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EFE 07/18/2008 |
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Posted by: berryv on 07/23/2008 09:57 AM
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North Carolina School of the Arts
EVERY FRIDAY EMAIL for JULY 18th, 2008
REMINDER FROM THE LIBRARY:
To All Summer Session Faculty and Students –
All library material is due back by CLOSING on July 22, 2008.
Submitted by Rebecca Brown, Semans Library
NEWS FROM DESIGN AND PRODUCTION:
1. Summer Session Exhibition: A reception for the 2008 Visual Art Summer Exhibition will take place this Friday, July 18th from 6-8pm in the Visual Arts Gallery (4th Floor, Workplace). All are invited to attend. Please stop by for art, conversation, and refreshments.
2. The School of Design and Production will be hosting the upcoming summer conference of the North Carolina Theatre Conference (NCTC), to be held at NCSA for three days beginning Sunday 7/27. NCTC is the service organization for theatres at all levels in the state of North Carolina, and is led by Angela Hays (MFA, performing arts management – ‘07). This conference, known as the Producing Theatre Gathering, is held each summer, and is designed for leaders and administrators from all North Carolina producing theatrical organizations, from community to professional theatres. More than 50 representatives from these organizations, including theatre administrators, managing, artistic, and executive directors, marketing, development, audience development, audience services, outreach, and education directors, general and company managers, board members, interns, and arts administration students are expected to attend. Robert Wildman (performing arts management faculty) serves on the board of NCTC and is chair of this year’s summer conference. He will be presenting a session at the conference on Arts in the Media. In addition, Dave Olson (performing arts management faculty) will present a session entitled “Cash Management Strategies That You Can Take To The Bank!” Further information on individual sessions may be found at www.nctc.org.
Submitted by Dave Olson, Design and Production
EVERY FRIDAY EMAIL SUBMISSIONS
Faculty/Staff: To submit news or an event for Every Friday Email, please send your message/announcement with “subject, submitted by, and department” to efe@ncarts.edu before 5:00pm on Thursday. After this time, please call Marla Carpenter at 770-3337 if you need to send an urgent message. Please review the submissions carefully before sending to EFE since typo/mistake will not be corrected.
Students: If the announcement concerns an art or academic event, performance or program, please contact that department to have your submissions sent. If the announcement concerns anything outside your art or academic classes, please contact Student Activities.
If you would like for a message/announcement to appear in the Every Friday Email for multiple weeks, please submit your message/announcement to efe@ncarts.edu EACH WEEK you need it to be included.
Please note that submissions to Every Friday Email must be directly related to North Carolina School of the Arts events, performances, or sponsored activities. EFE cannot support, advocate, or endorse third-party, non-NCSA related submissions. If you have questions regarding submission to EFE, please contact Marla Carpenter for clarification. Marla can be reached at 770-3337 or carpem@ncarts.edu
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EFE 07/11/2008 |
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Posted by: berryv on 07/11/2008 01:04 PM
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| SUMMER MUSIC CONCERTS The Summer Music Program presents two EVVIVA! faculty concerts next week: Sunday, 7/13, 7:30pm, Watson Chamber Music Hall Faculty of the Guitar Workshop, featuring Joseph Pecoraro, Luke Payne, Andrew Motten, and Jason Mullen. Monday, 7/14, 7:30pm, Watson Chamber Music Hall “The Four Seasons by Vivaldi and Piazzolla”
featuring soloists Fabrice Dharamraj, Sarah Johnson, Fabian Lopez and Janet Orenstein, with an orchestra conducted by Matthew Troy. All concerts are free and open to the public. Submitted by Taimur Sullivan, Music
A REMINDER TO LINK The NCSA High School Academic Program has been partnered with Food Lion and Harris Teeter for several years now to help raise money for the HS program. Each year, you’ve been asked to either link or re-link to one or both of these programs. It’s that time of year again! Harris Teeter’s Together in Education program simply asks that you “link” your VIC card once each school year. You can do so by giving the cashier our school code, 4682, with your VIC card when you check out or you can visit their website at https://www.harristeeter.com/default.aspx?pageId=32 to link your card. Again, you’ll have to note the school code, 4682, in the online request. Once your card is linked, our HS program will receive 2% of Harris Teeter brand purchases. Food Lion’s LionShop & Share program simply asks that you register MVP cards by following this link, https://www.foodlion.com/IntheCommunity/ShopandShare/secure/add.asp?CharityID=20231&txtCharity=NORTH%20CAROLINA%20SCHOOL%20OF%20THE%20ARTSor by calling 704-633-8250 ext. 3810. Thank you for participating in these programs. Submitted by Cathy Pighini, HS Academic Program
TAKE CHARGE OF EDUCATION High School Academic Program As another year begins, it is time to send reminders of ways you can help the HS Academic Program. We have teemed with Target’s Take Charge of Education. Each time you use your REDcard, Target will make a donation to our school.
To designate our school on your REDcard, please call 1-800-316-6142. Or you can designate our school at a store kiosk or by visiting www.target.com/tcoe. Our Target school ID is 124863. Target will donate 1% of Target Card (and Target Visa) purchases made at Target stores and Target.com. Grandparents, alumni, neighbors and friends are all welcome to participate in this program! For questions, you may contact the school coordinator, Cathy Pighini, at 336-770-1398. Submitted by Cathy Pighini, HS Academic Program
EVERY FRIDAY EMAIL SUBMISSIONS Faculty/Staff: To submit news or an event for Every Friday Email, please send your message/announcement with “subject, submitted by, and department” to efe@ncarts.edu before 5:00pm on Thursday. After this time, please call Marla Carpenter at 770-3337 if you need to send an urgent message. Please review the submissions carefully before sending to EFE since typo/mistake will not be corrected. Students: If the announcement concerns an art or academic event, performance or program, please contact that department to have your submissions sent. If the announcement concerns anything outside your art or academic classes, please contact Student Activities. If you would like for a message/announcement to appear in the Every Friday Email for multiple weeks, please submit your message/announcement to efe@ncarts.edu EACH WEEK you need it to be included. Please note that submissions to Every Friday Email must be directly related to North Carolina School of the Arts events, performances, or sponsored activities. EFE cannot support, advocate, or endorse third-party, non-NCSA related submissions. If you have questions regarding submission to EFE, please contact Marla Carpenter for clarification. Marla can be reached at 770-3337 or carpem@ncarts.edu |
EFE 07/03/2008 |
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Posted by: berryv on 07/11/2008 01:02 PM
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BENEFITS UPDATE NCFlex Benefits Program – mark your calendars! Annual Enrollment for the NCFlex Benefits Program will be held this Fall, September 29th through November 3rd. During this time, you can make changes to your NCFlex Benefits (Dental, Vision, Cancer, AD&D, Group Term Life). If you wish to have a Health Care or Day Care Flexible Spending Account during calendar year 2009, you must complete the enrollment form this Fall! Our Benefits Representative will announce when new benefits booklets will arrive, changes in coverage, and a schedule for informational/enrollment sessions on the NCSA campus. Revisions to the Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA) - in January 2008, President Bush signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act which includes an expansion to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The new provisions create new leave entitlements for employees who have a family member injured in service or called to active duty. An employee may use any of their 12 week allotment to take leave because of demands arising out of the fact that a spouse, son, daughter or parent of the employee is on active duty or has been notified of any impending call or order to active duty in the Armed Forces in support of a contingency operation. An employee may also take up to 26 weeks of leave during a single 12-month period to care for a spouse, son, daughter, parent or next of kin with illness or injured incurred in the line of duty while in the Armed Forces or National Guard or Reserves. The Family and Medical Leave policy has been revised by the Office of State Personnel and can be accessed via the OSP website at: http://www.osp.state.nc.us/manuals/man5.html. Employee Appreciation Week Survey – don’t forget to take the survey on the 2008 Employee Appreciation Week. You may complete the survey electronically, or you can print, complete and return a paper copy to the Human Resources Department. You can access the survey at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=aZ_2be027VqfjuSpokAuPHfA_3d_3d Workers’ Compensation Reminder – this is the time of year when we seem to have more injuries due to the nature of summer work. We wanted to remind you about the procedures that should be followed when an injury occurs during the course of employment. · If you are an employee who is injured while working, please notify your supervisor as soon as possible. · If you need emergency care, please go to the Emergency Room immediately. · If your injury is not an emergency, but you do need medical attention, go to the Highland Oaks Prime Care (off Hanes Mall Boulevard). · Supervisors – please notify Mary Ellen Haynes in Human Resources as soon as you know about the injury, either by phone call or email. · Supervisors, please complete the Form 19 (First Report of Injury) as soon as possible following the injury and forward to the Human Resources Department. Generally, Prime Care will call Human Resources to obtain authorization for treatment. It is difficult for us to determine whether or not to authorize treatment if we know nothing about the incident, and we certainly do not want to delay medical attention for the employee. There is a Medical Authorization Form that can be completed by the supervisor and sent with the employee to Prime Care. Copies are available in the Human Resources Department, and we will make arrangements to have the form posted to our website. Once the appropriate forms are received in Human Resources, the Benefits Representative will coordinate the process. Key Risk Management is our third party administrator for our workers’ compensation program; they investigate and process all claims. If you have questions or need additional information, please contact Mary Ellen Haynes in Human Resources. CLASS & COMP UPDATE As we continue the implementation and enhancement of our HRIS systems with PeopleAdmin and Banner HR, one of our major goals is to build an electronic database of position descriptions. A recent audit of our files indicates that we do not have electronic descriptions for many positions on campus and we cannot fully implement the PeopleAdmin system without this information. In the coming weeks I will contact those that need to provide us with a current electronic copy of position descriptions in your area. If you have any questions, please call Susan Porter at 3318. RECRUITMENT Tips for using Adobe forms - Many of you are familiar with the hiring forms used to initiate the recruitment process, but did you know that on the bottom left-hand side of the adobe form, functionality allows for you to attach to the form itself all of the required supporting documentation such as a justification, position description organizational chart and vacancy announcement? Just use the “Attachments” tab on the bottom left-hand side of the form and attach all of the required documents. It’s as simple as using your “Attach File” option in Outlook.
