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Points of Pride
Department of Art + Design, Art History, Art Education
- On May 12th, 2011, Skylofts Gallery opened a new exhibition, "Launch Pad," initiated by eleven emerging artists from Towson University. On the heels of their graduation, this exhibition seeks to introduce their work to the Baltimore art community.
Presenting artists April Bliss, Shihsuan Cheng, Jennifer Gallia, Claire Girodie, Melanie Hagan, Jane Jun, Joanna King, Kristi Miller, Hanna M. Owens, David Simmons and Pat Turner will show their latest works, including paintings, drawings, prints, collages, installations and sculptures. Work will be available to purchase and a portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Japan relief effort via Shelterbox.
- The following professors received an advancement to rank of Associate Professor in the Department of Art + Design, Art History and Art Education: Ray Martens (Ph.D.), Tonia Matthews (M.F.A., Louisiana State University).
- Nancy Siegel (Ph.D., Rutgers University), Department of Art + Design, Art History and Art Education, received tenure.
- The following professors received an advancement to rank of Professor in the Department of Art + Design, Art History and Art Education: Jan Baum (M.F.A., University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth), Nora Sturges (M.F.A., Ohio University).
- Jessica Ring, Art + Design, Art History, Art Education, directed student designers (now alumni) Mallory Varvaris, Caren Lipman and Mario Iati in the creation of the Towson University Student Green Map. The piece won a Silver award in the Going Green category of the 40th Annual UCDA Design Competition. Out of 1,300 print, electronic media, and going green entries, a total of 6 Gold Awards, 18 Silver Awards and 213 Awards of Excellence were chosen.
Department of Dance
- The Department of Dance won the Academic Department President's Diversity Award for their excellent work in support of advancing the university's commitment to diversity.
- Towson University Dance Accompanists were invited to perform at the Kennedy Center. Jason Armstrong Baker is a Baltimore-based percussionist and music therapist. Mr. Baker is a graduate of Wilde Lake High School in Columbia Maryland, 1993; a graduate of Berklee College of Music, 1999; and he was awarded a music therapy graduate certificate from Shenandoah University in 2006.
- In addition to Jason Armstrong Baker, Baltimore-based Vocal Dominic “Shodekeh” Talifero will accompany Prudence during the VSA Festival Opening. Shodekeh is a recent recipient of the Baker Artist Award and is the director of “Embody: A Festival of the Vocal Arts.” Mr. Baker and Shodekeh have performed and recorded together on numerous projects.
Department of Electronic Media and Film
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Department of Electronic Media & Film students produced a short documentary for the Maryland Film Industry Coalition in support of SB 672 (Film Production Activity Credit), a state bill designed to bring filmmaking back to Maryland. The documentary played a vital role in securing the passage of the bill and the start of renewed local media production.
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Elsa Lankford and Brian Plow, Department of Electronic Media & Film, have led an interdisciplinary and collaborative initiative to address homelessness. Their course integrates an investigation into the causes and realities of homelessness and how art, media, and communication can address (and hopefully help resolve) this social issue.
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The following professors received an advancement to rank of Associate Professor in the Department of Electronic Media & Film: Elsa Lankford (MFA, Goddard College), Brian Plow (MFA, Ohio University), Dave Reiss (Ph.D., University of Baltimore).
- Yuri Butler, Joseph Freeman, and Daniel Keenan, Electronic Media and Film Students, won $500 in Scholarship money from MD/DC ACT Committee for their television public service announcements which focused on auto theft prevention for the Second Annual Anti-Car Theft PSA Competition. Yuri Butler won an extra $1500 in scholarship money as a Grand Prize winner in Television. They were announced and the PSAs screened at the Baltimore International Auto Show on February 10th.
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Anti-Car Theft PSA Winners |
Ashleigh Coffelt, Alex Fishman, and Branden Leavens, Electronic Media and Film Students, won $500 in Scholarship money from MD/DC ACT Committee for their radio public service announcements which focused on auto theft prevention for the Second Annual Anti-Car Theft PSA Competition. Alex Fishman won an extra $1500 in scholarship money as a Grand Prize winner in Radio. They were announced and the PSAs screened at the Baltimore International Auto Show on February 10th.
