The college has received a $2 million gift from the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation to establish a new major in experimental humanities, and provide funding support for humanities research projects.
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After 17 years as art|sci magazine’s editor, Arthur Evenchik stepped down last summer to devote more time to communications projects for Dean Joy K. Ward and to his duties as coordinator of the Emerging Scholars Program. His successor, Sandy Livingston, has been editor of the university’s flagship publication, Think magazine, since 2014. Welcome, Sandy.
The Graduate Council of Arts & Sciences (GCAS) has awarded five graduate students from the college with the inaugural Graduate Student Scholarship and Creative Endeavors (GSSCE) grant of $1,000 each.
Some say “you can’t go home again,” but whoever believes that should look across our campus to see the many contributions being made by faculty and staff every day who are alumni of the university. Kelly Fried is the newest alumna joining the dean’s office in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Faculty members Lisa Huisman Koops and Nate Kruse, along with graduate students Jessica Steuver and Dennis Giotta, alumna Kelsey Kordella Giotta (CWR ‘20) and Julie Ballantyne from The University of Queensland, Australia, presented four research sessions and one poster session at the National Association for Music Education Biennial (NAfME) conference in November.
Eight sociology students participating in capstone projects took to the podium on Dec. 12 at Mather Memorial to present research on a range of topics covering diversity, equity and social justice.