Submitted by Beth Cox, SPHR, Director of Human Resources New Executive Assistant in Student Life I am proud to announce that Alice Thompson has accepted the position of Executive Assistant for the Office of The Vice Chancellor for Student Life and will officially start on July 7, 2008. Alice comes with a wealth of knowledge and experience at North Carolina School of the Arts in the financial aid office, registrar and in the School of Filmmaking. I look forward to having Alice take point with projects and the daily operations of my office. Submitted by Anne White, Vice Chancellor for Student Life News from Design and Production: 1. David E. Smith (sound design faculty) designed the sound for the world premier of “Bloody Blackbeard” written by Preston Lane and Laurelyn Dosset. Bloody Blackbeard
plays through July 6th at Triad Stage at the Pyrle Theatre on South Elm Street in Greensboro. Submitted by Dave Olson, D&P faculty EVERY FRIDAY EMAIL SUBMISSIONS Please make note of EFE deadline for next week due to 4th of July holiday. Faculty/Staff: To submit news or an event for Every Friday Email, please send your message/announcement with “subject, submitted by, and department” to efe@ncarts.edu before 5:00pm on Wednesday, July 2nd. After this time, please call Marla Carpenter at 770-3337 if you need to send an urgent message. Please review the submissions carefully before sending to EFE since typo/mistake will not be corrected. Students: If the announcement concerns an art or academic event, performance or program, please contact that department to have your submissions sent. If the announcement concerns anything outside your art or academic classes, please contact Student Activities. If you would like for a message/announcement to appear in the Every Friday Email for multiple weeks, please submit your message/announcement to efe@ncarts.edu EACH WEEK you need it to be included. Please note that submissions to Every Friday Email must be directly related to North Carolina School of the Arts events, performances, or sponsored activities. EFE cannot support, advocate, or endorse third-party, non-NCSA related submissions. If you have questions regarding submission to EFE, please contact Marla Carpenter for clarification. Marla can be reached at 770-3337 or carpem@ncarts.edu |
EFE 06/30/2008 |
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Posted by: berryv on 06/27/2008 02:32 PM
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NCSA RECEIVES CLEAN AND GREEN AWARD
On Tuesday June 10, 2008 the North Carolina School of the Arts received the Clean and Green award from Keep Winston- Salem Beautiful. This award recognizes our high school’s efforts in beautifying our campus and educating our students, faculty and parents on environmental preservation. Winning schools are role models who actively practice environmental stewardship.
As a winner, the North Carolina School of the Arts received the Clean& Green flag and a plaque for us to display. Recipients of the Clean and Green designation were publicly recognized a the School Board meeting on Tuesday, June 24, 2008.
Submitted by Jamie Moore, Facilities Management
NEW FISCAL YEAR- PURCHASING UPDATES
P-Card Information
Effective July 1, 2008, the P-Card transaction limit will increase from $500 to $1,000 with a maximum of 10 transactions per day. If you are a P-Card user, you will need to review the updated policies and procedures outlined in the P-Card User’s Guide, which is located on the Purchasing website at http://www.ncarts.edu/purchasing/pcard.htm. If you are a P-Card User, you may begin using your card Tuesday, July 1, 2008.
Fixed Assets Threshold
Effective July 1, 2008, the fixed asset threshold will increase from $2,500 to $5,000. To meet the fixed asset definition, the total of these costs must equal at least $5,000. Items with an initial acquisition cost of less than $5,000 are not defined as fixed assets, even when a subsequent addition or improvement to the equipment item causes the cost to exceed $5,000.
Requisition
Please continue processing purchase requisitions using the internal requisition form. Once we complete the banner training in July, you will be able to process requisitions electronically. You may begin processing purchase order requisitions on Tuesday, July 1st, 2008.
Check Requests
Check requests are to be processed on a minimal basis and should be used for the following only. All other check requests will not be approved.
• Registration fees
• Membership fees
• Subscriptions - new and renewals
• When a Vendor has no mechanism for receiving payment/billing. End users must contact the Purchasing Department prior to making the purchase.
Spending Guidelines
Purchases Under $2,500
• No solicitation required
• Purchase reviewed by Purchasing Director
Purchases 2,500 - $4,999.99
• End user may receive quotes via telephone, fax, email or written
• Submit 3 quotes received on the quote form (submit the written quotes to Purchasing)
• Purchase must be approved by Purchasing Director
Purchases $5,000 - $24,999.99
• Purchasing Director will solicit bids or quotations on items being purchased with an estimated cost exceeding $5,000. This action is necessary in order to officially determine the price, terms and conditions of the vendor whose product is being sought.
• End User must provide the following to process solicitation for bids:
o Completed internal requisition leaving vendor name and price blank
o Estimated cost of purchase
o Clear specifications (quantity, description, model/make, etc.)
o List of vendors for solicitations
• The timeframe for processing these bids will be 10-14 business days.
Purchases $25,000 - $49,999.99
• Purchasing Director issues formal bids via the State’s Interactive Purchasing System (IPS).
• End User must provide the following to process solicitation for bids:
o Completed internal requisition leaving vendor name and price blank
o Estimated cost of purchase
o Clear specifications (quantity, description, model/make, etc.)
o List of vendors for solicitations
• This posting is required for a period of ten (10) days prior to the proposal/bid due date.
• Bids are approved by Purchasing Director.
Over $50,000
• Bids are solicited by the State Purchase & Contract Division via the State’s Interactive Purchasing System.
• End User must provide the following to process solicitation for bids:
o Completed internal requisition leaving vendor name and price blank
o Estimated cost of purchase
o Clear specifications (quantity, description, model/make, etc.)
o List of vendors for solicitations
• This posting may take 30-45 days.
• Bid will be processed by State Purchase and Contract and submitted to Purchasing Director for final approval.
Submitted by Tarinda Chappell, Purchasing Director
SAFETY INFORMATION WEBPAGE
The Facilities Management Department is pleased to announce the creation of a Safety Information Webpage for the use of Students, Faculty, and Staff at the North Carolina School of the Arts. This webpage will contain articles of current interest, tips on safety, and a list of links to find out further information on many topics. The information will be updated periodically to reflect current topics and provide different perspectives on everyday issues.
Please visit the webpage when you have an interest in a safety topic.
If you have any urgent questions or concerns on a Safety issue please contact Bill Parrish, Director of Environmental Safety at (336) 631-1539 or at parrib@ncarts.edu or “parrib” if using campus email. Requests or suggestions for articles may also sent to “parrib”. I am looking forward to providing any information you may need.
The Webpage may be reached via the following links:
For Students use http://www.ncarts.edu/students/
For Faculty use http://www.ncarts.edu/faculty/
For Staff Use http://www.ncarts.edu/facilitiesmanagement/
Submitted by Bill Parrish, Director of Environmental Safety
ROUTINE ANNUAL HIGH SCHOOL BUILDINGS ASBESTOS REPORT
June 25, 2008
Since some of the high school buildings at NCSA were built before 1975, they contain some small quantities of asbestos containing building materials and are subject to the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1985 (AHERA). These items are in safe locations or conditions whereby they do not pose a risk to students or staff. The School however is abating these materials as an ongoing process when renovations occur.
During the 2007/2008 School year multiple small projects occurred about the campus. Each of these projects was reviewed for the potential of asbestos presence or involvement. If a presence was known or found before or during the project an abatement project was included or added to the renovation or construction project. A like plan and procedure is anticipated for the 2008-2009 year.
In accordance with North Carolina State regulations, all asbestos abatement work must be performed by North Carolina Health Hazard Control Unit (HHCU) accredited asbestos abatement personnel. During the 2007/2008 School year no work occurred that involved asbestos abatement procedures greater than maintenance operation glove bag procedures. The fire alarm upgrade work on Lower Housing this summer (2008) has been engineered and reviewed by an accredited abatement design firm and will not require any significant asbestos abatement procedures. Any work that may occur will be extremely limited and of the glove bag category. Any work for this project will be performed in accordance with the AHERA regulations and the regulations of OSHA, DEHNR, and the EPA. These buildings are not AHERA required compliance buildings, since they are for adult education, but are being controlled under OSHA, DEHNR, and EPA related requirements.
