inside - University of Central Oklahoma

a publication of the 

College of Fine Arts and Design at the University of Central Oklahoma 

2010|2011 

Dance Major on 

pointe to compete in 

Miss America 

inside 

Central choral 

program flourishes 

Sound quality soars 

at Mitchell Hall 

Art professor’s exhibit 

at popular gallery 

New minor a major benefit 

to graphic designers 

Shakespeare garden to 

beautify Mitchell Hall 

plus more…

from the dean 

Dear Friends, 

Change is inevitable—the College of 

Fine Arts and Design at the University of 

Central Oklahoma welcomes and embraces 

change that benefits our students. Over 

the past few years, many changes have 

occurred including the college’s name, the 

addition of partnerships with Broadway 

Tonight and Edmond Summerstock Theater 

and the integration of art, dance, design, 

music and theatre arts into a holistic view 

that emphasizes the individual skills 

taught in each discipline. 

There are new banners on the lawn 

in front of Mitchell Hall that reflect the 

collegial relationship of our college’s faculty 

and staff. These banners were created with 

the cooperation of our design department 

and students. The ideas submitted by 

Yoko Collins, a senior design student, were 

accepted by representatives from each of 

our departments and school. 

We have also added an Illustration 

minor to our course of study in design; 

the Academy of Contemporary Music has 

doubled its enrollment from its initial year; 

and the School of Music Concert Chorale 

performed at the prestigious College Music 

Society conference. In addition, Tina 

Kambour in our Dance Department has 

initiated an integrated project that will 

involve each of UCO’s colleges and many 

different subject matters. 

One of our most significant projects is the 

remodeling of the Melton Art Gallery and 

Collections. When this project is completed, 

the Melton Gallery will allow for rotating 

exhibits from our art students and faculty 

as well as the collection so generously 

donated by Suzanne Sylvester. 

Change is inevitable, and together we 

can anticipate and embrace those changes 

to help our students learn. Please enjoy 

reading about the changes and activities 

of the students, faculty, staff, alumni and 

donors of our College.

contents 

music 

2 Choral program enjoys success 

4 Smith family leaves a legacy 

theatre arts 

6 Sound engineer enhances 

quality of productions 

art 

10 Family soldiers on by giving 

12 Professors also active artists 

dance 

14 Dance lecturer juggles several projects 

16 Dance major to compete in Miss America 

design 

18 Creating cities, building teamwork 

20 New illustration minor first in region 

captured impressions 

22 Featuring: Jazz Ensemble performing in 

Europe; Former faculty art exhibit opening; 

Donor Bob Aldridge with Miss Oklahoma; 

Rockettes with Dean Clinton 

2 

12 

development & donors 

24 Shakespeare garden to bloom 

25 The art of donating 

oklahoma center 

for arts education 

26 Opera for all ages 

academy of 

contemporary music 

27 Programs expand 

28 our alumni 

14 

20 

27 

34 donors 

36 calendar 

UCO College of Fine Arts and Design 

1

music 

By susan Parks 

The phrase, “written all over his 

face,” could not be more appropriate 

to describe Dr. Karl Nelson, director 

of Choral Studies at the University of 

Central Oklahoma. 

When he directs students through 

a piece of music, his face contorts into 

countless expressions as if he’s trying 

to communicate the emotion of each 

musical note. 

Nelson takes choral music seriously, 

and it shows not just in his facial 

expressions, but in the growth of the 

choral program at UCO as well. Since 

his arrival in August 2006, the size of 

the choral ensembles at Central has 

grown by a massive 63%. 

Nelson is quick to give credit for that 

growth to both the students and the 

entire voice faculty, led by division head 

Barbara Streets. 

“We have very talented students and 

voice faculty here at UCO. It’s because 

of the voice faculty that the students 

improve individually, and it culminates 

in the choral ensembles,” said Nelson. 

But students say that Nelson’s 

passion for his craft, his philosophy of 

“if we work hard, we can play hard” and 

his ability to make students believe that 

they can be great is equally important 

to the growth. 

“Dr. Nelson pushes expectations 

higher for the entire group. He 

believes that we can perform at the 

level of an exceptional ensemble,” said 

Patrick Borror, a UCO senior majoring 

in vocal performance. 

Nelson conducts the UCO Concert Chorale 

and the UCO Chamber Singers. In addition, 

he also conducts the Edmond Community 

Chorus. 

