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College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Dr. Gregory Sadlek, Dean Dr. Teresa LaGrange, Associate Dean Dr. William Morgan, Associate Dean

Creative Director Lesley Lang

Editor Jody Milkie

Contributors Samantha Baskind

Stephen Cory Rodger Govea

Meg Lalley Jane McCrone

Gregory Sadlek

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Table of Contents2 Keeping up with CLASS and Jewish Art: A Modern History by Samantha Baskind and Larry Silver

4 Featured Alumni Meg Lalley CSU’s Middle Eastern Studies Program

5 The MAGI program at CSU The Andersons’ Story

6 Fine Arts Campus

7 Fine Arts Campus continued

8 Vikings in Hollywood & CLASS Alumni Updates

9 A tribute to Reuben & Dorothy Silver

Jewish Art: A Modern Historyby Samantha Baskind and Larry Silver

Consider two paintings: Camille Pissarro’s Haystacks and Claude Monet’s Haystacks. Both paintings were conceived in the 1870s in France, both artists worked in a style known as Impressionism, painted in oil on canvas, and exhibited together in the Impressionist exhibitions in Paris (1874-86). The theme of haystacks interested these artists not only because Impressionism was concerned with the effect of light and shade on

different surfaces, but also because life in the French countryside held powerful interest for national self-awareness, particularly in the urban cultural capital, Paris. Other artists also painted haystacks, such as the French Post-Impressionist Paul Gauguin (1890) and the American artist John Henry Twatchman (1895). While Pissarro’s and Monet’s techniques and ambitions were very similar, the history of art—and his own contemporaries in the Impressionist circle—often singled out Pissarro as a Jewish artist. What makes Pissarro’s version of Haystacks different from that of his contemporary Monet, a non-Jewish artist? What about Pissarro’s painting makes it an example of Jewish art?

Jewish Art: A Modern History (forthcoming Reaktion Books, June 2011) asks such questions. In addition to exploring “what is Jewish art?,” this lavishly illustrated book addresses how European, American, and Israeli artists grapple with the heritage of the Second Commandment (the prohibition against creating graven images), even as it considers what subject matter is “Jewish,” and why it is important to study Jewish art, particularly within the framework of an emerging modernist culture. Along with careful analysis of the formal characteristics of art works, the book delineates the cultural and social conditions in which such art was produced. Typically understood as a product of nationality, frequently as imagery created within a dominant Christian society, modern art takes on a different, marked inflection when examined as the product of a self-aware Jewish minority.

Samantha Baskind, Associate Professor of Art History, is the author of Raphael Soyer and the Search for Modern Jewish Art (2004) and Encyclopedia of Jewish American Artists (2007). With Ranen Omer-Sherman, she co-edited The Jewish Graphic Novel: Critical Approaches (2008; paperback 2010).

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Faculty AwardsMichael Dumanis (Assistant Professor, English, and Director of the Poetry Center), has won two awards: an Ohio Arts Council Grant for his writing and an Ohio Arts Council sponsored ten week residency at the Headlands Center for the Arts in Sausalito, CA.

In November 2010, George Ray’s (Professor, Communication) book, Language and Interracial Communication in the United States: Speaking in Black and White, received an “Outstanding Book for 2010” award from the International and Intercultural Communication Division of the National Communication Association at the annual meeting in San Francisco.

Jinhee Kim’s (Assistant Professor, Communication) paper (co-author, M. Tsay), “What portrayals of news alleviate prevailing perceived threat from the current financial crisis? Exploring distinct effects of victim, survivor, and outperformer news stories,” has received a 2011 Top Faculty Paper Award from the Mass Communication Division of the International Communication Association.

George Mauersberger (Professor and Chairperson, Art) and Mark Slankard (Assistant Professor, Art) were both awarded $20,000 fellowships through The Community Partnership for Arts and Culture .

Staff ChangesKate Miller, Administrative Coordinator, CSU Department of Theater & Dance

Crossing Over Symposium - October 7-9, 2011Antonio Medina-Rivera (Associate Professor, Modern Languages) and Lee Wilberschied (Associate Professor, Modern Languages) have co-edited a volume of proceedings from the 3rd Crossing Over Symposium entitled In, Out and Beyond: Studies on Border Confrontations, Resolutions, and Encounters. The manuscript has been accepted for publishing by Cambridge Scholars Press, UK.