Submitted by Bill Parrish, Director of Environmental Safety
STATE MILEAGE ALLOWANCE ADDENDUM
Effective July 1, 2008, the rate for personal vehicle mileage when on official school business will be .585 cents per mile if there is not a state owned vehicle available or if the entire round trip is less than 100 miles.
Effective July 1, 2008, the rate is .33 cents per mile for employees who elect to use personal vehicles when a state-owned vehicle is available. Also, departments will be charged .33 cents per mile when using our state-owned vehicles.
To find out if a state vehicle is available, please contact Krista Johnson at extension 3302.
The State Travel Policies and Regulations may be referenced at the OSBM web site
http://www.osbm.state.nc.us/osbm/index.html .
Or NCSA policy at the following link
http://www.ncarts.edu/formsprocedures/TravPolicy.pdf
If there are any questions, I can be reached at extension 1353.
Submitted by Debbie Spence, Disbursement Officer
DEADLINES FOR ORIENTATION INFORMATION:
Opening day schedule information for high school (August 22) and College (Sept. 12): June 27
This would include information about meetings with students and parents
High School Orientation Schedule information: July 18
This includes the period from August 22 through September 18
Undergraduate and Graduate Orientation Schedule information: August 8
This would include the period from September 12 through 18.
Send all information to Lauren Whitaker (whital@ncarts.edu).
Submitted by Lauren Whitaker, Director of Student Activities & New Student Orientation
NEWS FROM DESIGN AND PRODUCTION
1. Three MFA students that graduated this spring from D&P were invited to exhibit their design work at the Showcase West design exhibition held at UCLA last week. The five year old event is sponsored by the Hollywood Guild of Designers, is by invitation only and is one of the top design showcase events in the country for scenic, sound, lighting and costume design. The students invited to show their work included Kathryn Veillette (MFA ’08, scenic design), Allison Pokladowski (MFA ’08, costume design), and Anne Clark (MFA ’08, scenic design). In addition to NCSA, over 50 schools were represented at the exhibition, including design graduates from NYU, Carnegie-Mellon, Yale, Cal Arts, UC-Davis, and American Film Institute among others. D&P faculty member Franco Colavecchia (scenic design) served as a guest critic at the event.
2. Franco Colavecchia (scenic design faculty) recently completed a two week appointment as a guest faculty member in theatre design at UC San Diego, teaching theatrical rendering in scenic, costume and lighting design.
3. Robert Wildman (performing arts management) attended the joint National Performing Arts Convention and Theatre Communications Group (TCG) annual conference held last week in Denver. The convention, the second ever meeting of its type in the nation, brought together arts administrators, board members, artists, volunteers, service organizations, and arts educators from virtually all performing arts disciplines to discuss significant national issues in the arts that affect all arts organizations. In addition to the collective gathering, each of the major individual service organizations held separate sessions to discuss issues relating to their specific disciplines. The overall convention is scheduled to meet again in four years.
Conceived and coordinated overall by an organization called America Speaks, the core producers of this event were Chorus America, Dance USA, the League of American Orchestras, Opera America, and Theater Communications Group. In addition, some 25 other service organizations were involved at various levels, representing just about every conceivable discipline in the performing arts. The overriding theme of this gathering, to which just under 4,000 people attended, was to explore what the performing arts community might be able to do acting together to reposition the arts more centrally in our society.
4. Dave Olson (performing arts management) was elected last week to serve a three-year term on the board of directors of the Little Theatre of Winston-Salem. He was also elected to serve as the organization’s treasurer.
UNIVERSITY ARCHITECT’S UPDATE ON CAMPUS DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
June 26, 2008
This past week, the following actions were taken on the projects listed below:
a.) Master Plan map updates – additional street names have been approved and sent to the City for their approval
b.) Central Storage Facility and Campus Police Operations – waiting on approval of funding
c.) New Library – design team returned to the campus on June 4 and 5 for meetings and presentation; approved meeting minutes will be distributed to the campus community via email; design team is tentatively scheduled to return to campus during week of July 14-18
d.) Lower Housing E&F Fire Sprinklers and Fire Alarm – work has begun and scheduled completion date is August 18, 2008
e.) Gray Workplace Piping Study – study completed and Facilities Management is reviewing the report to determine scope of future work
f.) Film School Building #1 Roof Replacement – project bid opening is July 15; work is tentatively scheduled for July 28 and completion by September 12, 2008
g.) Film School Building #2 Roof Replacement - project bid opening is July 15, work is tentatively scheduled to begin July 28 and completion by September 12, 2008
h.) Purchasing House – asbestos containing material was found in the attic space; Facilities Management will contract a firm to design abatement of the material
i.) Stevens Center Waterproofing Study – designer has begun study of the building envelope
j.) Performance Place Rooftop Air Handling Unit Replacement – project bid opening is September 17; work is tentatively scheduled to begin mid-November and the unit is scheduled to be replaced December 12; completion of work December 23, 2008.
k.) Pierce Building HVAC Modifications and Controls – project bid opening July 29; work is tentatively scheduled to begin August 11 for RJR Screening Room; HVAC unit to be replaced outside the building on October 1; work to be completed by October 17, 2008.
l.) Gray / Workplace Retro-commissioning – designer has begun investigation of ways to improve HVAC system and the energy efficiency of the system
m.) IT core upgrades – have issued design contract for this project
n.) Gray Emergency Generator – designer to begin work on this project next week
o.) Workplace III Room 107 workstation reconfiguration – work to begin on this project June 27
p.) Acadia Storage Film Archive Canister Abatement – abatement firm preparing proposal to clean film canisters
q.) Acadia Storage Interior Lead Abatement – design firm preparing proposal to design abatement of building
If you have any question, please contact Stephen Stephen Dwight Atkinson, NCARB, AIA, University Architect @ 336.631.1236
Submitted by Stephen Atkinson, Facilities Management
EVERY FRIDAY EMAIL SUBMISSIONS
Please make note of EFE deadline for next week due to 4th of July holiday.
Faculty/Staff: To submit news or an event for Every Friday Email, please send your message/announcement with “subject, submitted by, and department” to efe@ncarts.edu before 5:00pm on Wednesday, July 2nd. After this time, please call Marla Carpenter at 770-3337 if you need to send an urgent message. Please review the submissions carefully before sending to EFE since typo/mistake will not be corrected.
Students: If the announcement concerns an art or academic event, performance or program, please contact that department to have your submissions sent. If the announcement concerns anything outside your art or academic classes, please contact Student Activities.
If you would like for a message/announcement to appear in the Every Friday Email for multiple weeks, please submit your message/announcement to efe@ncarts.edu EACH WEEK you need it to be included.
Please note that submissions to Every Friday Email must be directly related to North Carolina School of the Arts events, performances, or sponsored activities. EFE cannot support, advocate, or endorse third-party, non-NCSA related submissions. If you have questions regarding submission to EFE, please contact Marla Carpenter for clarification. Marla can be reached at 770-3337 or carpem@ncarts.edu
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EFE 06/20/2008 |
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Posted by: berryv on 06/20/2008 04:34 PM
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EVERY FRIDAY EMAIL SUBMISSIONS
Faculty/Staff: To submit news or an event for Every Friday Email, please send your message/announcement with “subject, submitted by, and department” to efe@ncarts.edu before 5:00pm on Thursday. After this time, please call Marla Carpenter at 770-3337 if you need to send an urgent message. Please review the submissions carefully before sending to EFE since typo/mistake will not be corrected.
Students: If the announcement concerns an art or academic event, performance or program, please contact that department to have your submissions sent. If the announcement concerns anything outside your art or academic classes, please contact Student Activities.
If you would like for a message/announcement to appear in the Every Friday Email for multiple weeks, please submit your message/announcement to efe@ncarts.edu EACH WEEK you need it to be included
Please note that submissions to Every Friday Email must be directly related to North Carolina School of the Arts events, performances, or sponsored activities. EFE cannot support, advocate, or endorse third-party, non-NCSA related submissions. If you have questions regarding submission to EFE, please contact Marla Carpenter for clarification. Marla can be reached at 770-3337 or carpem@ncarts.edu
FACULTY/STAFF PURCHASING CARD TRAINING SESSIONS
Listed below are the Faculty/Staff Purchasing Card Training Sessions for NEW Card Holders and NEW Card Coordinators. If you are interested in attending one of the training sessions, please register by calling Tarinda Chappell at 770-3320. We will have limited spaces, which will be assigned on a first come, first serve basis. Once you are registered, you will need to go to http://www.ncarts.edu/purchasing/pcard.htm to print and complete the Purchasing Card Set-Up Form. You will need to bring the completed and approved form with you to the training session. If you will be the Card Coordinator for your department, you will also need to attend the new P-Card Coordinator training session.
