Reddie Athletic Hall of Honor 2006
Alumni inducted in the Hall of Honor on October 21, 2006: (left to right) Donnie Braddock, Ronnie Braddock, Karyn Bulhoes-Ard, the late Eldred Roberts, Lee Clay, Steve Ray, Dr. David Gray, Julia Jackson-Ingram, Jerome Wesson, and the late Bill Ross Montgomery (photo at right).
Doug Gilpin
Arts Council honors professors Two Henderson State University faculty members were awarded 2007 Individual Artist Fellowships from the Arkansas Arts Council. The award recognizes individual artistic accomplishments and enables artists to set aside time for creating their art and improving skill levels.
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, a professor at Henderson for almost 20 years, specializes in scenic design for theater. Many of his graduates have found success in the theatre throughout the nation. Gilpin has created the designs for about 80 regional and university productions. His creations catch the attention of stage producers and others throughout the region. His most recent sets include The Boys Next Door, Fiddler on the Roof, The Laramie Project and Our Town. He has received awards for Miss Julie, Faulkner’s Bicycle and J.B. One of Gilpin’s designs was featured in the 2006 summer edition of Theatre Design & Technology. Inclusion is considered a major honor for theatre designers. The Arkansas Arts Council rewarded him this year with an Individual Artist Fellowship recognizing his artistic ability in set design.
Jennifer Maddox
just began her 19th year at Henderson State University where she is the dance program director, instructor, and director and choreographer of the dance company. She has built a program with a reputation that attracts serious dancers to the university. As an artist in residence, she has a lengthy list of accomplishments, including 24 works of choreography. Maddox is also instructor of dance at Ouachita Baptist University and the Arkansas Arts Center Summer Theatre Academy. Maddox has taught for Hendrix College, Ouachita Baptist University and UALR. She has been the director and choreographer for the Arkansas Celebration of Dance, instructor for the ARC National Performing Arts, and instructor of dance for the Little Rock Arts & Humanities Commission. Each year, she is a modern master teacher for the American College Dance Festival regional conferences throughout the country. The Arkansas Arts Council rewarded her with an Individual Artist Fellowship recognizing her artistic ability in choreography.