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Faculty News Retirements
Maggi McKerrow, a professor of theater who created the children’s drama program at SDSU, is retiring after 33 years of service to the university. McKerrow also originated the Theatre of the World Festival for Children, an annual event on the SDSU campus featuring short regional and international productions. She is founder of SDSU’s Theatre for Young Audiences, an annual tour that reaches thousands of elementary and middle school students. McKerrow was the first SDSU faculty member to receive the prestigious Wang Family Excellence Award from the California State University, which carries a stipend of $20,000.
Floral design by Helen Shirk Also retiring is Helen Shirk, professor and head of the jewelry and metalsmithing program at SDSU. She was profiled in the the May/June Issue of Silver Magazine about her dual role as artist and teacher. “I feel a responsibility to pass on what I have learned about silversmithing and to help students explore its use in the 21st century," Shirk is quoted in the magazine. "I can do this most directly by being a maker myself and by mentoring my students well into their developing career.” Shirk said her work, originally influenced by Scandinavian design, has increasingly drawn on "the diverse natural environment of California." This November, her pieces will be included in “Transformations: The Language of Craft,” an exhibit of contemporary international craft and design at the National Gallery in Canberra, Australia. Faculty news Prof. Jack Ofield’s 17-minute film "Mario Sanchez: Painter of Memories" is being shown through Dec. 31 in conjunction with an exhibition on Mario Sanchez in the Custom House Museum in Key West, Florida. The exhibition is sponsored by the Key West Art and Historical Society. According to Ofield, “the film documents the life and art of the Cuban-American, self-taught folk painter whose works capture the polyglot society of Key West in all its charm and depth.” The film originally aired on PBS as part of his trilogy “Three American Folk Painters.” Bey-Ling Sha, communication, has been given the President’s award by the International Listening Association (ILA) for working with University of Maryland students on a public relations program for ILA. The following School of Communication faculty presented at the International Communication Association meeting in May:
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