Marcin Arendt is a world-class musician, orchestra member and assistant professor of violin at the University of Memphis’ Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music. He’s also a dreamer. Go big or go home, he likes to say. How else could you describe someone partly responsible for taking Memphis’ heralded musical…
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A contingent of faculty and students from the University of Memphis‘ Department of Journalism and Strategic Media has traveled to Mainz, Germany, this month as part of a partnership with Johannes Gutenberg University. UofM students Deborah Noel and Brandon Howard and Journalism Chair Dr. David Arant are in Germany with Professor…
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University of Memphis alum Taylor Oaks exemplifies the diverse training that’s possible at the Department of Journalism and Strategic Media, where in 2013 he earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism with a concentration in public relations. Today he’s a CRM campaign manager at Frontdoor Inc., a leading provider of home…
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In Manhattan, University of Memphis graduate Peter Colin Jr. leads a busy schedule that includes teaching jazz to middle-school students. Colin, who earned his bachelor of music degree from the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music in 2009, agreed to tell VOICES ONLINE why he loves jazz and his continued…
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Caleb Suggs, a junior at the University of Memphis, is a man of varied talents: executive producer of Tiger News, on-air personality for WUMR 91.7 FM, writer for The Daily Helmsman, videographer — and more. He recently gave VOICES ONLINE insight into his time at the UofM and his journalistic plans.…
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The Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music at the University of Memphis held its annual awards ceremony April 24 at Harris Concert Hall, handing out a multitude of honors that included the Presser Foundation Scholarship, the Scheidt School’s most prestigious award. Smit Music Composition Award Presented by Dr. John Baur, Professor…
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Collaboration this semester between students from the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music and Raleigh-Egypt Middle School students culminated Wednesday with a piano recital in the Psychology Auditorium at the University of Memphis. Led by Dr. Artina McCain, assistant professor of piano at the UofM, the teaching project between the university…
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Micah Lewis’ musical career has taken him from the University of Memphis to Yokosuka, Japan, where he served as a Musician 2nd Class in the U.S. Navy and a percussion instrumentalist for the Seventh Fleet Band, and now back to the United States. Lewis, a Memphis native, earned his Master of…
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Melody Lehn, assistant professor of Rhetoric and Women’s and Gender Studies at Sewanee: The University of the South, has done quite well since earning her Ph.D. in Communication with emphases in rhetoric and public address from the University of Memphis. Lehn in 2018 received the Southern States Communication Association’s Dwight L.…
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The Art Museum of the University of Memphis is preparing to host an exhibition from UofM students studying art history and anthropology that focuses on museum artifacts from diverse cultures and places. “Divine Diversities” will be on display beginning Saturday, April 20, through June 1. “From Ancient Egypt’s polytheistic beliefs…
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