The Innerlink Newsletter Spring by CSU CLASS

Cleveland State Univer sity College of Liberal Ar ts and Social Sciences

Tear It Off pg. 3

Center for Arts and Innovation pg. 4

Get the Liberal Arts Edge pg. 5–6

Department of Criminology, Anthropology, and Sociology pg. 11

SPRING 2016

The 22nd People’s Art Show pg. 14

Letter from the Dean “There’s no place like home...” When, in the Wizard of Oz, Dorothy taps the magical ruby slippers and thinks of home, she is immediately transported back to her parents’ house in Kansas. But if a CLASS student unexpectedly found a pair of ruby slippers and tapped them three times, to which campus spot would he or she be taken? An art student might be transported to the Middough Building, a Communication student might end up in the Music and Communication Building, and a Sociology student would find himself or herself in Rhodes Tower. This diversity of place reflects a rich and important diversity of subject matter, but it makes it difficult to create a unified public image of the college as a whole. Unlike many other CSU colleges, CLASS has no central building that can serve as a metonym for the entire CLASS student body, faculty, staff, and mission. It is highly unlikely that there will ever be a building big enough to house all of CLASS schools and departments. However, on March 3rd, we did take a step to create a symbolic center for the college. On that day we cut the ribbon of our new CLASS Edge Lounge, located on the ground floor of the Main Classroom Building. The Lounge will not only serve as the college’s symbolic center but also be an important conduit for our message about the value of choosing a CLASS major. When you find yourself on the CSU campus, please take time to visit this exciting and colorful new gathering point. Although the college has no central building, Rhodes Tower is becoming home to a higher concentration of CLASS departments and programs. Due to the demolition of the Chester Building (to make room for a new Engineering Building), the School of Social Work and our program in Anthropology will now be located in Rhodes Tower. Social Work moved into the 14th floor of Rhodes Tower over the winter break, and Anthropology, which, as you will discover in this issue, was recently merged with the Department of Sociology and Criminology, will move into the 9th floor of Rhodes Tower at the end of the spring semester.

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As summer approaches, all of Cleveland is preparing for the Republican National Convention. CLASS is no exception. Ed Horowitz, a faculty member in our School of Communication, will be teaching a summer course on the history of political conventions, and the Galleries at CSU will be hosting a special exhibition called “Get Out the Vote,” which will be curated by Jennifer Visocky O’Grady, a faculty member in our Department of Art, and sponsored by AIGA, a national professional organization of graphic designers. We are proud to be part of the larger effort to showcase our city for a national audience. Speaking of art, CLASS’ Center for Arts and Innovation will host yet another Arts Summit on June 1st. Katie Shames, the Center’s Director, will again organize this important gathering at which artists, art educators, and art leaders will be drawn centripetally to CSU from our region and, indeed, the nation. Additionally, Cleveland will celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death by hosting a copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio from the Folger Library. Jim Marino, a faculty member in the Department of English, helped to curate this important exhibition for the Cleveland Public Library. It will showcase not only the First Folio but also other items from the CPL Shakespeare collection. Professor Marino will also teach a course at CSU on the First Folio. There is no place like home during Cleveland’s mild summers. This one will be particularly notable... even if you don’t have a pair of ruby slippers!

Best wishes,

Gregory Sadlek

Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Visit us online at class.csuohio.edu

College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Dr. Gregory Sadlek, Dean Dr. Joyce Mastboom, Associate Dean Dr. Eric Ziolek, Associate Dean

Staff Lesley Lang, Designer & Assistant Editor Jody Milkie, Editor

Contributors Michael Geither Ed Horowitz Jim Marino Jane McCrone Jennifer Novy Katie Shames Jennifer Visocky Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Grady Paul Wolansky Valerie Wright

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Letter from the Dean Table of Contents Keeping Up With CLASS and Tear It Off by Michael Geither Center for Arts and Innovation Get the Liberal Arts Edge Former Dean Creates Scholarship & Engage Campaign Fall 2015 CLASS Valedictorian and Scholars and Advising Center Moving CSU and the Republican National Convention Shakespeare Folio Department of Criminology, Anthropology, and Sociology Mareyjoyce Green & Butler Jones Scholarship and Tony Weinert Theatre Scholarship

