Annual Report 2022-23 - College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

ANNUAL REPORT

2022–2023 millersville.edu/ahss

COLLEGE OF ARTS, HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES

YEAR IN REVIEW

From Dean Zake

It is my distinct pleasure to present to you the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences’ Annual Report for 2022-23! We can proudly say that the College was back in full swing with its events, activities and learning experiences. Trips allowed our students to attend professional conferences, meet with industry experts, participate in workshops, visit museums and art galleries, and see performances. The Tell School of Music held its complete lineup of concerts and recitals in person both in the Winter and Ware centers. University Theatre performed three exceptional shows that drew significant audience numbers. The Midnight Run movie competition was back, with multiple teams of moviemakers competing for prizes. Our galleries in the Winter Center and Breidenstine Hall held inspired and inspirational art shows. Almost all AHSS departments hosted on-campus visits by guest speakers and alumni, giving our students a chance to build professional connections. The College held the Distinguished Speaker Lecture, Works-in-Progress series, Hazel Jackson and Carter Woodson Lectures as well as the Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide.

The common theme in all this activity was “community building.” Our goal was to rebuild and strengthen students’ sense of connection to their faculty, staff and peers as an invaluable element of their success in college. I can say with confidence that this past year we accomplished a lot in this area. And it would not have been possible without the help of our alumni and College friends. From participating in panel discussions, mentoring students, and giving impactful commencement adddress, to serving on the Advisory Board

and extending generous financial support with scholarships and technology investments – our alumni and supporters were an integral part of making AHSS students’ learning experiences exceptional. With such an amazing network in place, this College is firmly poised to continue offering the best academic and professional preparation for our students.

While the College had an undeniably successful year, we also experienced losses. Two highly respected and beloved faculty members passed away during the spring and summer of 2023. In May we were struck by the sudden passing of a current colleague – Dr. Wilfredo Valentín-Márquez. He was an extraordinary Spanish Language, Linguistics and Literature instructor and an accomplished scholar in the area of socio-linguistics. And then in June, we lost Professor Bob Andriulli. He was nationally recognized for his landscape paintings of both rural and urban settings, and he inspired generations of art students through his teaching at Millersville and after his retirement. The legacies of Dr. ValentínMárquez and Professor Andriulli will always remain a part of the College and the University, but we will miss them as colleagues, teachers and mentors.

Dr. Ieva Zake, Dean, College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

National and International Recognition of Faculty

• Dr. Katarzyna Jakubiak’s (English & World Languages) short story “Made of Sugar” won the 2021 Rebecca Mitchell Tarumoto Short Fiction Prize from the literary magazine Blackbird.

• Dr. Stacey Irwin’s (Communication & Theatre) documentary “Raising Faith: Stories About Dyslexia” received honors and awards at a number of film festivals, including the Vesuvius International Film Festival, Hong Kong Indie Film Festival, London Indie Short Festival, Berlin Short, Waco Family and Faith International Film Festival, Hollywood on the Tiber Film Awards, Onyko Films Awards and Bestlov Film Festival.

• Dr. Robert Horton (Music) won first place in the American Guild of Organists National Competition in Organ Improvisation in Kansas City, Missouri.

Select Student Accomplishments

• Rebekah Holmes (Criminology, Sociology & Anthropology) earned a highly competitive internship in the Archaeology Collections at Plimoth Patuxet Museums in Plymouth, Massachusetts, to work with the collections manager and staff archaeologist, taking inventory of former archaeological digs for record standardization, digitizing the records for public access, rehousing and reorganizing assemblages for accessibility.

• Eliza Landis (Art & Design) was selected as the endowed Eckert Art Gallery intern for the fall 2022 semester. Eliza also was awarded a competitive paid internship at the Brandywine Museum of Art, internationally known for its holdings of the Wyeth family of artists.

• Nicole Dalton, Elizabeth Goetz and Valentina Zamora (Communication & Theatre) were named the national Radio Advertising Bureau‘s Student Scholars. Millersville University’s National Electronic Media Association’s chapter run by the students was named Chapter of the Year for 2022-2023 and received the Motivated Chapter Award.

• Jake McCorkle (History) worked as an apprentice coachman at Colonial Williamsburg and, after graduation, was hired to do research on coachmen of the 18th century and give public presentations. He plans to complete certification as a journeyman, eventually earning the title of “master” from the Carriage Association of America.

Jake McCorkle as an apprentice coachman in Colonial Williamsburg.

