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Transylvania’s Kenan Visiting Artist Zoé Strecker exhibits installation piece "Auction Block" in Morlan Gallery Feb. 19-March 26

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 Auction Block (detail) LEXINGTON, Ky.—Zoé Strecker’s Auction Block, an installation sculpture that includes choreographed audio recordings, ceramics and mirrors that create the visual illusion of infinity, opens Friday, Feb. 19, in Transylvania’s Morlan Gallery. The opening reception, from 5-8 p.m., is part of Lexington’s Gallery Hop. The exhibit, which is free and open to the public, runs through March 26. Gallery hours are weekdays, noon-5 p.m.  (The gallery will be closed during Transylvania’s spring break, March 15-19.) Strecker says that humor plays a serious role in the investigation of the web of dramatic tension involved in the buying and selling of objects. She asks, “What has value for whom?  When and why does value shift? How does social pressure affect our judgment as economic creatures?” The acclaimed artist will discuss her exhibit from 12:30-1:20 p.m. on Tuesday, March 23, in the gallery. The talk is free and open to the public. Strecker is currently on the faculty at Transylvania, where she serves as the Kenan Visiting Artist and teaches ceramics. She has an MFA in ceramic sculpture from New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University and a bachelor’s in English from Grinnell College. She is most known for her public art commissions in Kentucky (Harrodsburg and Berea) Memphis, Tenn., Fairbanks, Ala., and Boulder, Colo. She has twice received Kentucky’s most prestigious art award, The Al Smith Fellowship, among many other grants and awards. Strecker has appeared on Kentucky

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"Dances with Wolves" and "Battlestar Galactica" actress Mary McDonnell to speak at Transylvania Wednesday, March 10; limited seating, ticket required

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LEXINGTON, Ky.—Two-time Academy Award nominated actress Mary McDonnell will speak at Transylvania on Wednesday, March 10, as part of the university’s William R. Kenan Jr. Lecture Series. The event, An Evening with Mary McDonnell, at 7:30 p.m. in Haggin Auditorium, is free and open to the public. (Limited seating; ticket required.) Tickets to the public will be available beginning Monday, February 22. McDonnell is widely recognized for her dynamic character portrayals. She was nominated for Academy Awards for her work in Dances with Wolves and Passion Fish, and received an Emmy nomination for her role as Eleanor Carter on ER. Other film credits include Independence Day and 12 Angry Men. On television, McDonnell played the role of President Laura Roslin in the mini-series and subsequent series Battlestar Galactica and she has appeared in Grey’s Anatomy. Equally accomplished in theater, McDonnell played the title role in the Broadway adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, The Heidi Chronicles, and played Miss Alma in Tennessee Williams’ Summer and Smoke. Off-Broadway, she performed in Sam Shepard’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Buried Child and John Patrick Shanley’s Savage in Limbo. She received an Obie Award for her performance in Emily Mann’s Still Life. Tickets to the public will be available for pick-up beginning Monday, February 22, in the William T. Young Campus Center (west corner of Broadway and Fourth Street). Up to four tickets per person will be available. The campus center hours are Monday-Thursday from 8:30

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Transylvania University invites high school sophomores and juniors to Preview Day, Saturday, March 6

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LEXINGTON, Ky.—Transylvania University invites high school sophomores, juniors and their families to campus for Preview Day, Saturday, March 6, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Clive M. Beck Athletic Center. Preview Day includes a welcome with President Charles L. Shearer, faculty presentations, an academic information fair, campus and residence hall tours, a student panel discussion and a complimentary lunch. Students and their parents will have the opportunity to talk with faculty members and current students about all aspects of life at Transylvania. For more information or to register for Preview Day, call Transylvania’s admissions office at (800) 872-6798 or (859) 233-8242, or visit www.transy.edu/admissions.

Transylvania’s Hope for Haiti efforts continue with panel discussion and forum Wednesday, Feb. 10 at 7 p.m.; open to the public, donations accepted

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LEXINGTON, Ky.—Transylvania University presents “Past, Present, and Building Hope for Haiti’s Future: Panel and Forum” Wednesday, February 10, from 7-8:30 p.m. in Haggin Auditorium (Mitchell Fine Arts Building). Although admission is free, donations will be taken during the program; checks can be made to Transylvania University Hope for Haiti. The program is open to the public. The panel, featuring Transylvania professors Gregg Bocketti and  Kathleen Jagger and special Haitian guest speakers Geuber Lamour and Jean Reynold Alcius, will discuss how Haiti arrived at this current moment in history, the arising public health issues and what will have to be done as Haiti begins to move toward the future.  President Charles L. Shearer will open the program and senior international affairs major Janelle Johnson will serve as moderator. “The Struggles of Nation Building in Modern Haiti” Transylvania history professor Gregg Bocketti Bocketti has a Ph.D. in history and an M.A. in Latin American Studies from Tulane University. “Post-Earthquake Haiti: An Exceptional Public Health Challenge” Biology professor and associate dean of the college Kathleen Jagger Jagger holds a Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of Cincinnati and a M.P.H. in international health from Harvard University. “Haiti: A Turning Point” Gueber Lamour, a Haitian native who moved to the United States 19 years ago currently works as a freelance Creole interpreter and provides language support for the Department of Homeland Security. “Haiti: Now or Never” Jean Reynold Alcius, a native of Haiti, currently

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Wednesday afternoons in February, Transylvania accounting students offering free tax service to those with incomes under $40,000

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LEXINGTON, Ky.—Transylvania University accounting students will assist taxpayers with an income of less than $40,000 in the preparation of Internal Revenue Service income tax forms 1040, 1040A, 1040EZ and the Kentucky form 740. The service is free. Student volunteers will be available each Wednesday in February (3, 10, 17 and 24) from 3-5:30 p.m. on the first floor of Transylvania’s Cowgill Center for Business, Economics and Education on Third Street. This is a popular program and taxpayers will be served on a first-come, first-served basis. Transylvania accounting students, who have completed an income tax preparation training program, will work under the supervision of accounting professors to aid taxpayers. Individuals interested in this free service should bring with them all of the necessary information including: their W2s, 1099s (interest income), state and federal tax returns from last year, the IRS forms received in the mail and the birthdates and social security numbers for any dependents. Transylvania has offered this free program to the Lexington community for more than 20 years. For more information, contact the public relations office at (859) 233-8120 or Dan Fulks, professor of accounting, at (859) 233-8184.