13-14 Alumni Updates

Tear It Off by Michael Geither

Keeping up with

CLASS

Promotion / Tenure Professor Matt Jackson-McCabe

Department of Philosophy and Comparative Religion

Irina Koukhanova Department of Art

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In August 2015 Michael Geither’s full-length play, Tear It Off, had its world premier at the Convergence Continuum, a small experimental theatre in Tremont. This ‘small’ theatre seats between forty and fifty for each of its productions. For Geither’s play, there were forty-eight seats around the playing area which meant the furthest seats were about six feet away from the actors’ space. If it sounds intimate, it was. And for this play, about the inner lives of two sisters writing a romance novel together with their new handyman, the space brought the play an intimacy that a more traditional space never could. Geither has been drawn to romance literature for a long time. For the past twenty years, he’s often found himself caught up in its tropes—its shirts left on the floor, its fireplace conversations, its forbidden rendezvous—because he believes that it, like great literature, fulfills a very basic need. That need might best be described as a shared fantasy or a riff on the irrationality of love but, whatever we might call it, it takes on a peculiar importance when we’re close to the people in front of and around us and it’s this intimate community he was and is so grateful for. Tear It Off was written during Geither’s faculty leave, because he had time to explore his inner space and share that with his community. CSU’s support of the arts and artists who teach here has helped make that community closer.

Wendy Regoeczi

Department of Criminology, Anthropology, and Sociology

J. Mark Souther

Department of History

Associate Lecturers Successful Sixth Year Review Dawn Aliberti

Department of Criminology, Anthropology, and Sociology

Elia Iafelice

Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Marnie S. Rodriguez

Department of Criminology, Anthropology, and Sociology

Awards Julie Burrell

2016 Excellence in Teaching Award

Richard Perloff

2016 Excellence in Scholarship Award

Retirement s Orysia Markovic

Scheduling Specialist, CLASS Dean’s Office

Judith Jamison

Cleveland State University

Center for Arts and Innovation What brings together champions of rock music, public theater, dance, public education, jazz, classical music, public broadcasting and innovators from the arts and sciences? The annual Arts Summit, a one-day two-part celebration of creativity and imagination, held each May or June at the Idea Center and Playhouse Square and presented by Cleveland State’s Center for Arts and Innovation. This year’s Arts Summit, on Wednesday, June 1, will add an additional special feature that integrates CSU students directly into the production of the programming. The Arts Summit is comprised of two parts: the Creative Voices Summit held in the Westfield Studio in the Idea Center and the Arts Education Day Luncheon, held on the stage of the State Theatre at Playhouse Square. The Creative Voices Summit is a wide-ranging exploration of creativity across the disciplines. Previous programs have featured lively and interactive conversations on arts and politics, the creative mind (with a neuroscientist, architect, theoretical astrophysicist and chef), visionaries and what it means to be a creative city. This year’s Creative Voices Summit is called The Curious Mind, an exploration of the imagination with those who ask “why” for a living. The panel will be moderated by Kurt Andersen, host of Studio 360, heard on NPR stations throughout the country, and will be taped by WVIZ for future broadcast. The Curious Mind program will be produced with assistance from students in CSU’s own Mandel Honors College, who will help select and curate the

panelists. As Dr. Elizabeth Lehfeldt, Founding Dean of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Honors College observes, “This is a tremendous opportunity for our students, allowing them to apply the skills and knowledge they’ve learned in the classroom to a hands-on project that fosters their creativity.” Immediately following the Curious Mind program is the Arts Education Day Luncheon, on the stage of the State Theatre. Each year the Arts Education Luncheon features student performances in addition to a keynote address by a high profile speaker. Past keynote speakers have included Richard Dreyfuss, Harry Belafonte, Rosie Perez, Shirley Jones and even football great Lynn Swann, who spoke about the role ballet played in his career on the field, as MVP in the Super Bowl, and off the field as a political candidate. This year’s speaker is Kennedy Center honoree Judith Jamison, former principal dancer and executive director of the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater. Student performances will include a new ballet of Carmina Burana with dancers and students from GroundWorks Dance Theater, in residence in CSU’s Department of Theatre and Dance. Complete information about the 2016 Arts Summit can be found online at csuohio.edu/ cai. There is no charge for the Creative Voices Summit and a $30 charge for the Arts Education Luncheon but separate reservations are needed for each program. As this annual event sells out each year, early reservations are suggested.

