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May 16: WSU Museum of Art summer exhibit opens

The Museum of Art/WSU will present its summer exhibit “Points of Interest: Reflections on Place,” May 16-June 30.

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This exhibit offers a glimpse into the idea of place through the works of four WSU faculty members, including Ruth Boden, associate professor of music; Kevin Haas, professor of art/printmaking; Taiji Miyasaka, associate professor of architecture; and Linda Russo, clinical associate professor of English and poetry.

Each artist provides a unique, multifaceted view of place through their creativity and research. Supplementing and providing context to their inquiries will be selections of place-based works drawn from the museum’s permanent collection of over 3500 objects.

Admission to the exhibit is free.

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Junior faculty receive seed funding from WSU

Three faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences are among the nine junior faculty from across WSU colleges and campuses who received New Faculty Seed Grants to kick-start development of their research, scholarly or creative portfolios.

Grant winners and their projects include:

  • Zachariah Heiden: Using fluorescent dyes for the generation of switchable catalysts, Department of Chemistry
  • Emily Huddart Kennedy: Green consumerism and social inequality, Department of Sociology
  • Shannon Scott: Asian and Asian American wind quintet commissions tour and recording project, School of Music

The Office of Research and Office of the Provost support the annual New Faculty Seed Grants to help junior faculty develop research, scholarly or creative programs that lead to sustained professional development and extramural funding.

Faculty who have been at WSU for less than four years were encouraged to send in proposals. This year, 49 proposals were received. Each proposal underwent a rigorous process that included a primary review by an emphasis area review panel, followed by a secondary review by the Research and Arts Committee.

The nine selected proposals represent the range of scholarly activity taking place at WSU. The total amount of grant funding is $259,280.

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Jazz performer, educator receives WSU alumni award

Horace Alexander Young
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Horace Alexander Young, chair of contemporary music at Santa Fe University of Art and Design, was honored recently with the WSU Alumni Association Alumni Achievement Award in recognition of his three decades of professional touring and recording jazz music with top performers worldwide while also teaching privately and at the university level.

Young earned a master of arts degree in music at WSU in 1983 and returned as an associate professor of music 1998-2008. He developed courses in music business and established internships for WSU students in major music industry companies in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and at the Seattle branch of the Recording Academy, which awards the annual Grammys. » More …

Tuba student places at international competition

Andrew Rink of Puyallup, Wash., a sophomore at Washington State University in music and computer science, recently placed third in live competition at the 2016 International Tuba-Euphonium Conference in Knoxville, Tenn.

Andrew-Rink-webHe was selected as one of 10 semifinalists from an international pool of applicants before advancing to the finals in the tuba competition.

“This event marks the first time a WSU tuba student has participated in and placed in such a prestigious competition,” said Chris Dickey, clinical assistant professor of music at WSU. “As Andrew’s private teacher, I am incredibly proud of him and his hard work.”

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