The IV Crossing Over Symposium promotes interdisciplinary dialogue within the Humanities and the Social Sciences. There will be encounters, confrontations and solutions between cultures, countries, races, religions, genders, ideologies, languages, neighborhoods, generations, and social classes/castes. It will be held on the CSU campus from October 7-9, 2011. The keynote speaker will be Homi K. Bhabha, Harvard University.

Contact Dr. Antonio Medina-Rivera at a.medinarivera@csuohio.edu to receive a copy of the Call for Papers. If you are interested in submitting electronic abstracts, please email them to Dr. Medina-Rivera by May 15, 2011.

Letter from the DeanWhen I first arrived on campus in 2005, Howie Smith, then Chairperson of the Department of Art, took me on a tour of the Art Building. The point of the tour was to show me the sorry state of the building, a building that had been the “temporary” quarters of the Art Department for at least 25 years. And, indeed, Howie had a point. The attractive Art Gallery space in the middle of the building is the exception to the rule. The rest is substandard, with open ceilings of certain faculty offices covered with chicken wire to prevent debris from falling on faculty desks. In addition, the walls of the basement are peeling and damp, and basement storage areas regularly flood, damaging Art Gallery materials.

What was true of the Art Building was also true of the Factory Theater, right next door and home to the Dramatic Arts program. Although the Dramatic Arts personnel work hard to make their space livable and even somewhat exciting, the building is substandard and really needs to be replaced.

Thus, began a long journey, a journey with many twists and turns over the past four years, a journey that will end with the establishment of a new CSU Fine Arts Campus in Cleveland’s Playhouse Square. Years ago, responding to the space needs of Art and the Dramatic Arts program, CSU leadership discussed the building of a brand new Fine and Performing Arts Building on the CSU campus, but the cost of constructing that dream made it impossible to achieve. Soon after, the idea arose of moving the Dramatic Arts program into an under-utilized Allen Theater. When President Berkman arrived on campus, he proposed that we move not only the Dramatic Arts program but also the Art Department and the program in Film and Digital media, creating a critical mass of arts education in Playhouse Square and helping to revitalize that important section of downtown Cleveland.

Achieving this vision has proven and continues to prove a very complicated task, particularly in tough economic times. It has necessitated cooperation with many different community partners, including Playhouse Square, the Cleveland Play House, and our friends at the Middough Corporation. But we have reached the critical point where our goal is now in sight. Sometime in the next academic year, both Art and the new Department of Theatre and Dance will move into a refurbished Middough Building. There they will find new offices, new classrooms, and new rehearsal spaces. CSU drama and dance productions will take place in an exciting, newly renovated Allen Theater, and the Art Gallery, once well hidden in the middle of the old Art Building, will move to first-class public space on the corner of 13th and Euclid Ave. Finally, students in their junior and senior years of the program in Film and Digital Media will complete their studies at the Idea Center, just a few buildings down from the Allen Theater. Taken together, the move will produce a quantum leap of energy and visibility for all these programs and move CSU to national visibility in these areas.

Two other important CLASS academic areas are the undergraduate program in Middle Eastern Studies and the new graduate program in Global Interactions. Appointed program director in fall of 2010, Dr. Steve Cory has brought new energy and ideas to the Middle Eastern Studies program. This program links our campus to an especially important area of the world, an area of rich cultural heritage as well as of vital strategic importance. In addition, the proposed summer study program in Amman, Jordan, will provide a valuable new opportunity for CSU students to connect globally.

Connecting globally also lies at the heart of our new Master’s Program in Global Interactions. Under the dynamic leadership of Dr. Rodger Govea, the program has grown rapidly to 30 students from five different continents. They are being trained to take their place with internationally-oriented employers in the Cleveland region. An international-orientation is fundamental to the vision and mission of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, and this program provides another exciting new way for our students to become citizens of the world and to find their places in an ever-more-competitive global economy.

Finally, as we continue to celebrate the creative achievements of our talented faculty, this month we highlight the most recent publication of Dr. Samantha Baskind, a prolific researcher and a valued member of our Department of Art. Dr. Baskind’s important book on Jewish art, co-authored with Dr. Larry Silver, will appear this coming June. And while we highlight the achievements of our current faculty members, we also want to remember and honor the deeds of those who went before us. For this reason, last November the Department of Theatre and Dance staged a gala celebration in honor of Dorothy and Reuben Silver, who played crucial roles in both the CSU program in Dramatic Arts and the local theater scene. It was a wonderful and fitting tribute to Reuben and Dorothy, and we hope it will help us provide support for future gifted students in theatre to come and thrive at CSU—studying, of course, on the new CSU Fine Arts campus!

