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Department NewsApril 18, 2008 Christine Butts, received the Staff Award for Outstanding Service from the College of Arts & Architecture. She is administrative assistant to the Head of the Department of Art History, a position she has held since 2002. She has been at Penn State since 1992, first working the College of Agricultural Sciences and t hen in the Smeal College of Business. In supervising a departmental office, Chris plays a key role in assisting all undergraduates, graduate students, staff, and faculty. She is the staff liaison for undergraduate faculty advisors and has become the department expert on the minutiae and procedures dealing with graduation requirements for majors and minors. She has eased the transition of many majors and minors, as well as graduate students, as they enter into our department. As the primary assistant to the Graduate Officer and the key staff source for graduate students within the department about the university's policies, Chris is highly effective and has a great depth of knowledge about the graduate program. When faculty members are having "mini-crises," it is Chris who usually finds reasonable solutions to the problem and saves the day. One of the first human contacts that many have with our department is Chris. She has an extraordinarily welcoming and informative manner when dealing with people communicating with our department. Chris has devoted significant time to service within the College of Arts & Architecture, having served as Chair of the Staff Professional Development Support Committee during 2004-05, and as Chair of the College's Staff Advisory Council in 2005-06. Last year she served on the search committee for the new Dean of the College of Arts & Architecture. Chris holds an associate degree in business administration from Penn State. * * * April 3, 2008 The following was just published by Dr. Sarah K. Rich, associate professor
of art history: * * * March 20, 2008 Zabel recognized with Graduate Program Chair Leadership Award * * * March 7, 2008 Penn State News Story about Randy Ploog, Affiliate Assistant Professor of Art History * * * February 5, 2008 Dr. Madhuri Desai, has been awarded the 2008 Opler Grant from
the Society of Architectural Historians. * * * January 31, 2008 Dr. Craig Zabel has been award the 2008 Graduate Program Chair Leadership Award.
* * * January 31, 2008 Dr. Sarah K. Rich has been awarded a sabbatical for fall 2008 and spring 2009.
* * * October 5, 2007 Houghton to Lecture about Masterpieces at "Huddle with the Faculty" Charlotte M. Houghton, associate professor of art history and a 2007 Alumni Teaching Fellow, presented a lecture, "Who Makes a Masterpiece? Brush Strokes and Spin Doctors Since the Renaissance," at the Nittany Lion Inn as part of the "Huddle with the Faculty" series. For more information, go to http://live.psu.edu/story/26325 * * * August 17, 2007 Dr. Nancy Locke, Associate Professor of Art History, on Penn State Live, answering a "Probing Question: Are artists born or taught?": http://live.psu.edu/story/25383 * * * July 23, 2007 News on Professor Brian Curran's new book! please visit: http://live.psu.edu/story/25081 * * * March 26, 2007 Dr. Randy Ploog, Affiliate Assistant Professor of Art History and Coordinator of International Programs, College of Arts & Architecture, has been awarded the W. Lamarr Kopp International Achievement Award for Staff. * * * December 18, 2006 Dr. Douglas Dow, Instructor of Art History, presented a paper, "Rebuilt from the Records: The Oratory of the Confraternity of San Giovanni Battista dello Scalzo, Florence," at the Annual Meeting of the Renaissance Society of America in Miami, Florida, March 22-24, 2007. * * * December 5, 2006 Jessica Bailey, Assistant Curator of Visual Resources, Department of Art History, has been awarded a Tansey Travel Award to attend the 2007 Visual Resources Association Annual Conference in Kansas City, Mo., March 27-31, 2007. * * * November 13, 2006 Micaela Amaeau Amato, professor of art and women's studies, and Joyce Henri Robinson, curator for the Palmer Museum of Art and affiliate associate professor of art history, have curated an exhibition, Couples Discourse, that demonstrates the varying ways in which artist-couples live, work and influence one another. The exhibition is on display at the Palmer Museum of Art through December 22. Sarah Rich, associate professor of art history, contributed an introductory essay to the accompanying catalogue. The exhibition features 41 American contemporary artists whose work has been shown in some of the most prestigious galleries and museums around the world. * * * June 12, 2006 Dr. Craig Zabel, head of the department of art history, has accepted the appointment as interim associate dean for undergraduate studies and outreach for the College of Arts and Architecture, effective July 1. Dr. Zabel joined the art history faculty in 1985, and since 1996, has served as department head. He will continue to serve as the department head of art history while serving as the interim associate dean. * * * June, 2006 Jeanne Cheanult Porter, associate professor of art history, retired in June 2006 after 32 years at Penn State. For full story please visit: http://www.artsandarchitecture.psu.edu/news/newsletter/sp06/Sp06_p04.html * * * June, 2006 Heinz K. Henisch, research professor emeritus in the history of photography in the Department of Art History, died March 28, 2006, after suffering heart problems. He was also professor emeritus of physics and Fellow emeritus of the Institute for the Arts and Humanities. Dr. Henisch taught the history of photography at Penn State from 1974 to 1993. He was the founder of the London-published journal History of Photography and served as its editor from 1977 to 1990. With his wife, Bridget A. Henisch, he wrote three books on the history of photography, all published by Penn State University Press. He wrote a number of other books on physics and additional subjects, including one chronicling his childhood memories of Europe. He was a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain and the American Photographic Historical Society and a corresponding member of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie. http://www.artsandarchitecture.psu.edu/news/newsletter/sp06/Sp06_p06.html * * * June, 2006 Art History Graduate Students Select Works for Palmer Museum Exhibition. For full story please visit: http://www.artsandarchitecture.psu.edu/news/newsletter/sp06/Sp06_p12.html * * * |
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