WSU Today
11/09/04
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Events and Reminders |
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The Lyceum Committee sponsors activities that provide cultural enrichment
and educational opportunities for the Winona and Rochester University campus
communities, as well as the respective local and regional communities.
Faculty, staff and student groups may host these and are welcome to
submit Lyceum applications to the Committee by Dec. 7 for the 2005-06
season. In general, Lyceum tries to schedule an annual series of events that
offers a mix of types (theater, lecture, cinema, writing, art, dance, music),
purposes (cultural, educational, entertainment), subjects (science, arts,
business, health, education) and appeal (specific and general). Major
activities are to be open to the general public, but events may include
classroom visits or other student-focused activities. Individuals who
apply for Lyceum funding are responsible for all aspects of organizing and
staging the event. See the "Hosting a Lyceum Event" booklet
for more information on the responsibilities of Project Director, or contact
Gretchen Cohenour at gcohenour@winona.edu. |
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The Palestine Film Series continues Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 9 and 10,
at 7 p.m., at the Student Activities Center, in the lower level of Kryzsko
Commons. On Tuesday, the film to be viewed is Tale of the Three Jewels. This
film is a moving parable and the first feature film ever to be filmed in the
Gaza Strip. Made in the days following the Hebron Massacre, and before the
arrival of the Palestinian Authority, it tells the story of Yussef, a
twelve-year-old boy who lives in an imaginary world of his own and often
escapes from the surrounding violence to the beautiful Gaza countryside. There will be a discussion after each preview. The Palestine Film Series
is the third event of the Palestine Learning Series, which will continue in
the spring semester with more opportunities to learn about the people and
culture of Palestine. |
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Music Department Announces Faculty
Recital |
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The Winona State University Department of Music announces the Faculty Recital of Suzanne Rhodes Draayer, soprano, and Deanne Mohr, piano, Tuesday, Nov. 16, at 7:30 p.m., in the Recital Hall of WSU’s Performing Arts Center. Zoe Shepherd, flute, will assist in the performance.
Two
Bach arias with flute obbligato, "Ei! wie schmeckt der Coffee
süsse" from the "Coffee Cantata" (Schweigt stille, plaudert
nicht), and "Ich folge dir gleichfalls mit freudigen Schritten"
from the St. John Passion, will begin the concert. Also on the program is the
song cycle, "Fiançailles Pour Rire (Betrothals for Laughing)," by
the twentieth-century French composer, Francis Poulenc. A special highlight
of the concert will be the performance of "Try Me, Good King: Last Words
of the Wives of Henry VIII," by Minnesota composer, Libby Larsen. In
this cycle of five songs, the first five wives of Henry the VIII, Katherine
Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, and Katherine Howard, are
portrayed through their final letters and gallows speeches. The intimate and
dramatic portrayals are interspersed with lute songs from the same period. Draayer
is a professor of music at WSU. She holds a doctorate of musical arts
in vocal performance, pedagogy and literature from the University of
Maryland. Draayer also holds a master’s degree in vocal pedagogy from
Peabody College of Vanderbilt University and a bachelor’s degree in music
from Furman University. Mohr is a faculty member at WSU. She
received her bachelor’s degree in music from the University of Regina.
She continued her graduate studies at the University of Montréal, receiving a
doctorate in piano performance. Additionally, Mohr has gained musical
experience and training through The Banff Centre for the Arts’ summer
programs. Shepherd has performed with symphonic bands,
symphony orchestras and opera orchestras in the Rocky Mountain region of
Wyoming and Colorado before moving to Minnesota. She is currently
principal flutist with the Winona Symphony Orchestra, flutists/piccoloist
with the Winona Municipal Band and bassist with the Winona Symphony Swing
Orchestra. Additionally, she has performed as a soloist with the Winona
Symphony Orchestra, the WSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble and the Winona Municipal
Band. Tickets are $5 for general admission and $3 for
students and seniors. |
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WSU
Aviation Program Offers Spring Courses |
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The WSU Aviation Program is offering information regarding the
spring course schedule. Students can learn more about the WSU Aviation
Program by visiting the club's website at: http://studentclubs.winona.edu/aviation/promo/currentstudents.htm. |
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WSU faculty, staff, emeriti, their families and other friends of the
university are invited to travel to London on a package deal. The
package includes a scheduled airline flight (not a charter) from Minneapolis
to London and return, airport taxes paid, 8 nights in a central London hotel
with continental breakfast and a 7-day travel card, good for subway and bus
fares in the city's two central travel zones (adequate to reach most or all
major tourist sites in the city). The cost is about $1225 per person (based on double occupancy in the hotel
room), and no more than $1325. The group must consist of at least 10 people
in order to get this rate; more than this number have already expressed
interest. The trip occurs immediately following the end of Spring semester.
The group leaves the Twin Cities airport on Monday evening, May 9, 2005, and
would leave London's Heathrow airport around noon on Wednesday, May 18.
For more information, contact David Bratt, preferably by email, dbratt@hbci.com. An initial payment of $200
will be due Nov. 15. |
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Art Faculty
Exhibition Continues |
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Winona
State University Faculty Exhibition 2004 continues in Watkins Gallery
through Nov. 18. Mary Coughlan exhibits prints from copper plate
etchings with images based on shell fossils. Rodney Nowosielski also shows
prints as well as computer-manipulated photo images. Kelly Jean
Ohl’s expressive ceramic forms are installed on one wall, and some of
Anne Scott Plummer’s figurative sculptures have been wood-fired. Seho Park
exhibits large, gestural acrylic paintings of landscapes, the figure,
and objects. Don Schmidlapp’s ephemeral graphite, pastel, and oil paintings
capture a sense of deep space within the landscape. Watkins Gallery is located on the WSU campus in
Watkins Hall, on the corner of Winona and King streets. Gallery hours are
Monday – Friday, 8 a.m.– 4 p.m., and Wednesday 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. For more
information, call 457-5395, or email aplummer@winona.edu. |
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