Best wishes, Gregory Sadlek Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences The Innerlink | Spring 2011

Megan “Meg” Lalley graduated in Fall 2010 as the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences valedictorian. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with a concentration in Graphic Design and is now employed at JumpStart Inc. here in Cleveland, Ohio.

What was the best part of your experience at CSU? My favorite part about CSU is all of the different opportunities you have, both in terms of different classes available for you to take and programs/events to get involved with. I am king of the ice-breakers, with my ability to roll out a random nugget of information from one of the many different classes I took during my time at CSU. I’ve had some amazing teachers and made some really good friends who I’m looking forward to staying in touch with for a long time.

Who was your favorite professor? It’s really hard to pick one particular professor as my favorite, there have been a number that I’ve loved for a variety of different reasons. I think Professor Jennifer Visocky-O’Grady (Art), has probably been the most influential and the closest to me over the years. She is the Graphic Design advisor and the faculty advisor for CSU AIGA, the student chapter of a nation-wide group of designers, and has been one of my professors nearly every semester I’ve been at CSU. I learned so much from her and her classes. She is also directly responsible for the job I have today.

Do you have any tips for undergraduate students at CSU? Take as many different classes in as many areas as you can! If it sounds interesting, check it out. I think that’s the greatest part of a liberal arts college as opposed to, say, an art school. You have a certain number of courses that you must take for your major and then a number of general education requirements that you can fill with whatever you want. I took a few anthropology classes to fill credits and I found them to be insanely fascinating. The two in particular were Native North Americans with Professor Paul Aspelin and Anthropology of Religion with Professor Barbara Hoffman. I never would have learned that stuff on my own, so I’m really glad I got that experience.

Now that you have graduated what do you plan on doing? Now that I’ve graduated, I’m working as a graphic designer and video producer for JumpStart Inc., a non-profit that provides venture-funding and assistance for high growth entrepreneurs. I’ve actually been working here since September, so it was pretty cool to graduate and already have my career up and running. Eventually I’d like to get my master’s degree. My ultimate career goal is to be a freelance

Featured AlumniMeg LalleyFall 2010 CLASS Valedictorian

CSU’s Middle Eastern Studies program was established in 2005 with assistance from a federal Title VI grant. In 2006, the program received approval to offer a minor in Middle Eastern Studies and in 2008 the affiliated Arabic minor was

established. Faculty involved full time in the Middle Eastern Studies program include Dr. Stephen Cory (Director, Associate Professor in History and Religious Studies), Dr. Neda Zawahri (Assistant Professor in Political Science) and Dr. Abed El Rahman Tayyara (Assistant Professor in Modern Languages). In addition, Dr. Heba El Attar (Associate Professor in Modern Languages) and Dr. Marian Bleeke (Assistant Professor in Art) offer courses that count towards the Middle Eastern Studies minor. There are also several part-time faculty who teach Middle Eastern Studies courses, primarily in Arabic language.

The program has ambitious goals for expansion in the next few years. Middle Eastern Studies faculty recently decided to offer a summer study abroad program in Amman Jordan, beginning in 2012. There are plans to submit an application this year for another Title VI grant, with the hopes of acquiring support to establish a Middle Eastern Studies major. Middle Eastern Studies faculty have also applied for teaching grants to establish innovative new courses in Middle Eastern Studies. Activities sponsored by the program include film nights, guest speakers, and the annual Map Walk at Woodling Gym. The goal is to acquaint students with a fascinating and critical area of the world, as well as to prepare them with the knowledge and skills needed to pursue careers in the Middle East.

CSU’S Middle EasternStudies Program

Professor Stephen Cory

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We knew it was a good idea. We just didn’t how good. The new Master of Arts in Global Interactions (MAGI) program is growing quantitatively, with over 30 students, and qualitatively, with students from Africa, Europe, South America and Asia.

Credit for the idea belongs to Emeritus Professor Robert Charlick. Professor Charlick designed the program, navigated it through the approval process, and obtained a $25,000 start-up grant from the Council of Graduate Schools and the Ford Foundation.

He began with a simple idea: tailor the program to the needs of employers in the area. After consulting with firms and agencies with a global reach, he drafted the outline of the degree program.