We look forward to seeing you!
Day Date Time Type of Training Location
Wed. July 2, 2008 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. New P-Card Holder Administration-Ward Conference Room-2nd Floor
Wed. July 2, 2008 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. New P-Card Coordinator Administration-Ward Conference Room-2nd Floor
Wed. July 2, 2008 1:00 -2:00 p.m. New P-Card Holder Administration-Ward Conference Room-2nd Floor
Wed. July 2, 2008 2:00-3:00 p.m. New P-Card Coordinator Administration-Ward Conference Room-2nd Floor
Wed. August 6, 2008 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. New P-Card Holder Administration-Ward Conference Room-2nd Floor
Wed. August 6, 2008 10:00-11:00 a.m. New P-Card Coordinator Administration-Ward Conference Room-2nd Floor
Wed. September 10, 2008 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. New P-Card Holder Administration-Ward Conference Room-2nd Floor
Wed. September 10, 2008 10:00-11:00 a.m. New P-Card Coordinator Administration-Ward Conference Room-2nd Floor
Submitted by Tarinda Chappell, Director of Purchasing
MAGNOLIA BAROQUE FESTIVAL – FREE TICKETS TO CAMPUS COMMUNITY
The Friday and Saturday night concerts of Magnolia Baroque Festival are free to NCSA Campus community with school ID! Don’t miss these performances by outstanding specialists in early music – including several NCSA alums!
Love of Bach, Friday, June 20
Watson Hall at NCSA, 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: Stevens Center Box Office 336-721-1945
Adults $25.00 | Seniors $20.00 | Students $10.00 FREE to NCSA campus community “Bach Concerti” Concert of all J.S. Bach concerti, including, E Major and A Minor violin concertos, D minor double violin concerto and the Brandenburg Concerto IV featuring Ingrid Matthews, violin.
The Triumph of Love, Saturday, June 21
Stevens Center, 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: Stevens Center Box Office 336-721-1945
Adults $25.00 | Seniors $20.00 | Students $10.00 FREE to NCSA campus community
Special for this concert only: Buy 3 tickets, get 1 for free! “The Triumph of Love”- Scenes from Purcell's King Arthur, Dioclesian, and The Fairy Queen. Paige Whitley Bauguess, Tom Baird principle dancers with dancers from the New Bern Dancing Assembly, Magnolia Baroque Festival Chorus and Orchestra.
Submitted by Suzanna Watkins, Kenan Institute
APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
Appalachian State University is now accepting applications for the Educational Specialist (EdS) Higher Education- Administration degree program. Classes are held in n Winston-Salem on the campus of North Carolina School of the Arts.
The purpose of this program is to prepare persons for mid- and upper-level management and administration positions in community colleges and universities.
The program integrates theory and practice to enable graduates to deal with the diverse and complex demands of leadership in today's rapidly changing educational environments.
The EdS Higher Education program requires 30 semester hours, two courses
(6 semester hours) per term are offered. The schedule typically involves one night per week and five Friday/Saturday weekend sessions per semester resulting in 30 hours of coursework delivered in five consecutive semesters.
If you would like more information regarding this opportunity, please contact Dr. Chuck Claxton. Dr. Claxton is the academic advisor for the Forsyth EdS Higher Education cohort and may be reached by email, claxtoncs@appstate.edu or at 828/262-2875.
Submitted by E. S. Barnes-Jones, Residence Life & Housing
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EVERY FRIDAY EMAIL SUBMISSIONS Faculty/Staff: To submit news or an event for Every Friday Email, please send your message/announcement with “subject, submitted by, and department” to efe@ncarts.edu before 5:00pm on Thursday. After this time, please call Marla Carpenter at 770-3337 if you need to send an urgent message. Please review the submissions carefully before sending to EFE since typo/mistake will not be corrected. Students: If the announcement concerns an art or academic event, performance or program, please contact that department to have your submissions sent. If the announcement concerns anything outside your art or academic classes, please contact Student Activities. If you would like for a message/announcement to appear in the Every Friday Email for multiple weeks, please submit your message/announcement to efe@ncarts.edu EACH WEEK you need it to be included Please note that submissions to Every Friday Email must be directly related to North Carolina School of the Arts events, performances, or sponsored activities. EFE cannot support, advocate, or endorse third-party, non-NCSA related submissions. If you have questions regarding submission to EFE, please contact Marla Carpenter for clarification. Marla can be reached at 770-3337 or carpem@ncarts.edu BREATHE PROJECT BLOG INVITES VISITORS The Creative Challenge Project, BREATHE, is an initiative of the Kenan Institute that provides a means for the teaching artist faculty at NCSA to design collaborative, multidisciplinary summer intensive projects that will create bridges between NCSA and the larger community, provide opportunities for involvement of all campus constituencies, address an area of underdeveloped aesthetic potential, and allow for learning to be brought back to the North Carolina School of the Arts educational programs. The duration of each project is at least two weeks with the principal site being off-campus and outside the city of Winston-Salem. Will Taylor and Julian Semillian have embarked on their BREATHE Project, studying in Prague and London with renowned animators Jan Svankmajer and the Brothers Quay. Visit their blog at http://projectbreathe-will.blogspot.com/2008/04/breathe.html to follow their progress. We invite you to ask them questions about their experiences by responding to their blog postings. Submitted by Suzanna Watkins, Kenan Institute
STATE MILEAGE ALLOWANCE CORRECTION The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has increased the Motor Fleet vehicles rate. This rate also applies to employees who elect to use personal vehicles when a state-owned vehicle is available. Effective July 1, 2008, the rate is .33 cents per mile for employees who elect to use personal vehicles when a state-owned vehicle is available. Also, departments will be charged .33 cents per mile when using our state-owned vehicles. To find out if a state vehicle is available, please contact Krista Johnson at extension 3302. The State Travel Policies and Regulations may be referenced at the OSBM web site http://www.osbm.state.nc.us/osbm/index.html . Or NCSA policy at the following link http://www.ncarts.edu/formsprocedures/TravPolicy.pdf If there are any questions, I can be reached at extension 1353. Submitted by Denise Spence, Disbursement Officer
STAFF COUNCIL MEETING The final Staff Council meeting for this year will be Thursday, June 19 from 11:00 – 12:00 Welcome Center Presentation Room. All NCSA staff is invited to attend! Meet the new officers for 2008-2009: Cathy Pighini, Chair Kim Pauley, Chair-Elect Martha Urbanik, Secretary-Treasurer Submitted by Suzanna Watkins, Staff Council Chair MAGNOLIA BAROQUE FESTIVAL TICKETS The Magnolia Baroque Festival will honor the NCSA ticket policy for faculty and staff for the concerts at Watson Hall and the Stevens Center. The Magnolia Baroque Festival local concerts run from Wednesday 6/18 through Sunday 6/22; please see listing below and visit the website for more information www.magnoliabaroque.com : The Moravians’ Passion for Music Wednesday, June 18
Calvary Moravian Church, 7:30 p.m.
600 Holly Avenue, Winston-Salem, N.C. 27101
Pre-concert lecture by Nola Knouse, Director of the Moravian Music Archives Tickets: Stevens Center Box Office 336-721-1945
Adults $25.00 | Seniors $20.00 | Students $10.00 Music from the Salem Collegium collection including quintets by J.F. Peter and W. Piecl, a trio by Graun, and other late baroque, early classical composers. Andrew Willis, keyboard, and Gesa Kordes, violin, are featured along with seven Magnolia Baroque Festival musicians. The Excitement of ImprovisationThursday, June 19
Gray Auditorium, Old Salem Visitors Center, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: Stevens Center Box Office 336-721-1945
Adults $25.00 | Seniors $20.00 | Students $10.00 Special guest ensemble “The Harmonious Blacksmith” presents a concert of early baroque improvisation. Ingrid Matthews, violin, Joe Gascho, harpsichord, John Lenti, lute and theorbo, cellist Nika Zlatzric, Justin Godoy recorder player and soprano Ah Hong. Love of BachFriday, June 20
Watson Hall at the North Carolina School of the Arts, 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: Stevens Center Box Office 336-721-1945
Adults $25.00 | Seniors $20.00 | Students $10.00 “Bach Concerti” Concert of all J.S. Bach concerti, including, E Major and A Minor violin concertos, D minor double violin concerto and the Brandenburg Concerto IV featuring Ingrid Matthews, violin. The Triumph of LoveSaturday, June 21
Stevens Center, 7:30 p.m.
