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The College of Wooster Open Works Wooster Magazine: 2011-Present Wooster Magazine 3-2020 Wooster Magazine: Winter 2020 Caitlin Paynich Stanowick The College of Wooster, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://openworks.wooster.edu/wooalumnimag_2011-present Recommended Citation Stanowick, Caitlin Paynich, "Wooster Magazine: Winter 2020" (2020). Wooster Magazine: 2011-Present. 33. https://openworks.wooster.edu/wooalumnimag_2011-present/33 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Wooster Magazine at Open Works, a service of The College of Wooster Libraries. It has been accepted for inclusion in Wooster Magazine: 2011-Present by an authorized administrator of Open Works. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Wooster WINTER 2020 Enriched by the Arts Alumni and students learn to understand and communicate through expression. Also Inside Learn more about Connect, Create, Discover, the new strategic plan for Wooster. Contents Scots in Harmony, one of seven a cappella WINTER 2020 groups at Wooster, competed in an international competition this winter. page 18 Photo: Ari Solomon Create a vibrant, welcoming, cohesive campus... Deepen and make central the connections... Build on our history Grow, and make the most of excellence... of our internationality... Strengthen our resources and reputation. Scot Volunteer: Alumni Profile: Dave Knowlton ’89 Maggie Popadiak ’05 An update on Wooster’s Strategic Plan page 41 page 42 page 25 CORRECTION: Our sincerest apologies to Angela (Bakaysza) Garcia ’95 who was misidentified in the fall issue of Wooster. Garcia is executive director of Global Links, a medical relief and development organization dedicated to supporting health improvement initiatives in resource-poor communities and promoting environmental stewardship in the U.S. healthcare system. She works closely with Matt Fuller ’09, director of operations and an alumnus of the Model UN program at Wooster. Wooster MAGAZINE Editor Caitlin Paynich Features Director of Design Cally Gottlieb King 3 Enriched by Artistic Opportunities Photographer Matt Dilyard Alumni and students learn to understand and communicate Alumnus teaches through expression. Contributors Melissa Anderson masked performance. Hugh Howard 6 Beind the Music page 12 Eleanor Linafelt ’20 Music alumna trains performers to inform artistic choices. Kevin Smith Sarah Stanley 12 Communicating through the Mask Designers Theatre and dance alumnus built foundation for career Fran Kemp in physical performance. Amber Marshall Printer 18 A Home for Every Singer Royle Printing Wooster’s varied a cappella groups provide community Sun Prairie, WI and creativity. Wooster 22 Translating Complex Data for Greater Comprehension ISSN 0894-8798 Studio art alumna finds niche at intersection of art and analysis. Winter 2020 “I knew I wanted to leave my Volume 134, NO. 2 25 Connect, Create, Discover Address updates: little mark at Wooster.” Strategic planning heads into next phase. [email protected] -Margie Sosa ’20 Office of Alumni & Family Engagement page 32 1189 Beall Ave., Oak Grove Wooster, OH 44691 WoosterAlumni.org Contact the editor: 28 News Briefs Five Questions Wooster Magazine 1189 Beall Ave., Athletics Word from Wooster Wooster, OH 44691 wooster_magazine@ Mentoring Matchup Office Hours wooster.edu Why Wooster www.wooster.edu Wooster is published in the fall, winter, and spring by The College Tartan Ties of Wooster for alumni and friends. Opinions expressed in the See inside the office of Class Notes Why I Give publication may not 36 reflect those of the Denise Bostdorff, professor On the calendar In Memoriam College or Alumni Association. Photo of communication studies. Scot Volunteer Q&A: Favorite Campus Foods and text copyright The College of Wooster, page 34 Alumni Profiles all rights reserved. On the cover: The annual fall dance concert of the Department of Theatre and Dance featured student choreographers and student lighting and costume designers. At Wooster, arts majors and nonmajors alike take advantage of enrichment opportunities from per- forming in a theatre or dance production to seeing an art exhibit. Read more about how alumni and students learn to understand and communicate through artistic expression beginning on page 3. Photo: Matt Dilyard PRESIDENT’S Bringing voices together MESSAGE Visual and performing arts have long been among faculty, whose performances, composition, direction, and Wooster’s great strengths. Our programs are char- productions enrich our campus and make an impact around acteristically “Wooster”—exceptionally high quality the world. and also open to all students, regardless of major. That impact has resulted in recent accolades for many It’s inspiring to listen to our superb