THE MAGAZINE OF THE COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION AND FINE ARTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS FALL 2016
HEARING THE VOICE
A Son Shares Father’s Passion
HIDDEN GEMS AMUM Collections That Might Surprise You
1 Dean’s Message
Interim Dean Moira Logan
2 Around CCFA
Executive Editor Kimberly Rogers
Overview of the latest college happenings
4 Student Spotlight
Associate Editor Susan Prater
Tim Criswell: A Passion for Learning
Contributing Writers Kitaen Jones, Leslie Luebbers
6 Hearing the Voice
A Son Shares Father’s Passion
10 Alumni Spotlight
Q&A with Joshua Cannon
12 Hidden Gems
AMUM Collections that Might Surprise You
16 In the Community
Off-campus involvement of students, faculty and staff
20 Life & Career of Opera Star Documented by Communication Professor
22 News & Notes
Brief updates from students, faculty, staff and alumni
24 In Memoriam
26 Upcoming Events
Calendar of concerts, productions, and shows
28 Donor Spotlight
The Scheidt Family Music Center
Art Direction & Graphic Design Zoe Vu Photography Rhonda Cosentino, Albert Nguyen, Susan Prater Advisory Board Ward Archer, Rikki Boyce, Dean Deyo, Art Gilliam, Herman Markell, Dana McKelvy, Charlotte Neal, Michael Osborn, Steve Pacheco, Mike Palazola, Chris Peck, Knox Phillips, David Porter, Frank Ricks, Mickey Robinson, Rudi E. Scheidt, Linn Sitler, Jack Soden, Jimmy Tashie, Ron Walter, Judy McCown (Emeritae), Dr. Richard R. Ranta (Emeritus) Published by University of Memphis College of Communication and Fine Arts 232 CFA Building, Memphis, TN 38152 901.678.2350 memphis.edu/ccfa
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INTERIM DEAN’S MESSAGE
P
erhaps you have an image of our campus during the
building sigh as he left. He will be missed. The Dean Richard R.
summer months as a quiet, drowsy place. Just the
Ranta Professorship in Communication or Fine Arts has been
sound of wind through the trees and the drone of an
established to honor his legacy.
occasional lawn mower. Empty but for a few students
To make a gift, donate online at memphis.edu/give and select
attending summer school. The reality is quite different. Miniature
“I would like to give to a fund not listed here” and type in Ranta
violinists, clarinetists and cellists hurry across Central Avenue
Professorship or mail your check (made payable to the University
carrying their instruments on their way to the Rudi E. Scheidt
of Memphis Foundation) to:
School of Music summer camp. Down the street in the Art
Dept. 238, The UofM Foundation, PO BOX 1000
studios, young Picassos and Marisols flex their creative muscles
Memphis, TN 38148-0001
in a camp jointly sponsored by the Dixon Gallery and Gardens
To facilitate the search for a new dean of the College, the
and the Department of Art. And in the Theatre Building, student
University has retained the services of Greenwood and Associates,
actors and faculty and staff designers are rehearsing and building
a search firm that specializes in academic administration. Dr. Dan
a production of Shakespeare’s “Henry V” in partnership with the
Lattimore, Dean of the University College, will chair the search
Tennessee Shakespeare Company. The immortal lines, “O for a
committee and coordinate activities on campus.
muse of fire,” spill out of the theatre along with the sounds of swords clashing in the famous battle scene. A few miles down the road in the Binghampton
I’m honored to have been selected as the Interim Dean and grateful to have the support of a first-rate leadership team, outstanding faculty and dedicated staff. Together we will ride the
neighborhood of Memphis, a dedicated group of Architecture
momentum of change and transformation as the College moves
students spent the first summer session designing and building
into the next phase of its history.
two pavilions for the Carpenter Art Garden. Amid the sound of
On a final note, the next issue of VOICES will not come
hammers and saws, Professors Sherry Bryan and Michael Hagge
out until next Fall as we move to a once-a year format. We will
describe their partnership with Erin Harris, founder and director
continue to publish our news online so you can stay abreast of
of the Carpenter Art Garden, a grass roots organization that brings
developments within the College at memphis.edu/ccfa. I look
neighborhood children and local artists together to create art and
forward to getting to know you and seeing you at art exhibits,
learn life skills.
plays, dance and music concerts and lectures throughout the
By the time you read this, 14 Journalism students will have returned from their study abroad trip, led by Professor Roxanne
coming year. Thank you so much for your friendship and support. We appreciate it more than you can know!
Coche, to the Rio Olympics. The University of Memphis is one of only two universities (along with the University of North
Sincerely,
Carolina at Chapel Hill) to have an agreement with Rio’s Olympic Organizing Committee to bring students there as interns. I invite you to read more about this once-in-a lifetime opportunity on page 18 of this magazine. On June 30, Dean Ranta officially retired. He walked out of
Moira Logan
the office that has been his for 35 years and closed the door behind him. I may have imagined it, but I think I heard the ccfa.memphis.edu VOICES 1
AROUND CCFA
Frank Shaffer
Craig Leake
Communication and Music Professors Retire
T
wo well respected and beloved
at the West Point Music Festival in March
participated in is HealthyRHYTHMS,
College of Communication and
of 1998.
a program using drum circles to help
Fine Arts faculty members— Frank Shaffer, associate
From 1999 to 2008, he served as orchestra sub-chair on the Percussive Arts
grieving people cope. Leake is a multi-award winning
professor of Percussion in the Rudi E.
Society Health and Wellness Committee
director and producer, having won his
Scheidt School of Music, and Craig Leake,
and continued to serve as mallet sub-
most recent regional Emmy Award in
associate professor in the Department of
chair in 2009. Elected president of the
the Documentary/Topical category for
Communication—retired this year.
Tennessee State Chapter of the Percussive
“Inside Story.” He produced the film with
Arts Society in 2004, he was re-elected
assistance from students enrolled in the
University of Memphis (Memphis State
in 2006. In May of 2007, he played in
COMM 4892 Film & Video Production
University at that time) in 1975 as a
a faculty recital and gave master classes
class. The film reveals the intimate and
percussion instructor. He received his
at the East China Normal University and
compelling work of storyteller Elaine
Bachelor of Science degree in Music
the Shanghai Conservatory in China.
Blanchard, who teaches female prison
Education from Duquesne University in
In December 2007, he was invited to
inmates how to write about their lives
1971 while performing with the Pittsburgh
perform in the Festival Virtuosi Orchestra
before incarceration in a program called
Symphony. He earned his Master of Music
in Recife, Brazil.
Prison Stories. The documentary was
Shaffer began his career at the
and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from
He performed and taught at the
the fourth film produced by Leake to be
Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut,
Sewanee Summer Music Festival from
nominated for a regional Emmy during
while performing with the Bridgeport and
1979 to 2008, serving as Associate Director
his 10 years at the UofM. This was his
New Haven Symphonies.
of the festival from 2001 to 2006. Dr.
second win.
Shaffer has served on the planning
Shaffer has been principal timpanist of
Before joining the faculty in the
committees of the Percussive Arts Society
the Memphis Symphony since 1975 and
Department of Communication in 2004,
International Conventions for 1989, 1996,
a percussionist with the Iris Orchestra
he was an instructor in the Department
2001 and 2004. He was also percussion
since 2000. He has actively participated
of Speech and Drama at then MSU from
consultant and English translation editor
in the Memphis Symphony’s community
1969 to1971. While away from Memphis,
for Chilpachole de Arpa, a bilingual harp
engagement projects, including the
he had an outstanding career working
method based on the traditional music
Soulsville Charter School Mentoring Project,
with major network news programs. In
of Veracruz, Mexico. In addition, he was a
Leading from Every Chair, and Opus I.
1972, he became the producer/writer/
member of the Festival Marimba Orchestra 2 VOICES Fall 2016
One of the MSO projects he has
director for NBC News in New York before
moving to the same role for CBS News
senior producer for Peter Jennings Specials
a member of the Directors Guild of
in 1980. In 1989, Leake was hired as
at ABC News.
America; Writers Guild of America, West;
producer-supervising producer for ABC
During his television network news
University Film and Video Association;
News in New York and Washington D.C.
division years, he received five National
American Society of Composers, Authors
In 1994, he moved to Los Angeles to
Emmys and a number of other major
and Publishers; and International
work for Scripps Howard Productions as
awards for his non-fiction filmmaking. In
Photographer of the Motion Picture & TV
executive producer. In 1998, he began his
2002, Leake became producer/director/
Industries.
role as executive producer for Tom Brokaw
owner of Pacific Pictures Production
Specials at NBC News. In 2001, he was
Company, which he still runs today. He is
He was recently named the CCFA Benjamin Rawlins Professor.