SCHOLARLY AND CREATIVE ACTIVITIES

New Books

Dr. Katarzyna Jakubiak (English & World Languages) published a collection of creative nonfiction titled Obce Stany (“Alien States”) with Biuro Literackie publishing house in Poland.

Dr. Micheál Houlahan (Music) and Dr. Philip Tacka (Music) published Choral Artistry and Choral Sight Reading: A Kodály Perspective for Middle School to College Level Choirs (Oxford University Press).

Dr. Nicole Pfannenstiel (English & World Languages) published an online book, The OER Adoption Journey, with coauthors Kim Auger and Matt Fox. Link: https://www.oercommons.org/courses/the-oer-adoption-journey/view.

Dr. Lowery Woodall (Communication & Theatre) published Grappling with Representation in the WWE: Exploring Issues of Diversity and Inclusion in World Wrestling Entertainment (Lexington Books).

Dr. Tanya Kevorkian (History) published her second book, Music and Urban Life in Baroque Germany, with the University of Virginia Press in fall 2022. The book is a comparative study of musical life in five towns – Augsburg, Munich, Gotha, Erfurt and Leipzig – about 1650 to 1750. It reconstructs the social interactions that funded and otherwise shaped musical performance on the street, at civic occasions, at weddings and at other events. It focuses on ordinary performers, hosts and audiences as well as elites. The book shows that tower guards, formerly little understood, were a key urban occupation and building block of musical culture, as were the better-known town musicians. The book is based on extensive archival research conducted in Germany from 2008 to 2018.

Select Faculty Publications and Creative Activities

• Dr. Caleb Corkery ’s (English & World Languages) play The Juniors had a staged reading at Phantom Power in Millersville, and his play Real Community had a filmed reading with the Reading Theater Project on BCTV.

• Professor Dorothy Frey (Art & Design) held a solo exhibition, “Dorothy Frey: Studio Farm,” at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts in Reading, Pa.

• Dr. John Kaiser-Ortiz

(Philosophy) published “Todos Somos Joaquin: An Inter-American Elaboration on Chicanismo” in Radical Philosophy Review.

• Dr. Victoria Khiterer (History) published “Unwelcome Return Home: Jews, anti-Semitism and the Housing Problem in Post-War Kyiv” in Eastern European Holocaust Studies.

• Professor Heidi Leitzke‘s

(Art & Design) artwork “Rhododendron Blooms in May” was published in Textiel Plus – a Dutch international magazine focused on contemporary textile art.

• Dr. Kaitlin Mondello (English & World Languages) published “Romantic Literature and Ecofeminism” in The Routledge Handbook of Ecofeminism and Literature.

• Dr. Xun Pan (Music) performed two solo concerts in Italy, and he was invited to the prestigious Hunter International Music Festival, where he taught chamber music to participants from seven countries and performed all of Brahms’ Piano Trios.

• Dr. Nicole Pfannenstiel

(English & World Languages) coauthored with Marie Firestone “Starting a Center for Academic Excellence Content Strategy” in Journal of Faculty Development.

Professor Heidi Leitzke’s artwork featured in Textiel Plus

SCHOLARY AND CREATIVE ACTIVITIES continued

• Dr. Timothy Smith (English & World Languages) published “The Grotesque Figure in Antebellum Art and Politics: Editorial Caricature as Historical Evidence” in Semiotic Review.

• Dr. Ping Yang (Communication & Theatre) published “Understanding Intercultural Conflict in Virtual Space: Characteristics, Approaches, and Management Styles” in X. Dai & G.-M. Chen (eds.), Conflict Management and Intercultural Communication: The Art of Intercultural Harmony. New York, NY: Routledge.

• Dr. Ping Yang (Communication & Theatre) published “TikTok and Internet Celebrity: An Analysis of the Impact of Short Video Apps on Chinese Culture and Society” in China Media Research.

Select Student Presentations, Publications and Creative Activities

• Two English program graduate students were accepted to present at the Mid-Atlantic Pop Culture Association in November 2022. Jadon Barnett presented “Play and Game Mechanics in the Language Learning Classroom,” and Blue Guckert presented “Disability Studies Informed Creative Writing.”

• Logan Benoist ’s (Music) original composition “Scatter Brain” was performed by the Wind Ensemble on April 30 at the Ware Center.

• Abigail Breckbill (English & World Languages) published a creative work, “Not a Girl,” in the Engage for Change Journal.

