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What’s News at Rhode Island College Vol. 22 Issue 15 Circulation over 43,000 May 6, 2002 Highlights RIC to award 1,300 degrees In the News RIC to award 1,300 at commencement exercises degrees at May 16, 18 ome 1,300 graduate and under- commencements graduate students at Rhode SIsland College will receive their Cap and Gown degrees in separate commencement ceremonies kick off ceremonies on campus Thursday, May 16, and Saturday, May 18, commencement season respectively. The graduate commencement at which about 300 students will Feature Story receive masters degrees will take place in the Health, Physical Nine members of campus Education, Athletic Complex community to bid adieu Thursday evening starting at 5:30. Lorna Duphiney Edmundson ’64, to RIC president of Wilson College in Pennsylvania, will be the graduate commencement speaker and be Alumni News awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Pedagogy. Siobhan McHugh ’84 Receiving the honorary degree appears in Dreamcoat of Doctor of Humanities, also at the graduate commencement, is Golden anniversary class Thomas Ohanian, who earned a master-of-science in instructional to return on technology at RIC in 1988. He is College, a woman-centered under- been honored by the RIC Alumni commencement day the winner of both Emmy and Oscar graduate institution located in the Association as Outstanding Alumna awards for his invention of the Avid Cumberland Valley of Pennsylvania. and has been generous in support of Proposed slate for June Media Composer, which revolution- She earned her masters degree in her alma mater through the years. 19 meeting announced ized the field of professional video education from Boston College and Thomas Ohanian editing. doctorate from Columbia University Ohanian holds a bachelor of sci- About 1,000 undergraduates will Teachers College. ence from Boston University in get their bachelors degrees in cer- After graduating from RIC, she broadcasting and film. He is one of Sports emonies that begin at 9:30 a.m. taught in a Head Start program in the most acclaimed leaders in the Saturday on the campus esplanade Roxbury; served with the American design and development of digital Matt Gill ’70 recognized in front of the Athletic Complex. Friends’ Service Committee in media products. His work has led at State House U. S. Rep. James R. Langevin ’90, Compton, Calif., following the 1966 to the widespread adoption of digi- Rhode Island secretary of state until Watts civil rights tal nonlinear editing equipment and Brandee Trainer named his election to Congress in 2000, will riots; served as a digital media collaboration. deliver the commencement address. consultant with The National Academy of Distinguished Student His mother, June C. Langevin of the New York Television Arts and Sciences awarded Athlete Warwick, will be receiving her bach- City Schools in him an Emmy in 1994 for his inven- elor of general studies degree. Ocean Hills- tion of the Avid Media Composer, Other honorary degree recipients Brownsville and which revolutionized the field of Arts & at the undergraduate commence- Harlem in professional video editing, replacing ment will be RIC alumna Viola Davis Muslim, Haitian, the use of videotapes with digital Entertainment ’88, a theatre major who went on to Lutheran, Irish hard disks. earn a Tony award for “Best Featured Catholic, Greek In 1995, the Academy of Motion Tokyo String Quartet Actress in a Play” on Broadway Orthodox, and Picture Arts and Sciences honored performs May 13 and an Obie award for her perfor- LORNA DUPHINEY Hasidic commu- him with an Academy Award for mance in an Off-Broadway produc- EDMUNDSON nities in the early his invention. In 1998, he was Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz tion, Doctor of Fine Arts; Carole 70s; and devel- awarded his Moses Harman, noted art educator oped internship programs for women second Emmy Quartet in concert May 25 and studio artist, Doctor of at the American University of Paris. for the inven- Pedagogy; Harry Kizirian, one of She later served as a Fulbright tion of the Avid the country’s most decorated sol- Scholar in residence at Tokyo Multicamera Index diers and former long time Rhode Women’s Christian University in System, used Island postmaster, Doctor of Public Japan. Edmundson has served as for the editing The Way We Were; Service. president of the Association of of programs Focus on Faculty 2 Approximately 10,000 family Vermont Independent Colleges, as shot with multi- members and friends of the Class of president of Trinity College of ple cameras. 