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GET THE LIBERAL ARTS EDGE The College developed plans to build the CLASS Edge Lounge in response to two challenges. First, since we do not have a college building, we needed a symbolic center, a space that is completely identified with the College and that can give it a public identity. Second, in the context of all the negative discourse about the value of degrees in the liberal arts, we needed a way to make our argument that getting a degree in a CLASS major was a sound educational investment. We accomplished these goals on March 3rd of this year, when over 100 friends of the College, including Interim Provost Jianping Zhu and Mr. Richard Janus (Chairperson of our Visiting Committee), gathered to witness the opening of the CLASS Edge Lounge. The lounge is located on the North side of the main ground-floor corridor of the Main Classroom Building. It is a fitting and complementary match to the attractive and colorful space that houses the CSU Honors College at the other end of the corridor. The lounge is filled with messages from our college: a large events board, panels inscribed with motivational quotations and descriptions of the College, a large display case for physical artifacts produced or discovered by various CLASS programs, and a monitor with our new CLASS TV channelâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;which will display interviews with successful CLASS alumni, students, and faculty as well as clips from CLASS concerts, films, plays, and lectures. In addition, an essential role of the lounge is to link passers-by to our Liberal Arts Edge website (csuohio.edu/CLASSEdge). There the viewer can find even more information about CLASS events and programs, as well as articles about the earnings potential of CLASS graduates as well as the transferable skills imparted by programs in our college and useful in the job market. The purpose of the lounge and website is not to lure students to CLASS from other CSU colleges, but to encourage undecided students who are drawn to studies in any of CLASS programs to follow their intellectual passions and not to choose another subject of study just because it appears a safer career bet. To that end, the lounge will become a regular stop on campus tours given to prospective CSU students and their parents.

Former A&S Dean Creates Scholarship Longtime CLASS faculty and staff may remember Dr. Georgia Lesh-Laurie, former Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at CSU. Dr. Lesh-Laurie’s career, after CSU, included serving as the Chancellor of the University of Colorado at Denver as well as the former chief academic officer of the United Arab Emirates University. She relocated back to northeastern Ohio after the 2004 passing of her husband, Bill. Dr. Lesh-Laurie has created The Josephine E. Lesh and Bessie H. Laurie Endowed Scholarship Fund which honors both Bill’s mother and her own. The scholarship will support high-ability students in the College of Science and Health Professions who, in the opinion of the faculty, show professional promise in the sciences.

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“It was a pleasure getting to know Dr. Lesh-Laurie,” Paul Wolansky, Senior Director, University Advancement, said. “After her return to the Cleveland area, she re-engaged with the University through a number of ways, including our music program, where we met. Working with her to identify how to best honor her interest in supporting CSU students was a wonderful opportunity.”

CSU’s $100M ENGAGE Capital Campaign Off to a Great Start

Announced publicly in May 2015 at the annual Radiance scholarship fundraising event, the University’s inaugural capital campaign has already raised just over $83,000,000 of the announced $100 million goal. “The Campaign’s goals center on two important focus areas–student and career success,” Dr. Gregory Sadlek, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS) comments. “Across all colleges, including CLASS, we seek to increase funds for scholarships and programs that will help our students achieve their dreams and provide them with the education and skills to meet employer needs and tackle community challenges.” Co-chaired by alumni, Don Washkewicz, BSME ’72, Chairman of the Board at Parker Hannifin Corporation, and Monte Ahuja, MBA ’75, Founding Chairman & CEO, MURA Holdings, LLC, the Campaign is poised to not only impact CSU students, but the entire northeastern Ohio region. In the campus announcement for the campaign launch, the chairs noted, “CSU is recognized and respected – locally, nationally and internationally for its engaged learning, excellent faculty and research, and partnerships. CSU students are the essential building block to a thriving city, region, and country. Their success is important to us all and is the reason why this campaign is paramount.” Alumni, friends, and supporters of CLASS have begun to show their support in force. For the first time since the College was founded, philanthropic support exceeded one million dollars. “The response has been phenomenal,” Paul Wolansky, Senior Director, University Advancement said. “There is an incredible energy and excitement from our graduates who are deeply committed to the College’s purpose, vision and goals and, yes, its students. I foresee we will see much more active support in the years remaining in the campaign.” To learn more about the Campaign, please visit www.engageforcsu.com.