Interim Appointments Provide Leadership During Dean Search
F
ollowing the June 2016
“I am confident that Ms. Logan will
including a recent grant from SouthArts
retirement of Dr. Richard
provide quality leadership during her
as an inaugural member of the Dance
R. Ranta, the University of
tenure as Interim Dean. She has worked
Touring Initiative (DTI).
Memphis has launched a
closely with Dr. Ranta for numerous years
Logan received her Bachelor of
search to find a new dean for the College
as Associate Dean and will bring unique
Arts from Vassar College and a Master
of Communication and Fine Arts. An
perspective and abundant energy to this
of Fine Arts in Dance from Sarah
independent search firm is handling
role,” said Provost Karen Weddle-West
Lawrence College. She is a recipient of
the application process, working with a
about the appointment in spring of this year.
the Tennessee Association of Dance’s
13-person UofM search committee.
Logan was the first head of Dance
Dance Educator of the Year Award and the
On Aug. 24, the firm had its first
Studies as a faculty member, she launched
Tennessee Arts Commission Individual
meeting with the committee, headed by
the University’s first dance degree program
Artist’s Fellowship.
Dr. Dan Lattimore, University College dean,
and choreographed, performed, and
to begin the process of weeding through
taught both nationally and internationally.
promotion, Dr. Janet K. Page, professor of
about 70 applicants.
She currently teaches Beginning through
Musicology, was appointed interim associate
Advanced Dance Composition. During her
dean. She serves as director of Graduate
the list of candidates to those we want to
time at the University, she has secured
Studies in CCFA and is in charge of faculty
get more information from. I am pleased
a variety of internal and external grants,
At that meeting, we began narrowing
To fill the vacancy left by Logan’s
continued on page 18
with the progress thus far and look forward to continued work with the committee, said Lattimore. According to Lattimore, a new dean could be named as early as January. Since July 1, Moira Logan has served as interim dean of the College of Communication and Fine Arts following the retirement of Ranta, who served as dean for more than 40 years. Logan has been with the University of Memphis since 1985 and has served as CCFA Associate Dean for Graduate Studies since 2000. Moira Logan
Sandy Sarkela ccfa.memphis.edu VOICES 3
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT
Tim Criswell: A Passion for Learning
F
or years, Tim Criswell was
design,” Criswell said of his wife Amy, who
a member of the Helen Hardin Honors
successfully working in the
graduated in 1998 with her BFA.
Program and a member of Lambda Pi Eta,
corporate world at Hewlett-
After a 20-year hiatus, 41-year-old
the National Communication Association’s
Criswell decided to return to the University
official honor society at four-year colleges
director of marketing, director of retail
of Memphis as a full-time student to fulfill
and universities.
marketing or account support consultant.
his personal academic goals and get the
He was also the owner of an advertising
educational experience he had not attained
the knowledge itself. By concentrating on
agency for a few years. After he was laid
years before.
learning the material first and not too much
Packard in a variety of roles—
off from Hewlett-Packard, he decided to
“I did well because I am interested in
Excited to return to class, he said he
on the grades, I did very well in my classes,”
was a bit scared and embarrassed to be the
said Criswell, who has a passion for learning
“old man” in class. His first on-campus class
and loves college because it offers him an
there is no destination. There are no
was an introduction to philosophy class. It
endless supply.
bad experiences, they will all teach you
was cold out and he was dressed nicely
something if you are willing to learn from
with a wool trench coat, which was very
at the UofM was a part of his success this
them,” Criswell said.
professional looking. The first day the other
time around. Specifically, his professors
students were sitting in the hallway outside
in the Department of Communication,
of the classroom.
Stephano Vincinni from Philosophy and
return to college. “Life is a series of adventures and
Nervous about his life changing decision after already having a fruitful career in the corporate arena, he was
“I walked past them to check the
The support from the faculty and staff
Rika Hudson, graduation analyst in CCFA.
worried about his ability to excel in
door and everyone stood up like I was
academics. Especially after his first
the professor. I was so embarrassed and
staff member in the Department of
attempt in the early 90s proved to be
everyone got a chuckle out of it when I told
Communication, advised him when he
short lived. An 11th grade high school
them I was a student as well.”
first returned to classes. Since moving to
dropout, he had earned a GED and
In spite of his initial qualms and
started at the University of Memphis
embarrassment, the return to the UofM
during the 1993-94 academic year.
has been triumphant. When he restarted,
“My wife and I were starting a life and
Hudson, who was previously a
her recent role, she continues to provide support to Criswell. “Rika Hudson has been my
his GPA was about a 2.0, according to
cheerleader since day one. She told me
my grades were not good so I dropped
Criswell. After retaking failed classes,
the first time I met her that I was going
out and started working full-time while
he has a 3.7 GPA overall and a 4.0 in
to be a success story and she was going
she went on to get her degree in graphic
his major, Communication. He is also
to put my graduation picture on her wall.
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Every time I have had doubt, I know Rika
The example he has made for his kids
corner for him. He is appreciative of
has cheered me on and given me the extra
is endearing. His oldest son, who is about
the education and experiences he has
words of inspiration and confidence I need
to become a junior in high school, sees
received at the UofM.
to go on. It is people like Rika that make the
him studying all the time and has become
University of Memphis a great place.”
open to getting advice on how to get work
staff and students at the University
done faster and more accurately.
of Memphis. One of the things I have
He has also benefited from family support from Amy, his 16-year-old son
“Seeing me succeed in college gives
“I would like to thank the professors,
enjoyed most about college is getting to
Mark, his 10-year-old son Brandon and his
him the confidence and desire to do well
know people and converse with them on
8-year-old daughter Kaylee. He said his
in his studies. I am very happy to have
a deeper level than would take place on
wife helped him early on especially with
raised my GPA and my family is very proud
the streets. The diversity of students and
writing projects. By his second semester,
of me.”
staff on campus is an additional bonus,
he was writing proficiently on his own. “I now consider myself an expert
Criswell is now considering returning
allowing for many different perspectives
to the UofM to pursue a graduate
to ponder and learn from, and I have
writer and can chew through 10-plus page
degree in Communication, but mostly
enjoyed that immensely.”
papers with no problems.”
he is excited to see what is around the ccfa.memphis.edu VOICES 5
UofM student Jacob Woloshin mans the WUMR studio with help from his father, Dave Woloshin.
Since he was a small child, Jacob knew what he wanted to do with his life. When your father is Dave Woloshin, the “Voice of the Tigers,” it’s not a shock that you would want to follow in his footsteps.
“I can’t pinpoint exactly (when I
“Oddly enough, I was always
wanted to go into journalism), maybe 6
directed on the path I’m on. I knew in
began down his current path, Dave was
or 7. I used to go to the Tiger basketball
fifth grade that I was either going to play
instrumental in teaching his son how to
games with my dad and we’d show up
sports or announce them,” Dave said.
conduct himself in a professional manner
to the pyramid and FedExForum before
“As a young child, I had a neighbor who
with members of the media and athletes.
anyone was there besides the players
had a low powered radio station running
and the media,” Jacob said. “Watching
out of his living room. I was immediately
teach me the correct way to broadcast a
how my father and other media
drawn and intrigued to this process of
game and the preparation that should go
members interacted with the athletes
speaking into a microphone and knowing
into each broadcast,” Jacob said. “He’s
and just this familial type of atmosphere
those words were being broadcast
never too critical but always points out
between everyone were the first things
around the neighborhood. Once my
the little mistakes I make both in life and
I vividly remember that interested me in
major league aspirations were killed, my
in broadcasting. This way I can get better
sports journalism.”
direction was set.”
in both.”
or opportunity he attempts. When he
“He has been there step by step to
He started
Dave not
his academic
only advises
journey at the
his son, but he
University of TennesseeKnoxville, transferring after his freshman year.
“The greatest thing is to have
provides career
a career that makes you feel
guidance to
fulfilled. Just be sure this is
interested sports
others who are broadcasting.
the right one for you.”
“My biggest
Coming from
advice to him
a family that
pertains to
believed in new
preparation
experiences and branching out, Jacob thought UT might be the place for him.