• Tyresha Vaughan-Blanding (Communication & Theatre) presented “Neurodivergent Black Women Dealing with Medical Disparities,” and Shane Moran (History) presented “The Occupation of Japan as a Test Case for American Cold War Policy” at the 2023 Made in Millersville conference.

Tyresha Vaughan-Blanding presenting at the 2023 Made in Millersville conference.

Made in Millersville Journal: https://www.mimjournal.com/griffin-leib

• Griffin Leib (History) published “Determination Versus Incompetence: A Military Analysis of Russo-Ukrainian War” in Made in Millersville Journal.

• Media Arts Production students in the course Advanced Television Production produced a staged training video on active-shooter procedures for the Lancaster 911 Call Center, EMS and fire and police departments.

• Student-run film production group The Plugged Back Out Group had their short film “10 O’clock News” selected as a finalist at the Allentown Film Festival’s College Shorts competition. The movie was created and won first place during the 24-hour short film competition Midnight Run, organized by the faculty in the Department of Communication & Theatre.

The Plugged Back Out Group

Scenes from the “10 O’clock News” short film.

NEW AND INNOVATIVE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

Study Live Sound Engineering at The Blackbird Academy in Nashville

The College of AHSS established a new partnership with The Blackbird Academy in Nashville. Through this collaboration, our Music Industry students in the Live Audio concentration will have the opportunity to complete The Blackbird Academy’s Live Sound Engineering curriculum during their final semester. They will attend Blackbird’s 24-week extensive, hands-on program taught by industry experts in Nashville – one of the world’s most impressive centers of music business. Classes will cover an extensive array of topics, from equipment to setup, live recording and studio recording, sound system design, rigging, consoles, digital audio theory and networking, tour production, stage management and mixing techniques. At the conclusion of this one-of-a-kind collaborative program, the students will have earned both the Bachelor of Science in Music Industry from Millersville and the diploma from the worldrenowned Blackbird Academy. In addition, our students will benefit from The Blackbird Academy’s highly successful job placement services.

The agreement between Millersville and The Blackbird Academy provides scholarships from both institutions. The students will apply during their junior year and go through a selection process to be accepted into The Blackbird Academy.

This unique opportunity grew out of the connections established and maintained by our Music Industry faculty Dr. Barry Atticks and Dr. Jennifer Jester with The Blackbird Academy’s owner John McBride and Carma DiCianni, Director of Student Operations and Marketing.

The signing of the agreement between MU president Daniel A. Wubah and The Blackbird Academy’s Carma DiCianni in the Tell School of Music’s recording studio on April 26, 2023.

New Concentration in Pre-Law

The past graduates of the Department of Government, Policy, and Law have a demonstrated record of success in law school, having been accepted by some of the top law school programs in the country, as well as by many others with strong regional reputations. Building on this excellent foundation, the Department of Government, Policy, and Law created a new concentration in pre-law. The program is intended for students interested in (1) the formal study of law; (2) how law intersects with politics; (3) attending law school or a related graduate program or (4) pursuing a career in law or a law-related field. While there is no single academic path to prepare students for a legal education or a law-oriented career, the program firmly positions students to do so. The program is taught by experienced faculty who are active scholars and bring to the classroom a deep understanding of the law along with the latest insights from the discipline. Program faculty provide one-on-one mentoring to students as they progress through their studies and prepare their applications to law and graduate schools.

The core skills, knowledge and experience gained in the new pre-law concentration – critical reading, persuasive writing, effective verbal communication, successful research methods, problem-solving, field knowledge and exposure to the law – are essential for a successful law professional. The ability to demonstrate analytical and problem-solving skills; interpret and examine written texts critically; develop written and spoken arguments clearly, effectively and persuasively; and define and apply fundamental aspects of U.S. and international legal systems will serve any student well for decades to come. The program has received outstanding interest from prospective students. It admitted seven first-year students last year, and we are anticipating 14 new students enrolling in the program this year.

Prepared by Dr. Richard Glenn.

Students Revive MU’s Anthropology Club

During the spring of 2022, a group of anthropology students revived Millersville University’s Anthropology Club. In 2023, it was in full action. The Anthropology Club is open to all majors and faculty, too. The goal of the club is to give everyone an understanding of the fields of anthropology. More importantly, the club provides a chance to discuss different and, at times, difficult topics from an anthropological perspective. This allows students to learn about and understand the world around them and hear from as many viewpoints as possible.

