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Contents College combines with National 2 | The Dean’s Corner Endowment for the Arts to present Fall Spring 2013 Arts Calendar 3 | Mary Jane Garth Scholarship multifaceted quilt extravaganza

This is a selection of events from our exciting spring line-up. 4 | New Dishman Director hree departments from the College of Fine Arts and Communication worked together Visit fineartscomm.lamar.edu for more details or to access the full list of events. this fall to provide the Southeast Texas community a fascinating, interdisciplinary 5 | Concussion Management T glimpse into the world of quilting. e National Endowment for the Arts partially funded the , which included 6 | Trip to Dominican Republic Art of the Quilt Dec. 16 – Feb. 23 March 23 April 19 – 20 April 30 an exhibition of Quilt National’s acclaimed touring show at the Dishman Art Museum and a Modern Impulses & Surreal Le Grand Bal Lamar Opera Theatre Lamar Civic Orchestra 7 | Vocal Scholarship production of the musical Quilters , a collaborative effort of the Department of eatre & Dance Dreams 7 p.m. – 12 midnight 7:30 p.m., Rothwell Recital Hall 7:30 pm, Setzer Student Center Dishman Art Museum Ballroom and the Mary Morgan Moore Department of Music. A textile conservator, along with regional and national quilt artists, including the famed March 26 – April 30 April 22 Feb. 28 – March 3 Matthew Neil Gehring: Industrial Carillon Concert April 25 - 28 Blockheads bee of the Golden Triangle Quilt Guild, also presented a variety of workshops in Macbeth Brilliant Corners 7:30 p.m., Mobil Oil Federal An American Sampler: An conjunction with the Quilt National exhibition. University Theatre Dishman Art Museum Credit Union Evening of Classic One-Act Plays Founded in 1979, the biennial Quilt National exhibition has showcased the best and most Studio Theatre exciting contemporary art quilts being created around the world. e Dishman Art Museum is March 7 April 11 – 12 April 25 the only Texas venue to feature Quilt National ’11. Lamarissimo! Spring Dance Concert Lamarissimo! Cardinal Singers & Directed by Ron Zank, visiting instructor of theatre, Quilters has been described as a joyous Wind Ensemble & Concert Band 7:30 p.m., University Theatre Cardinal Dancers and moving musical celebration of American womanhood and the pioneer spirit. Written by Molly 7:30 p.m., Julie Rogers Theatre 7:30 p.m., Julie Rogers Theatre Newman and Barbara Damashek, and based on the book e Quilters: Women and Domestic Art by Patricia Cooper and Norma Bradley Allen, the musical opened on Broadway in 1984 and was nominated for six Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Lamar’s production was staged in October in the University eatre. “is was a terrific collaborative venture for the college,” said Russ Schultz, dean of the College Share your news and success stories with other College We want to of Fine Arts and Communication. “We are grateful to the National Endowment for the Arts for of Fine Arts and Communication alumni. If you have news being a catalyst for this event.” hear from you to share, please send it to [email protected]. Mary Jane Garth Regents’ Scholarship provides lasting legacy The Dean’s Corner Volume 6 | Number 11 | Fall 2012 support for deserving students who ago, and her entrepreneurial spirit has in spired Our major annual fundraiser for the college, Sights & Sounds is the newsletter Le Grand Bal , is very much on track under the of the Lamar University College may become our future leaders. her to continue to give many volunteer hours guidance of chairs Allison and Michael Getz. of Fine Arts and Communication. “is scholarship will enable to the community, along with her generous is year’s black-tie gala honors Sallye Keith for It is published twice a year the university to select and support charitable support of many deserving organi - her many wonderful contributions to the arts, by the Office of the Dean. the most deserving students who zations. Recognized for her work with the Art and promises – as always – to be a great party otherwise might not be able to Museum of Southeast Texas and the Symphony for a great cause. I can’t reveal any more details Mission Statement continue their education,” said of Southeast Texas, Garth has created a Mary Jane Garth pictured with Lamar University President Jimmy Simmons about the theme of this year’s Bal other than to Published biannually for alumni, Garth, who said she selected art scholarship endowment that continues this students, faculty and friends of the say that guests will be delighted with the creativity and music for the scholarships spirit of cultural enrichment. and vision of the Getzes. college, the intent of this newsletter passion for music and the visual arts because “these are my passions.” “Mary Jane Garth is a true patron of the Accreditation is a highly important compo - is to strengthen ties of the Lamar will result in a permanent legacy for arts. We are so fortunate that she