The youngest of four children, Jacob
and all of the work that must go into the
is one of three boys and the only one
process. Most kids love the excitement
pursuing journalism. His step-sister
and the glamour and don’t realize how
explained as his reason for coming home.
Brendan is a graduate of the University
much work is actually involved,” he said.
“It wasn’t a place where I was going to
of Tennessee-Knoxville and is thinking
“I also try to remind him, like I do other
thrive or do well.”
about going into psychiatry. The oldest,
students, that they must have a passion
Dave’s step-son Brett, is a graduate
for what they’re doing. This career is
with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism
student and teacher at the University of
all-consuming. If you don’t really love
and begin to work towards his childhood
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. And finally,
it, success is virtually impossible. The
dream of becoming a sports journalist.
Nathan is a musician.
greatest thing is to have a career that
“It wasn’t the environment for me,” he
A senior, he will graduate Fall 2016
Coincidentally, his father Dave also knew
Jacob said that regardless of his life’s
the direction he wanted his life to take at
choices, his father has been supportive
an early age.
and backed him in whatever endeavor
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makes you feel fulfilled. Just be sure this is the right one for you.” Jacob puts his father’s instruction
to use at WUMR, The Jazz Lover 91.7
“I’m very proud that Jacob shares my
school (the UofM) has provided a second
FM, where he is the sports director.
passion,” said Dave of Jacob, who could
family for me. I hope to keep doing it for
He works the morning sports talk radio
have pursued other talents.
years,” said Dave, who will be in his 31st
show, Sports Desk, provides play-by-play
In addition to his father’s influence on
season this September.
for the UofM’s men’s soccer team on the
his career goals, Jacob said there were a
Jacob loves that his father has been in
Memphis Tiger Network online and co-
variety of sports figures that inspired his
this role for so many years because it also
hosts a Jazz radio show with his brother
career choice. Muhammad Ali and Howard
allowed him to get to know players and
Nathan. He’s been working for WUMR
Cosell were two that stand out for him.
their backgrounds.
since he was a sophomore.
Their camaraderie was legendary, and their
A Radio-TV Journalism graduate of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Dave also began broadcasting as a student
“Well, I love the perks I’ve gotten
unique relationship was special and had a
because of my old man! Trust me, it’s
huge impact on him as a young man.
not too shabby being able to watch years
“Just the back and forth banter they
of Tiger basketball and football for free,”
in 1975 at WSIU Radio. Before that, he
had and the care they shared for each
he said, jokingly. “It’s meant a great deal
was television anchoring for WSIU TV.
other was a huge inspiration for me to get
to me to be able to be immersed in the
WSIU Public Broadcasting is a part of
into sports media,” he said. “I believe it
University of Memphis sports family and
the College of Mass Communication &
was the journalist’s ability to get to know
sports media family.”
Media Arts on the Carbondale campus
athletic superstars who are international
and licensed by the Board of Trustees of
celebrities on a personal, human level that
Southern Illinois University.
eventually pushed me to pursue a career
After college, he went to work for KBCR Radio in Steamboat Springs,
in this field.” Jacob watched Dave build and
Jacob said he hopes to one day do more than just follow in his father’s footsteps. “My dream job is to one day work with my father whether it be producer or co-host of a radio show, commentary of
Colorado. He was responsible for
maintain relationships over the course of
UofM basketball or football games or any
play-by-play of the local high school’s
his career, which began in 1983 when
type of sportscasting,” Jacob said. “I guess
basketball and football teams. Although
he called Lady Tiger basketball games
the real dream would to one day be the
not glamourous on the surface, he said,
on WUMR. He began doing television
voice of the Tigers like him. To kind of get
the great part of that job was the travel.
broadcasts of Tiger football and basketball
the torch passed down to me in the form
The Steamboat Springs Sailors road
in 1986.
of a microphone. No one does the job like
trips included stops in Aspen, Vail and Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
“I love my job. There is nothing else I would rather do. My involvement with this
my father, but I’d love to one day be given the chance to try.”
“ I guess the real dream would to one day be the voice of the Tigers like him. To kind of get the torch passed down to me in the form of a microphone.”
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ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
Q&A with Joshua Cannon (BA ‘15) By Kitaen Jones (BA ’15) Journalism alum Joshua Cannon was editor-in-chief at The Daily Helmsman and a regular correspondent for the USA Today’s Voices from Campus web page. He won 10th place in the college breaking news writing category of the 55th annual William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program for his story “Bloody Arrest of Black UVA Student Sparks Protest, Prompts Investigation.” He currently works full-time for the Commercial Appeal.
How would you introduce yourself? I’m a 23-year-old, born and raised Memphian. I am first and foremost a musician and an artist. I like music and creating anything that challenges me. I think that ties into my approach for journalism too. I like being able to tell a story that relates to a mass audience so that people can gain something from it and grow. I like creating things whether it’s with my guitar, my voice or with words.
How long have you been writing? Journalistically, I’ve been writing since the last half of my freshman year. I’ve been writing my entire life though. My mom and dad are both really creative people. My dad is a painter and he loves words too. I’ve always watched him. He wrote poetry a lot when I was a kid. My mom is in healthcare, but what she was going to do before she went into healthcare was journalism and English. She chose against it, but she’s always loved words. My parents were giving me books and magazines all the time, and I was getting exposed to a lot at a young age. When I first got to college, I was an English major with a creative writing focus at first. I hated school so much. I just wanted to be on the road touring with my band. Every weekend I was going out and playing shows and traveling, Josh Cannon & his grandfather at Commencement.
and I just didn’t have any interest in being here. So I took a semester off and went to New York. I came back my sophomore year and had a lot of friends that were working for the Helmsman. I just came in on a whim. Someone backed out of covering Damien Echols of the West Memphis Three speaking at an event. He was someone that my dad always talked about a lot. I looked up to him and admired him. I had grown up believing this man was innocent, and I got to interview him. It was the first interview I’d ever done. I knew nothing about journalism, and it was published above the fold the next day in the Helmsman. It wasn’t that I loved news or wanted to be a news reporter, but it was an avenue for me to tell stories on a day-to-day basis with things based on reality.
How’d you become so successful? Successful is a weird word. I don’t deny that I am successful, but I measure it differently. I’ve fallen into everything that I’ve done. If you would’ve asked me “How did you become editor-in-chief?” I don’t think that I could answer it for you. One day I was just here reporting and someone said, “Hey, do you want to be managing editor?” and I was like “What’s that?” I applied for it and got it. Then I ended up as editor-inchief for a year and a half. It all feels like it happened so fast. I learned all the mundane stuff I didn’t care about. I put off my reporting class until last semester. Everything that I knew about journalism I taught myself. Even when I was managing editor, I hadn’t taken a reporting class. To tell you that I enjoy straight laced news reporting would be me bluffing because I didn’t approach it that way. I learned to love it and it’s something that I enjoy now, but it’s not the reason I got into this. There’s a lot of young people here that want to do straight news reporting and I think I just adopted a unique perspective to help them grow in that way. Sooner than later I was just writing all the time. The more I got published, the more confident I would get. Memphis Flyer asked me to be a contributing music writer. Once I started doing that I was able to write about things that are
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“I’m the first generation in my family to graduate and so it was a promise I always made to my mom and dad that I would get my college degree.”
just natural to me, and it didn’t feel like work. I applied for an internship with USA Today and did that. To tell you how I did it, I don’t know. I guess I just kept writing. The more I wrote and read things around me, the better I got at it; it just opened doors. If you just do something a lot, eventually you’ll find your way to other doors. It’s like a maze. You have to run into a lot of walls, but you just keep trying to get out of the maze until you get to the next level.
How did you teach yourself to write? I read a lot. I grew up reading, and as a kid, my dad would give me Hunter S. Thompson’s books and his articles from Rolling Stone. The thing that I really admired about him was that he learned to write by transcribing The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald repeatedly until he could write as well as Fitzgerald. I thought that I should apply that mindset to myself. So what I did was read all of his books and took notes, and I read other people’s articles. I was constantly reading, especially the stuff that I wanted to write. For a long time I had no idea about rules or ethics; I just learned it through the process.
What are your goals in life? My parents raised me with a big emphasis on who I would become and not what I would become. They wanted me
to be secure and take care of myself, but they really wanted me to become a very specific type of person. Growing up I got to watch my mom do home health and literally clothe, bathe and feed people. So I think no matter what profession I’m in, I’m really motivated by my mother to try and love people as much as I can and do something that gives back to people. Whether that’s writing stories that allow people who are dealing with really rough things in their lives to have a platform they wouldn’t normally have to share their stories and create some form of change, creating music with lyrics that someone could identify with on some level or something else I haven’t been called to do yet, I think I just want to find a way to give to people and help in some way.
