Through the museum studies internship program, I am both entrusted with the responsibility and granted the opportunity to co-curate an exhibition for the Helen Christou Gallery.
By AMANDA BERG
Curtis Litchfield and Calvin Shiu are the inaugural winners of the Joyce and Ron Sakamoto Award for Research and Development. Open to continuing students in the Bachelor of Music program with a declared major in Digital Audio Arts, the awards amount to a $5,000 scholarship for each recipient.
“Considering the outstanding quality of the 12 submitted proposals, it was the unanimous decision of the committee to select two Sakamoto Award recipients this year,” says Dr. Rolf Boon, Chair of the Music Department.
Culture Vultures learn the art of the double take by experimenting with their own optical illusions during Welcome to the Optical Jungle, the final Culture Vulture event of the season, Saturday, June 11.
From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the U of L Atrium, artists of all ages can find inspiration in the U of L Art Gallery’s current exhibit, Spectramatic Geometry, and create a mind-twisting image of their own.
As part of its annual Art Studio Open House in April, the Art Department handed out its annual student awards.
Students receiving awards were as follows.
Jennifer Vanderfluit – Excellence in Art History/Museum Studies Award
Chad Patterson & Tyler Stewart – Art History/Museum Studies Gallery Award
Corinne Thiessen-Hepher – SAAG Award
Chad Patterson – Trap\door Artist Run Centre Award
Bonnie Patton – Art Society Award
By DAVID SMITH
Have you noticed that bridges are being built all over Lethbridge right now, linking the U of L to the broader community?
Exciting new opportunities are being offered each semester through the University of Lethbridge’s Museum Studies Internship program. Each year, this program enables students to build connections with the community for their future careers. Those connections provide a plethora of benefits for students, the institutions they work with and the community as a whole.
The University held its annual Long Service Awards and Retirement Recognition Ceremony recently, honouring 116 employees who have completed 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, and 40 years of service. A total of 23 retiring employees were also honoured.
Following is a list of honoured employees.
RETIREES
By NICOLE EVA
The University Library completed another successful library quality survey, LibQual+, recently.
The survey ran from Feb. 28 to Mar. 18 and elicited responses from a representative sample of the University population, including faculty members and both undergraduate and graduate students. The library received a very good response rate to the survey and will use the results to improve library services in the future.
By ABBY GROENENBOOM
This year the University of Lethbridge Students’ Union (ULSU) began what promises to be a tradition of honouring professors, sessional staff and lab instructors by creating the ULSU Teaching Excellence Awards.
Convocation
(June 2-3)
Degrees, diplomas and certificates will be awarded at Spring 2011 Convocation as follows:
CEREMONY I
Thursday, June 2, 9:30 a.m.
Installation of the Chancellor, Shirley Anne Margaret McClellan
Conferral of Honorary Degree – Phan Thi Kim Phuc, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa
Conferral of Degrees and Certificates
Katie Bruce, Amy Reber and Allison Crop Eared Wolf are the winners of the 2010-11 Roloff Beny Photographic Awards in Fine Arts.
The Roloff Beny Foundation Photographic Awards in the Fine Arts are intended to provide outstanding students with an opportunity for travel in relation to their photographic activity. Any new or continuing students enrolled full-time in any BFA degree program who have a focused interest in Photo-Arts are eligible to apply for this competitive award.
