College of Humanities, Social Sciences & Arts Newsletter
Spring 2013
The update
Volcano Wascovich
The University Theatre Educator of the Year
Journalism alumna editorial adviser for College Station Newspaper
A&M-Commerce Visual Communication MFA
The update
College of Humanities, Social Sciences & Arts Newsletter Spring 2013
CONTENTS features
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VOLCANO WASCOVICH Cover A&M-Commerce Instructor Recognized 3 Alumna, Advisor for College Station Student 6 Newspaper GRADUATE PROGRAM IN SPANISH 7 Liberal Studies program crafts own degrees! 9 Advanced Writing: Non-Fiction, US History 10 from 1865, and A Nation Divided: World War II A&M-Commerce Visual Communication MFA 14
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New Master of Arts Degree in Film And 9 Media Studies 11 Model United Nation at A&M-Commerce
events BLOOD DRIVE 6 GLOBALIZATION AND THE HUMANITIES 15
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Mass media, Communication and Theatre
Dr. Klypchak named
The University Theatre Educator of the Year in the State of Texas r. Carrie Klypchak teaches acting, directing, and performance theory courses and directs productions for the University Playhouse.
“ There is no doubt that my students at A&M-Commerce made this award possible. It is a privilege to work with students who understand that I, as their teacher, am pushing them to break their selfimposed academic and artistic boundaries because I believe in the great abilities of every single one of them” The official ceremony, where she was honored with the award, took place in Houston at the end of January 2013.
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Volcano Wascovich by Roberta Vassallo
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aughn Wascovich’s passion for photography started when he was 13 years old. At that time he was interested in building Second World War plastic models. One day, while walking in the mall, he ended up in the photography section of the store and discovered “those little metal objects that are beautifully built” which immediately convinced him to switch to a less “nerdy” hobby. From that moment on, he could not stop dedicating his life and career to photography, working freelance and teaching at the university level. He is currently Associate Professor of Photography in the Art department. His project Welcome to Hard Times: Photographs of East Texas started when he came to Texas for the first time across the Red River. He was so fascinated with the sense of mystery of that area that he decided to find a way to “capture” its uniqueness. His handmade pinhole camera seemed to be perfect for that purpose. Using a technique which is primitive and unsophisticated in its essence while experimental in the process, he developed his personal vision which resulted in a “post-apocalyptic”
photography that tells us about a changing landscape. The images created for the project are made using hand-made, curved-back, 8x20” papernegative pinhole cameras and mixing the traditional wet dark room technique with digital. Exposures begin at four minutes in direct sun. Once exposed, the paper negative is developed in a wet darkroom. Here Wascovich—instead of following the traditional procedure— experimentally manipulates the paper negative in unconventional ways. Once the negative is washed and dried it is scanned and inverted, involving a adjusting contrast
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“ Sometimes I don’t mix the chemicals or I put them on the paper in the wrong order; sometimes I just sprinkle the powder on the paper itself, and I spritz water on it. I don’t put the paper on a tray and instead I use a piece of glass so that I can better manipulate it.”
levels. The images are then printed at three different sizes, 10x25”, 16x40”and 40x100.”The idea behind Wascovich’s project is to show the process of making the images themselves rather than just the final outcome. It is reminiscent of the famous art piece by the artist Robert Morris called “Box with the Sound of Its Own Making” (1961): a box containing a tape recorder with the sound of him making the box!
With his work, Welcome to Hard Times: Photographs of East Texas, Wascovich participated in four exhibitions over the last few months. He is also involved in teaching the pinhole camera technique to elementary school students in small-town communities. He has already built 14 different pinhole cameras. For his next project he would like to turn the Art Department’s trailer into a giant pinhole camera to let the
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students walk inside the trailer and learn about the technique. Looking at the large scale images it is possible to experience a sort of three-dimensional depth effect: the closer you look at the picture, the better you see the processing marks on its surface; the further you stand back from the image, the clearer the subject appears.