Under his direction, the Concert 

Chorale toured throughout Italy in 2008 

and performed at the Oklahoma Music 

Educators’ Conference in 2009. In September 

2010, the Chorale was invited to perform 

alongside award-winning, leading college 

and community choirs at the 53rd National 

College Music Society (CMS) conference in 

Minneapolis, Minn. CMS is an international 

umbrella music association of about 10,000 

members. The concert showcased original 

choral works from CMS composers and UCO’s 

Vocal Vision 

Conductor Karl Nelson takes 

UCO choirs to the next level 

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Concert Chorale performed more songs 

than any of the other participating groups. 

“There was increased pressure for sure,” 

said Nelson. 

Since the concert was so early in the fall 

2010 semester, Nelson held auditions for 

the Concert Chorale before school started so 

that the group could begin rehearsing right 

away. The students even added Saturday 

practices so that they could have more time 

to fine-tune the selections. 

“To be in a choral group, you have to be 

willing to give up a part of yourself to fulfill 

the needs of the larger group. The students 

did what they needed to do.” 

The extra effort paid off and was widely 

appreciated by the audience and composers. 

“The composers seemed very pleased. 

One of the pieces had never been performed 

before and the composer didn’t even know 

how it sounded live; he made markings in 

his music of some of our interpretations that 

he said he plans to use in the future when 

the piece is widely distributed,” said Nelson. 

Upon returning from the trip, Nelson 

also received congratulatory emails from 

two of the composers whose works were 

performed by the Concert Chorale. 

“What a joy it was spending time with 

you and your outstanding choir. The 

work you accomplished on the program 

was unparalleled,” wrote Dr. Christopher 

Palestrant, from Elizabeth City State 

University of the University of North 

Carolina. “You have put the ensemble on a 

national stage and shone beautifully.” 

Students say this performance trip was 

very rewarding. 

“The composers really appreciated our 

work, and they told us afterwards when 

we got to meet and talk with them…that 

was very fulfilling,” said Kristen Jackson, a 

Central senior majoring in vocal education. 

With little time to rest, the Concert 

Chorale is now rehearsing along with 

UCO’s Cantilena Chorus and the Edmond 

Community Chorale for a combined concert 

in December to perform Bach’s Christmas 

Oratorio. Then, the Concert Chorale 

will start immediately preparing for an 

international concert tour of France, in May 

2011, with stops in Paris and Carcassonne. 

“We’re pretty ambitious; the students 

have a great time doing it. As long as they 

are willing to embrace it, we will keep doing 

these types of things,” said Nelson. 

With such varied and enriching learning 

experiences, Nelson can no doubt expect 

continued growth in the choral programs at 

UCO. It’s a positive trend that he relishes, 

and you can see it all over his face. ■ 

Central vocal education major, Kristen Jackson, 

watches for Dr. Nelson’s direction on a 

complicated vocal composition. 

The UCO Concert Chorale performs at the College 

Music Society National Conference in Minneapollis, 

Minn, Sept. 2010. 


3

music 

1938 

A Family 

legacy 

Smith families’ bequest to benefit 

future music educators 

J. Kenneth Smith, BA ‘38 

By susan Parks 

The late J. Kenneth Smith’s greatest joy was 

music. A 1938 University of Central Oklahoma 

graduate, he went on to become a long-time music 

director in the Duncan public school system, in 

southwest Oklahoma, producing legendary high 

school bands. 

“I first knew of J. Kenneth Smith when I was 

in high school,” said UCO College of Fine Arts and 

Design Dean, Dr. John Clinton. “I remember hearing 

his band on the marching field and thinking what 

an incredible musical organization he had shaped. 

His band produced a sound that is etched in my 

memory: one I continue to try to duplicate in my 

teaching of music.” 

Smith’s teaching style and personality were so 

dynamic that under his tutelage, the Duncan High 

School band grew from around three dozen students 

to 140 plus by the time he retired, an impressive 

achievement in a town of 22,000 people. 

“He was a tremendous teacher, and he was there 

for more than 25 years. His band was better each 

year,” said Ken Smith, J. Kenneth’s son. “He was a 

music educator, not just a band director.” 

The students obviously adored him. When he 

celebrated his 90th birthday in 2006, several of his 

former students gave him letters detailing their 

heartfelt thanks for being such an inspirational 

teacher and friend to them. A year later, Smith 

passed away. Prior to his death, he discussed his 

estate plans with family. 

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“Carousel, the Concert” Fall 2008 

Giving back to Central felt natural for 

Ken and his father so they decided that 

together they would leave a significant gift 

to Central’s School of Music. 

“The substantial bequest from the Ken 

Smith families will make a positive and 

long-lasting mark on our School of Music 

(SOM) and its students,” said Clinton. 

