Amanda Nell Edgar, Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication & Film at the University of Memphis, recently received the 2021 Karl R. Wallace Memorial Award from the National Communication Association (NCA). “Not only is this one of the most prestigious national awards in the area of rhetoric, it is…
Kim Marks Malone, APR, Fellow PRSA, online program coordinator and PR instructor, has been awarded the Steve and Linda Simon Family Fellowship for 2021-24. The Simon Family Fellowship is the University’s first fellowship dedicated to a public relations faculty member. It honors the late SSPR founder Steve Simon and is…
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The Elvis Presley Endowed Scholarship This award, in one of Memphis’ most famous musical Anames, recognizes an academically outstanding and financially deserving music student. Dr. Barbara Mashburn Choral Scholarship The Dr. Barbara D. Mashburn Endowed Scholarship was established to assist students who desire careers…
Sarah Brown, associate professor in Theater & Dance at the University of Memphis, has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to Romania where she will teach performance and direct acting students in a series of solo shows for NATO. The award runs from October 2021 through June 2022. Brown will be teaching solo…
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Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music alum Dr. Jeffrey Murdock (PhD Music Education, 2015) was awarded the 2021 GRAMMY Music Educator Award during a live stream event held Thursday evening. This award is given annually to an outstanding music educator nominated by other music teachers, school administrators, students, parents or…
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A book coauthored by two professors with the Department of Communication and Film in 2018 has been released in paperback format and earned recognition from the National Communication Association. “The Struggle over Black Lives Matter and All Lives Matter” by Dr. Andre E. Johnson, Associate Professor of Communication Studies, and…
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The University of Memphis Department of Architecture recently honored two students with medals from the American Institute of Architects and the Architecture Research Centers Consortium. Both students earned the professional Master of Architecture degree in May 2020. Jeevan Thapa was announced as the 2020 recipient of the American Institute of…
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The Art Museum at The University of Memphis will host a lecture from Tyler Stallings to close out its 37th Annual Juried Student Exhibition this Thursday, February 27 at 7 p.m. in room 310 of the Arts & Communication Building. Stallings, who has served as the juror over this exhibition,…
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This Saturday, Art Museum of the University of Memphis will host opening reception for the 37th Annual Juried Student Exhibition from 3 to 6 p.m. The exhibition will host works of UofM students across a variety of media including paintings, sculpture and graphic design. 51 students submitted 169 works of…
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This weekend, the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music and Circle Music Center will host the Fourth Annual Memphis International Piano Festival and Competition. The event will kick off Friday, October 4, with masterclass presentations from renowned pianists Cathal Breslin of Arizona State University, Chris Guzman of Penn State University…