“As an artist and a landscape photographer interested in how man is influenced by nature and vice versa and living in this time period, I cannot make works and not consider environmental issues. I believe in the importance of building communities and I think that art can have great indirect environmental benefits for their development. I see University as the temple of education and a space of opportunities. We are increasing programs, services, and building new dorms. However, if the future projection of the physical landscape is that of lack of water, it does not matter that the school gets strong and great programs. That is why we should get together and invest our energies and resources in environmental awareness and education.”
Exhibitions June 2012. Professor Wascovich was awarded an art commission with Bidwell Projects to photograph the bridges of Cleveland, Ohio. May-June 2012. “Welcome to Hard Times”. Solo exhibition. Rockport Center for the Arts. July 6-August 25, 2012. “Welcome to Hard Times”. Solo exhibition. Fort Worth Community Arts Center. October 2012. “Welcome to Hard Times”. Solo exhibition at Shawnee State University, in Portsmouth, Ohio. Distinguish Lecture and meeting with the Shawnee State students. September 28-November 9, 2012. “A Personal Narrative”. Two-person exhibition, AEC Gallery in Covington, KY, in conjunction with Fotofocus Cincinnati. Jenuary 11, 2013. “Welcome to Hard Times”. Solo exhibition, Opening show at the Cleveland Print Room, Cleveland, Ohio January 22, 2013. “Bridging Cleveland” Solo Exhibition, Texas A&M University Art Gallery, Commerce.
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Mass media, Communication and Theatre
Literature and Languages
Alumna, Advisor for College Station Student Newspaper by Lauren Black, journalism student
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Cheri Shipman has moved from the professional world of journalism to the role of editorial adviser to The Battalion, student newspaper at Texas A&M University at College Station, to Communications Director at the Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy at Texas A&M-Kingsville. A journalism graduate of A&MCommerce, Shipman supervised the editorial newsroom of the Battalion, taught students about the various aspects of newspaper journalism, advised them about careers, and oversaw the production of the daily campus publication. Shipman graduated in 1994 with a degree in journalism and, before accepting the College Station position, she worked for The Dallas Morning News, designing and editing the Sunday
front page, special sections, and centerpieces. While in Dallas, she taught editing/production and community newspaper journalism for A&MCommerce’s journalism major as an adjunct instructor. The smaller classes and hands-on experience she gained at Commerce prepared her for a newspaper career, said Shipman. A valuable course in Commerce? Media law, she said.
“Any student interested in journalism should work for the Texan and become involved in campus activities to build a resume and better prepare for the professional years after college.” She was a staff member of The East Texan and The Special, the former magazine of the journalism program. She encourages students to work for campus publications to gain writing experience. Shipman has earned a master’s from College Station while advising the Battalion and said one day she may pursue a doctorate in order to advance her love of teaching and higher education.
Blood Drive Held at Vampires’ Ball
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of blood collected for Carter Blood Care
The Vampires of Sigma Phi Phi (Syphers), the university’s science fiction and fantasy student group, celebrated Halloween this year with a blood drive and the Vampire’s Ball. Carter Blood Care sent a donor coach: there were three times as many volunteers as the coach could process, and a total of 25 pints were collected. During the evening, the McFarland Science Lobby was transformed into a spooky vampire’s mansion, and over 90 participants danced the night away!
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Concerning the “Negative Human-Bear Interactions” So Deeply Mourned by the New York Times The interactions of the human-bears are negative, the Times says. Probably it’s difficult to be a human-bear. I sympathize. I’m barely human, and I find my own are difficult enough.
Relations, just for instance: most of us find “who” is complicated. They’ve got “how” as well: do they “go bear” when intimate? Cause as for “going human” – prejudice would probably deter most candidates.
Be honest: would you mate a human bear? (Bare humans on the other hand)— So that’s one problem. But I think it’s soluble: I’m told that werewolves have these issues too, and they’re still with us. Werewolf counselors might help, therefore. And if there’s anyone who thinks that they could tap their “Inner Bear?”
by Kathryn Jacobs
literature & languages
GRADUATE PROGRAM IN SPANISH
NEW! Spanish for Specific Purposes-Business Spanish at Texas A&M University-Commerce Beginning this fall, the Spanish Program at A&M-Commerce is offering Spanish for Business and Spanish for Health Professionals at the UCD campus in downtown Dallas. The courses are content, vocabulary, and culture-based. Students learn in context the vocabulary, language, and cultural background that they will use in their professional field through extensive practice in class.