has returned nent of our academic mission, and this year we community. The contents are selected Southeast Texas arts patron Mary I am thrilled to think that I to stimulate thought and discussion A to our community,” said Russ Schultz, dean. have completed the reaccreditation visit from the Jane Garth – a gift that will enrich the lives and to demonstrate the breadth and can be part of changing the “One of her most wonderful traits is her desire American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, and cultivate the talents of students at depth of activities within the college. to share with people the excitement of art or ASHA, which is the accreting body for the Lamar University. lives of Lamar students for Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences. by showing her extraordinary collection of e Mary Jane Garth Regents’ Scholarship Preparations are also underway for our 10-year Address many years to come. paintings that adorn her home. She remains Sights & Sounds has been established in the Lamar University hroughout the departments of the review with the National Association of Schools Garth was born in Houston, where actively involved as a trustee for the Sym - Office of the Dean Foundation to benefit undergraduates majoring College of Fine Arts and Communica - of Music and the initial review of the Department she attended Rice University. While a student phony of Southeast Texas, as well as the Art College of Fine Arts and Communication in music or art at Lamar University, President tion, we see vibrant changes and of Art by the National Association of Schools of there, she met Tyrrell Garth and moved to Museum of Southeast Texas. In all these roles, T Lamar University Jimmy Simmons announced. Art and Design, both of which will evaluate our additions to our academic and artistic offerings. P.O. Box 10077 Beaumont, where the couple raised their she has elevated the level of culture and quality programs in the 2013-14 academic year. “I am thrilled to think that I can be part is year we were pleased to win a highly Beaumont, TX 77710 children, Terry, Harriet and David. In 1966, of life in our community. is wonderful is year marks the final year in Dr. Jimmy of changing the lives of Lamar students for competitive National Endowment for the Arts Mary Jane moved to Aspen, Colo., where scholarship gift will make possible the pursuit grant to support our vision of sharing the Art Simmons’ presidency at Lamar. While we are many years to come,” Garth said. “I have Web she lived for more than 40 years on the of a career in the arts for someone who of the Quilt with Lamar University and Southeast sad to see the end of his term at Lamar, there is fineartscomm.lamar.edu often pondered how I could best support the Aspen Valley Ranch, which she owned and might otherwise not have been able to afford Texas. e unique nature of our college allows also great anticipation to build on the magnificent arts and music at Lamar, and I feel that this managed. collegiate study.” opportunities for different departments to work he has started. is is an exciting time on Publisher scholarship is something that will provide collaborate together on projects in order to campus as we move forward to a new era with Dean Russ Schultz She returned to Beaumont seven years enhance the audience and educational experience. the search for a new president. Such was the case with our production of the We are grateful for the support of our alumni Editor musical Quilters , which blended music and and the college’s advisory council and Friends Sharon Forret theatre. We also always look for opportunities of the Arts. roughout the year, I am constantly [email protected] to share what we are doing on campus with the reminded of how wonderful it is to work in (409) 880-2154 public, so part of our quilting venture involved the College of Fine Arts and Communication, workshops for–and led by–members of the surrounded by such talented students and faculty. Southeast Texas community. And, as always, I greatly value your continued The Texas State University In order to support our students and pro - support and interest in our programs. System Board of Regents grams, we have introduced two new fundraisers For more details on all our news and Donna N. Williams, Chairman | Arlington this year. Cardinal Court , a night of Renaissance events, visit us on the Web at lamar.edu/cofac Ron Mitchell, Vice Chairman | Horseshoe Bay or call (409) 880-8137. You may also follow King Jimmy Simmons and his wife, Susan the Fair The Royal Court cheers one of the jousters Members of the Royal Court (theatre and dance students) revelry, feted Lamar President Jimmy Simmons Charlie Amato | San Antonio us at Facebook.com/LamarCOFAC and perform as they take their seats. and his wife Susan in November, while raising Dr. Jaime R. Garza | San Antonio much-needed funds for the Department of Twitter.com/LamarCOFAC. Kevin J. Lilly | Houston eatre & Dance. January will bring the already Cardinal