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Electronic Media and Film worked towards the renovation of Van Bokkelen's Auditorium in room 204 and upgraded it to HD and Surround Sound (and Assisted Listening).
- They also enacted “Phase 1” of audio upgrade to ProTools HD in Media Center room 006 with surround sound speakers and a C24 mixing board.
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Electronic Media and Film established a memorandum of understanding with Harford Community College for EMF transfer students and are currently working on a similar agreement with Anne Arundel Community College and Community College of Baltimore County.
- 2010 Annual Fall Film Series: Exploring Math, Science, and Storytelling,
encourages the presenters and the viewers to explore the relationship between math, the sciences, and storytelling in cinema
- Simple Gifts is a collaboration with the Music Department; 3 faculty members and 4 students to provide abstract videos for Appalachian Spring performance.
- TU Athletics worked John Latteri and Steve Sowers to give an EMF Directed Study Student, Steve Freitas, the opportunity to produce a promo for Towson Football for Fall 2010.
Department of Mass Communication and Communication Studies
- Mass Communication and Communication Studies Department is pleased to announce Towson University’s Debate team of Fernando Kirkman and Ben Crossan placed 2nd in the Nation at the Cross Examination Debate Association (CEDA) National Debate Tournament in Binghamton, N.Y.
- Drs. Kong and Zhang's summer course in China was approved, and they will launch the study-abroad program in China for Summer 2011.
- At least 10 MCCS staff, faculty, students and former students took pictures for the Daily Camden:
Department of Music
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The following professors received an advancement to rank of Professor in the Department of Music: Diane Luchese (Ph.D., Northwestern University), Eva Mengelkoch (Ph.D., Indiana University).
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On Thursday, March 31, the Towson University Symphonic Band and Chorale perform in the 52nd MENC Eastern Division Biennial In-Service Conference. Accompanying the Symphonic Band is guest virtuoso Euphonium soloist.
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- Music Calendar Events
Department of Theatre Arts
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The Department of Theatre Arts hosted WordBRIDGE Playwrights Laboratory from June 10 - 24, 2011. The international gathering of artists focused on developing the work of four playwrights from around the United States and featured guests such as Vasilena Radeva from Bulgaria, Grammy Award winning storyteller Bill Harley, and award winning playwright George Brant. Since 1994, WordBRIDGE has worked with over 80 playwrights, 2011 was the first time the WordBRIDGE was hosted at Towson University.
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RENT's 3-week outreach "Awareness Expo included guest speakers from the Dept of Biology, the head of Hillel and a collaboration of TUSC with Hope Springs, an inner city Baltimore based collective bringing shelter, food and palliative care to homeless, addicted and HIV sufferers in Baltimore city. For one performance, Hope Springs bussed in almost an entire audience of their clients, most of whom had never been out of Baltimore City nor had seen live theatre before. And on one day during the run, over 100 volunteers were scattered throughout the CFA providing literature, informational presentations and FREE rapid response HIV testing and counseling.
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The MFA Program in Department Theatre Arts presented "Modicums Festival," a showcase of student work in New York City, July 12-23. The festival presented at the internationally renowned company Mabou Mines' ToRNaDa Space. The Festival is comprised of three separate evenings: "The Natasha Plays" ("Natasha's Dream," "I Won," and "Epilogue") by Yaroslava Pulinovich; "The Three Littles" ("Burn Before Reading," by Shannon McPhee, "The Title Sounded Better in French," by Lola Pierson, and GIRLS F/M by Julia Smith); and "Apartment 213" by Joseph Ritsch.
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Theatre professor Stephen Nunns' book, "Acting Up: free speech, pragmatism, and American performance in the late 20th century," was published by LFB Scholarly Publishing in the Spring of 2011.
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The Department of Theatre Arts successfully hosted the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Region 2 conference in January. Highlights of the festival were 10 full length plays performed by schools around the region, over 1100 attendees and a Keynote address by Avery Brooks.
Archives Fall 2010 (PDF)
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College of Fine Arts and Communication
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