“One part of the gift will allow the SOM 

to select instrumental music education 

students to be trained as band and/or 

orchestra teachers who will carry on the 

tradition of excellence set by the Smith 

families. Additionally, the gift will 

allow us to develop an Endowed Music 

Education Professorship.” 

Ken said a lifetime of teaching music at 

the elementary through collegiate levels 

has shown him that too often students 

learn how to play, but not how to teach 

others to play. 

“I hope that they (Central students) will 

gain practical application of what goes on 

in the real world of teaching. A lot of times 

education tends to not be very practical, 

and we sometimes put too much emphasis 

on performance instead of education,” 

explained Ken. “Our emphasis should be on 

how to teach…and how to run a program.” 

That goal will be uppermost in the mind 

of SOM Director, Dr. Keith White. 

“This bequest will allow us to turn out 

top-notch music educators who can continue 

to teach future generations, assuring that 

great music lives on,” said White. 

That’s what it’s about for Ken and his 

father: leaving a legacy and inspiring others 

to do the same. ■ 

The UCO Marching Band will be among the groups benefitting from the 

Smith families’ donation. 

Ken Smith, BA ‘64 

“Dad asked, ‘what am I going to do with 

my money?’ and I said, ‘the best thing I can 

think of is to give it to Central,’ ” said Ken. 

Central, especially the music program, 

has long held a special place in the hearts 

of the Smith family. J. Kenneth met his 

first wife, Wanda Davis (BA ’38), at Central. 

Their son Ken graduated from Central in 

1964 and was involved in many of the top 

music groups on campus at the time. 

“I was here in the music department 

right when it started to bloom,” said Ken. “I 

was one of the first people in the small vocal 

ensembles; we eventually became ‘The 

Tunesmiths.’ I was also a charter member of 

the lab band, which was the early precursor 

to the jazz bands here at Central.” 

Students practice at the Jazz Lab. 


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theatre arts 

ENGINEERING SOUND 

Korean native brings sound expertise to College 

6 Impressions 2010|2011

By susan Parks and shalena eaton 

Nothing has the potential to ruin a 

live theatrical experience more than 

sound problems. 

“Sound is a vital part of contemporary 

theatre,” explained Daisy Nystul, 

University of Central Oklahoma theatre 

arts chair. 

“If it’s inferior, it can cripple a 

production; if it’s superior, it can be the 

high point of a show.” 

That’s why when renovations began 

last year at Mitchell Hall, UCO’s center 

for the performing arts, special attention 

was paid to upgrading the sound. Among 

the enhancements were new speakers, 

a sound pressure level meter, power 

conditioners, a digital speaker processor, 

a Q-lab computer-based live show control 

program and multi-effecter. 

But perhaps the most important 

addition to the improvements was 

the hiring of Sun Hee Kil, a sound 

engineer with the extraordinary ability 

to coax more from a soundboard than is 

seemingly possible. 

“Her training is excellent, and her 

experience simply adds to that,” said Jim 

Poe, Mitchell Hall Theater director. 

Originally from Busan, South 

Korea, Kil holds a BA in Theatre & 

Film from Hanyang University, a BA 

in English Language & Literature 

from Ewha Woman’s University and 

an MFA in Sound Design, Theatre 

Design and Production from the 

College-Conservatory of Music from 

the University of Cincinnati. She has a 

varied and diverse background, including 

acting as system engineer at the 

Seongnam Arts Center (South Korea) and 

the London Hammersmith Apollo Theatre 

(London, U.K.). In addition, she was the 

sound designer at various regional theaters 

in the U.S. and the mix engineer for the 

Korea National Theater, prior to arriving 

at Central. 

“I’ve always loved American musicals, 

and I studied sound design to be a part of 

them. As the new sound engineer at UCO, 

I am now doing what I’ve always wanted to 

do,” said Kil. 

Kil brings to UCO a “can-do” attitude 

that is evident to all around her. When 

she arrived at UCO in the fall of 2009, the 

reopening of Mitchell Hall was just two 

weeks away. In 14 days, she had to design 

and install the theater’s sound system 

using both existing and new equipment, 

“As the new sound 

engineer at UCO, 

I am now doing 

what I’ve always 

wanted to do.” 

- Sun Hee Kil 


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un 250 feet of cables underground, make 

sound panels, monitor the theater for sound 

“dead-zones” and make the appropriate 

corrections, all with very little labor. 

“All of the other technicians were so busy 

with their own areas that they could not 

help, so I didn’t go home for two weeks; I 

slept in the theater,” added Kil. 