405 West 4th Street, Winston-Salem, N.C. 27101Tickets: Stevens Center Box Office 336-721-1945
Adults $25.00 | Seniors $20.00 | Students $10.00
Special: Buy 3 tickets, get 1 for free! “The Triumph of Love”- Scenes from Purcell's King Arthur, Dioclesian, and The Fairy Queen. Paige Whitley Bauguess, Tom Baird principle dancers with dancers from the New Bern Dancing Assembly, Magnolia Baroque Festival Chorus and Orchestra. PromenadePresented by Old Salem Museum and Gardens Sunday, June 22
Single Brothers' House, Old Salem – Afternoon
South Main Street, Winston-Salem, N.C. 27101 Tickets are available through the Old Salem Visitors Center: 336-721-7350 Stroll through Old Salem and hear Magnolia Baroque Festival apprentices perform period music in several venues including the Salem Tavern, Single Brothers' House, St. Philip's Church and Vogler House. Submitted by Suzanna Watkins, Kenan Institute |
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EVERY FRIDAY EMAIL SUBMISSIONS
Faculty/Staff: To submit news or an event for Every Friday Email, please send your message/announcement with “subject, submitted by, and department” to efe@ncarts.edu before 5:00pm on Thursday. After this time, please call Marla Carpenter at 770-3337 if you need to send an urgent message. Please review the submissions carefully before sending to EFE since typo/mistake will not be corrected.
Students: If the announcement concerns an art or academic event, performance or program, please contact that department to have your submissions sent. If the announcement concerns anything outside your art or academic classes, please contact Student Activities.
If you would like for a message/announcement to appear in the Every Friday Email for multiple weeks, please submit your message/announcement to efe@ncarts.edu EACH WEEK you need it to be included
Please note that submissions to Every Friday Email must be directly related to North Carolina School of the Arts events, performances, or sponsored activities. EFE cannot support, advocate, or endorse third-party, non-NCSA related submissions. If you have questions regarding submission to EFE, please contact Marla Carpenter for clarification. Marla can be reached at 770-3337 or carpem@ncarts.edu
IMPORTANT DEADLINES FOR ORIENTATION INFORMATION
Please make note of the following deadlines for submitting information for Orientation publications:
Events to be placed in the high school and college student planners: June 13
Opening Day schedule information for high school and college: June 27
High school Orientation Schedule information (includes August 22-Spet. 18): July 18
College (undergrad and grad) Orientation Schedule information (includes Sept. 12-18): August 8
Information should be submitted to me via email.
Last year’s schedules are in a superman file at this location:
\superman\student life\student activities\orientation
Please contact me if you have questions or need additional information.
Submitted by Lauren Whitaker, Director of Student Activities and New Student Orientation
MESSAGE FROM CENTER FOR DESIGN INNOVATION
This season's schedule of Idea Exchanges is complete and we'll resume in September. Meanwhile, please join in two discussions to be led by visiting members of CDI's Executive Advisory Board:
4:00-5:30pm Wednesday 11 June
Larry Friedlander - Professor, Stanford University
Larry is an internationally known contributor to interactive arts and technology projects. His work during the past two decades has included collaboration with Apple Computer, Mitsubishi Electric, MIT, Oxford, Georgia Tech, and the Exploratorium. His "interactive Shakespeare" projects set the tone for much of the experimentation with digital narrative forms. His work with Apple involved development of innovative designs for the Globe Theater Museum in London. Larry is also a former Founder and Co-director of the Stanford Learning Lab. Funded by industry consortia, the lab's research addressed technologies for teaching and learning.
8:00-9:30am Friday 13 June
Alan Shaw - Professor, Kennesaw State University
Alan was the Technology Coordinator for the Algebra Project, a nation-wide mathematics literacy effort founded by Civil Rights leader Bob Moses. Alan distinguishes his work in educational outreach for the disadvantaged (e-learning), social empowerment (e-advocacy), and community building (neighborhood networking) by bringing methods from the arts and design to the learning of science, technology, engineering, and math. Educators have shown that these methods can be an effective strategy for inclusion of underrepresented groups in STEM subjects, such as girls and minorities
Submitted by Melissa Ryon, Executive Assistant, Center for Design Innovation
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Posted by: berryv on 05/30/2008 04:09 PM
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EVERY FRIDAY EMAIL SUBMISSIONS Faculty/Staff: To submit news or an event for Every Friday Email, please send your message/announcement with “subject, submitted by, and department” to efe@ncarts.edu before 5:00pm on Thursday. After this time, please call Marla Carpenter at 770-3337 if you need to send an urgent message. Please review the submissions carefully before sending to EFE since typo/mistake will not be corrected. Students: If the announcement concerns an art or academic event, performance or program, please contact that department to have your submissions sent. If the announcement concerns anything outside your art or academic classes, please contact Student Activities. If you would like for a message/announcement to appear in the Every Friday Email for multiple weeks, please submit your message/announcement to efe@ncarts.edu EACH WEEK you need it to be included Please note that submissions to Every Friday Email must be directly related to North Carolina School of the Arts events, performances, or sponsored activities. EFE cannot support, advocate, or endorse third-party, non-NCSA related submissions. If you have questions regarding submission to EFE, please contact Marla Carpenter for clarification. Marla can be reached at 770-3337 or carpem@ncarts.edu THANK YOU MESSAGE FROM CHANCELLOR Dear friends,
For many of you, this is the last EFE for a while. So, first of all: Thank you for all you do for our great school and for you part in creating a vibrant vision for our future.
Our second year together is coming to an end and I look back with a certain wonderment at all we have collectively achieved. Our pride in those who are about to graduate is intense, as is our bitter-sweet feelings in letting them go.
Please write to me during the summer and let me know what you are doing, as well as what are you reading!
I just finished Walter Isaacson's wondrous Einstein, a recent biography of Marco Polo and Kublai Khan, The House that George Built by Wilfrid Sheed (essential for anyone interested in popular song and terrifically written) and Brigitte Hamann Winifred Wagner. But I would love to know what you are reading. We can discuss it all in August!
If I do not see you for a while, please accept my profoundest thanks for all you do. Many of us will be at our desks all summer, and for you I say: See you Monday!
Keep safe and well.
John
FACULTY COUNCIL ELECTIONS
The new officers of the Faculty Council for the 08-09 school year are:
Chairperson: Bill McCord, School of the Filmmaking
Co Vice chairs: Ellen Rosenberg, College Academics Jeff Morgan, High School Academics
Secretary: Leslie Kamtman
Submitted by Norman Coates, Faculty Council
DON’T MISS THE TRIUMPH OF LOVE! Message: The Magnolia Baroque Festival will present its third season, The Triumph of Love, June 17-22, 2008. In a series of solo concerts, choral performances and apprentice artists concerts, the Festival will highlight the historical significance of early Salem to classic music in America. All concerts will be performed by leading practitioners of historically informed techniques of the Baroque era, many of them with ties to the North Carolina School of the Arts. To see the schedule of concerts and ticket information, visit www.magnoliabaroque.com. To review the Classical Voice of North Carolina preview of the Festival, please click on the link below: http://cvnc.org/reviews/2008/052008/MBFprev.html The Magnolia Baroque Festival is a project of the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts, which builds partnerships to support creative projects, many of which are associated with the North Carolina School of the Arts. Submitted by Amanda Balwah, Kenan Institute for the Arts FROM SEMANS LIBRARY The library hours, until Summer Session begins on June 23rd, will be 9am to 5pm, Monday through Friday. We will be closed this weekend May31 and June 01. Please check the library’s web page for Summer Session hours. Submitted by Rebecca Brown, Library |
EFE 05/23/2008 |
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Posted by: berryv on 05/23/2008 02:11 PM
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EVERY FRIDAY EMAIL SUBMISSIONS
Faculty/Staff: To submit news or an event for Every Friday Email, please send your message/announcement with “subject, submitted by, and department” to efe@ncarts.edu before 5:00pm on Thursday. After this time, please call Marla Carpenter at 770-3337 if you need to send an urgent message. Please review the submissions carefully before sending to EFE since typo/mistake will not be corrected.
Students: If the announcement concerns an art or academic event, performance or program, please contact that department to have your submissions sent. If the announcement concerns anything outside your art or academic classes, please contact Student Activities.
If you would like for a message/announcement to appear in the Every Friday Email for multiple weeks, please submit your message/announcement to efe@ncarts.edu EACH WEEK you need it to be included
Please note that submissions to Every Friday Email must be directly related to North Carolina School of the Arts events, performances, or sponsored activities. EFE cannot support, advocate, or endorse third-party, non-NCSA related submissions. If you have questions regarding submission to EFE, please contact Marla Carpenter for clarification. Marla can be reached at 770-3337 or carpem@ncarts.edu
MESSAGE FROM CHANCELLOR
Chancellor and Mrs. Mauceri invite you to join in the commencement festivities by attending the Garden Party in Daniels Plaza on Friday, May 30, 3:00-5:00 PM. The Garden Party is given in honor of our graduating senior and their families.
Please RSVP by Tuesday, 5/27 by sending your response by email to gardenparty@ncarts.edu or by calling extension 3202.
We hope you will join us as we celebrate the achievements of our 2008 graduates.
HIGH SCHOOL SURVERYS
Please check your email for your survey. Members of the campus community are receiving individual surveys. These surveys are vital for the reaffirmation of the high school accreditation. Your efforts of 15-20 minutes are appreciated. Thank you.