C L A S S Va l e d i c t o r i a n Nicholas G. Boros Linguistics, Comparative Religion & Mathematics

Fall 2015

Our CLASS Valedictorian for the fall semester is Nicholas Boros, a triple major in Linguistics, Comparative Religion, and Mathematics. Mr. Boros is a transfer student, who is locally engaged with the Hungarian Heritage Museum, the CarpathoRusyn Museum, Bocskai Radio, and St. Elizabeth’s parish on Buckeye Rd. He is fluent in both Hungarian and English and is also proficient in German and Latin. In addition, he received a scholarship to study Spanish in Mexico at the University of Guadalajara. An avid student of languages, Mr. Boros took a leadership role in founding the CSU Student Linguistic Association, and he served as the organization’s President during 2015. Mr. Boros and the other CLASS Scholars deserve most of the credit for their impressive records of achievement. However, as Dean Sadlek mentioned at the Fall 2015 student recognition dinner, some of the credit must also be shared with friends and family, who supported the scholars on their way, as well as to the talented CLASS faculty, who inspired and guided them.

The CLASS ADVISING CENTER is Moving! As many of you may have heard, the College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences (CLASS) Advising Center will be moving into a new location in this current Spring 2016 semester. For nearly the past decade, the Advising Center has been located on the second floor of the Chester Building. However, the Center will soon be calling Main Classroom, Room 221 home. This is a wonderful move for the Center for several reasons. First, it will be located within the core of the campus, making it easier for students to access. Second, it will be next door to the College of Science Advising Office, in which many students in CLASS also belong. And thirdly, and most excitingly, the Center will be located right above the College’s new “Liberal Arts Edge Lounge,” a student-centered area promoting the College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, located on the 1st floor of Main Classroom near the Black Studies offices. The staff will be settled into its new space by the beginning of May. Once the Center has had time to unpack and reorganize, there will be a “grand opening” celebration for its students, and fellow staff and faculty members. Please keep your eyes open for more information to come!

Cleveland State University and the

Republican National Convention Cleveland, July 2016

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CLASS Course on Presidential Conventions to Give Students Insights to Political Communication on the Eve of the Republican National Convention Arriving in Cleveland

On February 15 the AIGA (the professional association for design), in collaboration with The League of Women Voters, launched their “Get Out the Vote for 2016” campaign. AIGA and the Galleries at CSU will partner to bring you the premiere “Get Out the Vote” exhibition, in conjunction with the Republican National Convention, running Thursday, July 7 – Saturday, July 30. Subsequent exhibitions will occur in conjunction with the DNC convention in Philadelphia in July, and at the AIGA Design conference in Las Vegas in October. The exhibitions include content curated by AIGA national board member, professor, and former chair of the Art Department, Jennifer Visocky O’Grady. All AIGA members are invited to submit a poster design. For more information on this campaign, please visit aiga.org/vote.

#AIGAVOTE

Excitement is already running high in anticipation of the Republican National Convention coming to Cleveland this July. With a large field of contenders fighting it out to be the Republican nominee for president in state caucuses, primaries, on the airwaves, and in social media, the 2016 presidential election promises to be one to remember. Students who enroll in Dr. Edward Horowitz’s summer class “From Fat Cats to Facebook: Presidential Nominating Conventions” will certainly be better prepared than others for the arrival of the Republican National Convention. This 200-level, online class will explore the history of presidential nominating conventions, both Democratic and Republican, and delve deep into the complex role the news media have played in the modern political era. While presidential candidates were once selected by party elites (often derisively called the “fat cats in smoke-filled rooms”), the ever-growing role of social media in political campaigns has changed the way candidates interact with the media, voters, and each other. Dr. Horowitz, an associate professor in the School of Communication who specializes in political communication, finds that these changes have helped make politics more exciting for college students. “We can look back to the 2008 presidential election as the beginning of the ‘social media era’ of campaigning when Barack Obama heavily used Facebook, email, and YouTube to reach out to voters—particularly young adults,” Dr. Horowitz said. “It’s no wonder that 2008 has been called the Facebook Election.” “But the growth of Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, and other social media sites that are heavily used by Republican and Democratic candidates, makes the 2016 election campaign even more exciting, as well as quite frantic.” “I am very excited about the opportunity to teach this exciting course. With thousands of reporters, politicians, and political operatives of all sorts coming to Cleveland this summer, I am planning a number of special guest lectures in the class to give the students extra insight into the political communication surrounding the Republican National Convention in ways that they would not be able to get elsewhere,” Dr. Horowitz said.