On February 16, the Anthropology Club celebrated National Anthropology Day! This celebration is fairly new, having been established by the American Anthropological Association in 2015. It is a day to celebrate and learn about anthropology in all its aspects. The Anthropology Club celebrated this day with a trivia table in the Student Memorial Center, testing visitors with basic anthropology trivia like “What is physical anthropology?” and “Is race a social construct?” Learning starts with basic questions like these, and that’s how the Anthropology Club would like to spread knowledge and get conversations going!

Prepared by Rebekah Holmes.

National Anthropology Day celebration hosted by the Anthropology Club.

NEW AND INNOVATIVE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES continued

Poetry Readings by Internationally Acclaimed Authors

As part of the Millersville University’s 38th Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide, our students, faculty and community members had an opportunity to participate in a reading and conversations with two acclaimed poets, Lyudmyla Khersonska and Olga Livshin. Lyudmyla Khersonska is an award-winning Ukrainian poet, an author of four collections of poetry that have also been translated into English. Her joint volume with the poet Boris Khersonsky, her husband, titled The Country Where Everyone’s Name Is Fear (Lost Horse Press) was named among the 75 Notable Translations of 2022 by the magazine World Literature Today. Khersonska’s own book Today is a Different War (Arrowsmith Press) came out in May. It consists of poems originally published online as a poetic chronicle of the current Russian invasion of Ukraine. Olga Livshin is a Ukrainian-Jewish-American poet, essayist and translator. Livshin is one of the American translators of Khersonska’s poetry and one of the initiators of the project of publishing Khersonska’s poems in the U.S. Livshin’s own poems and essays have been published in the magazines AGNI, The Kenyon Review, International Poetry Review and others. She is also the author of A Life Replaced: Poems and Translations from Anna Akhmatova and Vladimir Gandelsman (Poets and Traitors, 2019). Khersonska’s poems are lyrical testimonies of the everyday, individual experience of the current war, while Livshin’s work focuses on the perspective of a member of the Ukrainian diaspora. She writes as someone with a strong emotional connection to the ongoing tragedy, and yet forced to observe it from a distance.

On April 13, the two poets participated in the event “A Poetic Response to the War in Ukraine.” The poets read a selection of their poems, participated in a moderated conversation about the role of poetry and language during the times of war, and answered questions from the audience. On April 14, Livshin met

with the students from the English course New Dimensions to World Literature. She talked to the students about Ukrainian literature, the arts of writing and translation, and about writing life. Through these events, our students had a chance to hear and read a personal testimony from a direct witness of the war in Ukraine and get insight on how the war impacts ordinary Ukrainians. They were also able to reflect on the role of literature and translation as a form of engagement in current events. Finally, the students interested in creative writing had the opportunity to get direct guidance on the craft and the career of writing from a published writer and translator.

As noted, this poetry event contributed to this year’s Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide. It also included the P. Alan and Linda Loss Keynote Lecture by Dr. Norman Naimark, “Atrocity Crimes in Ukraine: Lessons of the Holocaust and the History of Genocide,” and two film screenings – the documentary “Reckonings” followed by a conversation with the director, Roberta Grossman, and the movie Come and See with a faculty panel discussion.

Prepared by Dr. Katarzyna Jakubiak.

Left: Olga Livshin | Right: Lyudmyla Khersonska

Business Innovator Mentors Future Entrepreneurs

Every spring semester, the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences in cooperation with the Entrepreneurial Leadership Center sponsors an Innovator in Residence. Established by the late Drs. Jane Hannigan and Kay Vandergrift ‘62, the Innovator in Residence program provides our students with opportunities to interact with and learn from unconventional innovators and entrepreneurs in the fields of fine/performing arts and liberal arts. These individuals work with our students to help them discover how they can make a lasting impact on the world by using their unique talents.

This year’s Innovator in Residence was Kaletha Henry, who owns a public relations company, Be Local Go Global. Ms. Henry began her career in New York City, where she interviewed celebrities and underground artists for a burgeoning music magazine and worked as an entertainment journalist, writing about culture, personalities, news and events. She was later hired as a public relations coordinator for the British Virgin Islands Tourist Board. Today, her company serves the public relations needs of travel and hospitality industry, amplifying their messaging and curating opportunities to their audiences.

While visiting Millersville University as an Innovator in Residence, Ms. Henry shared her experience and knowledge in areas of public relations, entrepreneurship and entertainment arts. She met with over 150 students both in their classes and during one-on-one mentoring sessions. Ms. Henry provided students with professional insight into their prospective fields, mentored them for future job searches, and offered to continue to serve as an industry contact as the students navigate entry into the job market.

