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2009 Governor’s School for the Arts session opens June 21 at Transylvania

Posted on June 8, 2009July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

LEXINGTON, Ky.—A total of 225 of Kentucky’s best young artists from 51 counties will assemble on the Transylvania campus on Sunday, June 21, to begin the three-week 2009 session of the Governor’s School for the Arts. The latest GSA class is comprised of rising juniors and seniors from all corners of the Commonwealth who will receive rigorous 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 instruction in a total of nine areas: including New Media, which was added in 2008, those disciplines are Architecture, Creative Writing, Dance, Drama, Instrumental Music, Musical Theatre, Visual Arts and Vocal Music. Nearly 4,000 of the state’s most talented high school artists from all 120 counties have attended the 22-year-old GSA summer program following a challenging selection process. Each year since the program’s inception in 1987, over 1,500 students have applied annually for one of the available scholarships, valued at over $3,000. Currently, 20 colleges and universities, including Transylvania, offer scholarships to GSA alumni. The program will culminate on Saturday, July 11, with an all-day festival at Transy that celebrates the achievements of the young artists through performances that are open to family, friends and the public. Transylvania and Lexington have hosted the GSA program annually since 2000 and recently announced an agreement to keep the program on campus through 2011. “The arrival of the Governor’s School for the Arts

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Transylvania graduate named Outstanding Young Lawyer for the Kentucky Bar Association

Posted on June 3, 2009July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

LEXINGTON, Ky.—Angela Logan Edwards, a 1991 graduate of Transylvania University and a partner in the Woodward, Hobson & Fulton, LLP law firm, has been named the 2009 Outstanding Young Lawyer for the Kentucky Bar Association. The award, in recognition of Edwards’ civic activities, legal accomplishments and community involvement, will be presented at the KBA’s annual convention next week in Covington. The award is designed for Kentucky lawyers 40 and younger, or lawyers who have practiced law for 10 years or less. Edwards received her J.D. from the University of Kentucky and has been with Woodward, Hobson & Fulton’s Louisville office since 1996. She practices in the areas of commercial and ERISA litigation. She counsels clients with business disputes and represents employee benefit plans, claims administrators and employers with benefits issues. She is the chair of the firm’s Business Litigation Practice Group, serves on the Diversity Committee of the Louisville Bar Association and on the firm’s Diversity Council. She began her career as a law clerk for the Honorable Jennifer B. Coffman, United States District Court judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky. In 2006, Edwards received a Distinguished Service Award from Transylvania for her outstanding service to the University and she was elected to Transylvania’s Board of Trustees the same year. A member and former president of the Alumni Executive Board, Edwards has been an active member of the Transylvania Alumni Louisville Chapter. Each year, she assists

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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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Nationally recognized journalist John S. Carroll to deliver Transylvania University commencement address on Saturday, May 23, at 10 a.m.

Posted on May 20, 2009July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

John Carroll LEXINGTON, Ky.—Veteran journalist John S. Carroll will deliver the commencement address at Transylvania University on Saturday, May 23, at 10 a.m. on the steps of historic Old Morrison, where 260 seniors will be awarded the Bachelor of Arts degree. Carroll, a member of the Transylvania Board of Trustees, is a nationally recognized leader in the field of journalism. He is a veteran of more than four decades of editorial and executive experience at five metropolitan daily newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times and the Lexington Herald-Leader. He directed coverage that won numerous Pulitzer Prizes for the Los Angeles and Lexington papers, as well as the Baltimore Sun and Philadelphia Inquirer. During his tenure in Lexington, he spearheaded an investigative series of reports titled Cheating Our Children. The series exposed flaws in Kentucky’s public education system, which helped led to the passage of the Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990. He was a Neiman Fellow at Harvard University, a Knight Visiting Lecturer at the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and a Visiting Journalist Fellow at Queen Elizabeth House in Oxford University. Continuing the tradition of a graduating senior speaking at commencement on behalf of the students, Marshall Allen Jolly, an American Studies major and Communications minor from Paris, Ky., has been selected to represent the Class of 2009. Carroll will be awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters

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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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