The result of all this effort is a thriving program. It emphasizes applied, practical knowledge in Political Science, Economics, Communication, Business, History, Law, and Modern Languages. We now have a “3+1+1” program with Bahcesehir University, which will bring Turkish students to CSU for a two-year joint MA/BA program. We have had expressions of interest in similar programs from South Korea and China as well. We are also designing a “4+1” program for CSU students.

Why all this success? MAGI students themselves are a big part of it. Within a year of the program’s first offerings, the students had formed the Organization for Global Interactions (OGI), officially recognized by CSU’s student government and fast becoming an important part of the

program. Under the guidance of President Meghan Salkin, they have offered curricular advice on the “4+1” program and advocate for the program in administrative channels.

Why all the enthusiasm? Let’s consult the students. Melanie Furey (undergrad: Allegheny College) cites the camaraderie among the students in the program: “It feels like we are a close group…it’s easier to learn, both inside and outside the classroom.” Zack Kiminas (CSU undergrad) emphasizes in-class problem-solving exercises and the idea that this is applied theory. He calls the program “challenging, but achievable”, and identifies a “good stress” in keeping up with the rigors of the program. Ian Crawford (Canada) likes being able to take Political Science courses in combination with a business track. Maria Resende (Brazil/Argentina) was simply captivated by the program course descriptions, wanted to be in Northeast Ohio, and “passed up another local Master’s program in Political Science” to join the MAGI program.

Looking to the future, we find a tremendous diversity of career choice. Rebekah Milford (CSU undergrad) has a background in the non-profit sector, and is seeking credentials to further that career. Melanie Furey is looking to find a business that wants to globalize, and “help them get off the ground.” Zack Kiminas is considering consulting on security issues. All of the MAGI students have one thing in common: they are looking to connect with a global society, and to launch an international career. The program is training them for just such a career.

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Two thousand and ten was an exciting year for André Anderson and his family. Both André and his wife Jasmine are legally blind, and they run “This Ability Awareness Center” for people with disabilities. In October, the Andersons were recipients of a new house, courtesy of ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.” They were chosen because their work heightens community awareness of the challenges faced by disabled people.

Mr. Anderson also received a Volunteer Service Award from President Obama. In addition, CSU’s President Ronald Berkman presented him with a scholarship to complete his Master’s of Social Work, but he also presented four-year scholarships to CSU for the

Andersons’ two children. The awards were provided by an anonymous donor.

André graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Social Work from Cleveland State University’s College of Liberal Art and Social

Sciences. He is currently interning at the Cleveland Sight Center and is finishing his Master of Social Work at CSU. Upon graduating in May

2011 he plans to study law.

The MAGI program at CSU

LtoR: Dr. Rodger Govea with MAGI students Meghan Salkin, Zach Kiminas, Melanie Furey, Maria Resende, Ian Crawford

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For all its challenges, Cleveland has been particularly fortunate in its fine arts community. From the world-class Cleveland Orchestra to the magnificent Cleveland Art Museum to the popular Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, arts in Cleveland have thriven when other local institutions did not. Arts education has also been strong in the region, with many fine institutions of higher education providing solid formation in the arts. This rich arts environment has been both a help and a hindrance for fine arts programs at Cleveland State University. On the one hand, the dynamism of the local arts community has provided a wealth of talent from which CSU could draw to help bolster its own arts efforts. One thinks, for example, of the members of the Cleveland Orchestra who regularly give lessons to CSU music students or the fruitful partnership between CSU’s dramatic arts program and Cleveland Public Theatre. On the other hand, the arts programs at CSU have had to struggle harder in such an environment to stand out and find their niche.

All this will change over the next year. Thanks to visionary leadership at CSU, the fine arts at CSU will have a new high-profile presence in downtown Cleveland as we welcome students and faculty to the new CSU Fine Arts Campus!

The anchor of this campus will be a newly refurbished Allen Theater in Playhouse Square. Building on important

renovations that occurred in the late 1990s, an additional make-over, financed by a joint capital campaign, will turn the Allen into a nationally recognized theatre/dance/education center, housed in the heart of the second largest live-theater district in the country. The Allen Theater will become the home of a dynamic new partnership among Playhouse Square, the Cleveland Play House, and the newly created CSU Department of Theatre and Dance. The main floor of

the Allen Theater will be divided at the balcony line, creating a new 500-seat main stage area. Designed by the architectural firm Westlake, Reed, and Leskosky, this new area will build upon the historical character of the old Allen to create an exciting new Broadway-caliber main-stage performance area.

