·· Guraedy remarked. What's been the biggest challenge for Guraedy during his :33 years in the classroom'? "The biggest chal~ lenge," Guraedy stated. "is having students turn out at least college sopho– more grade artwork in two years so they can

have also changed. ''Each group of stu– dents I've taught came in with difference thought modes,·· he said. "The field of art is forever changing and you have to change your teaching methodology to commu– nicate with them." Gumedy said the "most effective" way of teaching students for him is the one-on-one approach, "because I can address their strengths and weak– nesses to help them become better artists." He admits to "losing count'' of all the ··new" changes in technology regarding classroom instruction in his 33-year career but stated each ''change" has itq merits.