Do you have any advice for future journalists? There are a millions things I could say like “stay focused” or “stay dedicated,” but those are things you already know. I think you have to understand that in today’s journalism, you’re going to do a lot of what you don’t want to do in order to do the things you like to do. I think that’s true for everything in life. It’s being able to stay focused and say, “I’m going to get better at this. I’m going to have to do some things I don’t want to do in order to grow as a writer so that I can also write the stories that I want to write.”
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AMUM COLLECTIONS THAT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU By Leslie Luebbers, Director, Art Museum of the University of Memphis
A royal chair made of brass from Cameroon, full Japanese armor and a Mexican folk art “tigre” mask are some of many hidden gems featured in the upcoming Art Museum of the University of Memphis (AMUM) exhibition, This May Surprise You.
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During its first years the gallery
African art, the objects in its care were
at the collection that has been built over
accepted, without plan or policy, many
seldom shown or used. By 1990, with
three and a half decades.
other gifts including ancient Roman vessels
ad hoc storage exhausted, collecting was
and statuettes, Native American textiles,
radically curtailed.
When Memphis State University Gallery opened its doors October 18,
pre-Columbian miniature ceramics, masks
1981, in the new Communication and
and textiles produced by several world
converting offices and a gallery to more
Fine Arts Building, the Department
cultures and illustrated woodblock and
adequate collection storage, AMUM
of Art was poised to deposit Egyptian
engraved publications, as well as assorted
(renamed in 1995) resumed strategic
antiquities purchased from the Museum
paintings, drawings and prints.
acquisitions in 2009 with Martha and
of Fine Arts, Boston, an assortment of prints and objects acquired for teaching 14 VOICES Fall 2016
Designed for temporary contemporary art exhibits, not collections, the gallery
Nine years later, after gradually
Robert Fogelman’s African collection gift, followed by Patricia Cloar Milsted’s
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to UofM students and faculty, our
AMUM 19th- and 20th-century prints,
and the 2013 gift of the William S. Huff
neighbors and visitors.
Japanese historic and contemporary
collection of Samuel Hester Crone’s
An expansion would give AMUM staff
manga, African portable wealth or Albers’
drawings. Most recently, AMUM has
the space to display more collections
color studies, which were recently called
acquired a significant group of works by
and provide increased educational
“one of the greatest achievements of 20th-
the 20th-century master Joseph Albers,
opportunities to UofM faculty and
century art” by the New York Times.
also from William S. Huff.
students through the ability to produce
Now, looking ahead with hope
shows or conduct research on themes the
and excitement to a future AMUM with
previously stored items would provide.
expanded galleries, object storage and
Think of the possibilities. Students,
learning facilities, This May Surprise
faculty and AMUM staff can produce a
You reveals a selection of the hidden
show and/or research Aztec themes in
treasures that would become accessible
contemporary art or propaganda art using
For more information, contact AMUM at amum@memphis.edu.
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IN THE COMMUNITY
The University of Memphis and the Memphis Symphony Orchestra announced a unique partnership at a press conference in May.
Unique Partnership Makes UofM Premier Destination for Musical Arts
I
n May, the University of Memphis and
University of Memphis, offering world-class
conductors and soloists will provide master
the Memphis Symphony Orchestra
symphonic music on campus while retaining
classes for UofM students each year.
announced a unique partnership that
a presence at The Cannon Center. These
will create the premier destination
top quality performances at the UofM will
Memphis as a hub for arts-centered
in the Mid-South for music training
create a rich opportunity for students, faculty,
social innovation. Once established, the
and performance, music outreach and
patrons and all citizens of the Mid-South to
Institute for the Arts, Social Enterprise and
arts-centered, cross-sector community
experience the full range of musical offerings
Entrepreneurism will engage the MSO,
development. It is a groundbreaking
created by the partnership.
UofM students and community partners in
collaboration between a university and a professional symphony orchestra.
"This is a game-changer for the MSO,"
The collaboration also will position
developing arts-centered solutions for two
said Gayle S. Rose, Chairman of the
sectors: business and government. The
Board. "We bring a wealth of professional
Institute will provide practical, problem-
will bring wonderful opportunities for
musicians from across the globe, a 62-
solving services in Memphis and catalog
both our students and our faculty in the
year history of artistic excellence and an
the city's efforts to utilize arts and culture
UofM Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music. I
industry-leading community engagement
as a catalyst for social change.
believe the collaboration will become a
program to the table to join forces with the
model for future relationships between
UofM Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music and
re-establishes the close ties that helped
professional symphonies and universities
a dynamic student-centered environment,
sustain each organization in its formative
across the country. The University of
allowing both of us to innovate in ways we
years," said John Chiego, Director of
Memphis is fortunate and honored to be
could not separately."
the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music. "It
"This unprecedented partnership
partnered with the Memphis Symphony
The MSO's body of professional
"The UofM-MSO partnership
promises to allow both to attain new
Orchestra. It's great for the city, great for
musicians will complement the world-class
heights of national and international
the symphony and great for the University
faculty at the School of Music, creating
prominence. This is a great collaboration
of Memphis," said UofM President M.
a one-stop shop for aspiring musicians
for our students, our program and for all
David Rudd.
in the Mid-South. In addition, the MSO's
music in Memphis."
The partnership will create the Memphis Symphony Orchestra in Residence at the 16 VOICES Fall 2016
global music network will attract leading ensembles and soloists to campus. Guest
Janoske Selected by Prestigious Plank Center Fellowship Program
U
niversity of Memphis
training sessions and presentations, as well
seeking to combine academia with real
Department of Journalism
as assisted with company projects. During
world experience.
and Strategic Media Assistant
the campus visit, the GM PR professional
Professor Dr. Melissa
will interact with faculty, staff and students
relations courses, including a new course in
Janoske has been awarded the prestigious
to share industry knowledge, trends and
crisis communication. In 2014, she earned
Fellowship for Educators by the Plank
valuable insight.
a PhD from the University of Maryland,
Center for Leadership in Public Relations. As part of the fellowship, General
"We developed the summer
Dr. Janoske teaches a variety of public
writing her dissertation on how online
fellowship specifically for public relations
communities formed and aided individuals
Motors in Detroit hosted Dr. Janoske for
educators with the dual purpose of
and organizations with crisis response and
two weeks in July, and this fall, a public
exposing professors to current day-to-
recovery. It was funded by the National
relations professional from General
day operations of the public relations
Consortium for the Study of Terrorism
Motors is at the UofM to work with our PR
function and to help create an exchange
and Responses to Terrorism (START), a
professors and students. While in Detroit,
of information and ideas that will enhance
Department of Homeland Security Center
Janoske participated in research projects,
the professional development of both
of Excellence.
the educators and the hosts," said Keith Burton, vice chair of the Plank Center and principal of Grayson Emmett Partners. The namesake of the Center, Betsy Plank, always said, "public relations people must be lifelong learners." The Center's goal with this program is to bridge the
For further information on the Fellowship for Educators program, go to plankcenter.ua.edu. For more information about the Department of Journalism and Strategic Media, go to memphis.edu/jrsm or call 901.678.2401.
gap between education and practice by Dr. Melissa Janoske
Band Students Work and Play During Study Abroad Trip
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his summer, three University
Director of Bands Albert Nguyen, Associate
performances—at the Cathedral in Salzburg,
of Memphis band faculty and
Director of Bands Armand Hall and Interim
the Music Academy in Ossiach and at the
46 students participated in a
Assistant Director of Bands Fredrick Brown
International Music Meeting Festival in
study abroad trip taking them
Jr. accompanied the students on the eight-
Mirano, Italy. A select group of students
day trip in May.
also performed in masterclasses with the
to Salzburg, Austria; Ossiach, Austria; Venice, Italy; Mirano, Italy; and Padova, Italy.
Band members practicing before they leave for Europe.
During the trip, they had three
Mozarteum Chamber Players in Salzburg.
The band spent the morning sightseeing and sampling local culture on the day of their concert in Ossiach, Austria. ccfa.memphis.edu VOICES 17
IN THE COMMUNITY
Fourteen Students Get Unique Opportunity to Cover Rio Olympics Courtesy of Journalism & Strategic Media Department
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ourteen journalism students
In light of the negative press
The group was housed in an
from the University of Memphis
surrounding the Zika virus before the
Olympic Media Village, where they
travelled to Rio de Janeiro this
Olympics, the UofM officials involved in
were surrounded by international media
summer to cover the Olympic
the study abroad opportunity monitored
professionals, giving the students a unique
the situation.
opportunity to network.