Her effort and attention to detail paid 

off. The reopening of Mitchell Hall, featuring 

the musical “High Society,” was a rousing 

success with a near sell-out crowd every 

night. Almost immediately, theatergoers 

noticed the enhanced sound quality. 

Dr. Larry and Leah Westmoreland, 

who are friends and donors of the College 

of Fine Arts and Design, think that “the 

greatly improved sound system in Mitchell 

Hall is wonderful! Not only is the sound 

clear throughout the whole dynamic range, 

but the balance between singers and 

instruments creates a total sound package.” 

UCO music theatre graduate student, 

Jay Krottinger, raves that “the updated 

acoustic and electrical architecture in 

Mitchell Hall, and the addition of Sun Hee 

and her sound engineering expertise, has 

immensely enhanced the quality of the 

theatrical experience.” 

What is perhaps most rewarding to Kil 

are those plays and musicals that have 

specific sound challenges. In the 2010 

Theatre Arts production of “Noises Off,” she 

had to figure out how to balance the variety 

of backstage sounds that are so vital to the 

comedy with the actor’s dialogue and the 

other onstage sounds. 

“After I read the script, I was thrilled 

with the challenge of incorporating 

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The spring 2010 production of “Noises Off” presented unique sound 

challenges that Kil tackled by using five speakers placed in three 

different directions.

the backstage sounds for Act II. We 

experimented with throwing all kinds 

of things backstage to see what would 

make the best acoustic sound when it 

landed, and then we recorded that sound 

to be used in the production…it was fun,” 

said Kil. 

To integrate the sound, she used 

five speakers that were placed in three 

different directions. One speaker was 

placed far upstage, facing the audience, 

to propel the sound effects of recorded 

giggles, laughter and applause; two 

speakers were placed diagonally on 

each side of the stage and were used 

only to send delayed sounds for the 

music and dialogue made by the offstage 

characters; and two lower-quality 

speakers were placed on the set facing 

the audience to send out the noise from 

the backstage paging system featured in 

the play. The result was a bombardment 

of sounds and “zingers” that left the 

audience rolling with laughter. 

“The off-stage dialogue, telephone 

rings and other noise effects are what 

New acoustic deflectors at Mitchell Hall Theater help to enhance the sound quality. 

make ‘Noises Off’ so funny,” said Nystul. “It 

takes a talented sound engineer to pull it 

off, and Sun Hee did a marvelous job.” 

Nearly every director at UCO credits Kil 

with improving their productions. 

“We owe thanks for many of the sound 

improvements to Sun Hee,” said Greg 

White, director of Music Theatre and 

producer of Broadway Tonight at Central. 

“She has totally revamped and reworked 

our sound system.” 

But Kil isn’t done yet. Now that the 

2010-2011 performing arts season is 

underway, she is looking forward to making 

more upgrades to the Mitchell Hall sound 

system. She wants to make sure the 

equipment stays relevant so performances 

in Mitchell Hall remain competitive. 

“I want the majority of our sound 

equipment to be digital which will give us 

not only the capability for more control 

over sound quality, but also control over 

sound variety.” 

She also sees digital upgrades as an 

opportunity to provide Central students 

in the College of Fine Arts and Design 

access to evolving technology to advance 

their careers and to enhance the theatrical 

experience for all. ■ 


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art 

By CHRIS BRAWLEY-MORGAN 

RYAN WOOD was a devoted friend, aspiring artist, loyal soldier 

and soon-to-be college student. However, less than a week after he was 

accepted at the University of Central Oklahoma Army Sergeant Wood was 

killed in Baghdad. He was 22. 

Wood’s family immediately decided to honor him with a University of 

Central Oklahoma scholarship: the Sgt. Ryan Wood Freedom Endowed Art 

Scholarship. Wood’s mother, Renee Wood-Vincent, said the scholarship—and 

the occasional frenzy of fundraising—has provided some solace for her family. 

“We are doing something that helps us recapture some of the joy in Ryan. 

He was a very joyful young man,” said Wood-Vincent, who holds a UCO 

bachelor’s degree in community health. 

“If you do have to make a sacrifice like this, at least then someone can 

benefit,” she said. 

Lori Alspaugh, development director for the College of Fine Arts and Design, 

said several families have started similar scholarships at UCO. “This is a 

lasting way to honor a loved one. Every year, they are able to celebrate and 

see their legacy through the lives of students,” she said. 

Wood signed up for the Army when he was just 17, inspired by his family’s 

military history and the 9/11 attacks which had occurred the year before. 