Submitted by Dr. Geri Cochran
THE SCHOOL OF FILMMAKING
The School of Filmmaking cordially invites you to the campus premieres of our third and fourth year films.
May 29 (Thursday) 3rd Year Film Screenings: 7:00 p.m. at Main Theatre, ACE Exhibition Complex
8:00 p.m. at Babcock Theatre, ACE Exhibition Complex
May 30 (Friday) 4th Year Film Screenings: 3:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m., and 9:00 p.m. at Main Theatre, ACE Exhibition Complex
8:00 p.m. at Babcock Theatre, ACE Exhibition Complex
Student Cast and Crew members are entitled to four complimentary tickets.
$5 General Admission
The regular NCSA comp ticket policy applies to everyone else.
The Watson Hall Box Office is open Wed. - Fri. from noon until 4 pm.
Submitted by Kate Miller, School of Filmmaking
CENTER FOR DESIGN INNOVATION
Please join in upcoming Idea Exchanges:
Tuesday, May 27, 5:30 - 7:00pm -
Tony McGee - StokesCORE: Designing local food systems for regional economic development
Thursday, May 29, 12:00-1:30pm -
Michiel VanderSommen - Working with rather than against physics to make self-sufficient buildings
Center for Design Innovation, Suite 2105, Winston Tower, 301 N. Main Street, Winston-Salem NC 27101
Winston Tower is in downtown Winston-Salem between 3rd and 4th Streets. Parking is easy and available in the building's garage, on the street and in nearby decks.
Submitted by Melissa Ryon, Center for Design Innovation
BEAUX ARTS SCHEDULE FOR SATURDAY, MAY 24
Beaux Arts 08 continues Saturday, May 24. All members of the campus community are invited to the following events:
Carnival from 1 to 5 on the Hill: featuring a giant slide, bungee trampoline, climbing wall, mechanical bull, super obstacle course, dunking booth, and of course, Jell-O wrestling! Please note that all children must be accompanied and supervised by an adult, and all dogs must be on a leash and under your control at all times.
Cookout from 4:30 to 6 on Daniels Plaza. Hamburgers, hot dogs and veggie burgers for students, faculty and staff.
Beaux Arts Ball from 9 pm to 2 am in Stage Six. Music by AutoPassion (alumnus Geoff Sawyer’s band), deejays Brother Reade and Todd Pegram. Photo buttons, Espresso Ambulance, and other refreshments! Bring a photo ID for admission. Each student, faculty and staff member is allowed to bring one guest, and one guest only.
Submitted by Lauren Whitaker, Director of Student Activities
FINAL MEDITATION THIS SUNDAY
Do you know how to DECELERATE?
Come relax, reconnect with your body, reflect on your experiences this year and PRACTICE THE ART of not doing anything!
Everyone is welcome from 2:30-3:30 in Eisenberg Social Hall
Brought to you by The Art of Peaceful Living Student Org., Student Activities and Counseling Services
Submitted by Mental Health Counselor, Jessica Taylor and Student, Aaron LaVallee
SCHOOL OF MUSIC EVENTS
PERFORMANCES
emerging artist concert: Symphony Orchestra
(Fri) May 23, 7:30 p.m., Stevens Center
Maestro Ransom Wilson leads the NCSA Symphony Orchestra in NCSA alumnus Keith Gates’s Sonatina for Saxophone and Orchestra, and Mahler’s Symphony No. 1. With faculty artist Taimur Sullivan, saxophone, as guest soloist, and student conductor Valentino Piran leading Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture.
emerging artist concert: Cantata Singers
(Sun) May 25, 2:00 p.m., Crawford Hall
James Allbritten leads the NCSA chorus and the Carolina Chamber Symphony in Gabriel Faure’s Requiem as well as music of Johannes Brahms, Frank Bridge and Hildebrando Pizzetti.
Submitted by Lawrence Dillion
FROM SEMANS LIBRARY
A Reminder to Students – All Library materials are due back by 11pm closing on Sunday, May 25th. If items are needed for exams or term papers, please check with the Circulation Desk on Main or Music floor, depending on the item in question.
Submitted by Rebecca Brown
ONE CARD
Please remember to bring your One Card back with you for Fall Term. The fee to replace a lost, damaged or forgotten One Card is $10.
Returning students use the One Card they were issued when they first arrived at NCSA. Thank you.
Submitted by Karen Waldo, One Card Manager
FUNDRAISING CONCERT
As part of her commitment to the School of the Arts as a new Honorary Member of the Board of Trustees, Maya Angelou has graciously agreed to help create a need-based scholarship fund to be named in her honor. To kick off the fundraising, she and the Chancellor will be asking some of their friends in the entertainment industry to participate in a fundraising concert on Friday, November 28th. The event will be held at the Joel Coliseum and is scheduled to correspond with Dr. Angelou’s annual Thanksgiving celebration in Winston-Salem. More details will follow, but we do hope you will save the date for what is sure to be a very special evening for the School of the Arts and a wonderful opportunity to raise both funds and visibility for our scholarship program.
Submitted by Suzanne Hilser-Wiles
IMPORTANT NOTICE Regarding NC 401(k) Hardship Distributions
Please be aware that effective June 1, 2008, employer contributions will no longer be available for hardship withdrawals from the NC 401(k) Plan.
Members who request a hardship withdrawal will only have access to their employee contributions (pretax or Roth) or Rollover balance. As always, proof of hardship will continue to be required by members and if their hardship withdrawal includes their Pre tax and/or Roth contributions their contributions will be suspended for 6 months per IRS guidelines.
Employee contributions will not be suspended if the hardship withdrawal is taken from their Rollover balance only.
If you have questions or need additional information, please contact Mary Ellen Haynes, Benefits Representative, Human Resources Department 336-770-1451 or at haynesm@ncarts.edu
Submitted by Beth Cox, Director of Human Resources
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EVERY FRIDAY EMAIL SUBMISSIONS
Faculty/Staff: To submit news or an event for Every Friday Email, please send your message/announcement with “subject, submitted by, and department” to efe@ncarts.edu before 5:00pm on Thursday. After this time, please call Marla Carpenter at 770-3337 if you need to send an urgent message. Please review the submissions carefully before sending to EFE since typo/mistake will not be corrected.
Students: If the announcement concerns an art or academic event, performance or program, please contact that department to have your submissions sent. If the announcement concerns anything outside your art or academic classes, please contact Student Activities.
If you would like for a message/announcement to appear in the Every Friday Email for multiple weeks, please submit your message/announcement to efe@ncarts.edu EACH WEEK you need it to be included
Please note that submissions to Every Friday Email must be directly related to North Carolina School of the Arts events, performances, or sponsored activities. EFE cannot support, advocate, or endorse third-party, non-NCSA related submissions. If you have questions regarding submission to EFE, please contact Marla Carpenter for clarification. Marla can be reached at 770-3337 or carpem@ncarts.edu
MESSAGE FROM THE CHANCELLOR
I am pleased and proud to announce that Governor Mike Easley has appointed Denise Franklin of Winston-Salem to the NCSA Board of Trustees. Ms. Franklin is currently the General Manager of 88.5 WFDD, the national Public Radio affiliate that serves 32 counties in the Piedmont Triad area of North Carolina. She has spent more than 25 years in the field of communications with an emphasis on broadcast journalism. We are fortunate to have her join our NCSA family, and delighted to take full advantage of her many skills and expertise.
John Mauceri
THREE STANDING OVATIONS!
What an amazing performance at the State Senate on Wednesday morning! Rene Barbera sang one of the Metropolitan Opera National Competition arias (the one with all the high Cs), Ciera Payton and Travis Colbert performed Maya Angelou's "Phenomenal Woman," with the music of Leo Hurley and Josh Holritz broke their hearts on the violin. Each got a standing ovation.
And thanks to Dean Kerner for being our Master of Ceremonies.
All of you who helped make this performance possible are to be thanked, but, as usual, it is our students who show our political leaders just how precious our school is.
I wish I could have been there. Leo and I are in Leipzig where I am conducting the Gewandhaus Orchestra. And here's another bit of wonderful news: Two members of our Class of 2007 are playing in the orchestra! Imagine my surprise in my jet-lagged state to see both Dorotea Witt ('cello) and Elisa Friedrich (violin) in this 100+ orchestra.
You all continue to make me smile with my heart, as the song lyric goes.
Be well, and I will see you all on Monday.
John
EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION WEEK
We hope you enjoyed Employee Appreciation Week! As you know, last week we hosted a variety of activities throughout the week and we hope you found some event(s) you could attend and enjoy. The weather cooperated nicely for the outdoor events, making for a great time for everyone! Our thanks to all of you who participated!
As you know, we had many lovely door prizes that were donated by area businesses, business associates and vendors. We will be posting, on the Employee Appreciation site, a list of the prizes, the donors and the winners.
We received a door prize that arrived after our festivities – A Free Massage – donated by Pamela Mays. We drew from the remaining employee names and the winner of this prize is Pamela Carter in Design and Production. Congratulations, Pam!