2002, as well as administrators, fac- Vermont, and has held senior posi- Ohanian is an Foundation & ulty, staff and friends of the College tions at the American University accomplished Alumni Affairs 4 are expected to attend the Saturday in Paris, Columbia University author, having commencement. Teachers College School of General written the THOMAS OHANIAN Picture Spread 6-7 In case of inclement weather, the Studies, and Columbia University, acknowledged ceremony will be moved inside to Marymount, and Colby-Sawyer col- industry guidebook, Digital Nonlinear Sports 9 the Athletic Complex. Large screens leges. Editing, and is the co-author of Digital in Roberts and Gaige hall auditori- In announcing Edmundson’s selec- Filmmaking. These textbooks have ums will carry the proceedings live tion as president of Wilson, the chair sold in excess of 50,000 copies and Arts/Entertainment 10-11 for the overflow audience. of the Board of Trustees said, “She have been translated into Chinese, has dedicated her life to women’s German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Around the campus 12 Lorna Duphiney Edmundson education and has gained a global Russian and Spanish. They are used Edmundson was inaugurated in perspective on the role of women in film and video schools through- 2001 as the 18th president of Wilson in today’s world.” Edmundson has Continued on page 5 Page 2– What’s News, Monday, May 6, 2002 The Way We Were… Focus on the Faculty and Staff This popular item in What’s News continues so you can revisit your Faculty and staff are encouraged to submit items of information about alma mater with a selection of photos from the College’s past, whether their professional endeavors to What’s News, Office of News and Public the current era (Rhode Island College) or past eras (Rhode Island Relations, 300 Roberts Hall or email them to [email protected]. College of Education or Rhode Island State Normal School). We invite your contribution of old photos, along with sufficient information Donna D. Idealism: Current Status of Korean about each, such as who’s in the photo and what they are doing, the Kelly, assistant Cinema” in Cinemaya: Asian Film year it was taken and place (if possible). In the meantime, we’ll con- professor in art Quarterly (Vol. 53, pp 4-12). With tinue searching our files for interesting pictures of past College life. and art Korean cinema education, and in the forefront Elizabeth of international Rowell, profes- cinema today, sor in ele- the article exam- mentary educa- ines how a tion, have been national cinema awarded the movement in the following four 1980s has trans- DONNA KELLY grants this year: formed the Eisenhower mainstream cin- Professional Development Grant: ema into films Expanding The Role Of The Arts In of freedom and Elementary Classrooms To Enhance idealism spoken E.J. MIN The Literacy Growth Of Children in Hollywoodian From Diverse language and other unknown Cultural/ accents.” Linguistic Kay F. Israel, associate professor Backgrounds of communications, served as a Bell And Eco- Ringer Award judge for the second nomically year for the Publicity Club of New Challenging England. Bell Ringer Awards recog- Environments. nize excellence in communications Project Literacy and public relations work in every And Diversity field and industry, and across all Through The media – print, broadcast and on-line. Arts-LDA. The organization selects “seasoned (10/01/01- professionals” to judge entries in 9/10/2002); ELIZABETH ROWELL 39 different categories from public Title II Grant: relations professionals from the six Literacy And The Visual Arts: New England states. Israel was one Empowering Future Educators To of three Rhode Islanders and the Integrate Literacy And The Visual only academic asked to serve in this Arts To Help Children Become year’s competition. He reviewed Readers, Writers, Art Producers, submissions in two categories: And Art Appreciators. (Summer Feature or Commentary Placement- 2001); Title II Grant: Promoting National and Crisis Communications Literacy in and through the Visual Campaigns. Arts: Equipping Future Teachers David Woolman, professor in To Integrate Literacy And The the Curriculum Arts By Utilizing Techniques Of Resources COLLEGE CHAMP: Back in 1969, John Taylor (above), now assistant director Beloved Illustrators To Unfold of Intercollegiate Athletics, Recreation and Intramurals, was the coach of Center, Children’s Artistic And Literacy attended the the cross-country team that won the N.A.I.A. (National Association of Related Creativity (Summer 2002); Intercollegiate Athletics) championship for that year. Runners on that winning 46th annual con- Feinstein Professional Development ference of the team included Jimmy Joseph, Fred and Bob Bayha, Ralph Fortune, Vinny Grant: Awarded in Spring 2002 to McMann, Charlie DiToro, Ray Nelson and Tom Kenwood.