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Newest class of Governor’s School for Arts graduates July 13

Posted on July 8, 2013July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

LEXINGTON, Ky.— The Governor’s School for the Arts 2013 summer session comes to a close Saturday, July 13 at Transylvania University, highlighted by final student performances around campus, special speakers and a graduation ceremony at 5:15 p.m. in Haggin Auditorium in the Mitchell Fine Arts Center. 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 more than 1,200 people to campus. Refreshments will be available at various locations near Old Morrison, Transylvania’s administration building on Third Street. Author and Kentucky GSA alumnus Jonathan M. Katz will receive the Marlene M. Helm Alumni Achievement Award, an award that is given out on Final Day graduation each summer in honor of Marlene Helm who served as Secretary of the Education, Arts and Humanities Cabinet under the Patton Administration. Katz, who grew up in Louisville, is a journalist and author who wrote the critically acclaimed new release “The Big Truck That Went By: How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster.” Katz attended GSA for Creative Writing in 1996 and will be one of several speakers during the graduation ceremony. Final performances will be held at the Mitchell Fine Arts Center, the Little Theater, the Shearer Art

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New Governor’s School for the Arts session opens June 23 at Transylvania University

Posted on June 21, 2013July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

LEXINGTON, Ky.—Kentucky’s most talented young artists, selected from 1,800 state-wide applicants, will assemble on Transylvania University’s campus on Sunday, June 23, to begin the three-week 2013 session of the Governor’s School for the Arts. The latest GSA class is comprised of 223 rising juniors and seniors from 48 Kentucky counties who will receive top-level training through daily seminars, master classes, lectures, hands-on workshops and field trips to various arts attractions in central Kentucky. The student-artists will receive rigorous instruction in nine disciplines: architecture, creative writing, dance, drama, instrumental music, musical theatre, new media, visual arts and vocal music. Since 1987 more than 4,700 of the state’s most talented high school artists from all 120 counties have attended the GSA summer program following a highly demanding selection process. Each year 1,500 students have applied annually for one of the available scholarships, valued at $3,800. GSA is free to all participants. Transylvania is among 23 colleges and universities that offer scholarships to GSA alumni. The program will culminate on Saturday, July 13, with an all-day festival that celebrates the achievements of the young artists through performances open to family, friends and the public. Graduation ceremonies will be held that day at 5 p.m. in Haggin Auditorium in the Mitchell Fine Arts Center. Program highlights in 2013 include performances by pianist Henry Pickens, singer/songwriter Ben Sollee, percussion ensemble Caixa Trio and dance performance by the Moving Collective. Presentations will be given by celebrated

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Celebrate America’s independence with Transylvania University and the city of Lexington

Posted on June 20, 2013July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

LEXINGTON, Ky.—Transylvania University and the city of Lexington will team up to celebrate America’s independence on the campus of one of the nation’s oldest colleges with a patriotic concert on Wednesday, July 3, 2013, at 8 p.m. The free concert, which features the musical talents of the Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra and the Lexington Singers, annually draws a crowd upwards of 5,000 that stretches from the lawn of historic Old Morrison to the Carnegie Center in Gratz Park. The Young at Heart Jazz Band will perform in Gratz Park prior to the concert, beginning at 5:30 p.m. The concert is sponsored by Hilliard Lyons. Handicapped accessible parking will be available in the semi-circle driveway on Broadway between Third and Fourth streets. For more information, contact the public relations office at (859) 233-8120 or Tamara Deckard at the Downtown Lexington Corporation at (859) 425-2592.

Rudolph named sports information director at Transylvania University

Posted on June 19, 2013July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Transylvania University announced today that Laura Rudolph will become sports information director in July. She replaces Glenn Osborne, who resigned in May after serving in the position for 14 years. Rudolph, currently the university’s digital recruitment coordinator for the admissions office, has a bachelor’s degree in journalism, with emphasis in sports journalism, from Eastern Kentucky University and is completing a master’s degree in integrated marketing communications from West Virginia University. Rudolph covered NCAA Division I athletics, the Ohio Valley Conference, major league baseball, OVC championships, and the NCAA football championship subdivision tournament as a sports editor for the Eastern Progress, in Richmond, Ky. In addition, she has covered and photographed local high school and college athletics as a sports reporter at the Corbin News Journal in Corbin, Ky. “I am humbled and excited about the opportunity to continue my love for Transylvania as a member of the Transylvania athletics department,” Rudolph said. “I look forward to focusing my efforts and abilities on telling Transylvania’s untold stories, developing our online platforms and sharing the amazing accomplishments of our student-athletes and alumni.” Osborne enlisted Rudolph to take charge of digital media coverage for first-round games in the NCAA Division III Tournament in 2012, which were hosted by Transylvania. Rudolph was also responsible for occasional sports photography, running live blogs and social media during Transylvania’s basketball games with the University of Kentucky. The sports information director serves as the primary media contact for

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Transylvania University President R. Owen Williams to resign at the end of the 2013-14 academic year

Posted on June 17, 2013July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

LEXINGTON, Ky.—R. Owen Williams will step down as president of Transylvania University after the 2013-14 academic year, Chairman of the Board of Trustees William T. Young Jr. announced this afternoon in a meeting with faculty and staff. “The Board of Trustees fully supports Dr. Williams’s decision to continue to lead Transylvania University through the upcoming school year,” Young said. “It is with regret that we accept his resignation.” Young said that a national search for Williams’s successor will be initiated later this year. Williams came to Transylvania in August 2010, after a national search to find a successor for Charles L. Shearer, who had served as president for 27 years. During his tenure, Williams has led the development of an ambitious strategic plan, Transylvania 2020—a comprehensive roadmap that encompasses enrollment growth, expansion of campus facilities and enhancements to academic and student life programs. He supported the development of an innovative August term for all new incoming students and expanded the size of campus by 20 percent. Other initiatives under Williams’s leadership include equalizing faculty salaries along gender lines; increasing starting salaries for assistant professors; making pre-tenure sabbaticals available for faculty; increasing the number of faculty; adding an associate dean position; approving the addition of varsity lacrosse and equestrian teams and competitive dance/cheer teams; establishing new staff positions in diversity and inclusion, admissions and development; increasing emphasis on student retention; starting the Creative Intelligence Lectures Series and John Marshall Harlan Lecture

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