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Shakespeare Richard III Julius Ceasar Hamlet

Saturday, April 23 marks the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death, and College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences faculty will be helping celebrate Shakespeare’s legacy in Cleveland and beyond.

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Romeo & Juliet Twelfth N Richard III

This celebration kicked off with a lecture on “Zen and the Art of Watching Shakespeare” at the Hermit Club on Sunday, March 13, as part of a series co-sponsored by the English Speaking Union, the Rowfant Club, and the Cleveland Public Library. The Cleveland Public Library (CPL) will also be the only stop on the national First Folio tour this summer. The Folger Shakespeare Library is honoring the anniversary by lending a priceless copy of Shakespeare’s first printed collection of plays, the First Folio, to one cultural institution in each of the 50 states. The Public Library, with Jim Marino’s help, won the Ohio visit from Monday, June 20 to Saturday, July 30. Jim, a faculty member in the Department of English, also helped curate an exhibit of the CPL’s own Shakespeare collections opening Saturday, April 23, is teaching a special summer course about the Folio, and will give a public talk at the Folio opening on Saturday, June 25.

Jim will also be part of a symposium on teaching Shakespeare to undergraduates at the Folger Shakespeare Library this summer, as part of a new NEH grant to improve undergraduate Shakespeare instruction. More may come of that grant. In the meantime, you can enjoy the Cleveland State University Library’s “Shakespeare in Cleveland” exhibit beginning on Saturday, April 23.

Merging the Departments of Sociology and Criminology and Anthropology After extensive discussions during the Spring 2015 semester, the Department of Sociology and Criminology and the Department of Anthropology officially merged on July 1, 2015. Combined, the new department is a significant force in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, with 19 faculty members, two administrative assistants, and approximately 600 majors.

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Black History Month Award On February 26, 2016 Mayor Frank Jackson, the Community Relations Board, and the City of Cleveland honored African Americans of note working in the City of Cleveland for Black History Month. Mayor Frank Jackson and Blaine Griffin of the Department of Community Development were there to hand out the awards. Valerie Wright, faculty member in the Department of Criminology, Anthropology, and Sociology, was honored at this event for her research on the relationship between race and crime and her service in education. Congratulations Valerie!

At the merged departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first faculty meeting on August 17, 2015 the faculty voted unanimously to name the new department The Department of Criminology, Anthropology, and Sociology, or CAS. Since that time, CAS faculty and staff have been very busy addressing many of the finer details of the merger, including the development of new by-laws and tenure and promotion guidelines, the consolidation of the main office for CAS on the 17th floor of Rhodes Tower, combining budgets, designing new webpages, brochures and letterhead, and restructuring departmental operations. Also on the horizon is a big change for the Division of Anthropology within CAS, who will be moving from the Chester Building to the 9th floor of Rhodes Tower at the end of the Spring 2016 semester. This will be a major adventure for Anthropology, as the move involves substantial reconstruction to the 9th floor to accommodate not only faculty offices, the library, and student spaces, but also the Archaeology, Biological Anthropology, Visual Anthropology, and Maya Mountains Archaeological labs that are vital to the Anthropology program. Once the move and the merger are completed, CAS will begin exploring the many ways the combined department can be more than the sum of its parts.

