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Electronic Newsletter
Volume II Issue 1
January 2004
Welcome to PSFA E-Connect, an electronic newsletter for alumni and friends of the College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts (PSFA). We hope you enjoy this summary of SDSU and PSFA news. For detailed information, please click on the links provided or copy and paste into your web browser.
CALENDAR
OF EVENTS |
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| Zooming into Focus: Contemporary
Chinese Video from the Haudenschild Collection |
January 31 through April 21 University Art Gallery |
| Raffaele Trevisani, flutist | January 23 @ 7 pm Smith Recital Hall |
| Theatre of the World Festival | January 23 & 24 Don Powell Theatre |
| Faculty Recital Cynthia Darby, piano |
January 25 @ 4pm Smith Recital Hall |
| Duo Piano Recital Karen Follingstad, Alex Desiatkin |
January 28 @ 12 noon Smith Recital Hall |
| Merrily We Roll Along Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim |
February 13, 14, 18, 19, 20 & 21 @ 8pm February 15 & 22 @ 2pm Experimental Theatre |
| Faculty Recital Feliz Olschofka, violin Karen Follingstad, piano |
February 18 @ 12 noon Smith Recital Hall |
| University Dance Company | February 20 & 21 @ 8pm February 22 @ 2pm ENS 200 |
| SDSU Symphony Orchestra in concert
with Grossmont Symphony Conducted by Harold Warman |
February 29 @ 3pm Smith Recital Hall |
INTERNATIONAL FLUTIST PERFORMS AT SDSU
Renowned
flutist Raffaele Trevisani from Milan, Italy will appear in concert at
SDSU's Smith Recital Hall on Friday, January 23 at 7 pm. Mr. Trevisani
has performed in some of the major concert halls of Japan, the U.S., South
America, Russia, South Africa, and Europe. He currently teaches at the
International Academy of Music of the Foundation of the Civic Schools of
Milan, and is presently on a concert tour of the U.S. For ticket information
please call 619-594-1696.
Yang Zhenzhong, Let's Puff
Zooming into Focus: Contemporary Chinese Video from the Haudenschild Collection runs January 31 through April 21, 2004, at the University Art Gallery, San Diego State University. This is the second exhibition in a two part series exploring the current art of China. The exhibition is accompanied by the following series of special events at the San Diego Museum of Art and the Museum of Photographic Arts on Saturday, January 31, 2004.
Symposium
An International Discourse on New Chinese Video and Photography
featuring world renowned experts
9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., James S. Copley Auditorium, San Diego Museum of
Art
Screening
Chinese Video and Film NOW!
3:00 p.m., Joan & Irwin Jacobs Theater, Museum of Photographic Arts,
San Diego
Video Installation Premiere
New Work by Yang Zhenzhong
5:00 p.m., Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego
This project is made possible by a generous loan from the collection of Eloisa and Chris Haudenschild. Recently, Jo-Anne Berelowitz, professor in the School of Art, Design and Art History interviewed Eloisa Haudenschild to find out what led her to become an art collector. Click here to read the entire interview.
MaryLee Sachs Named PSFA
Alumna Of the Year
President & CEO
Hill and
Knowlton USA
With more than 24 years experience in public relations and marketing,
MaryLee Sachs is widely recognized as a leading professional in the field
both nationally and internationally. She recently returned to the US
after spending 17 years overseas in the United Kingdom to become President
and CEO of Hill and Knowlton USA, one of the largest public relations
firms in the nation. While based in London, Sachs was global head of
Hill and Knowlton's marketing communications practices.
During her extensive career, she has worked with many blue chip organizations
such as Kellogg's, Kodak, Proctor & Gamble, Anheuser-Busch, and Motorola,
to name a few.
MaryLee Sachs graduated from SDSU in 1981 with a degree in Journalism/PR,
and minor in marketing. She remains connected to the university by regularly
coming back to speak to students in public relations classes in the School
of Communication.
In recognition of her outstanding achievements, MaryLee Sachs has been
named PSFA's Alumni of Distinction for 2004. She will receive the SDSU
Monty Award at the university's annual gala later this Spring.
"Envision San Diego: The Creative Community"
On December 8, 2003, "Envision San Diego: The Creative Community" a forum created to promote civic engagement and journalism was announced. SDSU's International Center for Communications, KPBS, and SignOnSanDiego are partners in this new venture designed to make the public more aware of important policy issues that affect the region and encourage citizens to become involved. Envision San Diego intends to achieve this by a series of television and radio programs, and on-line discussions. You can participate in the discussions by logging on to: http://www.signonsandiego.com/communities/envision/index.html.