jazz and march- Wooster faculty, including Jimmy Noriega, whose production ing bands, the soaring music of our award-winning of Women of Ciudad Jua´rez has been performed on five chorus and symphony, or the moving rendition of “Lift continents, and was honored at this year’s International Ev’ry Voice and Sing” arranged and sung by our new- Theatre Festival in Pune, India; Marina Mangubi, who est a cappella group, Scots in Harmony. What’s more is presented her art by invitation in Siena, Italy this fall; Jack realizing that the students performing are also brilliant Gallagher, whose compositions continue to be performed scientists, historians, linguists—studying in every field. around the world; Josephine Wright, who was awarded the highest honor in American Musicology in Novem- It’s that combination of access and excellence, bringing ber; and Lisa Wong, who has been appointed director together many fields of study and modes of expression, of the world-renown Cleveland Orchestra Choruses. that makes the arts at Wooster so important to achieving our mission. Through the arts, our students gain a fuller understanding of themselves, as well as of individuals, cultures, and In my first fall at Wooster I had the privilege of attending histories beyond their own experience. They learn to tell a performance of Learning Curve at the Albany Park their own stories, to walk in the shoes of others, and to Theater Project (APTP) in Chicago, Illinois, with associate connect deeply to bring many voices together. director Maggie Popadiak ’05. APTP is a transformative organization, which brings young people from immigrant These opportunities are quintessential aspects of a liberal and working-class families across Chicago into a high- arts education that broaden students’ perspectives beyond intensity theatre community, creating and performing measure, helping them see the world through new eyes original work and giving voice to stories not often told. and prepare for lives of purpose and extraordinary impact. Learning Curve was immersive and powerful, and changed my thinking in ways that have stayed with me. I was delighted when several of the high-school actors ap- plied, and then came to Wooster, bringing their great skills and vision to our theatre and dance programs. Sarah R. Bolton President Our students are part of a tremendous range of artistic endeavors. They are led and mentored by our superb 2 WOOSTER | WINTER 2020 Enriched by Artistic Opportunities Alumni and students learn to understand and communicate through expression The annual fall dance concert of the Department of Theatre and Dance featured student choreographers, and student lighting and costume designers. WINTER 2020 | WOOSTER 3 Enriched —music, performance, theatre,The visual—saturate arts every aspect of our lives, our culture, and our experiences The Department of Theatre and Dance presented “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the world. Whether we’re seeing a stage in the Night-Time,” directed by Shirley Huston-Findley. production, watching a live musician, walking through a gallery, reading a book, catching a movie, or even singing along with a commercial, artists connect with audiences in so many ways. For many artists, it starts with themselves. It starts with a love of the craft, of performing, of drawing, of creating, but when they study to become musicians, designers, actors, or writers, they develop an ability to relate to their work and communicate with the world around them. “Wooster prepared me to be an artist without me even realizing it,” said Dan Darling ’00, a novelist and English alum- nus. “Wooster cooked so many artistic qualities into me: a love of language, an understanding of literature, attention to history and culture. More than anything, Thi Bui, author of the summer reading for new Wooster students, speaks with a class about Wooster built empathy for others into the her award-winning illustrated memoir The Best We Could Do. curriculum, which is the most important quality of a storyteller and human being.” Many graduates from arts programs at The College of Wooster say the expe- rience they had studying in a number of different disciplines added to the artists they’ve become. Kat Hartman ’03, a studio art graduate, thinks of arts education as a “comfortable place in academia where you naturally reference other subject areas.” Even more, alumni say that the broad experience they had made them stronger artists and added depth to the way they’re able to tell stories through their work. This issue features alumni artists who’ve honed their craft and highlights some of the amazing artistic enrichment opportuni- ties students and the Wooster community experienced this fall. The Wooster Chorus, an ensemble comprised of students from all academic