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GSA session enters its final week at Transylvania

Posted on July 6, 2009July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

LEXINGTON, Ky.—The Governor’s School for the Arts 2009 summer session comes to a close Saturday at Transylvania, highlighted by final student performances and graduation ceremonies. The final week will also feature an appearance by First Lady Jane Beshear on Tuesday. She will be on campus for a showcase performance at 1 p.m. Tuesday will also be College and Career Planning Day, with over a dozen colleges and universities on hand to meet with the GSA students. Tourism, Arts, and Heritage Cabinet Secretary Marcheta Sparrow is also scheduled to be on hand. The GSA will wrap up its 10th year on the Transy campus on Saturday, with final day-long performances in all disciplines preceding graduation ceremonies at 5:15 p.m. in Haggin Auditorium. Final performances, including those in instrumental and vocal music, musical theater, visual arts, drama, new media, and architecture, will begin at various campus locations at noon. All final day events are open to GSA parents, friends, and relatives as well as the public and media. Previous final day performances have attracted over 1,200 people to the Transy campus. Refreshments will be available at various campus locations near Old Morrison. Final performances will be held at the Mitchell Fine Arts Center, the Little Theater, the Shearer Art Building, the Haupt Humanities Building, Old Morrison and the Cowgill Center. A total of 225 high school students from 51 counties and about 85 high schools have been on the Transylvania campus since

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“Transylvania Treasures” wins international Gold Award

Posted on June 30, 2009July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

LEXINGTON, Ky.–Transylvania Treasures, a publication dedicated to showcasing the rare and valuable items in Transylvania University’s special collections and medical and science museum, can now be considered a treasure in its own right. The thrice yearly newsletter was named a 2009 Gold Award winner – the highest award available – in a prestigious national competition sponsored by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. Martha Baker, publications director at the 1,100-student liberal arts school, called the award significant. “The goal from the outset was to create a unique and attractive publication that would do justice not only to Transylvania’s impressive collections but also to its rich heritage. This award shows we’re on the right track,” said Baker, who edits Transylvania Treasures. Additionally, Baker said, “it shows we stack up very well against works by colleges from across the nation, many of which are much, much bigger than Transylvania.” Duke Medicine also received a Gold Award in the same category, and Tufts University received a bronze. The three winners were chosen among 35 entries. This is not the first award for Transylvania Treasures, which has won state and regional CASE awards and a Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Thoroughbred chapter award. “This award is especially significant because it’s an international award,” said Baker. “CASE has 3,400 members from 61 countries all over the world. We’re very pleased that Transylvania Treasures has been given this recognition.” Transylvania Treasures is a

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New Maestro Scott Terrell takes the baton to conduct the Lexington Philharmonic at Lexington’s patriotic concert on the steps of historic Old Morrison

Posted on June 16, 2009July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

LEXINGTON, Ky.—New Maestro Scott Terrell begins conducting the Lexington Philharmonic in September, but he will first take the baton at the city’s annual patriotic concert on the steps of Transylvania’s historic Old Morrison on Friday, July 3, at 8 p.m. The annual concert features patriotic favorites from the Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra and the Lexington Singers. The concert is free and open to the public and draws upwards of 5,000 people who set out their blankets and picnics from the steps of Old Morrison to the Carnegie Center in Gratz Park. The concert is sponsored by PNC Bank, Keeneland and the Kentucky League of Cities. The Young at Heart Jazz Band will perform in Gratz Park prior to the concert, beginning at 5:30 p.m., and there will be an ‘instrument petting zoo’ where children can see and play different instruments like those used by the Lexington Philharmonic. For more information, contact the public relations office at (859) 233-8120 or Penny Ebel in the mayor’s office at (859) 258-3100.

Transylvania awards 260 degrees to largest class in its history

Posted on May 23, 2009July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

Dr. Shearer, commencement speaker John Carroll, and student speaker Marshall Jolly LEXINGTON, Ky.—Transylvania University awarded bachelor of arts degrees to 260 seniors, the largest graduating class in the 229-year-old school’s history. Transylvania President Charles L. Shearer conferred the diplomas on the steps of historic Old Morrison as a crowd of friends and family, faculty and trustees looked on from the sun-dappled lawn. John Carroll, former editor of the Los Angeles Times, the Lexington Herald-Leader and the Baltimore Sun, delivered the commencement address. He spoke of the challenges awaiting the graduates as they searched for a meaningful and rewarding career, and of a hope that they would always remember one another and their college days at Transylvania. “May this class of 2009 go into the larger world and succeed by finding the right kind of work and the right people to work with,” Carroll said. “And may this class also remain intact, a group that treasures the once-in-a-lifetime shared journey that ends today. Go your separate ways, and may your paths converge again someday.” Carroll is a veteran of more than four decades of editorial and executive experience at five metropolitan daily newspapers. He directed coverage that won Pulitzer Prizes for the Los Angeles, Lexington and Baltimore papers, as well as the Philadelphia Inquirer. A nationally recognized leader in journalism, Carroll is a past member and past chair of the Pulitzer Prize Board. He was named Editor of the Year by

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Transylvania publications honored again

Posted on May 15, 2009July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

LEXINGTON, Ky.—Three Transylvania University publications received top honors at the Public Relations Society of America-Thoroughbred Chapter awards ceremony May 12 in Lexington. The winning publications were the admissions viewbook, Transylvania magazine and Transylvania Treasures, a periodical highlighting the university’s historic holdings and outstanding Transylvanians. PRSA is the world’s largest organization for public relations professionals. This is the third honor for the viewbook and Transylvania Treasures. Both publications received a Grand Award from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE)-District III in Atlanta in February. The district includes more than 500 educational institutions in eight states of the southeastern U.S. In December, the viewbook won a Grand Award at the CASE-Kentucky conference, Transylvania magazine won an Award of Excellence and Transylvania Treasures received an Award of Special Merit. The publications are the work of publications director Martha Baker of Paris; and writer/editor Bill Bowden, graphic designer Barbara Grinnell and editorial assistant Lori-Lyn Hurley, all of Lexington. Transylvania Treasures was designed by Carin Lovell of By Design, Lexington. “In the CASE competitions, our publications shined when compared with other educational institutions, while in the PRSA competition, they stacked up well against work produced by business, industry, professional associations, nonprofit organizations, government agencies and consulting firms,” said Sarah Emmons, Transylvania public relations director. “I’m very proud of these results.” Transylvania, founded in 1780, is the nation’s sixteenth oldest institution of higher learning and is consistently ranked in national publications as one

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