On March 31, during SDSU Month, a town hall meeting will be held in the KPBS studios and a special one-hour public affairs program created that will include the steering committee's ideas for ensuring San Diego's success into the 21st century. For more information about Envision San Diego please contact John Eger, Executive Director of SDSU's International Center for Communications at 619-594-6933.
ALUMNI PROFILE
Robert Morgan,
MFA, Set Design 1999
Rob
Morgan is fast making a name for himself in the field of scenic design.
Rob, who received his MFA degree in Set Design from SDSU in 1999, is currently
a resident designer at the Denver Center Theatre Company in Denver, Colorado,
where he designs 2 to 3 shows a year in an 11 show season, featured in
three theatre spaces. While working as a painter and carpenter at the San
Jose Repertory Theatre during the 1993-94 season he met Ralph Funicello
who had been invited there to consult on the design of a new space. Professor
Funicello had a tremendous impact on him. He recalls, "I jumped at
the chance to assist Ralph for a weekend and had a marvelous time." Rob
went on to work at the Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis for a
few years, and when the time came to select a graduate school, he chose
SDSU because Ralph Funicello taught here.
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| The Dazzle Set Design by Robert Morgan |
Rob's portfolio boasts scenic designs for productions such as Lobby Hero, Almost Heaven, Bernice and Butterfly, Copenhagen, The Dazzle, A Christmas Carol, Dirty Blond, and Bus Stop, to name a few. Most recently, he designed the world premiere of a new play The Subject Tonight is Love at the Alliance Theatre Company in Atlanta. His thesis design for The Kentucky Cycle was included as part of the United States student exhibit at the 1999 Prague Design Quadrennial in the Czech Republic.
"My time spent at SDSU were some of the happiest moments of my life thus far," he said. "Ralph became (and still is) an amazing mentor, friend, and colleague. The contributions of others that shaped my student (and thereby professional) life were incredible professors like Beeb Salzer, Loren Schreiber, Nick Reid, and Craig Wolf. I hope to return to San Diego someday and personally thank them all."
SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND DANCE STUDENT RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS AWARD
Brian Eisenberg has been selected as the winner of the 2003 American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers (ASCAP) Foundation Young Jazz Composer Award. The program, established in 2002, was created to encourage gifted American jazz composers to create new works. Winning works were selected through a juried national competition. Brian is a recent graduate of the School of Music and Dance (Fall 2003) with a Masters degree in Music Composition.
FACULTY IN THE NEWS
Professor Kerry Nelson, School of Art, Design
and Art History, took first place along with part-time faculty member Natalia
Trepchina in the ASID Interior Design Excellence Awards. They will
be published in the January issue of San Diego Home Garden Lifestyles. Kelly
McCormick, another part-time faculty member received the second
place award. Professor Nelson has also been
selected to receive a national award from the Interior Design Educators
Council at their annual banquet this Spring. Kudos to the Interior Design
faculty!
Professor Pamela Gardner, Department of Child
and Family Development, received the 2003 Meritorious Service Award from
the Association of Councils (AOC), National Council on Family Relations
(NCFR). The award was presented during the annual NCFR Conference, held
in Vancouver in November of 2003.
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Professor Peter Andersen, School of Communication, is the recipient of the Robert J. Kibler Memorial Award. The award is given to those with the personal and professional qualities of dedication to excellence, a commitment to the profession, concern for others, vision of what could be, acceptance of diversity, and forthrightness. Professor Andersen was presented with the award at the National Communication Association's (NCA) annual meeting in Miami Beach. |
| NCA President Judy Pearson presents Peter Andersen with Kibler Award |
Dr. J.E. Lindsay Carter, professor
emeritus in the Department of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences, was honored
in late Fall 2003 when he officially opened the "J.E. Lindsay Carter
Anthropometry Laboratory" at Auckland University of Technology, Auckland,
New Zealand. The laboratory is a new facility dedicated to assessment and
research in sport and health related anthropometry. It is the first specialized
anthropometry lab in New Zealand.
Anne-Charlotte Harvey, professor emeritus
in the School of Theatre, Television and Film has been appointed the Grand
Lodge Cultural Director of the VASA Order of America, a century-old Swedish-American
fraternal organization of nearly 300 lodges. Professor Harvey has also
been elected to serve on the Board of Directors of the Swedish Council
of America, the umbrella organization of all Swedish and Swedish-American
organizations in America.
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