It describes the institution's distinctive civic character and how the university emerged from the chrysalis of a small college.
Overlapping themes -- water, entertainment, the Roman house, religions -- illuminate different aspects of Antioch's civic character.
Quadrangle, byname quad, in architecture, rectangular open space completely or partially enclosed by buildings of an academic or civic character.
The present article considers the origins of the State Historical Museum in Moscow as a "festival of public activity" and discusses its unique civic character.
Shelby's work focuses on the development of intellectual and civic character strengths in adolescents and young adults, with a focus on strengths such as curiosity and open-mindedness.
"All of these buildings illustrate how far New York City had come by the start of the 20th century and signaled the promising direction in which it was headed," the commission's chairman, Robert B. Tierney, said in a statement, adding that the city's historic firehouses are among its "finest expressions of civic character".
PAGE A6 A Calmer Howard Beach New York City's lower crime rate and changed cast of civic characters may influence how the response to this week's racial attack in Howard Beach, Queens, plays out compared with the one in 1986.
Its would-be rival in London, the Tate Modern (which features the worst lighting and the most obtrusive curating of any museum I know), and the Centre Pompidou, in Paris (which, despite recent improvements, still feels like a convention center on the verge of a nervous breakdown), are overwhelmingly civic in character.
In an 1894 news account, The New-York Daily Tribune admired its innovative elevator call button, a more civilized approach, it said, than "shouting 'up' or 'down.' " Home Life's 16-story building is lighter, of marble treated in the Renaissance style, and almost civic in character, ending in a great pyramidal copper roof.
In some respects, the term social and emotional learning serves as an umbrella for many subfields with which many educators, researchers, and policy-makers are familiar (e.g., bullying prevention, civic and character education and development, conflict resolution, social skills training, life skills, soft or non-cognitive skills, 21st century skills).
Educational and Administrative sanctions are designed to promote civic responsibility, character development, and ethical reasoning.