New Scholarship Jointly Honoring

Mareyjoyce Green

Jones & Butler created

The College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences is delighted to be the recipient of a new scholarship created to honor longtime CSU faculty, Dr. Butler A. Jones and Professor Mareyjoyce Green. “The donor, a Cleveland State University graduate who wishes to remain anonymous at this time, was personally supported and mentored by both individuals while on campus,” shared Paul Wolansky, Senior Director of University Advancement. “It is important to the donor that these two individuals continue to be celebrated for the tremendous impact that they made as faculty and community members.” Professor Mareyjoyce Green fought for the rights of women and the welfare of children for well over four decades. She is the founder of the former Women’s Comprehensive Program (Women’s Center and Women’s Studies program) and is an associate professor emeritus of Sociology and Women’s Studies at Cleveland State. Dr. Butler A. Jones is professor emeritus of Sociology at Cleveland State and the recipient of multiple honors for his many contributions to the field of sociology and race relations, his involvement in the civil rights movement, and his commitment to the development of other scholars and professionals. Dr. Jones passed away in 2003. The Mareyjoyce Green and Butler Jones Scholarship will assist CSU social sciences students in completing their senior year. The first award will be announced for Fall 2016.

Alumnus creates

TONY WEINERT Theatre Scholarship Fund Anthony (Tony) Weinert, Investment Advisor with Cetera Advisor Networks, has made a five-year scholarship commitment to CSU’s Department of Theatre and Dance to assist current dramatic arts students with tuition and other related educational expenses. The scholarship is targeted towards junior or senior Theatre majors who evidence talent and potential in acting and/or directing, with preference to Lakewood City Schools or Cleveland Metropolitan School District graduates. While at CSU, Tony created his own theatre group BITE—the Bezerko Improvizational Theatre Ensemble. After graduating in 1973 from CSU, Tony continued to lead the improv group for another 8 years. He is proud to say, “[We] performed in a variety of locations, including many colleges and universities, but also Lubrizol Corporation, the Mentor Harbor Yacht Club and the Cuyahoga County Jail!” The scholarship will be awarded for the first time in Fall 2016.

In Memor y The Honorable Judy Sheerer (’75 BA Economics), former member of both houses of the Ohio General Assembly. While serving in the Ohio House of Representatives, Sheerer was the Assistant House Majority Whip from 1986 to 1990, and House Majority Whip from 1991 to 1992.

Alumni Updates

Dr. Elizabeth “Betty” Lewis passed away on December 8, 2015 in Brewster, Massachusetts. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Dr. Lewis was a professor of social work at Cleveland State University from 1973 until 1990. Dr. Lewis often quoted her belief that “social work with groups was the most effective way for individuals and families to take control of their lives and communities.” In 2007, the Dr. Elizabeth Lewis Endowment for Community Based Social Work Practice was established and supports scholarships to encourage and assist students at CSU within the School of Social Work who choose to focus on community-based social work with a special affinity for working with groups.

James C. Schwab, AICP (’73 BA Political Science) has achieved the planning profession’s highest honor by being named to the prestigious American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) College of Fellows for his outstanding achievements in urban planning. Jim’s career with the America Planning Association includes roles in the research department since 2008, as Manager of the APA Hazards Planning Center, where he has played a central role in creating and shaping a new subfield of professional planning.

If you would like to make a gift to the Dr. Elizabeth Lewis Endowment for Community Based Social Work Practice to celebrate Dr. Lewis’ distinguished career, please visit www.csuohio.edu/giving. Gifts may also be made by check payable to CSU Foundation (noting “Dr. Elizabeth Lewis” in the memo line) and mailed to: CSU Foundation, 2121 Euclid Avenue, UN 501, Cleveland, Ohio 44115. For more information, call (216) 875-9838.