Games. The UofM is one of only two universities (along with the University of
“The Global Learning Office
North Carolina at Chapel Hill) to have an
(formerly Study Abroad) did a great
a sport, which they covered during the
agreement with Rio's Olympic Organizing
job at keeping us up to date with the
entirety of the games for the Olympic News
Committee to take students there as interns.
CDC’s recommendations, as well as all
Service (ONS), which acts as a newswire
the information from the Department of
service for the Games. All quotes and
say 'I went to the Olympics,' let alone 'I
State. They actually emailed students any
reports were published on an Internet-
covered the Olympics,'" said Dr. Roxane
updates with various links to read,” Coche
based service, only accessible to accredited
Coche, assistant professor in the UofM’s
said. “So I was prepared to go and felt the
media, officials and National Olympic
Department of Journalism and Strategic
support from the Global Learning Office
Committees. International media then used
Media. "This was an incredible opportunity
every day.”
ONS work to produce their own stories.
"Few people in their lifetime get to
Student reporters were assigned
for our students, and it puts the University of Memphis on the map of sports journalism education. It is an exciting time for all of us in the Department of Journalism and Strategic Media." Coche supervised the program from July 29 to August 22. The students began work August 1 for the 2016 Summer Olympics that ran from August 5-21. They received three hours of academic credit. The Journalism and Strategic Media students pose on campus before their trip.
AROUND CCFA continued from page 3
development and mentoring. Her
history of the oboe. Her articles, reviews
music for A-R Editions. Dr. Page also
responsibilities are divided between the
and reports have appeared in The Musical
performs on Baroque and modern oboes.
college and the Rudi E. Scheidt School of
Times, Early Music, Eighteenth-Century
Music, where she continues to teach one
Music, Grove Music Online, The New
of Communication Studies, is in her
course each semester and directs theses
Grove Dictionary of American Music, The
second year of a two-year appointment
and dissertations.
Journal of Seventeenth-Century Music,
as interim chair of the department. This is
Page received her PhD from Duke
and elsewhere. Her book Convent Music
the second time she’s been in the interim
University. She specializes in the music
and Politics in Eighteenth-Century Vienna
chair position.
of 17th- and 18th-century Vienna, and
was published by Cambridge University
she is especially interested in women’s
Press in 2014. She is currently working on
and the plan is to have a new chair by
music making. She also writes on the
a series of editions of Viennese convent
August 2017. “Sandy has been a valuable
18 VOICES Spring 2016
Dr. Sandra Sarkela, associate professor
A search committee has been formed
The Journalism and Strategic Media students who are participating in the Rio trip in full Olympic gear. Photo credit: Amanda Lalezarian
and exceptional leader in the department,”
Potsdam. She received her master’s and
and honors, including a 2014 Disability
said Moira Logan, interim dean. “Her years
doctoral degrees from the University of
Resources for Students Outstanding
of experience in the department made
Massachusetts, Amherst.
Faculty “See Me” Award; a UofM
her the perfect person to maintain the
Her teaching and research center on
President’s Leadership Recognition Award;
ship while searching for a new dean and
the history and criticism of Anglo-American
the 2004 President’s Award for Excellence
eventual chair.”
public address, particularly 18th century
in Teaching, SUNY Postsdam; and
theory and practice and public address of
inclusion in the Eastern Communication
Memphis since 2005. Before coming to
American women. She is currently revising
Association Committee of Scholars.
the UofM, she taught in the Department
a book-length monograph on the political
of English and Communication at State
rhetoric of John Dickinson (1732-1808).
Sarkela has been at the University of
University of New York, College at
Sarkela has received several awards ccfa.memphis.edu VOICES 19
communication professor documents
Life & Career of
Opera Star
Steve Ross discusses filming at St. John’s Episcopal Church.
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or two decades, Memphian
“The premiere sold out and a second
performing artists give of themselves.
Kallen Esperian was the toast
screening was added. That screening sold
Kallen Esperian, the singer and the film, is
of the opera world. Discovered
out.” Ross said. “The audience response
worthy of an encore.”
by Luciano Pavarotti, she
was so overwhelming that Malco theatres
In 1984, Esperian moved to Memphis,
sang often at La Scala and The Met.
offered a two-week commercial run of
shortly thereafter winning the first Luciano
The 2010 recipient of the UofM College
the film.”
Pavarotti Competition before her 25th
of Communication and Fine Arts
Subsequently, Ross said they then
birthday. Her career soon took off, leading
Distinguished Achievement Award in
had to turn down their offer to accept
her to perform some of the most famous
the Creative and Performing Arts, she
a request to use the film in a special
roles in opera opposite Pavarotti, Placido
experienced a series of life blows that took
closing night presentation during the
Domingo and Antonio Carreras. As she
her away from the international spotlight.
IndieMemphis Film Festival.
continued to perform on the world stage
In a new documentary by University
"Kallen Esperian: Vissi d’Arte is more
to great acclaim, she continued to make
of Memphis Communication Professor
than a comeback story, it’s a love letter
Memphis her home, starting a family and
Steve Ross, she shares her story and her
to the enduring power of friendship, said
performing locally at benefits, church
ongoing efforts to resurrect her career.
Director, Producer and Screenwriter Craig
events or headlining at Opera Memphis.
Presented by IndieMemphis and in
Brewer, who was moved to tears by the
collaboration with the UofM Department
film. “It’s an inspiring story for opera lovers,
triumphant role in “Madame Butterfly,”
of Communication, “Kallen Esperian: Vissi
but Kallen’s story transcends the music
after a series of health problems,
d’arte” was screened in May at Malco
genre and gives hope to us all. The film is
divorce, an automobile accident and a
Studio on the Square.
a telling reminder of the effort that most
test revealing water building up on her
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Her life began to unravel with her
Kallen Esperian at awards event, 2010
The crew is filming with Kallen Esperian (center) at St. John's Episcopal Church. The students are Constance Brantley (white bandana), Rachel Hinson and Jonas Schubach ((white shirt), who was student director of photography. Also pictured are William Johnson, media specialist, and accompanist Gary Beard.
Cover art for Kallen Esperian: Vissi d’arte
Kallen Esperian & Dr. Richard R. Ranta (Emeritus), at awards event, 2010
brain. More personal and fiscal setbacks
and we have filmed her in situations that
production was handled by Stephen
followed, and she found herself in serious
were, to say the least, not very glamorous.
Hildreth (MA ’13).
financial straits. With her confidence
But no matter what the circumstance,
shattered, she gained weight and found it
she never once requested that we
award winning fiction and non-fiction
hard to even leave the house.
stop filming.”
films, including “Winslow Homer: Society
“I met her near the end of that dark
Working with second-year graduate
Ross has directed a number of multi-
and Solitude” (2007); “Oh Freedom After
period,” Ross said. “As I got to know her,
student and Director of Photography
While” (2000); “Black Diamonds, Blues
I witnessed her determination to get
Jonas Shubach, Ross began shooting in
City, Stories of The Memphis Red Sox”
her life, health and career back on track.
December 2014. William Johnson, media
(1996); and “The Old Forest” (1985). He
I approached her about the idea of a
specialist, and David Goodman (MA ’13), a
was one of the three directors of “At The
documentary. I explained this would be
member of the faculty at the University of
River I Stand” (1993).
a realistic portrayal; it would not be a
Alabama-Huntsville, were also part of the
public relations piece. It would be about
team, filming some key segments for Ross.
the process she was going through, and it
In addition, Communication professors
would also be about the efforts of those
David Appleby and Craig Leake each
who were helping her regain her career.
shot a key interview and provided crucial
She has been very generous with her time,
feedback in the editing room. Final post-
For more information about the film, contact Ross at sjross@memphis.edu.
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NEWS & NOTES
CCFA
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The Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis honored Linn Sitler and Honey Scheidt at an annual luncheon in April. A member of the CCFA Advisory Board, Linn received the Innovation Award, which is given to a woman who has transformed her chosen field, served as a role model to other fields and has made a significant impact on not only the interests of her own institution, but also the broader interests of the community. A friend to the college, Honey received the Philanthropy and Leadership Award, which is presented to a woman who has made outstanding financial donations to nonprofits, has demonstrated leadership through community service and generously volunteers her time and talent to benefit the community.
