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The SFA College of Fine Arts recently
recognized four students and one faculty
member during the presentation of the an-nual
Dean’s Awards.
Monica Hambrick, Orange junior music
education major; Kelly Heasty, La Porte
junior art major; Leslie Laney, Gilmer se-nior
music education major; and Samantha
Walker, Houston junior theatre major; were
selected by the faculty of the respective
schools on the basis of their potential to
further develop their artistic and academic
capabilities, explained Dr. A.C. “Buddy”
Himes, dean of the College of Fine Arts.
Newthisyear, theceremonyawardedthefirst
College of Fine Arts Faculty Dean’s Award to Dr.
Charles R. Gavin, professor of horn.
“This award is intended to make a strong
statement to all College of Fine Arts fac-ulty—
that even though the award goes to
only one person, this person is a symbol
of the esteem in which each and every
faculty member is held and the pride every-one
takes in the work of the faculty,” said
Himes.
The awards were established by the
Dean’s Circle, an auxiliary group of com-munity
members founded in 2008 and
“dedicated, in part, to nurturing potential
young artists within the College of Fine
Arts and recognizing excellence within the
faculty,” Himes said.
Hambrick, who received the Dr. Robert
G. Sidnell Memorial Dean’s Award in Music
Education, has been active in numerous
ensembles, including the Lumberjack
Marching Band, Wind Ensemble and
Orchestra of the Pines, and has served
as a volunteer during music competitions
and as a counselor during summer Band
Camps.
She has begun preparing for her future
role as a music educator by teaching pri-vate
horn and piano lessons through SFA’s
Music Preparatory Division and by tutoring
music history.
Heasty, the recipient of the Ed and Gwen
Cole Dean’s Award in Art, is pursuing a
Bachelor of Fine Arts. Although she was
an inexperienced artist when she came to
SFA, she has excelled in the fields of sculp-ture
and drawing. She was chosen to be a
Spotlight Artist in 2010, and her work has
been shown in the “Filling the Void” exhibi-tion
and at Tabu Coffee.
She has provided service to the School of Art
during Showcase Saturdays and SFA’s Art Day,
and she is a co-founder of the SFA Sculpture
Club. Laney, who was awarded the Jack and
Doris Ledbetter Dean’s Award in Music, is a
member of the Madrigal Singers and the A
Cappella Choir. She has had roles in SFA’s pro-ductionsof“
GianniSchicchi,”“Susannah,” and
“Amahl and the Night Visitors” and most re-centlyportrayedRosalindein“
DieFledermaus.”
She was selected as a soloist for SFA’s most
recentproductionofHandel’s“Messiah” andhas
sung with Opera East Texas and the Longview
Community Theater.
After graduation, Laney hopes to pursue a
Masters of Music in vocal performance.
Walker, who received the George and
Peggy Schmidbauer Dean’s Award in
Theatre, has appeared in SFA’s main-stage
productions of “The Elephant Man,”
“Picnic,” “Twelfth Night” and “How to
Succeed in Business Without Really Trying”
as well as several student-directed produc-tions.
She has also served on various props,
paint, load-in and light hang crews and has
assisted with SFA’s One-Act Play Clinics.
Gavin, who earned a Doctor of Musical
Arts from the University of Iowa, has been
a member of the SFA faculty since 1984.
He currently performs with the Stone Fort
Wind Quintet, SFA Brass Quintet and sev-eral
regional orchestras.
His former students are directors of
Texas Honors Bands and faculty members
at the University of Michigan, University
of Alabama, Ithaca College, Texas A&M
University and East Texas Baptist University.
Other students’ experiences range from
being a Hollywood studio artist to perform-ing
with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra
and in European concert venues.
Gavin was introduced by Dr. Ronald
Anderson, former director of the School
of Music and current interim chair of the
Department of Psychology, and awarded
$3,000. Each recipient was given an oppor-tunity
to speak.
“The Dean’s Awards are about imbu-ing
faculty and students with pride and
self-confidence to pursue the ideal,” said
Himes. “The intent is for each recipient
to dream what the ideal could be and to
inspire them to use this award to go about
making that ideal their reality.”
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Four fine arts students,
faculty member honored
at annual Dean Awards
“The Dean’s Awards are about imbuing faculty and students with pride and self
confidence to pursue the ideal, [...] The intent is for each recipient to dream what
the ideal could be and to inspire them to use this award to go about making that
ideal their reality.”
-Dr. A.C. “Buddy” Himes, dean of the College of Fine Arts
(Clockwise from top-left) Kelly Heasty, La Porte junior art major; Dr. Charles R. Gavin, professor
of horn; Leslie Laney, Gilmer senior music education major; Monica Hambrick, Orange junior
music education major; Samantha Walker, Houston junior theatre major.
ASHLEY PICKETT\CONTRIBUTOR
Ad team shows off winning
JCP campaign to donors,
Nacogdoches community
The team, from left, Naeem Munaf, Cameron Dennis, Kyle Larson, Stephanie Slabaugh and
Will Yull presentedthe ad campaign that won the 2011 Special Judges’ Award for Innovation
at a national student advertising competition last week in Oklahoma City. The entire team
was composed of 24 SFA students from art, communication and marketing and produced a
national advertising and marketing plan for JC Penney. The award was based on SFA’s fashion
lab as well as a large interactive iPhone created especially for the presentation.