In addition, two new cutting-edge performance areas are being built alongside the Allen Theater: a 300-seat fully-flexible second stage and a 150-seat lab theater. All performance spaces will be shared among CSU, the Cleveland Play House and Case Western Reserve University’s M.F.A. acting program, which is currently housed at the Cleveland Play House.

But the Allen Theater project is only one part of the plan. An academic home for the Departments of Art and Theatre and Dance will be created in a renovated building on 13th St., just next to the Allen Theater. Originally constructed in 1913, the Middough Building, which was originally the Wigmore Coliseum, an exhibition center, became, in 1944, a finance

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center for the U.S. Navy. It also housed at one time the 13th Street Racquet Club. Currently the Middough Corporation, an architectural firm, occupies two of the building’s five floors. The ground floor is used for parking. Within the next year, floors two and five will become home to CSU’s two academic departments as well as to the administrative offices of the Cleveland Play House. Those two floors will be filled with faculty offices, huge art studios, shared rehearsal spaces, student lounges, costume storage spaces, a scene shop, and academic classrooms. The Middough Corporation will continue to occupy floors three and four.

There are still more pieces to the puzzle. CSU’s Art Gallery, for example, which is located in the current Art Building, will not be moved into the Middough Building. Instead, plans are to move the Gallery to a new, more publicly visible location in the old Cowell and Hubbard Building on the busy corner of 13th and Euclid. This location will not only be convenient for our students, but will also make non-university walk-in traffic from Playhouse Square a daily reality. As a result, our excellent gallery, which has long been hidden from public view in the middle of the old Art building on Chester, will take on a new high-profile presence in Playhouse Square.

Finally, the crowning piece of the plan is to move the junior and senior levels of our program in Film and Digital Media into the Idea Center, where the program will partner with Ideastream in the training of a new generation of broadcasters and film makers. CSU will build various electronic studios and a film sound stage in the Idea Center, and our students will work with professionals in the Idea Center to learn the art of broadcasting. Although Film and Digital Media is housed in the School of Communication and, hence, not technically a “fine art,” this move is still regarded as a part of President Berkman’s bold vision for a new CSU Fine Arts Campus.

Cleveland State University has often claimed that “the city is our campus,” and efforts to partner with various important regional institutions have always been of central importance to the university leadership. The creation of the Fine Arts Campus is just the latest example of this mode of operation. The dilapidated condition of the old Art Building and Factory Theater made the move absolutely necessary, but reusing existing Cleveland assets (e.g., the Allen Theater) and joining with local partners will make this move much less expensive than the construction of an entirely new CSU Fine and Performing Arts Building. In addition, CSU students will benefit immeasurably from their daily contact with professionals at the Cleveland Play House and at the Idea Center, and CSU will continue its important contributions to downtown revitalization. We are witnessing the birth of an urban Fine Arts Campus that is certain to draw national attention and add to the luster of Cleveland’s world-class arts environment. z

There are ten recent graduates of CSU’s film and digital media program living in Los Angeles, either working in entertainment or attending graduate programs. We met in film classes at CSU, and now we are making films together in LA! :)

We think of ourselves as a little alumni group of our own: Kevin Bogart (‘08 BA), Paul Esper (’06 BA), John Fagan (student), Steve Jaworski (’08 BA), Janelle Miktuk (‘07 BA), Traci D. Nickerson (‘07 BA), Matthew Parker (‘08 BA), Angie Sciulli (’09 BA), Jessica Marie Sutherland (‘06 BA, Certificates in Multi-Media Advertising and Journalism) Cassie Widlak (’09 BA).Top photo: Jessica Marie Sutherland receives her MFA in Writing for Screen and Television, School of Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California.

Bottom photo: LtoR: Matthew Parker, Janelle Miktuk, Jessica Marie Sutherland, Kevin Bogart.

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Dorothy Seymour Mills, life-time member of CSU Alumni Association and non-graduating alumna, has been in the news for her love of baseball research. As the first female baseball historian, she was the subject of the NaplesNews.com article, “Naples baseball historian gets credit where credit is overdue” (8/13/10) and the New York Times article, “Author Credit for Widow of Baseball Historian” (8/22/10). Dorothy’s book, A Woman’s Work, was discussed as part of Ursuline College’s fall exhibit “Linedrives & Lipstick: The Untold Story of Women’s Baseball.”