Eight students and Dr. Jeffrey Gemmell of the Tell School of Music participated in the summer conference of the American Choral Directors Association’s Pennsylvania chapter at Messiah University in July 2022.

Entrepreneur Kaletha Henry meets with Dr. Dain Estes’ class during the Innovator in Residence program.

Prepared by Dr. Dain Estes.

BUILDING CONNECTIONS

University Chorale Goes on a Mini-tour

During 2023 spring break, the University Chorale embarked on a three-day tour that extended from Lehigh Valley to Danville/Bloomsburg. The Chorale visited six high schools – Hanover, Southwestern, Southern Lehigh, Parkland, Danville and Central Columbia. The visits included rehearsal and vocal technique workshops, exchanges with high school students and joint concerts. Tell School of Music students performed a joint concert with the Bloomsburg Singers –an adult community choir. The goal of this tour was to strengthen our music program’s connections with public high schools, their students and teachers, and build a stronger choral presence in our region.

The Society for Phenomenology and Media has been in existence for 25 years and has a membership of scholars from more than 30 countries. It encourages interdisciplinary approaches and theoretical diversity in the scholarship related to aesthetics, affect theory, critical theory, cultural studies, hermeneutics, postcolonial theory, phenomenology, philosophy of technology, postphenomenology, pragmatism, semiotics and speech-act theory. The membership of this international group comes from a wide range of disciplines, including cognitive science, communication studies, cultural studies, dance studies, film studies, media studies, history, literary theory, philosophy, political science, psychology, rhetoric and sociology. The Society’s editorial board publishes the yearly peer-reviewed Glimpse Journal as well as several book projects.

The College Hosts an International Scholarly Conference

Thanks to the efforts of the faculty, the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences had the honor of hosting the 24th annual Society for Phenomenology and Media Conference at the Ware Center in March. This exciting gathering included 35 scholars from 13 countries, including Argentina, Belgium, China, Estonia, Finland, France, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, The Netherlands, Ukraine and the United States. A small portion of presentations occurred online to accommodate international scholars who could not attend in person. An international scholarly event of this caliber brought tremendous exposure for the University and the College, and enabled our faculty and students to benefit from the expertise of a network of academics from throughout the world.

The presentations of this year’s conference – the first on-site and in-person gathering since 2019 – addressed issues such as visual representation in film, television, audio, computer and algorithm mediation, electronic art, digital media, digital intimacy, gamification, robots, search engines, blockchain, virtuality, media proliferation and ChatGPT. Six Millersville University faculty presented at the conference, including Stacey Irwin (who also served as the conference chair), Gregory Seigworth, Lowery Woodall and Ping Yang from the Department of Communication & Theatre, and Chuck Ward and John Kaiser Ortiz from the Philosophy Department. After long hours of intense intellectual debates, scholars also enjoyed visiting sites in Lancaster, including Wheatland, the Fulton Theatre, Central Market, Southern Market and local restaurants.

Prepared by Dr. Stacey Irwin.

New Industry Partnership Created

In September, representatives from the company Entertainment Technology Partners (ETP) visited campus to begin a partnership to expand training, internship and career opportunities for students in our Entertainment Technology, Music Industry and Media Arts Production programs. ETP is the parent company to an extensive global network of entertainment and live-event companies with vast and diverse possibilities for our students’ future employment and professional growth. BJ Singh, president of ETP USA, became aware of Millersville University’s Entertainment Technology program through Professor Adam Boyer’s work with Howard Community College. During Mr. Singh’s visit, he was joined by Ormilla Vengersammy, Director of Academic Programs for the CoiL Learning Center, which is ETP’s educational arm dedicated to leadership, learning and labor force development in the entertainment industry. Mr. Singh and Ms. Vengersammy met with the students and faculty and toured the College’s instructional spaces to learn about our curriculum. They described the different companies that constitute ETP and recruited our students to participate in CoiL’s internship and job training programs. This new collaboration with ETP significantly expands the network of industry partnerships for the College’s live-events programs and opens up a new set of connections for our students to find exciting jobs after graduation.

Prepared by Professor Adam Boyer.