Hispanic Film Showcase The Spanish Program and the Hispanic Outreach Office organize the Hispanic Film Showcase every semester on campus. The main idea is to bring Hispanic culture to the university community and our students. The themes for the showcase are aligned to those common trends in international filmography. The next theme for the showcase will be related to Mexican Cinema.
Mass media, Communication and Theatre
Objective Journalism Initiatives
literature & languages
Wake Up, We are in Australia! by Roberta Vassallo
at A&M-Commerce On the 22nd of October, the first “Objective Journalism” initiative took place at the Performing Arts Center of A&M-Commerce. The Studio 122 hosted a round table discussion where scholars and researchers debated on the issue of “objectivity and bias in news media coverage.” The initiative is part of a larger project that has been initiated by Tony De Mars, Professor and Director of the Radio and Television Division (RTV), and supported by the College of the Humanities, Social Science, and Art, with the intention of starting a research on the issue of “objectivity” as a feasible principle to practice in Journalism and as the foundation of democracy.
A website has been created to offer a platform for an open debate on the topic. The idea is that of extending the initiative from a local to a more national audience involving scholars, students, researchers from Colleges and Universities around the Country. The long term outlook for the Objective Journalism initiative is that of increasing the number of students working at the project, and planning the first Objective Journalism Conference, with the intent of becoming in the future a Center for Objective Journalism with A&M-Commerce as the though leader and promoter of the project.
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Dr. Lucy Pickering and three of her colleagues decided to organize a Pronunciation Symposium in Australia. The Australian Council of TESOL Association (ACTA) agreed to run the Symposium within the context of their International TESOL Conference, which took place in Cairns in July 2012. Not only was Pickering one of the organizers and guest speakers at the symposium, but she also presented at the conference with two of her graduate students, Julie Bouchard (from Quebec, Canada) and Shigehito Menjo (from Nagoya, Japan) who are both Research Assistants in the Applied Linguistic Lab at A&M-Commerce. Pickering emphasized that the conference gave the scholars the possibility to get familiar with the Australian linguistic situation and discuss differences and similarities in local and global contexts. Texas A&M University-Commerce www.tamuc.edu | 7
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As Pickering and Bouchard pointed out, both Australia and the United States are faced with the challenge of how to best approach language-related immigration issues. Perhaps the most pertinent of those issues is how to best handle language in the educational setting, and language policies for not only the immigrant communities in both countries, but also for the indigenous populations in Australia. “In Australia they replaced native languages with English to teach aboriginal people at school. A drop in learning within the aboriginal communities has been consequently registered.” From these findings arose the necessity to re-formulate the policies
that have been adopted in Australia and to design new strategies in the light of the globalized role that English plays today. Pickering said that the presentations they did at the conference flow directly from the projects being worked on in the lab: Julie Bouchard presented her paper on pronunciation and pragmatics, and Shigehito Menjo presented with Pickering the collaborative research that the Applied Linguistics Lab is conducting in conjunction with Georgia State University on speech interaction in an Indonesian call center. “This conference was a very good example of how working in the Lab extended to both presentations and publications,” said Pickering. The
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International TESOL Conference in Australia was a unique occasion to give international visibility to the Applied Linguistic Lab, showing that there are people active in the field of pronunciation at A&M-Commerce. Dr. Pickering explained that A&M -Commerce partially sponsored the Symposium, and expresses that the lab “is grateful to both the Offices of Provost and the Dean which financially supported our participation to the Conference.” It was also an excellent professionalization experience for Bouchard, pictured below with a friendly turtle, and Menjo, as they were given the opportunity to create networks within the professional community.
Liberal studies
Liberal Studies program crafts own degrees!