The Martha and Robert Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art made Fredric Koeppel’s 10 Best Exhibitions of 2015 in the Commercial Appeal multiple times. The shows on the list were Toni Collums Roberts’ (MFA ‘15) “Inverterate,” Hamlett Dobbins’ (BFA ‘93) “The Attendant” and Lester Julian Merriweather’s “White(s) Only.” Lester is the former director of the galleries.
“The First Film,” acclaimed documentary by director David Nicholas, will have its U.S. premiere, Sept. 8-9, 2016, at the Morris-Jumel Mansion in New York. The documentary presents the case that Louis Le Prince was the first person to capture continuous movement from a single point of view, making him the world’s first cameraman, director and producer of motion pictures. Le Prince is the ancestor of Laurie Snyder, assistant to the CCFA Dean for Undergraduate Studies, who will attend the premiere and is interviewed in the film.
ARCHITECTURE ALUMNI Mary Haizlip (BS ‘99) was named to the Memphis Business Journal’s Top 40 Under 40 list.
STUDENTS Joel Jassu was selected as the recipient of the AIA Memphis Jack Tucker Memorial Travel Grant. Joel is a third year BFAARCH student from Uganda and active in our chapter of the American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS). Joel will study in France, particularly in Paris, and look at ways in which historic structures have been updated in an architecturally sensitive way. 22 VOICES Fall 2016
FACULTY Joshua Roberson, assistant professor, is a recipient of the 2016 Faculty Research Grant in Arts and Humanities. Beth Edwards, professor, received the sixth annual Emmett O’Ryan Award for Artistic Inspiration. This award is given by Metropolitan Bank to a local artist whose work demonstrates artistic mastery. The award honors Emmett O’Ryan, an avid art collector who was a founding board member of Metropolitan Bank. Fifteen artists were nominated for this year’s award. Madsen Minax, visiting instructor, received an Arts Accelerator Grant, which he will use to attend 2016 Berlinale as a visiting artist. Berlinale, The Berlin International Film Festival, is one of the world’s leading film festivals and most reputable media events. Bryna Bobick, associate professor, co-authored an article with Jenny Hornby (MA ‘10) about the teen program at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. “A Survey of Teen Museum Education Participants and Their Parents” was published in The Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas. Gary Golightly, associate professor, had a poster included with the recent book “Presenting Shakespeare: 1,100 Posters from Around the World.” The authors collected 1,100 posters for Shakespeare’s plays, designed by an international roster of artists representing 55 countries. The poster was designed for the Department of Theatre and Dance’s production of “A Comedy of Errors.”
Mike Schmidt, associate professor, was one of three experts on Child Rights Impact Assessment (CRIA) to establish the CRIA international community of practice, which just launched. He’s been working with UNICEF Canada over the past three years on the project, a global effort to promote and inform policy development at all levels around the needs, health and well-being of children.
ALUMNI The 10th annual art education alumni exhibition was held at The Martha and Robert Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art. The theme of the exhibition was “Finding New Words Through Vision and Creativity.” The following UofM alumni and their students were in the show: Allison Webb, Christine Heiser (BFA ‘12), Melody Weintraub (BA ‘78), Melissa Greenway (BFA ‘11) and David Pentecost (BFA ‘09). The juror for the exhibition was alum Jody Stokes-Casey. Lawrence Matthews III (BFA ‘14) received a 2016 Arts Accelerator incentive grant given to visual artists at a critical juncture in their career. Five $5,000 grants are given to visual artists who reside in Shelby county, to enhance their overall work or career. Remi Chan (MA ‘15) worked as a Museum Studies graduate intern with the Blues Hall of Fame. She plans to pursue a doctoral degree in cultural heritage preservation. Erin Peters (MA ’07) served as the Egyptological consultant for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s project, and Color the Temple. The project involved using projected light to bring color back to the walls of the reliefs at the Temple of Dendur at the Met in New York. Lindsey Schifko (MA ’09) is the Saint Louis Art Museum Samuel H. Kress Interpretive Fellow. She works on digital content writing for the Egyptian “highlight” objects.
STUDENTS Graphic Design students Ethan Fowler, Lauren Nix and Nicole Lee were honored for their poster submissions in the University and College Designers Association “Design for Education” poster contest. Their posters were published in the Summer 2015 issue of Designer magazine.
COMMUNICATION FACULTY Dr. Joy Goldsmith submitted her manuscript entitled “An App to Support Difficult Interactions Among Provider, Patient and Family” for publication in the Journal of the Advanced Practitioner in Oncology. It was accepted with no revisions. Also, Joy and her co-authors received the National Communication Association’s Distinguished Book in Family Communication Award for “Dying with Comfort: Family Illness Narratives and Early Palliative Care” (Hampton Press). Mandy Young, Joy Goldsmith, Christi Moss, Patrick Dillon and Sandy Sarkela presented at the Tennessee Communication Association Conference. Associate Professor Mandy Young’s essay, an analysis of a collage about her niece who had cystic fibrosis, was published in the Defining Moments section of Health Communication.
ALUMNI Merci Decker (PhD ‘15) accepted a one-year visiting assistant professor position at Northern Illinois University. Dr. Marcus Hassell (PhD ‘15) was selected as recipient of the Top Dissertation Award given by the African American Communication and Culture Division of the National Communication Association. Sandra J. Sarkela, interim chair, was the dissertation advisor.
STUDENTS Graduate student presenters at the Tennessee Communication Association Conference included Tracy McLaughlin,
Adam Hughes, Sarah Scott, Kyle Christensen, Annie Hunter, Justin Jaggers, Ivon Wuchina and Eyan Wuchina. A photo by Film and Video Production student Jonas Schubach has been selected as a finalist in the college category in the Photographer’s Forum spring photo contest. It was published in that Spring issue.
JOURNALISM The Department of Journalism has changed its name to the Department of Journalism and Strategic Media. Also, freestanding Bachelor of Arts in Advertising and Bachelor of Arts in Public Relations degrees have been established, instead of just having concentrations.
STUDENTS Jonel Turner, Advertising major, was selected one of the American Advertising Federation’s 50 Most Promising Multicultural Students for 2016. She participated in the MPMS program February in New York City. A four-day industry immersion program, the agenda included professional development workshops, agency visits and a recruiter’s expo. The 2016 MPMS class represented 21 states and 35 schools. Since 1997, more than 800 students have been a part of MPMS and many have advanced to hold mid- to upper- management positions within the advertising industry. Jonel is the fourth University of Memphis student to achieve this honor. For the second year in a row, The Daily Helmsman took home first place in news writing at the Southeast Journalism Conference in Atlanta. Helmsman staff placed in all reporting/writing categories they entered. Jonathan Capriel, then managing editor, won first place in the news-writing category for his story about a violent sorority hazing and the UofM’s policy of revealing suspect names, and fifth place in special event reporting. Patrick Lantrip, then editor-in-chief,
placed third in the feature-writing category. He wrote “The Thin Blue Line,” an indepth look into Adderall abuse among students chasing better grades. Omer Yusuf, sports editor, placed fourth in sports writing. His submission included “Head on Collision,” a story featuring a UofM football player who had serious medical problems because of multiple football-related concussions. Reporter Gus Carrington’s tribute to blues legend B.B. King, who died last year, placed fourth in the arts and entertainment category. Carrington’s story explains how the King changed music, and why he still matters. Former Editor-in-Chief Josh Cannon took home the award for best feature writing. His story, “Rockabilly Man,” was featured on the cover of the Memphis Flyer in March of last year. Mandy Hrach, copy editor and former reporter, took home best news writer in 2015.
FACULTY Jin Yang, associate professor, is a recipient of the 2016 Faculty Research Grant in Arts and Humanities.
ALUMNI Megan Wortham (MA ’08) was named to the Memphis Business Journal’s Top 40 Under 40 list.
MUSIC The Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music partnered with the redeveloped Shelby Farms Park on a $55,000,000 makeover of the Heart of the Park. Free events will be held in the park to celebrate the renovations.