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C o lle g e o f L ib e r a l A r t s a n d S o c ia l S ci en ces

Congratulations to the following faculty and alumni who received 2016 Creative Workforce Fellowships from the Community Partnership for Arts & Culture, made possible by the generous support of Cuyahoga County residents through a grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture: • Eric M. Gonzalez (’13 BMus Music Composition) • Holly Holsinger, Associate Professor, Department of Theatre and Dance • Irina Koukhanova, Associate Professor, Department of Art • Imad Rahman, Associate Professor, Department of English and Director, Creative Writing Program • Renee Schilling (’10 BA Dramatic Arts)

Joseph Fred Badger (’83 BA Economics) is the Director of Human Resources at Bravo Wellness. Christine Kriha Kastner (’83 BA Communication) is a freelance writer and editor, current CSU Project 60 student, and has authored two books, Soldiering On, Finding My Homes—Memoir of an Army Brat and Looking for the Meneki-Neko Love Hotel. Daniel P. Polk (’88 BA Communication) sang the National Anthem at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati in November for the Browns versus Bengals football game. Dan is Vice President of Sales and Distribution for Medical Mutual. Tammy Georgian, Esq. (’93 BA Political Science and ’96 JD Law) is an Administrative Law Judge in the Office of Disability Adjudication and Review (ODAR), Charleston, South Carolina. Jeremy Bleich (’95 BMus Music) teaches music at Artsmart New Mexico and develops operettas for children as a composer-in-residence through The Santa Fe Opera. Alan K. Nevel (’96 BA Liberal Studies) is a Human Resources Executive, currently serving as Vice President, Global Diversity & Inclusion for Thermo Fisher Scientific. Alan’s primary focus is on driving global, corporate-wide diversity and inclusion initiatives associated with talent acquisition, employee engagement and development, and community philanthropic involvement.

John Hinkel (’98 BA Economics and International Relations) was re-elected to a city council position in November in the City of Fairview Park. He is a business analyst specializing in information technology for KeyBank. Jonathan P. Beck (’99 BA Political Science) is U.S. Director of Operations for Kids & Company, Chicago. Kate (Personey) Toohig (’99 BA English) is the director of fitness, wellness, and recreation at the Mandel Jewish Community Center in Beachwood. Stephanie Jansky (’00 BA Communication and ’02 MA Communication) is the director of programming for the City Club of Cleveland. Stephanie was recognized by Crain’s Cleveland Business in their 2015 class of Forty under 40. Gina DeSantis (’02 BA Art) is the owner of Gina DeSantis Ceramics specializing in creating high-end handcrafted ceramic wares and located in the Lake Erie Building (The Screw Factory). Erica Deutsch (’03 BA Communication) is the sales and marketing manager at Studio Graphique in Cleveland. Julie Hutchison (’05 BA Anthropology) is the owner of The Root Café in Lakewood, Ohio. Myesha (Watkins) Crowe (’10 BSW Social Work and ’14 MSW Social Work) was named director of the Broadway Boys & Girls Club in Cleveland’s Slavic Village. Alysia Rogers (’10 BA Film & Digital Media) is a production assistant for Brunswick Area Television, a cable access channel; substitute teacher for high school and middle school; and does video production for Parma City Schools sporting events and commentary for girls soccer. Alysia was also featured in The Cleveland Plain Dealer’s Fashion Flash in October.

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The 2 2 nd People’s Ar t Show at the G alleries at CSU The People’s Art Show is a free, unjuried, uncensored exhibition celebrating creativity, diversity, and imagination that will run October 28 – December 1, 2016. To Enter: Bring one or two works of any size, in any medium, to the Galleries during the drop-off times on October 14 and 15. Entry forms will be filled out at time of drop-off. A suggested donation of $5.00 per entry will be gladly accepted. The gallery requests a 25% donation for works sold during the exhibition. Please keep this in mind when pricing your work.

Join CSU’s Friends of the Arts! The Arts are thriving at Cleveland State University and our “Friends of the Arts at CSU” program is one of the best ways to stay engaged with some of the most dynamic performances, concerts, and exhibitions in northeastern Ohio – with the added benefit of supporting the future of the Arts through education and outreach. Our Friends of the Arts program provides you with the most up-to-date news on upcoming events and activities. Donors making a minimum annual $50 donation to the “Friends of the Arts” receive a printed calendar via U.S. Mail 3-4 times a year. The Arts Calendar is also available online at www.csuohio.edu/class.

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Join us for Homecoming 2016! September 26 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; October 1 Friday, September 30 A special part of Homecoming, the Distinguished Alumni Awards event is one of the highlights of the academic year. CSUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Distinguished Alumni Awards salute outstanding graduates for their service, leadership, and career achievements!