Accomplishments

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2013-14 news

Communication Design student Jerry F. Cavill, Jr., designed the cover for the third edition of Micro-Distilleries in the U.S. and Canada, the only guide dedicated to North American micro-distilleries. The book, written by KU employee David J. Reimer, Sr., and published by Crave Press, is available in print and as a full color e-book.

Ron Grapsy | communication studies | authored the chapter "Speaking with Confidence" in the online textbook Public Speaking: The Virtual Text. Intended for introductory collegiate level public speaking courses, the book was produced through a PASSHE grant under the direction of Lisa Schreiber from Millersville University.

Maggie Horvath (BFA '13) has been accepted into the MFA program in Jewelry/Metalsmithing at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) for the fall 2013 semester.

Leigh Kane | fine arts | is exhibiting her one-person show of photographs MR. LOVELIES--Some Gentle Men Considered Fondly May 11-June 9, 2013 at Shala Yoga House in New York City.

Frank Kumor | music | will travel to Chile, Argentina, Japan, Australia, and Sweden for teaching residencies and concert performances during his sabbatical leave.

Andrea Mitnick | communication studies | received her second Fulbright Award. In spring 2014, she will lecture on interpersonal communication, leadership, and American media to students and faculty at the Budapest College of Communication.

Carrie Nordlund | art education | was appointed to the board of Circle of Seasons Charter School, a Waldorf-Methods public charter school in Lehigh Valley.

Evan Summer | fine arts | is exhibiting his one-person show Evan Summer: Unknown Landscapes at Juniata College Museum of Art, April 18-September 7, 2013. In summer 2013, he also participated in a six week residency at the Guanlan International Printmaking Workshop.

Rachele Trczinski (BFA '13) has been accepted into the MFA program in Jewelry/Metalsmithing at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) School of American Craftsmen for the fall 2013 semester.