FACULTY Janet Page, interim associate dean, and her book were discussed in the Boston Musical Intelligencer, a virtual journal and essential blog of the classical music scene in greater Boston. She was part of a pre-concert presentation by La Donna Musicale, a non-profit organization dedicated to the research and historical continued on page 24 ccfa.memphis.edu VOICES 23
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performance of Renaissance, Baroque, Classical and Contemporary music by women composers. Her presentation explained the origins of the work by Maria Anna von Raschenau, “Il consiglio di Pallade” (the Council of Pallas Athena), and how she rediscovered it, which is detailed in her book “Convent Music and Politics in Eighteenth-Century Vienna.” Dr. Jack Cooper spent the 2015/2016 academic year serving as composer and arranger in residence with the Berlin Jazz Orchestra. He collaborated with internationally known jazz artists Marc Secara and Jiggs Whigham, who co-direct the BJO. He also served as visiting professor at the SRH Hochschule der populären Künste. Jack was on Professional Development assignment for one year living in the Schöneberg district of Berlin, Germany.
Lily Afshar was featured on the cover of the Soundboard Journal published by the Guitar Foundation of America last fall.
ALUMNI Carole Blankenship (DMA ‘03) received the Rhodes College Clarence Day Award for Outstanding Research and/or Creative Activity, given for demonstrated research and/or creative activity that is integral to his or her vocation and who has published or performed outstanding works over the previous three years that have gained scholarly recognition or critical acclaim. Since joining the faculty at Rhodes, she has received national and international invitations for her lectures and vocal recitals. She has recently performed at a String Orchestra of Brooklyn event. Kevin Suetterlin (MM ‘13) was hired as the director of Orchestral Activities at Concordia College in Minnesota.
STUDENTS Matt White became a local celebrity after helping Chauncy Black, a Memphis teen who lived with his mother. They were struggling and Black offered to carry groceries to cars in exchange for food. Matt not only bought groceries for him but drove him home and ultimately set up a gofundme account for Chauncy after seeing what kind of reaction he received when he posted his encounter on Facebook. The account, set up to receive money for basic necessities and a lawn mower to help him make money for his family, has raised more than $330,000 in its first 24 days The Memphis Women’s Basketball Team honored the Mighty Sound of the South with the Outstanding Sixth Player award during their awards banquet this spring.
IN MEMORIAM Thurman Louis Branning Jr. (BA ’71), 69, passed away May 2016. A journalism graduate, he served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. James Calhoun (BS ’59), 78, passed away January 2016. He was a longtime band and orchestra director. In 1966, he moved to the Champaign-Urbana metropolitan area in Illinois to teach in the Urbana School District. Eventually, he became the district’s music coordinator, a position he held until retirement. Agnes A. Crisci (MED ’69), 92, passed away May 2016. She taught Latin and was an avid harpist and harp teacher. A member of the Tennessee Daughters of the American Revolution, she was active in the American Guild of Organists, American Harp Society and Beethoven Club. George Edward Crone Jr., 78, passed away April 2016. While at the UofM, 24 VOICES Fall 2016
he was a member of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. A friend to CCFA, he received a Distinguished Alumni Award from then Memphis State University and is a past president of the Alumni Association. Dr. Charles Burton Dill (BS ’65), 76, passed away February 2016. He served the Lord faithfully for more than 50 years in various churches as youth minister, music minister and pastor. He was appointed home missionary for the Southern Baptist Convention, serving his final 19 years of active ministry in Michigan. Crystal K. Ferrell (MFA ’87), 56, passed away January 2016. She was the costume designer for State University in New York at Geneseo, a sign language interpreter and puppet maker. Henry Hart (MA ’01), 81, passed away March 2016. He put his master’s in Journalism to work writing columns for the
Bartlett Express, Germantown News and the Collierville Herald. Bessie Anderson Jackson (MA ’80), 75, passed away March 2016. She was a retired Memphis City Schools teacher. George Lapides (BA ’64), 76, passed away June 2016, after a three-year fight with a lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. George was a member of the first graduating class of White Station High School. He attended the University of Tennessee, where he was sports editor of the student newspaper, but completed his degree at the UofM. George worked for the Memphis Press Scimitar as a general and political reporter, and sports editor and columnist until the newspaper closed in 1983. Among other positions, he was athletics director at Rhodes College and president of the Memphis Chicks baseball team. From 1995–2005 George was the sports editor for WREG-
THEATRE A new concentration in dance has been established in the Department of Theatre & Dance.
FACULTY Sarah Brown, coordinator of Graduate Studies and associate professor in performance, acting for TV and film, and audition prep, received the 2015 Alumni Association Distinguished Research Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Creative Arts. Her play, “The Winning Number,” was also performed during a Night of One Acts at Playhouse West-Philadelphia Acting School & Repertory Theatre. The same play was also presented and performed by two leading editors in their New York offices to kick off their play festival. The evening featured a presentation of her show followed by food and Bingo because her play is a dark comedy about two ladies
TV, Channel 3. George is perhaps best remembered for his sports talk radio show, Sportstime with George Lapides, which he hosted for nearly 45 years. William Mashburn, 89, passed away April 2016. A friend to CCFA, he proudly served in the Navy during WWII in the Pacific. Eunice Breckenridge Ordman, 91, passed away April 2016. A friend to CCFA, she taught Physics and retired from the UofM in 1987. Charles Calvin Ozier (BS ’66), 72, passed away February 2016. A Journalism graduate, he was a Navy veteran who spent his lifetime in the landscape business including ownership of Ozier Landscape Associates in Memphis and then Hot Springs, where he retired. David Thomas Rauls (BS ’65), 73, passed away February 2016.
with a Bingo obsession. Last summer, her groundbreaking site-specific show that she directed in Jerusalem in 2012, “Citadel of Golems” was requested to be part of the Bat Yam International Street Festival, a world-famous festival in the Israeli seaside city of Bat Yam. Rick Mayfield, assistant technical director, presented on PVC spring clamps and plumb bob hangers during Southern Theatre Magazine’s Outside the Box session during the 2016 Southeastern Theatre Conference in Greensboro, North Carolina. Jill Guyton Nee, assistant professor and director of Dance, was featured in an article in Broadwayworld.com celebrating her choreography in campus productions.
ALUMNI Kitty Devany (BFA ‘14) is project manager at Cigar Box Studios. A technical theatre design major, she was just awarded her first big bid at Mitzi
George Roderick Smith (BFA ’96), 45, passed away February 2016. After college, he moved to New York City where he ultimately worked at the Whitney Museum of American Art for many years; to St. Louis to work at the St. Louis Art Museum; and most recently, Chicago to work at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Jeffrey C. Weinberger (BA ’77), 62, passed away July 2016. A double major in Journalism and Political Science, he was a partner in Sports Media Network, a national sports telephone service, for 20 years. He covered Tennessee, Ole Miss and Memphis State/University of Memphis sports his entire career. He was a longtime host of radio sports talk shows, including WWEE and WHBQ Sports 56, most recently hosting Sports Call on 730Yahoo Sports Radio.
Newhouse in Lincoln Center, working with Michael Yeargan, Tony Award winning scenic designer, and Don Holder, Tony Award winning lighting designer. Daniel Mueller (MFA ’11) was associate scenic designer for “Hughie” on Broadway, starring Academy Award winner Forrest Whitaker. He had the same role for George Takei’s “Allegiance,” which was inspired by the life of the Star Trek star. Jung Han Kim (MFA ’15) directed “Titus Andronicus” at The Rose Theatre in Bankside, London.
If you have an alumni news item or update that you would like to see featured in this section of Voices, please send it to the Executive Editor, Kimberly Rogers at krogers@memphis.edu.
If you would like to give in honor of an alum, student or faculty member, please call 901.678.3953 or go to memphis.edu/give
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UPCOMING EVENTS
CCFA Distinguished Achievement Award in the Creative and Performing Arts Luncheon honoring Jon Hornyak September 16, 2016 Charlie Vergos’ Rendezvous 52 S. Second St. Join us as we honor the contributions of Jon Hornyak, senior executive director at the Memphis Chapter of the Recording Academy. For more information, call 901.678.2350 or visit memphis.edu/ccfa.
AMUM The Art Museum at the University of Memphis is located off the lobby of the Communication and Fine Arts Building. Hours are Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. except University holidays and between temporary exhibits. Admission is free. Visit amum.memphis.edu for more information or call 901.678.2224.
Flying Colors: Asafo Flags of the Fante Now through October 1
This May Surprise You October 15–December 17 Opening Reception: Friday, October 14
THE MARTHA AND ROBERT FOGELMAN GALLERIES OF CONTEMPORARY ART Open regular UofM business hours in rooms 230 and 240 of the Art and Communication Building, 3715 Central Ave., across from the Holiday Inn. For more information, go to memphis.edu/ art/fogelmangalleries.php or call the Department of Art at 901.678.2216. Find us on Facebook at fogelmancontemporary.
