2008 Woodie Awards
Campus Briefs
Issue date: 4/21/08 Section: News
Dramatic Arts
The MTSU Commercial Music Ensemble will perform at the T. Earl Hinton Music Hall of the Wright Music Building on Monday, April 21, at 7:30 p.m.
The T. Earl Hinton Music Hall of the Wright Music Building will host the MTSU Symphonic Band/Brass Ensemble on Tuesday, April 22, at 7:30 p.m.
The Guitar Ensemble Concert will take place on Wednesday, April 23, at 3 p.m.
Amy Duncan will perform at the Senior Flute Recital on Wednesday, April 23, at 6 p.m.
On Wednesday, April 23, Maya Stone and Leo Erice will perform at the faculty recital at 8 p.m.`
Earth Day
MTSU's Students for Environmental Action will sponsor an Earth Day celebration on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 22 and 23. The festival will be held on campus on the knoll in front of the Keathley University Center from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day in an effort to bring the campus and community together in support of a common goal. Earth Day events will kick off with a climate-commitment signing by MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee shortly after noon April 22. Activities will include an earth-friendly art show, food from local vegetarian and vegan restaurants, live music from local bands and organic shopping. SEA, Recycle Rutherford, the Murfreesboro Electric Department, People for a Better Tomorrow and MTSU Environmental Studies Department will have booths set up during the celebration.
For more information about SEA's event plans, please visit the organization's Web site at www.mtsu.edu/~sea.
Student and Wall of Fame awards
The MTSU College of Mass Communication will conduct its 15th Annual Student Awards and eighth Annual Wall of Fame Awards ceremonies on Wednesday, April 23, at 3 p.m. in the John Bragg Mass Communication Building. This event honors mass communication alumni who have gone above and beyond their studies and distinguished themselves through their accomplishments. Scheduled to be inducted into the college's Wall of Fame for 2008 are James Stevens, founder and CEO of James Stevens Creative; Mark Blakeman, vice-president of orchestra and building operations and general manager of the Nashville Symphony; and Sgt. Maj. Phillip R. Prater, Army Public Affairs.
For more information about the awards ceremonies, contact Lisa McCann at 615-898-5171 or lmccann@mtsu.edu.
'Paper Rewind' Project
The James E. Walker Library and the MTSU Department of Art are joining forces to raise student awareness of paper usage through an interesting and creative project that will be on display in the last remaining days of spring. The "Paper Rewind" project will be installed at the library from 12:40 p.m. to 3:40 p.m. and from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Monday, April 21, one day prior to the international celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and will remain in place through Wednesday, May 7.
Local Music
Juan Prophet Organization's Farewell Show will take place at Wallstreet On Saturday, April 26, at 10 p.m. Admission is 21 and up.
That same night, the Protomen, Wax Fang, and Heypenny will be performing at the Mercy Lounge at 9 p.m.
Contemporary Women Writing in Israel
Israeli writer Dr. Miriam Sivan will present a lecture on "Contemporary Women Writing in Israel" at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 22, in Room 106 of MTSU's Paul W. Martin Sr. Honors Building. This event is free and open to the public. Sivan is the recipient of a number of awards including the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute Award and a Ford Foundation Grant. MTSU's Middle East Center and the Distinguished Lecture Fund will sponsor the lecture.
For more information, contact Dr. Allen Hibbard, director of the Middle East Center, at 615-494-7906 or ahibbard@mtsu.edu.
The MTSU Commercial Music Ensemble will perform at the T. Earl Hinton Music Hall of the Wright Music Building on Monday, April 21, at 7:30 p.m.
The T. Earl Hinton Music Hall of the Wright Music Building will host the MTSU Symphonic Band/Brass Ensemble on Tuesday, April 22, at 7:30 p.m.
The Guitar Ensemble Concert will take place on Wednesday, April 23, at 3 p.m.
Amy Duncan will perform at the Senior Flute Recital on Wednesday, April 23, at 6 p.m.
On Wednesday, April 23, Maya Stone and Leo Erice will perform at the faculty recital at 8 p.m.`
Earth Day
MTSU's Students for Environmental Action will sponsor an Earth Day celebration on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 22 and 23. The festival will be held on campus on the knoll in front of the Keathley University Center from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day in an effort to bring the campus and community together in support of a common goal. Earth Day events will kick off with a climate-commitment signing by MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee shortly after noon April 22. Activities will include an earth-friendly art show, food from local vegetarian and vegan restaurants, live music from local bands and organic shopping. SEA, Recycle Rutherford, the Murfreesboro Electric Department, People for a Better Tomorrow and MTSU Environmental Studies Department will have booths set up during the celebration.
For more information about SEA's event plans, please visit the organization's Web site at www.mtsu.edu/~sea.
Student and Wall of Fame awards
The MTSU College of Mass Communication will conduct its 15th Annual Student Awards and eighth Annual Wall of Fame Awards ceremonies on Wednesday, April 23, at 3 p.m. in the John Bragg Mass Communication Building. This event honors mass communication alumni who have gone above and beyond their studies and distinguished themselves through their accomplishments. Scheduled to be inducted into the college's Wall of Fame for 2008 are James Stevens, founder and CEO of James Stevens Creative; Mark Blakeman, vice-president of orchestra and building operations and general manager of the Nashville Symphony; and Sgt. Maj. Phillip R. Prater, Army Public Affairs.
For more information about the awards ceremonies, contact Lisa McCann at 615-898-5171 or lmccann@mtsu.edu.
'Paper Rewind' Project
The James E. Walker Library and the MTSU Department of Art are joining forces to raise student awareness of paper usage through an interesting and creative project that will be on display in the last remaining days of spring. The "Paper Rewind" project will be installed at the library from 12:40 p.m. to 3:40 p.m. and from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Monday, April 21, one day prior to the international celebration of Earth Day on April 22, and will remain in place through Wednesday, May 7.
Local Music
Juan Prophet Organization's Farewell Show will take place at Wallstreet On Saturday, April 26, at 10 p.m. Admission is 21 and up.
That same night, the Protomen, Wax Fang, and Heypenny will be performing at the Mercy Lounge at 9 p.m.
Contemporary Women Writing in Israel
Israeli writer Dr. Miriam Sivan will present a lecture on "Contemporary Women Writing in Israel" at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 22, in Room 106 of MTSU's Paul W. Martin Sr. Honors Building. This event is free and open to the public. Sivan is the recipient of a number of awards including the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute Award and a Ford Foundation Grant. MTSU's Middle East Center and the Distinguished Lecture Fund will sponsor the lecture.
For more information, contact Dr. Allen Hibbard, director of the Middle East Center, at 615-494-7906 or ahibbard@mtsu.edu.
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