Court fundraiser brings Renaissance frivolity to Lamar sold-out Pairings , an exclusive evening of gourmet David Montagne | Beaumont Trisha Pollard | Bellaire Dancing, singing, feasting, swordplay and puppetry were among the many Renaissance-era delights that food and wine to support the endowment of the entertained guests at the Cardinal Court fundraiser for the Department of Theatre & Dance in late November. Rossanna Salazar | Austin Dishman Art Museum. We are grateful to our The court honored outgoing Lamar President Jimmy Simmons, and his wife, Susan, as the King and Queen wonderful Friends of the Arts and community William F. Scott | Nederland of Revelries. Albert Nolen and Melanie Dishman were co-chairs for the fundraiser, with Barbara Quinn acting members for chairing these events: Melanie Russ A. Schultz Andrew Greenberg, Student Regent | Huntsville as Court Jester. Dishman and Albert Nolen spearheaded Cardinal Dean, College of Fine Arts and Communication Guests were treated to a holiday feast fit for a king. Steaming cups of wassail, a traditional drink of mulled Court , while Kim and Roy Steinhagen, Terry Lamar University cider, added to the seasonal festivities. and Lee Ann Garth, and Mike Kessler chaired “This was a new event for the department that featured the talents of our theater and dance majors,” said Pairings . Kelly Draper, director of the department. “It was a fun evening of food, song and dance, and quite a successful 2 fundraiser. We look forward to continuing this new tradition for years to come.” 3 LU welcomes Megan Young, director of Dishman Art Museum Speech and Hearing Sciences works with athletics on I look at art as catharsis for the viewer and the concussion management program maker. Art resolidifies a community after a trauma, and can shape our understanding of that trauma. rowing awareness of the dangers We have to make sure that an athlete’s brain has of concussion has led teams at all returned to normal before we put them back out there tion, “After the Deluge: Contemporary G levels, from the National Football Artists Engage Katrina,” examines instances League down to Pee Wee football, to employ because an elevation in heart rate or blood pressure New Faculty Members of con temporary art that investigate the ram - policies to reduce and treat occurrences of can negatively affect their brain and their recovery. ifications of this catastrophic event in various In addition to Megan Young, COFAC brain injury. e NCAA now requires all is proud to welcome: he new director of Lamar University’s ways. Young is particularly interested in Division I member institutions to have a e new comprehensive plan is designed to e implementation of this collaborative Dishman Art Museum looks to the way visual interpretations of trauma can Art concussion management plan in place for provide Lamar student athletes the cutting- program between Lamar audiology and T achieve a higher level of greatness create or recreate collective or cultural Sherry Saunders | Assistant Professor its student athletes. edge care necessary for such an injury. athletics has made Lamar University a leader for the venue. identity in the wake of catastrophe. MFA, Savannah College of Art and Design “Essentially, in a concussion, you have an e plan ensures that no athlete returns in the Southland Conference for player “I am excited about the potential for “I look at art as catharsis for the viewer Communication impact on the brain,” explained Josh Yonker, to the field of play without being fully clear safety,” said Jason Henderson, Lamar’s the Dishman to be more utilized as a teach - and the maker. Art resolidifies a community Jennifer Scarduzio | Assistant Professor head Lamar athletic trainer. “e brain is not of the injury. It centers on baseline testing in athletic director. ing and learning resource to the Lamar and after a trauma, and can shape our under - Ph.D., Arizona State University tight against the skull, and so in an impact, it two areas prior to play or practice. e first is standing of that trauma,” said Young. Southeast Texas community across different Deaf Studies & Deaf Education will hit against the inside of the skull and kind ImPACT Testing, which is a computer-gen - disciplines,” said Megan Young, assistant “We’re very pleased to have Megan as Millicent Musyoka | Assistant Professor of bounce back and forth. at can lead to erated cognitive exam that each player takes professor of art history, who assumed duties our new director on board and providing Ph.D., Gallaudet University memory loss, light sensitivity, nausea and the prior to the season. is test is administered this fall. leadership for the Dishman for the future,” Damara Paris | Assistant Professor other symptoms of a concussion. We have to by the athletic department. A native of Gulf Shores, Ala., Young is said Russ Schultz, dean. “She brings a Ed.D., Lamar University make sure that an athlete's brain has returned e second baseline exam is a vestibular College of Fine