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Ruben Garnica: Infoxication August 22–September 9 Gallery A
Rodrigo Valenzuela: Frontiers August 26–September 14 Gallery B
Sue Johnson: Home of Future Things September 16–November 11 Gallery A Artist Lecture: Thursday, September 15, 7 p.m. Opening Reception: Friday, September 16, 5–7:30 p.m.
MFA Thesis Exhibition: Laura Lawson October 21–November 4 Gallery B Opening Reception: Friday, October 21, 5–7:30 p.m.
BFA Thesis Exhibition November 18–December 2 Galleries A & B Opening Reception: Friday, November 18, 5–7:30 p.m.
Graphic Design Senior Exhibition December 8, 6–8 p.m. Gallery B
RUDI E. SCHEIDT SCHOOL OF MUSIC All concerts are at Harris Concert Hall and admission is free unless otherwise noted. This is a partial list of performances. For a complete list, go to memphis.edu/music. Call 901.678.2541 for more information.
Opening Night at the Scheidt September 19 at 7:30 p.m. A preview of the Memphis concert season, performed by artists from the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music, featuring works that will be performed by Opera Memphis, the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, IRIS
Orchestra, Concerts International and the Memphis Chamber Music Society.
UofM Jazz Combos September 21 at 7:30 p.m. Small student jazz groups playing the music of jazz greats and original compositions.
UofM Wind Ensemble September 23 at 7:30 p.m. $15 General Admission, $10 Seniors, free to students and UofM faculty/staff with ID
UofM Opera presents Death by Aria September 25 at 7:30 p.m. Death by Aria will be a performance of arias by members of the University of Memphis Opera in conjunction with Opera Memphis’ “30 Days of Opera.”
A Choral Sampler September 27 at 7:30 p.m. This unique performance gives concert goers a musical snapshot of the fall season of the Collegiate Choir, University Singers and University Chamber Choir. Each ensemble presents a sample of what will be performed at upcoming concerts.
This is Memphis Festival October 2 at 7:00 p.m. Overton Park Levitt Shell BlueTOM Records presents third annual music festival featuring The Band Camino, Kyndle McMahan, Drew Erwin and PRVLG.
Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra October 4 at 7:30 p.m. $15 general admission, $10 seniors, free to students and UofM faculty/staff with ID Music of the big band repertoire played by the top jazz ensemble at the UofM
Jazz Singers and Jazz Ensemble II October 6 at 7:30 p.m. A small singing ensemble and a big band – both dedicated to the sounds of jazz.
UofM Symphony Orchestra
New Sounds
Little Shop of Horrors
October 17 at 7:30 p.m. $15 general admission; $10 seniors; free to students and UofM faculty/ staff with ID. Guest artists Tom Wolfe, guitar; Ken Watters, trumpet; and Danny Gottlieb, percussion.
November 5 at 7:30 p.m. New music written by University of Memphis student composers.
A Sci-fi Smash Musical Book and Lyrics by Howard Ashman Music by Alan Menken Based on the film by Roger Corman, screenplay by Charles Griffith September 22–24, 29–30 and October 1
Octubafest October 18–19 at 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. each evening The 2016 series will feature an internationally renowned guest artist, UofM faculty and UofM “Bottom Line Tuba Ensemble.” Visit tuba.memphis.edu for more information.
Jazz Combos October 25 at 7:30 p.m. Small student jazz groups playing the music of jazz greats and original compositions.
Concerts International presents the Ceruti Quartet October 31 at 7:30 p.m. Ceruti performs the first in a six part series of the complete Beethoven quartets. The ensemble welcomes two new members (Marcin Arendt, violin, and Kimberly Patterson, cello) in their first concert of the season.
Sound Fuzion November 3 at 7:30 p.m. $15 general admission; $10 seniors; free to students and UofM faculty/ staff with ID. Sound Fuzion will raise the roof of Harris Concert Hall with the best in pop, rock and country music.
Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra November 4 at 7:30 p.m. $15 general admission; $10 seniors; free to students and UofM faculty/ staff with ID. Music of the big band repertoire played by the top jazz ensemble at the University of Memphis.
University Singers with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra and Chorus November 12 at 7:30 p.m. Cannon Center for the Performing Arts November 13 at 2:30 p.m. Germantown Performing Arts Center Tickets are $15–85; Contact the Memphis Symphony Box Office at 901.537.2500. The program will include R. Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem and Dan Forrest’s In Paradisum.
UofM Opera presents Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss II November 18 at 7:30 p.m., November 20 at 3 p.m. $20 general admission; $15 seniors; free to students and UofM faculty/ staff with ID. It’s the New Year’s Eve countdown at Prince Orlofsky’s ball… who will be your midnight kiss? The bumbling lovers in “Die Fledermaus” will waltz the night away (and drink a little too much champagne) until they find out.
School of Music Holiday Concert November 30 at 12:35 p.m. The holidays will be filled with music and memories as the School of Music ushers in the season. Performances by student ensembles will include old favorites and some new, original works.
THEATRE & DANCE Productions are held Mainstage in the Theatre Building, 3745 Central Ave., unless otherwise noted. For show times and ticket information, call the box office at 901.678.2576.
Measure for Measure A Dark Comedy by William Shakespeare November 3–5, 10–12
Momentum Dance Concert November 10–12 Rose Theatre
The Bee (Rights Pending) An Extraordinary Tale of Revenge by Hideki Noda and Colin Teevan based on an original story by Yasutaka Tsutsui November 18 at 7:30 p.m. and November 20 at 2 p.m.
Empires of Eternal Void A Psychological Thriller by Kenley Smith November 19 at 7:30 p.m. and November 20 at 2 p.m.
For an updated list of CCFA–related events, go to memphis.edu/ccfa.
This May Surprise You Oct. 15–Dec. 17 Art Museum of Memphis
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DONOR SPOTLIGHT
The Scheidt Family Music Center
T
he University of Memphis is
In June, President M. David Rudd
The Take Your Seat Campaign,
honored to announce that
submitted the Music Center as our
to sponsor seats in the new facility
the name for our new music
number one priority for funding to
successfully launched in early 2016.
center will be the Scheidt
the State Capital Projects for Higher
Continuing through groundbreaking, the
Family Music Center. Patrons of the arts
Education List. Having a quality stage
seat campaign allows the Mid-South
and generous supporters of the University,
for performance degrees is critical, as
community to invest in this new university
the Scheidt family contributed the lead
this is where the students learn, create
landmark. The University of Memphis
gift to make this new facility possible.
and succeed. The steady growth of the
wishes to thank everyone who has already
“We are blessed with some of the finest
Scheidt School of Music has eclipsed
sponsored a seat and our signature
musical students anywhere and this will
available space, programs are physically
naming opportunity donors:
finally enable them to have an adequate
separated, and productions and
rehearsal and performance facility,” stated
community programs are limited in scope
Mr. Scheidt.
due to the age and design of our stage.
To date, the UofM has secured more
• Rudi and Honey Scheidt • Assisi Foundation • Mr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Belz • Circle Music Center
Both our band and full orchestra are
• Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Dinkelspiel
than $10,000,000 in private donations
too large for the stage to accommodate.
• Mr. and Mrs. David B. Ferraro
to secure the 3:1 state match to
At more than 40,000 square feet, the
• Jabie & Helen Hardin Charitable Trust
construct the new facility. Along with gifts
Center will more than double the space
from alumni, faculty and staff, several
in the 50-year-old building where the
significant contributions have been
Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music is
• Dr. Pu-Qi Jiang
received to name various areas of the
currently housed.
• Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kremer
Scheidt Family Music Center.
• Charlotte and Fred Hodges • Charles and Margaret Hubbert • James R. Humphreys
• Ms. Pearl Wales+
For details on Take Your Seat, please visit memphis.edu/musiccenter/takeyourseat.php. Please contact Katherine Goliver, director of Development for CCFA, at 901.678.4372 with any questions about donating to the new Scheidt Family Music Center.
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2016 DONOR HONOR ROLL With private support more crucial than ever before, it is with a deep sense of gratitude that we thank all who made donations/commitments to the College of Communication & Fine Arts. The University of Memphis celebrates a record-breaking fiscal year in investments in our students & mission, particularly a new Music Center for the Scheidt School of Music because of the generosity of our alumni, friends, faculty & staff. Thank you!
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