Sustainable Practices in Artwork: Lessons for the Students and Broader Community

Eckert Art Gallery, under the leadership of Professor Heidi Leitzke, displayed the exhibit Sustainable Studios from early February to May. This exhibition brought artwork to the College and University from four artists – Nichole van Beek, Sarah Ulrich, Silas McDonough and Jill Good – who model practical solutions to creating artwork using innovative, sustainable techniques and materials. The exhibit demonstrated various ways in which artists and others can design studio practices and daily lives to address their concerns for sustainability. These works of art embrace creativity and a positive, proactive approach as they explore a range of media, including bio-based inks, reclaimed textile quilts, mushroom foam wall relief, kombucha leather, reclaimed material sculptures and more. In addition to seeing the artwork, students and Lancaster community had a number of opportunities to interact with the artists. Each artist visited campus and held workshops on their techniques. Both students and the broader community were able to benefit from unique experiences of working with mushroom foam, making natural inks, learning to mend clothes and quilting with repurposed materials. The exhibit and associated workshops received coverage in local media outlets.

Prepared by Professor Heidi Leitzke.

Guests at the Eckert Art Gallery exploring Nichole van Beek’s artwork Troop of Shrooms

Photo by Michelle Johnsen.

DONOR SUPPORT TO THE STUDENTS

Endowed Scholarship Recognizes Outstanding Academic Performance

Lexey Mikolon, who is earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government and Political Affairs with three minors in Sociology, Criminology and Social Justice, is the recipient of the Collegewide Dr. MPA Sheaffer Scholarship for Academic Excellence for 2023-24. The scholarship is awarded by a committee of AHSS faculty to one student per year in recognition of the student’s outstanding academic performance. Lexey is a first-generation student who comes from a povertystricken background. Lexey has worked hard to maintain an outstanding GPA of 3.98 while keeping multiple jobs necessary to cover college expenses. Among Lexey’s academic accomplishments are multiple research papers spanning the gamut from political theory to the need for social assistance programs. In addition to her outstanding academic performance, Lexey has been active in multiple volunteer and work activities that help to provide voter education and civic engagement and monitor political trends that will impact the most vulnerable in our communities. For example, she was the Protect Democracy intern at Public Citizen, where she completed a variety of projects such as researching the impact of the so-called “dark money” in politics and campaign finance reform. The Dr. MPA Sheaffer Scholarship will support Lexey’s academic efforts, allowing her to complete the goal of finishing her bachelor’s degree and then moving toward further professional education to become a leader in public service.

Former Faculty Member’s Gift Funds a Competitive Scholarship

Jean M. Romig, who played with the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra and taught at Millersville University, retired in 1994. She passed away last year at age 86. To honor her parents, she left the University $900,000 in her will for the “Jean M. Romig Violin and Viola Scholarship in memory of Karl and Pauline Romig.” This exceptional scholarship is intended for students majoring in music education with demonstrated excellence in violin or viola. The recipient of the Romig scholarship is an incoming first-year Music Education student, Alexandra Bube. Her music career began when she started playing the fiddle at 7 years old, guided by her teacher, Frances Miller. Her current teachers, Tara Kenkelen and Francis Caravella, helped Ali find her calling in being a music educator. Over the last few years, she has served as concertmaster for the Manheim Township High School orchestra, participated in the Allegretto Youth Orchestra, received a special invitation to be a part of the Allegro orchestra “Movie Concert” and was selected for the PMEA All-State Orchestra. Ali has come to the realization that music is about practice and preparation, creativity and telling a story. Music is a gift to be shared. She is excited to begin her journey as a Music Education major studying violin at Millersville University, which she believes is a perfect fit for her. She is looking forward to the challenge of learning the Kodály system to be an effective music teacher.

MAKE A GIFT TO AHSS

Every gift, no matter the size, can make a difference in the lives of our students. To make a gift, call 717-871-7520 or visit millersville.edu/give.

WHERE DISCOVERY HAPPENS

The College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences is known for its broad range of majors and interdisciplinary programs. Our programs are built on a strong foundation of liberal arts education, which we believe prepares students for a wide variety of successful career paths.

We offer a transformative curriculum that enables our graduates to reason effectively, write clearly, speak persuasively, think critically and ethically, express themselves creatively, work collaboratively and have a broad perspective on diverse cultures and contexts. Many of our programs offer unique opportunities for hands-on learning in our state-of-the-art facilities.

All of our programs incorporate numerous opportunities for internships, research with faculty, service learning projects, participation in professional conferences and competitions, and study abroad. Our graduates leave equipped with a wide array of transferable skills as well as breadth and depth of knowledge that will allow them to adapt and evolve as lifelong learners.