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The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) will publish "For the New Band Director: Building Your Foundation" by Dr. R. Tad Greig, ¾¨Ó㴫ý assistant professor of music and director of bands, in the April issue of NFHS News, a national publication that will focus on the arts.
Seven ¾¨Ó㴫ý students will study at off-campus locations ranging from Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C., to France, Spain, Argentina, and Africa for the spring 2009 semester.
¾¨Ó㴫ý's Department of Political Science and Sociology received a $2,000 grant from Global Solutions Education Fund Pittsburgh to support Model United Nations at ¾¨Ó㴫ý student organization activities for the 2009-2010 academic year.
More than 100 students from area junior and senior high schools competed in the regional History Day competition at ¾¨Ó㴫ý March 23.
Dr. Helen Boylan, ¾¨Ó㴫ý associate professor of chemistry, was published in the 15th issue of The Journal for Civic Commitment, an online journal dedicated to service learning and civic engagement.
Five ¾¨Ó㴫ý faculty recently received promotions.
Zachary Cramer, a ¾¨Ó㴫ý senior accounting and business administration major, won the 2012 David W. Edward Entrepreneurship Scholarship competition. The award includes a $3,500 academic scholarship.
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Erin Smith, director of library services and associate professor, will present at the Faires Faculty Forum Wednesday, Jan. 30, at 11:40 a.m. in the Sebastian Mueller Theater of the McKelvey Campus Center.
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - The ¾¨Ó㴫ý Celebrity Series will present Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. - A Christmas Celebration at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 16, in Orr Auditorium.
Two ¾¨Ó㴫ý students, Lauren Garcia and Ashley Rexrode, will perform a joint piano recital Saturday, Dec. 4, at 5:30 p.m. at Orr Auditorium.
 Their program ranges from the Baroque works of J.S. Bach to the contrasting 20th Century sonorities and harmonies of Debussy. This concert is comprised of works that portray the passionate styles of various composers. They will be performing the solo works of Bach, Mozart, Robert Schumann, Chopin, and Debussy, and a suite for piano four-hands by Debussy.
  Lauren Garcia, a senior music education and Spanish major, is a daughter of Charles and Mary Garcia, Aliquippa, and a graduate of Beaver Valley Christian Academy.  She has studied piano for over 16 years, during which she has performed numerous times and done various accompanying works. Garcia has performed throughout the United States and Italy as a member of the concert choir and chamber singers. She has recently completed a semester at the University of Salamanca in Spain. Her academic honors include the National Dean's List, the College's Dean's List, honor societies Pi Sigma Pi and Omicron Delta Kappa.
 Ashley Rexrode, a senior music education major, is a daughter of the Rev. Dale and Linda Rexrode, Farmington, and a graduate of Lighthouse Christian Academy. She has studied piano for 16 years, and teaches students both at home and with the ¾¨Ó㴫ý Music Intern Teaching Program. Rexrode is a member of the Women's Chorus and the Concert Choir, and has served as accompanist for the Chamber Singers. She is also a member of the the Pennsylvania Collegiate Music Educator's Association (PCMEA) and the American Choral Directors's Association (ACDA). She has been on the National Dean's List, the ¾¨Ó㴫ý Dean's List, and is a member honor society Pi Sigma Pi and Kappa and educational fraternity Kappa Delta Pi.
 The music will be played on the model "D" concert grand Steinway, the largest piano that Steinway makes, that was given by the extended Mansell family in memory of Margaret Louise Young Mansell. Margaret and her husband, Thomas V. Mansell, are both 1929 ¾¨Ó㴫ý graduates and long-time New Wilmington residents.
 The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the ¾¨Ó㴫ý Department of Music at (724) 946-7270.
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