Transitions Magazine Wins! The Prescott College Advancement Communications team (Miriam Glade ’03, Ashley Mains M.A. ’11, and Marj Sente) won Bronze in the first annual 2012 Collegiate Advertising Awards for Magazine Publication—single, with a 1,001 to 2,000 student body. From logos to social media to entire marketing campaigns, the 2012 Collegiate Advertising Awards program boasted some of the best advertising in the nation. All entries were judged by industry experts and were scored on multiple criteria, with a possible total of 100 points. Prescott College’s Fall 2012 issue of Transitions scored 89 points and ranked in the top 16 percent of the more than 700 entries from the United States and Canada. For more information or to see a complete list of winners, visit www.collegiateadawards.com.
College Credit Offered for Banned Chicano Studies Course Prescott College faculty member Anita Fernández developed a credit-bearing course with Curtis Acosta, former Tucson Unified School District Teacher of Mexican American Studies, for students who want to take the literature course that was recently banned by Arizona state law HR 2281. The course, Chican@ Literature, was designed to replace the banned Mexican American Literature course and will count for two college-level credit hours for any high school students who complete it through Prescott College’s Early High School Experience. “This is an excellent way for Prescott College to reach out to prospective students in the Tucson area and to make a strong statement for critical, multicultural educationwhile supporting our mission for social justice,” says Fernández.
Students with author Luis Alberto Urrea, 2013
A Nearly Fatal Illusion New photographic works by faculty member Deborah Springstead Ford were on view at the Prescott College Art Gallery at Sam Hill Warehouse March 22 through April 20, 2013, in an exhibit titled A Nearly Fatal Illusion. This show represents three interconnected bodies of work and is Ford’s attempt to explore the interaction of art, science and nature, chaos and climate, while trying to understand the tenuous balance that core elements play within the ecosystem, for reclamation and restoration of a planet in peril. Special guest and former faculty member Alan Weisman led a discussion, “Where Do We Go From Here,” in connection with the exhibit at Sam Hill on Friday, April 12.
Sustainability Symposium May 16-19, 2013 With internationally known keynote speakers and renowned sustainability experts, each May the Prescott College Ph.D. program in Sustainability Education hosts a symposium centered on the theme of sustainability and its connection with education throughout our society. Prescott College is pleased to announce the Fifth Annual Sustainability Education Symposium, to be held May 16-19, 2013, at the College’s Prescott campus. With a theme of Celebration and Regneration, this year’s symposium features Dr. Craig Chalquist as keynote and Owen and Moley Ó Súilleabháin as live musical performers throughout the conference. For more information about the Symposium, and to register for Friday’s keynote lecture and Saturday’s workshops, please visit www.prescottsymposium.org. Open to the public!
Congratulations Dean Herring! Dean for Campus-based Delivery, Planning and Research Jack Herring was offered and has accepted a prestigious position at Western Washington University. Starting July 1, he will serve as Dean of Fairhaven College a small 500 student, innovative unit within a comprehensive public liberal arts university of 15,000 students. “Pedagogically, it shares much in common with Prescott College,” Jack explains, including the use of narrative evaluations, seminar style courses, student designed degrees, and capstone projects to demonstrate competence. Jack’s main goal will be advocating for experiential, integrative, student centered education to be woven more deeply into mainstream higher education. “It has truly been an honor to serve as dean and faculty member here for the past 15 years. I’ve learned more during this time than I ever could have imagined. It is with a sense of gratitude and respect that I step into the next phase of my professional life, carrying with me these gifts that you have given me.”
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Transitions Spring 2013
Transitions Spring 2013
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