And lastly, we are interested in your feedback on this years’ Employee Appreciation Week, and will be conducting a survey to solicit your input. We encourage you to take part in this survey to help us plan for next years’ Employee Appreciation Week. More information will be forthcoming. We hope our committee represented you well during the planning process, but please remember, if you are interested in serving on the committee, please let me know.
I enjoyed working with our committee and certainly appreciate the expertise and effort that each of them brought to our planning process.
Thanks to everyone and have a great summer!
Submitted by Mary Ellen Haynes, Chair, On behalf of the Entire EAW Committee
LIBRARY PLANNING UPDATE
The library is using a wiki to keep the campus updated on the planning process for the new library. The link is as follows: http://ncsalibrary1.pbwiki.com/. Please feel free to add your comments and check back regularly for updates.
Submitted by Susan Keely, Library
CENTER FOR DESIGN INNOVATION
Please join in upcoming Idea Exchanges:
Tuesday, May 20, 5:30 - 7:00pm -
Andrew Young - Making better online games through art and design
Thursday, May 22, 12:00-1:30pm -
Becca and Bill Fuller - Designing and fabricating tactile models
Center for Design Innovation, Suite 2105, Winston Tower, 301 N. Main Street, Winston-Salem NC 27101
Winston Tower is in downtown Winston-Salem between 3rd and 4th Streets. Parking is easy and available in the building's garage, on the street and in nearby decks.
Submitted by Melissa Ryon, Center for Design Innovation
HIGH SCHOOL SURVEYS
Over the next few weeks, you may hear talk about a number of high school surveys that will be taking place on campus. Some of the surveys will be paper and some will be electronic. NCSA’s High School is gearing up for a reaffirmation of their accreditation from the high school division of SACS, AdvancEd.
The surveys are important elements in the reaffirmation of who we are and what our purpose is to the young students who spend time to train with us. While we are not like any other school across the country, the more we can perform analysis and evaluation of what we are, the more we are accepted by parents, students and key political elements. By periodically assessing our role as a unique institution, we prove our value to our constituents.
The surveys help us investigate the levels and dimensions of student engagement in the life and work of high school students, providing us with rich and valuable data on students’ belief, attitudes and behaviors about their experience, their involvement and their connectedness with school. Some of the data will give us performance and achievement data which helps in recruitment as NCSA truly prepares students for further educational and performance experiences.
It is critically important for students, faculty and staff to be thoughtful, serious and honest in filing out their surveys. As a result of responses, we will better understand our student’s needs and will be able to create a school environment that is engaging, challenging and productive.
The Office of Institutional Research is committed to accountability in safeguarding data collected, the ethical analysis of data and the privacy of its respondents.
Submitted by Dr. Geri Cochran, Director of Institutional Research and Planning
NCSA Drama Students to Perform with Winston-Salem Symphony
Students from the NCSA School of Drama will perform with the Winston-Salem Symphony this weekend. Lindsay Atwood, Crystal Arnette, Ben Yannette, Danny Yoerges and Christy Young will share the compelling personal stories of European immigrants as the Winston-Salem Symphony performs Peter Boyer’s original score, “Ellis Island: The Dream of America.” Images of immigrants arriving at Ellis Island will be projected in the background. Boyer’s recording of his work – featuring actors Barry Bostwick, Blair Brown, Olympia Dukakis, Anne Jackson, Bebe Neuwirth, Eli Wallach and Louis Zorich with the Philharmonia Orchestra – received a Grammy nomination for Best Classical Contemporary Composition in 2006. Since its premiere in 2002, this profoundly moving work has been performed more than 50 times to wide critical and audience acclaim. Also on the program is Beethoven’s “Eroica” Symphony.
Performances are 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 17; 3 p.m. Sunday, May 18; and 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 20 – all at NCSA’s Stevens Center. The May 18 and 20 concerts are part of the Winston-Salem Symphony’s Classics Series; tickets are $15-$50. The May 17 performance is part of the Winston-Salem Symphony’s Kicked-Back Classics Series; tickets are $10-$35. (This is a 90-minute concert presented without intermission and the atmosphere is casual.) There are $10 student rush tickets available 30 minutes prior to each concert. Senior and group discounts are also available. For tickets, call the Winston-Salem Symphony Box Office at 336-464-0145 (Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.- 4 p.m.) or the Stevens Center Box Office at 336-721-1945 (Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.- 5 p.m.). For more information visit the Winston Salem Symphony’s website: www.wssymphony.org.
Submitted by: School of Drama
NEW DIRECTOR OF DINING SERVICES
I’m pleased to announce that Heather Pinks will be the new Director of Dining Services. Heather has over 14 years of experience with Aramark and the food service industry. Heather has experience in all facets of a food service operation. While the Director at Kentucky Weslyan, Heather managed the total renovation of all the dining facilities after a tornado hit the campus.
On Monday, May 19, Heather will join the rest of the management team of –
Ryan Bargoil, Executive Chef
Erika Webster, Catering Director
Diane McLean, Office Manager
Please help me in welcoming Heather to NCSA!
I also want to thank Eric Sweede as our interim Director. Eric did an excellent job of keeping everything running smoothly and addressing issues that needed attention. We wish him the very best in his future endeavors.
Submitted by Carol Cooper, Director of Auxiliary Services
COSTS INCREASE FOR THE DINING HALL
Due to rising costs, the prices in the Dining Hall will be increasing this summer. Beginning with Summer Session opening on Sunday, June 22, the door prices in the Dining Hall will be:
Breakfast $4.75 Lunch $5.75 Dinner $6.25
The prices for the Block Meals will also increase effective Monday, June 2, 2008.
30 Block Meals $126.00 20 Block Meals $87.00 10 Block Meals $46.00
($4.20 per meal) ($4.35 per meal) ($4.60 per meal)
Buy your Block Meals now before the prices go up.
Submitted by Carol Cooper, Director of Auxiliary Services
AWARDS DAY IS MAY 21
Awards Day is Wednesday, May 21 for 12:30 to 2 on Daniels Plaza. Every member of the campus community is invited to enjoy music by the Jazz Ensemble and free ice cream sundaes.
Recipients of major scholarships will be announced, and incoming student government officers will be recognized.
In addition, there will be a surprise recognition that you don’t want to miss!
For more information, contact Lauren Whitaker whital@ncarts.edu
BEAUX ARTS 08: PARTY LIKE A ROCK STAR
Beaux Arts 08, our annual end-of-the-year fling, is Thursday-Saturday, May 22-24. Join Student Activities for these fun, free events:
Thursday
Outdoor movie: SCHOOL OF ROCK starring Jack Black
With popcorn and s’mores
8:30 pm on the Hill
Friday
Drag Show
9 pm in Stage Six
Saturday
Carnival with bungee trampoline, giant slide, dunking booth, huge obstacle course, mechanical bull, a climbing wall, popcorn, snow cones, cotton candy, and of course Jell-O wresting.
1 to 5 pm on the Hill
Cookout (free for everyone!)
4:30 to 6 pm on Daniels Plaza
Beaux Arts Ball featuring two deejays and live music by Auto Passion (with alumnus Geoff Sawyer), and refreshments including free Espresso Ambulance
9 pm to 2 am, Stage Six
For more information, check the Beaux Arts link on the web page.
If you would like to help with any event, please call Student Activities at 770-3283.
Submitted by Lauren Whitaker, Director of Student Activities
M2 STEW CHOREOGRAPHY PROJECTS
M2 Stew is an amazing night of dance choreographed by the entire third year contemporary class. It is a unique experience, with pieces based upon selected music and costumes. The combination of talented choreographers and dedicated dancers makes for an unforgettable evening expressing the true skill of the M2 dance class. Come and experience one of the most special nights of dance the school has to offer. Friday May 16 and Saturday May 17 at Agnes de Mille Theatre at 8 pm. Taste the stew!
Submitted by the M2 Class, School of Dance
NEWS FROM DESIGN and PRODUCTION:
1. The School of Design and Production cordially invites all members of the campus community to the annual portfolio review presented by all students in D&P. Students from all D&P disciplines will present their portfolio of work, which they have developed over the past year. This year's portfolio review will take place in the main D&P building next Wednesday (5/21) and Friday (5/23) from 2pm - 6pm, and next Thursday (5/22) from 6:30pm - 9:00pm. Thursday's session will consist of graduate-level student work only. Please join us for this exciting display of stage technology and design projects, along with stage and performing arts management work.