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iberal Studies at Texas A&M University is an Undergraduate program created for people who have multidisciplinary interests and ambitions. Apart from two required core courses, the students can choose to take classes across the three Colleges and within different Departments, with a unique opportunity to study and integrate concepts from various academic fields of interest. The degree is also suitable for students who have been away from their studies for a while and want to finish and get a bachelor degree more efficiently.
Dr. Donna Dunbar-Odom, new Head of Liberal Studies Department, is also
the academic advisor who works oneon-one with the students assisting them in structuring and organizing a degree plan that is both personally interesting and professionally relevant. At the end of the program, as final coursework, the students have to articulate the connections between the classes they have taken, writing about their curriculum and preparing all the materials to promote themselves in college, the workplace and life. Dr. Donna Dunbar-Odom
Mass media, Communication and Theatre
Master of Arts degree in Film and Media Studies A new program has been activated, beginning from last fall, for students who want to pursue a complete Master’s Degree in Film and Media Studies. This programs combines the history and theory side of Film Studies that already existed as a Graduate Certificate offered by the Literature and Languages Department, with the study of the “production side� of the film industry. Students can either choose to major in English or in Theatre, since this is a shared program between the two departments.
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history/literature & languages
“Advanced Writing: Non-Fiction, US History from 1865, and A Nation Divided: World War II.” by Susan Stewart
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ast summer, Dr. Eric Gruver of the Honors College and the History Department and Dr. Susan Stewart of Literature and Languages hatched a plan for creating a hybrid set of courses for freshman honors students, “Advanced Writing: Non-Fiction, US History from 1865, and A Nation Divided: World War II.” Students collaborated with university archivists Ms. Andrea Weddle and Mr. Adam Northam to access Gee Library’s WWII collection, which contains various documents and the recordings of soldiers and private citizens detailing their experiences overseas and at home during what became known as “the good war.” Students, some intimidated by the daunting task of writing history, reflected on their experiences in the course. “There’s a little piece of history that
we are putting out into the open. This is American history; this is our history.” “My grade is no longer the most important thing to me. This story is not for me. It is for the soldiers, and it has to be perfect.” But students collectively realized a new-found relevance of history, a subject not usually enjoyed by university students. “When the individual’s own story is placed in the perspective of both national and global events at the time, suddenly their account comes to life, no matter how ordinary it may appear. Their perspectives, feelings, family life, and actions make much more sense when I understand the political, economic, and social climate of the times.” “The oral histories we are listening to need to be shared. People should know
the cost of their freedom so they do not take advantage of it.” Stewart and Gruver are in the process of compiling and editing for publication students’ final projects, which chronicle, among other experiences, prisoner of war narratives, front-line fighting, military maneuvers, and Holocaust survival as well as the heroics and everyday lives of men and women as they experienced the challenges and heartbreak of living in a world at war.
“ There’s a little piece of history that we are putting out into the open. This is American history; this is our history.”
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Political science
sociology & criminal justice
Model United Nations at A&M-Commerce:
Students Learn the Art of Negotiation
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r. JoAnn DiGeorgio-Lutz, Professor and Head of the Political Science Department at A&M-Commerce is leading her students to experience and practice a real-world simulation of the United Nations and its subsidiary organizations. In Model UN class the students form small groups to represent different states in the international system. Their training starts with solid research about the policies, the social-economic and political issues of those states they represent. They also practice the basics of formal parliamentary procedure in order to learn how to participate in formal debates, how to write statements and formulate resolutions to describe the position on a topic or issue that they will discuss in their committee. The course, that has been put in place last fall with the financial support of both the College of Humanities, Social Sciences and Arts and the Provost, is a unique opportunity for students to learn how to immerse themselves in new perspectives in order to deeply understand a country’s political point of view and cultural differences. On October 22, the A&M-Commerce Model UN group participated in the National Model United Nations (NMUN) Conference held in Washington DC. In the spring 2013, A&M-Commerce is going to host the Southwest Regional Model Arab League Conference where universities from across the Southwest are invited to participate. Saudi Arabia and Palestine are the two countries that will be represented by the delegation of DiGeorgio’s students.