Arts a doctoral candidate at the University of wealth of knowledge and initiative to the Music to normal before we put them back out there balance exam called “Computerized Dynamic and Communication Kansas, and has a Master of Arts in art history position, which is greatly needed for the Johanna Yunker | Visiting Instructor because an elevation in heart rate or blood Posturography,” which is conducted on Advisory Board and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in photography academic and community needs we serve.” Ph.D., Stanford University pressure can negatively affect their brain and specialized equipment in the Department Young moved to Beaumont with her John E. Alexander | Artist and graphic design from the University of Speech & Hearing Sciences their recovery.” of Speech and Hearing Sciences. Alabama. husband Michael, young daughter Audrey Nandhakumar Radhakrishnan | Assistant Professor A number of signs and symptoms must After suffering a concussion, the player Kelly Asbury |Film Producer “I consider myself an equal-opportu - Jane, and three dogs and two cats. Ph.D., Bowling Green State University be taken into consideration when diagnosing will take the exams again, and baseline meas - Eddie Bates | Arts Supporter nity art historian,” said Young. Her disserta - Heather Reading | Assistant Professor and treating individuals with concussion. ures will be compared to post-injury results. Au.D., Lamar University “e subjective nature of post-concussive After the symptoms are gone, and the player Judy O. Black | Arts Supporter symptoms makes the decision of allowing has returned to baseline values, an athlete Kathryn Chauveaux | Arts Supporter and Performer athletes to return to play extremely difficult,” will begin the process of returning to full Lamar confers record number said Vickie Dionne, associate professor of practices and games. Sandra Clark | Arts Supporter audiology in the Department of Speech and e importance of a measured return to Joy H. Crenshaw | Arts Supporter of doctoral degrees in audiology Hearing Sciences. “e use of objective play has become evident over the years, as Sarah P. Joseph | Communication Professional Since its inception in 2005, the Department of Speech and cognitive function and postural balance test - coming back too quickly leaves an athlete Hearing Sciences’ Doctor of Audiology (Au.D.) program has ing is becoming more standard practice in vulnerable to a second or third concussion in Jeff H. Laird | Music Educator successfully trained a number of highly skilled audiologists sports medicine to determine when players a short amount of time,” said Yonker. “is Bill Macatee, Jr. | National TV Sports Announcer to enter this rapidly growing profession. are ready to return to the field.” can lead to far more dangerous conditions, At spring commencement on Saturday, May 19, Lamar’s Beginning in the spring 2012 semester, both short term and long term.” Frank Newton | Arts and Education Supporter nationally recognized program graduated its largest class yet, at the suggestion of the Department of To date, about 300 Lamar athletes have Don Rollins | Professional Musician with nine students receiving doctoral degrees, bringing the total Speech and Hearing Sciences, Yonker came up had baseline measures obtained, and eight number of graduates from the program to 30 audiologists. with a redesigned concussion management have had post-concussion testing and Brett J. Thacker | Newspaper Editor “This is a great day for Lamar Audiology and for Lamar plan for Lamar athletes at risk for concus sion. management. Tommy Vance | Arts Supporter and Performer University,” said Vickie Dionne, associate professor. “This accomplishment is a testament to the hard work of our students, faculty and administration. I am proud to be able to stand on the stage with these amazing students and be a part of the beginning of their careers in audiology.” Au.D. graduates were Gloria Ackers of Metairie, La.; Lindsay Alexander, San Marcos; Audrey Allen, Orange; Brytni Humphrey KVLU broadcasts in HD on 91.3 FM. Join us for award-winning news from National Public Radio Borel, Port Neches; Christie Cahill, Huntsville; Jake Cavanaugh, Leesville, La.; Meghan Dowdle, Westphalia; David Peach, Waco; and a host of other cultural programs, including classical and jazz music. For membership and program and Andrea Perez, Corpus Christi. information, visit our website at www.kvlu.org or call 1.877.860.KVLU (5858). 