2. The department of Visual Arts also invites you its VA-II thesis exhibitions next week. The schedule is as follows:
• Monday 5/19: Anna McKinsey (paintings), 6pm - 10pm
• Tuesday 5/20: Aaron Pennington (paintings/photography) and Virginia Atkins (drawings /paintings), 10am - 9pm
• Wednesday 5/21: Kyle Yagle and Karelia Malin (collaborate film), 6pm - 11pm (film will run continually from 6 - 8:30 pm and from 9 - 11pm)
• Thursday 5/22: Justus Harris (drawings/photos/installation), 10am - 4pm
• Thursday 5/22: Jaclyn Senne (paintings) and Emily Achison-Adams (collages), 6pm - 11pm
• Thursday 5/22: Jing Niu and Julian Jiamachello (collaborative film) - Babcock Theatre (film school), 7, 8 and 9pm showings
• Friday 5/23: Charles Peele (paintings/photography/video) and Samantha Friend (photography), 10am - 4pm
• Friday 5/23: Sara Lilly (gallery installation) 7pm - 11pm
• Saturday 5/24: Jacelyn Edwards (paintings) and Brianna Gribben (sculpture) 10am - 4pm
All showings will be held in the Visual Arts Gallery, located on the 4th Floor of the Workplace Building, except where otherwise noted.
Submitted by Dave Olson, D&P faculty
SCHOOL OF MUSIC EVENTS
ARTURO SANDOVAL CLASS
A protégé of Dizzy Gillespie, Arturo Sandoval is a renowned jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer. On Thursday, May 22nd, Sandoval will teach a master class at 12:30 pm in Watson Hall.
Granted political asylum in July 1990 and US citizenship in 1999, Sandoval and his family now call Miami, Florida home. Sandoval was born in Artemisa, a small town in the outskirts of Havana, Cuba, on November 6, 1949, just two years after Gillespie became the first musician to bring Latin influences into American Jazz. Sandoval began studying classical trumpet at the age of twelve, but it didn’t take him long to catch the excitement of the jazz world. Sandoval was a founding member of the Grammy Award-winning group Irakere, whose explosive mixture of jazz, classical, rock and traditional Cuban music caused a sensation throughout the entertainment world. In 1981, he left Irakere to form his own band, which garnered enthusiastic praise from critics and audiences all over the world. Sandoval was voted Cuba’s Best Instrumentalist from 1982 to 1990.
PERFORMANCES
emerging artist concert: Wind Ensemble
(Sun) May 18, 7:30 p.m., Stevens Center
The NCSA Wind Ensemble welcomes The Philidor Group in a performance of North Carolina Composer Russell Peck's The Glory and the Grandeur, a concerto for percussion trio and wind symphony. Conductor Mark Norman also leads the ensemble in Gustav Holst's Hammersmith and H. Owen Reed's electric La Fiesta Mexicana.
emerging artist concert: Symphony Orchestra
(Fri) May 23, 7:30 p.m., Stevens Center
Maestro Ransom Wilson leads the NCSA Symphony Orchestra in NCSA alumnus Keith Gates’s Sonatina for Saxophone and Orchestra, and Mahler’s Symphony No. 1. With faculty artist Taimur Sullivan, saxophone, as guest soloist, and student conductor Valentino Piran leading Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture.
emerging artist concert: Cantata Singers
(Sun) May 25, 2:00 p.m., Crawford Hall
James Allbritten leads the NCSA chorus and the Carolina Chamber Symphony in Gabriel Faure’s Requiem as well as music of Johannes Brahms, Frank Bridge and Hildebrando Pizzetti.
MUSIC STUDENT NEWS
In summer of 2008, violin student KATHERINE MOUNT will study at the Bowdoin International Music Festival for six weeks. Her teachers will be Cyrus Forough, violin professor at Carnegie Mellon University, and Dennis Kim, concertmaster of Seoul Philharmonic.
MICHAL ROGALSKI has been accepted into the Master’s program in oboe at the University of Minnesota.
Oboist JOHN WINSTEAD has been accepted into the Manhattan School of Music for fall 2008, where he will study with Robert Botti of the New York Philharmonic. This summer he will attend the John Mack oboe camp as well as the Elaine Douvas master class in California.
SHELLY ZEISER, an oboe student of John Ellis, will attend the Northwestern Music Festival this summer.
MUSIC FACULTY SUMMER PLANS
During the summer months, School of Music faculty scatter around the globe, teaching and performing and acting as advocates for the North Carolina School of the Arts everywhere they go. Here are some highlights of faculty plans:
During the summer, IGOR BEGELMAN will continue as the Director of the Wind Program at the Bowdoin International Music Festival. He will be featured in a number of performances at the Festival, most notably as the soloist in "Beyond the Pale, a portrait of a Klezmer" by American composer Samuel Adler. This performance will be conducted by the composer and is dedicated to his 80th birthday.
SHEILA BROWNE has been invited to perform at the American Viola Society’s Congress in Arizona this June, and will be teaching and performing at the California Summer Music and Green Mountain chamber music festivals.
This summer, TADEU COELHO will give concerts, master classes and lectures at several locations. He will start off the summer performing Mozart's Concerto in G Major with the Orquestra Sinfónica Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, on May 28, 2008. From there, he goes to South Carolina where he teaches a week-long master class (from June 9-11). On the following week, Tadeu goes to Atlanta to perform a solo recital at the St. Gabriel Church Chamber Music Series with pianist Seth Davis (from Clayton College, GA). In July, Dr. Coelho will spend three weeks in Brazil teaching and performing at the International Music Festival of Londrina, Parana (from July 12- 27). In August, he comes back to the United States to teach at the Julius Baker Master Class in Connecticut. He will finish off his summer appearances performing a solo recital for flute and harp, teaching a master class, and lecturing at the National Flute Convention in Kansas City.
LAWRENCE DILLON will judge an orchestral competition sponsored by the London Symphony Orchestra and Notion Music this summer. The other two judges will be Pulitzer Prize and Oscar winner John Corigliano and noted film composer Carter Burwell (Fargo, No Country for Old Men). He will also begin work on his Schumann Trilogy for orchestra, four singers and actor, a consortium commission involving orchestras in California, Idaho, Utah and Ohio.
Musicologist MICHAEL DODDS looks forward to involvement with the Magnolia Baroque Festival and to delivering a paper on 17th-century liturgical and improvisational practice at the Biennial Conference on Baroque Music, to be held in Leeds, England in July. He intends to focus his energy this summer on completing various writing projects.
Pianist ALLISON GAGNON will be one of the featured guest artists at the International Trumpet Guild's annual Conference, to be held at the Banff Centre, in Banff, Alberta, Canada, June 1st-6th. She'll perform in recital with several of the featured trumpet soloists, including her faculty colleague JUDITH SAXTON. At the end of June, Allison will proceed to the Meadowmount School of Music in NY, where she has been part of the piano accompanying staff for its 7-week summer program since 1997.
In June, Chicago Chamber Musicians (JOSEPH GENUALDI, Artistic Director) will be completing this season's Freshly Scored series performing works by Pierre Jalbert, Stephen Paulus, and Kyle Werner, who was this year's winner of The Chicago Chamber Musicians Composer Competition.
In July and August, Genualdi will be traveling with NCSA students to Leipzig to study for one month at the EuroArts Festival which is held at the Mendelssohn Hochshule.
Over the summer JANINE HAWLEY will travel to Chicago to sing the mezzo solos in Verdi's Requiem at Northwestern University. While there she will teach a master class with voice and opera students in the Music School. She will also teach three weeks of Summer School in the NCSA Drama program.
More than 150 violin, viola and cello students are expected for the fourth season of the Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival in Burlington Vermont. Festival Artistic Director KEVIN LAWRENCE will be joined by NCSA faculty SHEILA BROWNE and BROOKS WHITEHOUSE, as well as faculty from Juilliard, Oberlin, Eastman, Mannes, Peabody, and Boston Conservatory in addition to North Texas, Oregon, Louisiana State, Wisconsin, South Carolina universities. Master classes will be given by Lawrence Dutton of the Emerson Quartet and Bernard Greenhouse, founding cellist of the Beaux Arts Trio. The Festival concert series, held at the University of Vermont, was hailed last year by the Vermont Times as "the newest jewel in our musical crown."
ERIC LARSEN will direct the Piano Program at the Meadowmount School of Music, Westport, NY from June 21st through August 10th. He will be heard in concert with the Meadowmount Trio and with cellist Zuill Bailey. Piano students this summer will come from China (Beijing and Shanghai Conservatories); Taiwan and Bulgaria (NCSA); and Canada.
This summer Guitar Faculty member JOSEPH PECORARO will teach and perform at the American Music Institute in Wisconsin, the Colorado Suzuki Institute, and the Blue Ridge Music Camp in northern Virginia, as well as direct the 2-week NCSA Summer Guitar Workshop.
MATT RANSOM will once again be spending the summer teaching tuba and euphonium at the New England Music Camp in Sidney, Maine as well as performing with faculty ensembles and on faculty recitals.
ROBERT ROCCO will conduct NoteWorthy in concert at the GALA Choruses International Festival 8 in Miami, Florida in July. The eight-member male vocal ensemble started in 2003 as an outgrowth of the Triad Pride Men's Chorus. In addition to his appointment as director of NoteWorthy, Robert also serves as assistant director of TPMC and will accompany the larger ensemble in a separate featured performance.
Prior to the festival in Miami, Robert will be active in welcoming the Sch | | | | | |
