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Griffin Cobb interviews Professor of Spanish Dr. Veronica Dean-Thacker and Professor of Art Jack Girard Listen to the interview on Sound Cloud Transcript [MUSIC PLAYING] SPEAKER 1: Welcome to another campus conversation, discussions with Transylvania University faculty, highlighting their interests, passions, and pursuits. Here is Griffin Cobb. GRIFFIN COBB: This is Griffin Cobb, and I’m here with Dr. Veronica Dean-Thacker, professor of Spanish, and Dr. Jack Girard, professor of art and art history. The two of them have been working together since 1991 on various projects involving artists who create both Spanish language literature and visual art. I want to start with the project that many people listening will likely have seen while going on here on campus– the visit of Spanish artists Juan Carlos Mestre and Alexandra Domínguez. The two artists had their work and poetry exhibited in Morlan Gallery, and there was a poetry reading in Carrick Recital Hall. So first of all, thank you for sitting down with me. VERONICA DEAN-THACKER: Thank you for coming, Griffin. GRIFFIN COBB: And do you remember how the idea to do something with those artists, Mestre and Domínguez first occurred to you? VERONICA DEAN-THACKER: Yes, it was a long time ago. It was actually in 2009 when Mestre first came to Transylvania as part of a group of Leonese– that’s Northern Spain– Leonese writers to participate in some conferences at Transylvania, some receptions in town, and also the Kentucky Foreign Language
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LEXINGTON, Ky.— Several Transylvania University sororities and fraternities have received awards at recent leadership conferences and conventions. These Greek organizations continue a tradition of excellence and campus and community involvement that stretches back to 1888. Alpha Omicron Pi Chapter President Lesley Goodaker and New Member Educator Alexis Enix represented Tau Omega at the 2016 Leadership Institute. Throughout the weekend, the chapter received recognition for: Fundraising for Foundation Support, Total Honor Roll, Strike Out Arthritis Event, Initiation Honor Roll, Quota Honor Roll, Academic Honor Roll and Ruby Level SOE. Additionally, the chapter received the Outstanding Leaders Council and Collegiate Philos awards. These awards are given to the top-performing chapters across Canada and the United States for leadership and operations as well as exceptional panhellenic relationships on campus. Chi Omega The Chi Chapter of Chi Omega was honored this past summer at its convention with the National Chapter of Excellence award. This award is given to the top-performing chapters across the nation based on considerations such as recruitment, operations, programming, retention, scholarship and leadership. Delta Delta Delta At their Collegiate Leadership Conference last spring, the Delta Delta Delta members were awarded the Tri Delta Service Award for their outstanding service to the community. Phi Mu The Delta Theta Chapter of Phi Mu was awarded two awards at their National Convention over the summer. They won the Collegiate Academic Award in recognition of their outstanding scholastic achievement. They also were awarded the COB
LEXINGTON, Ky.— The Central Music Academy—a non-profit organization that provides free music education for low-income youths—is moving to a house on Transylvania University’s campus. The move to 338 North Upper Street will provide CMA students with a safe, centralized location to receive instruction. The organization strengthens the Lexington community one child at a time by building personal capacity, discipline, self-esteem and musical skills in high-risk youth. Lessons will begin there on Jan. 8. Providing a space for them is one of many ways Transylvania partners with the Lexington community—such as the Unlearn Fear + Hate art project and the university’s Pioneer Pathways program, which includes college and career readiness workshops and mentoring for high school students. The Central Music Academy is the only school in central Kentucky that provides free, weekly, half-hour private music lessons—on any instrument, genre or skill level—to a diverse group of children who qualify for free or reduced school lunches. Since CMA was founded in 2004, it has given more than 30,000 free private lessons to more than 900 children. These students have successfully auditioned into the Central Kentucky Youth Orchestras; Lexington’s School for the Performing Arts; and all-district and all-state band, choir and orchestra. “The house will be the perfect spot for CMA, and we are so grateful to the Transylvania University faculty, staff, students and community for allowing us to use the space,” said program director Erin Walker Bliss. Transylvania, located in the heart
Campus Conversations – Tyler Lega with history professor, Dr. Ken Slepyan Listen to the interview with Dr. Ken Slepyan Transcript [MUSIC PLAYING] SPEAKER 1: Welcome to another Campus Conversation. Discussions with Transylvania University faculty highlighting their interests, passions, and pursuits. Here is Tyler Lega. TYLER LEGA: This is another Campus Conversation, and I’m your host, Tyler Lega. And with me today is Dr. Ken Slepyan. A little bit of a quick background about Dr. Slepyan. This will be his 22nd year at Transylvania University. He received his bachelor’s at Williams College, his master’s and PhD in history at the University of Michigan. Some of his research deals with the Soviet Union and Russia, modern European history, the Holocaust, and war and society. Some of the awards that Dr. Slepyan has won have been the Bingham Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Charles Revson Fellow from the US Holocaust Museum, and a grant from the National Council for Eurasian and East European Research. And to get started today, if you can talk about some of the reasons why you were so passionate about your field of study. KEN SLEPYAN: Well, that’s a fairly long story. I’ll try to keep it short. When I was coming of age in the 1980s, the Soviet Union, of course, was the major enemy of the United States in the Cold War. And so I was interested in it from the perspective of trying to know
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