Master of Science in Applied Criminology Enters its Second Year he Master of Science in Applied Criminology, directed by Dr. Melinda D. Schlager (Sociology and Criminal Justice), is entering its second year with 110 students enrolled. The program has been specifically designed for practitioners and professionals working in the field of Criminal Justice, although it can be meaningful for anybody who wants to understand criminology. As a matter of fact, most of the students enrolled are already actively employed in the field: over 80% of the students in the program work in law enforcement. However, there are also people who are from other areas of the criminal Dr. Melinda D. Schlager justice field including the courts, probation and parole, and corrections. The Master of Science in Applied Criminology is unique for being the only program in the Dallas Metroplex area which is 100% online. Each of the courses is 5 weeks in duration so that students who enter in the program can complete their degree in 18 months. Enrollment continues to grow significantly and in February the first student will complete the program.
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obert G. Rodriguez, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Political Science, was awarded the All-Texas A&M System Student Recognition Award for Teaching Excellence for Fall 2011 and the Globalization Award from the A&M-Commerce Employee Recognition Program in September 2011. He created and led the first Travel Abroad Seminar to Argentina and Uruguay for A&M-Commerce students in January, 2012. John Atkins-Garland Police Captain S.W.A.T. Team & Bomb Unit Commander and student in Applied Criminology MS
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Cooked! Ginger Cook, a second year graduate student in the Master of Fine Arts program at Texas A&M -Commerce, represented the University and the Fine Arts program in three venues last year. Cook also participated in an Artistic Production Residency program in Puebla, Mexico this past summer based on her self-portraiture work in graduate school. The self portrait portfolio being generated through her work in graduate school is based on turning raw memories of her life into a photographic narrative.
Cook’s work delves into her intimate life story through a series of selfportraits. Sourcing personal narratives, she utilizes photography to investigate identity formation. Her self-portraits explore identity in relation to childhood experiences, gender, body image, aging and death. The self-portrait series challenges society’s ideals concerning childhood, the aging woman, being overweight and the fear of dying. Cook’s images force viewers to examine their own ideas and emotions surrounding abuse and body image. Cook is also interested in alternative photographic printing processes. She is working toward developing her skills and qualifications in alternative processes in order to teach at the university level after receiving her Master’s of Fine Arts degree from A&M-Commerce. Music
A&M-Commerce Music Professor Receives 15th Consecutive Award from ASCAP
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r. Ted Hansen, Professor of Music and Regents Professor at Texas A&M University-Commerce, has received his 15th consecutive award from the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) for his work as a composer. His work has been performed at Carnegie Hall in New York,
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the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., and on National Educational Television. Recent performances include: Hexagons for Saxophone Sextet, Kaleidoscope for Alto Flute and Vibraphone, Cavatina for Flugelhorn and Piano, and Contrasts for Woodwind Quintet.
literature & languages
2012 DFW METROPLEX LINGUISTICS CONFERENCE
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Metroplex Linguistics Conference. The Department of Linguistics and TESOL of UT-Arlington hosted this one-day event where linguists from the Dallas-Fort Worth area present their research.
The Applied Linguistic Lab of the Department of Literature and Languages at A&M-Commerce was represented by Dr. Christian Hempelmann, Assistant Professor of Linguistics, who gave a talk on “Revisiting Semantic Design Principles for Natural Language Ontologies” and by Laura Di Ferrante, graduate student,
who presented a poster on “Small Talk: A Quantitative Approach.” Both the presentations were well-received and A&M-Commerce has been invited to participate in next year’s conference together with UT-Arlington, University of North Texas, and the Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics.