Gary Angelo Marando (’82 BA Social Work, minor in French) appointed to Vice President of Ministry and Mission, Loyola Academy, Wilmette, Illinois.

Elizabeth “Beth” Graham (’84 MA Communication) to Director, School of Communication, The University of Akron.

Dr. MaryAnn K. Janosik (’84 MA History) is Dean, School of Professional Studies and Graduate College at St. Catherine University, Saint Paul, MN.

Karyn M. (Niedetzki) Newton (’93 BA Communication) is Manager of Development Operations, College of Arts and Sciences, Case Western Reserve University and is working on her master’s degree in World Literature. She spent her summer in Turkey working on an archaeological survey in Gönen, about 20 km from the city of Isparta. This photo was taken in the recently restored fountain house at Sagalassos, an ancient city that was conquered by Alexander the Great as he swept his way east through Asia Minor.

Heidi A. Marshall (’94 BA Religious Studies) to Sergeant, Ohio State Highway Patrol, Lima Post as Assistant Post Commander.

Don Romancak (’94 BA History) to Director of Community Development, Lorain County.

Henry Walthall Young, Jr. (’94 BA and ’00 MA Communication) was granted tenure this year at Cuyahoga Community College-Metropolitan Campus where he is an Assistant Professor of Speech Communication. He is also a doctoral student studying conflict analysis and resolution at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Susan Petrone (‘97 MA English) is Publicity Manager at the Society for Baseball Research (SABR).

Brian M. Anderson (’03 BA Sociology) to Executive Director, Growth Partnership, Ashtabula County.

Kimberly A. Vaughn (’03 BA History) is Associate Pastor at St. Stephen Martyr Church, Chicago, Illinois.

Jennifer T. Boresz (’04 BA Communication) plays Reporter #3 in the movie, Unstoppable. Prior to this role, she was a reporter for CBS affiliates WTOL, in Toledo, Ohio and WSEE, in Erie, Pennsylvania.

Harold Taft Haflett (’05 BA Music) to Director, The Stephen Foster Men’s Chorus in Warren, Ohio.

Julia A. (Powell) Cajigas (‘06 BA Music and Communication) is shown here at Stonehenge, Wiltshire, United Kingdom, while on tour with the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus. Julia is a current graduate student in Communication and started her own business, Inspired Copy & Communications, LLC.,

Jessica Ann Conner (’07 BA Communication) promoted to Senior Account Executive, Landau Public Relations.

Jovana Batkovic (’09 MSW Social Work) is in the band HotChaCha and recently released the EP Fantastic Static.

Maria Shinn-Bouck (’09 BA Philosophy) is Director, Cohen Healthcare Consulting, Cohen & Company.

Johnathan Greeney (’10 MA Music) to Principal Timpanist, Oregon Symphony,

Portland.

Nicole M. McGee (’10 MA Sociology) was featured in The Plain Dealer’s article, “The art of sustainable living: Cleveland craftswoman brings her philosophy of reuse to decorative works, jewelry” for creative work with items from recycled refuse.

Emily Ouzts (’10 BA Communication) to Account Executive, Lief Karson Communications.

Katrina Marie Porter (’10 MSW Social Work) works in forensics for Recovery Resources, Cuyahoga County.

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1. The Silver tribute booklet.2. A Silver Serenade: Jane Friedman, Lois Katovsky, Elaine Rembrandt, and Eppie Shore 3. Driving Miss Daisy: Lissy Gulick and Abdullah Bey4. Michael Bloom, Michael Mauldin and Gregory Sadlek5. Reuben and Dorothy Silver 6. Michael Mauldin, Joseph Garry and William Martin7. Reuben and Dorothy Silver, Earl and Denise Billings

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The Reuben & Dorothy Silver Scholarship in Theatre

By establishing The Reuben & Dorothy Silver Endowed Scholarship Fund, CSU intends to

honor this extraordinary couple for their many rich contributions both to CSU and to all of

Northeast Ohio’s theatre community. Impact a student’s life and make a gift to CSU.

Contact Marianne C. Gaydos, Director of College Development and Alumni Relations,

at 216-875-9838 or m.gaydos1@csuohio.edu. Or give online at www.csuohio.edu/giving.

November 20, 2010

Add an Accomplishment We want to know how our CLASS graduates are doing. Are you getting new jobs or promotions? Are you having your own art show, performing live or receiving awards? We would also like to know who is continuing their education. Let us know what Master’s or Doctorate programs you have been accepted into.

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