4 5 Allred was part of a team that screened plans to join the family practice in Huntsville about 300 children and 350 hearing aids. after completing his doctorate. He served in He made audiological recommendations to the Utah Army National Guard from 2000 schools, daycares and parents based on the to 2008, and was stationed in Germany and results of the screenings. Nicaragua. His National Guard team also Allred learned about the clinic at the dealt with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, annual Humanitarian Luncheon at the serving both in New Orleans and Abbeville, American Academy of Audiology conference La. Allred learned to speak and write Spanish in Boston last year, and became interested fluently during a two-year Latter-day Saints in joining their efforts to work with the mission to in Oaxaca, Mexico. underprivileged population. He sought “Overall, my humanitarian trip was housing and travel arrangements through a huge success not only professionally in his church, which has a presence in the developing my audiology and healthcare Dominican Republic, and through his Spanish language skills, but also personally brother, who works for an airline. Ears Inc., in the long lasting friendships and connec - an Australian nonprofit, non-denominational tions I was able to make with wonderful Christian association of audiologists, healthcare professionals,” said Allred. “I audiometrists and allied health care would highly recommend the Dominican professionals, sponsors the clinic, and granted Republic humanitarian experience to permission for the trip. anyone— especially to those who speak a Lamar’s audiology program donated little Spanish.” six powerful behind-the-ear hearing aids “is was a remarkable opportunity and hundreds of hearing aid batteries for for Steven and for Lamar Audiology,” the mission. e Family Hearing and Sensory said Vickie Dionne, associate professor in Neural Center in Huntsville, operated by the Department of Speech and Hearing Allred’s father and sister, donated 11 behind - Sciences. “Steven is the first Lamar student the-ear aids, and 61 CIC hearing aids that to participate in a humanitarian audiology fit inside the ear canal. program, but I hope he won’t be the last.” Allred, who completed his undergradu - ate degree at Brigham Young University,

“ arrived to a beautiful island with palm trees and blue oceans,” said Steven Allred, of his summer mission Dr. Barbara Mathis Vocal Scholarship established Audiology student’s transformative Itrip to Santo Domingo. Allred, of Huntsville, is pursuing his Doctor of Audiology in the Department she taught a variety of voice classes including studio voice, lan - mission to the Dominican Republic of Speech and Hearing Sciences at Lamar University. “She was not only a very fine vocalist and guage dictions, structure and function of the voice, and graduate He worked at the Audir Centro de Audiometria to provide a superb teacher of vocal music, but she vocal methods. hearing screenings for hundreds of schoolchildren, and, was a superb researcher.” “She knew the business inside and out, and that’s what made Overall, my humanitarian trip was a huge if necessary, check their hearing aids for any problems. her an exemplary teacher,” Gilman said. “It is always an honor when a faculty member of long tenure leaves and then endows a success not only professionally in developing “e mission of the clinic is to provide long-term, quality The Lamar University Foundation has announced the establish - scholarship. It’s always a special thing.” health services for the poor who are not able to pay my audiology and healthcare Spanish ment of a new endowed scholarship for students major ing in After 22 years of service at Lamar, Mathis retired during the market prices for the care they need,” said Allred. “eir music. The Dr. Barbara Mathis Vocal Scholarship will provide summer of 2006. Upon her retirement, former students presented language skills, but also personally in the prices for their services reflect their mission, and very funding for full-time music majors with a concentration in either a two-hour recital in her honor. The initial contributions to the long lasting friendships and connections little money is spent on marketing. ey rely on word voice or vocal performance. endowed scholarship came from these students, along with her of mouth to keep their clinics filled with patients, and it “I had the privilege of working with Barbara for about 20 friends and colleagues. I was able to make with wonderful is working well for them. ey receive donations from years,” said Kurt Gilman, interim chair of the Mary Morgan Moore “Barbara was very pro-Lamar in everything she did,” Gilman healthcare professionals. several churches, and charge nominal fees for the work Department of Music. “She was not only a very fine vocalist and a said. “She always promoted Lamar very highly, both at Lamar they do in the clinic—mainly to cover staff salaries. Still, superb teacher of vocal music, but she was a superb researcher. and off the campus as well. “We’d all like to think that we would they are priced at about half of what the market charges She did extensive studies on the anatomy of the vocal chords have funds available after we retire from an institution to give in the DR.” and how singing is managed by the various anatomical systems.” back in the form of a scholarship for a deserving student.” Mathis was a long-standing music professor at Lamar, where

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