New Faculty Members C hristian F. “Kiki” Hempelmann joined A&M-Commerce this fall to bring his expertise in industry application of natural language processing technology to A&M-Commerce students. He is working on developing the Computational Science degree with a strong foundation in computational linguistics. Dr. Hempelmann received his Ph.D. in Linguistics from Purdue University in 2003. His research focuses on computational semantics and natural language processing, semantic and general humor theory, information security and assurance, and general linguistics. He recently worked as Director of Research and Development and as Chief Scientific Officer at Internet and enterprise search companies. In the past he served as assistant professor at Georgia Southern University. This semester he will be teaching courses on the Structure of English and Semantics. The Visual Communications program within the Department of Art welcomes assistant professor Casey McGarr to the faculty. McGarr joined the UCD faculty at the Dallas campus teaching both undergraduate and graduate VisCom classes. In addition to McGarr’s vast corporate design experience, he owns and operates his own letterpress design and print shop, “Inky Lips Press.” McGarr was the president of the Dallas Society of Visual Communications in 2000-2001, the largest local graphic design club in the United Sates with over 750 members. He remained on the Board of Directors for an additional 9 years. He received his MFA in Visual Communications at A&M-Commerce, and comes to us from Arkansas State University where he authored and developed the current design curriculum.
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The Sustainable Design Office: LEED-type Certification for Graphic Design
Unlike other programs already present in the Dallas area, the Master of Fine Arts in Visual Communications is strongly business-oriented with interdisciplinary classes offered in connection with the MBA program in Dallas.
“We’ve designed the MFA for the working professionals in this region, and we have three simple pillars in the program: we teach the students how to be better creative thinkers, how to be better business persons and we teach them how to teach.” Scott’s professional graphic design career has been based in Dallas for 30 years where he has functioned as a partner, owner, and creative director in various design environments. He fashioned and implemented the program to match the needs of the job market and to prepare students to be successful in the field of Visual Communications and Graphic Design. Classes are offered at the Universities Center in downtown Dallas (UCD). With one of the largest independent visual communications organizations in the country, Dallas is a strategic location for the opportunity that students have to meet with professionals within the graphic design field.
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Creativity at the service of the community!
The MFA Visual Communications thesis gives students the occasion to develop a real business solution as a tangible outcome of their study and research experience. The goal is to find an investor who wants to partner on the idea or is interested to buy it and put it into practice. The thesis culminates in a published scholarly paper and thesis exhibition. The “creative” ideas presented at the A&M-Commerce University Gallery last year (date) addressed some issues related to social responsibility and demonstrated how creative design research and business can be applied to promote sustainable social change within communities. 14 | College of Humanities, Social Sciences, & Arts Newsletter
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The interdisciplinary conference, “Globalization and the Humanities: Texas and the World� was held at A&MCommerce on November 15th-17th, 2012 at the Sam Rayburn Student Center. Prominent speakers coming from various universities and across the departments of the College, engaged the audience in open debates about
topics such as migration, civil rights movements, contact languages, new media and democracy.
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April 13th
The launch party for the 2013 issue of the Mayo Review, the campus literary and arts magazine, will feature poets Irena Praitis and Julie Kane. The event will be held in the Traditions Room in SRSC from 8-9:30 PM on April 5, 2013.
will take place on Saturday, April 13, 2013 in the Hall of Languages. The themes for 2013 are Anime, Manga, Graphic Novels, Comic Books, and Film. Guest Speakers include Dr. Kukhee Choo (Tulane University), Dr. Hall Hood (lead story-writer on Star Wars: The Old Republic), and Dr. Brian Brinlee (artist and illustrator). During the evening, a Costume Contest and Dance will be held in the Science Lobby. Admission to LEOCON: $5.00 Admission to the Costume Contest and Dance: FREE!
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The conference opened with a performance by the Campina Grande Chamber Choir in the Concert Hall. In addition, the two-day conference included a drum performance, art exhibit, performance by Sax Quintet, and academic papers that showcase the talents of faculty and students related to global concerns.
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April 24th
Honors Day Luncheon
This is an awards banquet for students that have received scholarships/awards throughout the year. It will be held on April 24th at 12pm at The Billboard House. The Billboard House is in Cumby TX. (200 NW Interstate 30 Service Rd Cumby, TX 75433). This is our 2nd annual Honors Day Luncheon as being the College of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Arts.
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