He took his sketch pad with him, his mother said. 


soldiers, a military police officer, an Iraqi 

interpreter and three civilians were killed. 

Before Wood’s obituary could be printed, 

his family decided to honor him with a 

scholarship. Instead of flowers, mourners 

sent money. 

Since then, family, friends and 

supporters have contributed more than 

$60,000 for the endowed scholarship. With 

the interest earned off the principle, two 

$500 scholarships have been awarded in 

the last two years. 

Wood-Vincent said the goal is to 

build the scholarship fund so that the 

interest on it will completely cover an art 

student’s expenses. 

“Every year, 

they are able to 

celebrate and 

see their legacy 

through the lives 

of students.” 

-Lori Alspaugh 

family SOLDIERS ON 

Creates UCO Scholarship 

Wood continued to draw throughout the 

two tours he served in Iraq. A member of 

the Army’s 1st Division, 26th Battalion, 

Charlie Company, Wood was devastated 

by the war’s violence, even tattooing the 

names of two fallen “brothers in arms” on 

his chest. 

“He had such a deep heart. Really, he 

was a study in opposites. He hated war, 

yet he was a soldier and warrior,” his 

mother said. 

Wood planned to come home and study 

graphic design and political science at 

UCO. On June 21, 2007, Wood was in a 

Bradley armored vehicle in a Baghdad 

suburb when 150 pounds of explosives 

in the underground sewer system were 

detonated. Wood, four other American 

That, of course, means raising more money. 

One of the scholarship’s annual fundraisers 

is a mammoth garage sale bringing in 

between $3,000 and $5,000. A website, www. 

sgtryanmitchellwoodfoundation.org, offers 

readers giving opportunities, as well as 

provides pictures of the nine babies who have 

been named for Wood. 

Candice Bunce, one of Ryan Wood’s four 

siblings, started a golf tournament that 

raises more than $10,000 a year. 

Bunce, who named her young son Cooper 

Ryan, said the golf tournament is usually 

held near the anniversary of Wood’s death. 

“We try to do it around the day Ryan was 

killed in action. It gives us something to do 

on that horrible, rotten day. It brings a little 

hope and excitement.” ■ 

A family moment: Renee Wood-Vincent 

with her son, Ryan. 


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art 

By shalena eaton 

ctive 

At first glance, art and teaching 

seem to be at odds with each other: 

artists need freedom, individuality 

and plenty of time and space for 

creating, while teachers need 

structure, a plan and a schedule. 

But in the UCO art department, 

faculty members are active 

exhibitors who find balance in 

teaching art and creating art. 

ARTISTS 

“If you’re not simultaneously practicing 

and presenting, students know it. They 

admire you for participating in the 

community and are fascinated by watching 

you work. They really want to see if you 

practice what you preach,” said UCO Art 

Department Chair, Charleen Weidell. 

Weidell achieves this balance skillfully, 

having recently concluded, together with 

Central Associate Professor, Elizabeth 

Brown, the wide-ranging exhibit “Form and 

Substance” at the JRB Gallery in Oklahoma 

City’s Paseo Arts district. The two have 

wanted to have a show together for the last 

six years. 

“While our works are completely 

different, our forms are similar in their 

sensuality,” said Weidell. 

Both faculty members are collectors 

of their inspirations, whether it is rocks, 

botanicals, sticks, seeds or leaves. As 

colleagues, they tend to “gift” one another 

if they find something they think would 

inspire the other; and it’s this gifting, this 

affinity for forms and substances that led 

them to think that having a show together 

would make for an interesting artistic 

collaboration. 

“When we first met, we realized we 

collected the same type of things; and we 

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oth approached our work in similar ways: 

observation, investigation, collection and 

inspiration,” explained Weidell. 

Weidell fuels her inspirations into 

vessel-like shapes that tend to be sensuous 

and protective—though usually with some 

elements that she intentionally wants to 

feel threatening. Brown’s work, on the 

other hand, evolves very organically. The 

materials themselves are very important 

in her art—whether it’s metal, sheep 

cloth, paper, plaster, wax or dyes—and she 

observes and experiments with their forms, 

layers them and watches them grow. 

Central Associate Professor, Barbara 

Broadwell, also showcased her work 

alongside Weidell and Brown at JRB in an 

exhibit entitled “Obsession.” 

“Obsession can mean all kinds of 

things,” said Broadwell. “I purposefully 

leave the work wide open so that the 

viewer can come in and can attach to it 

whatever they want to see in it, or take 

from it.” 

The owner of JRB Gallery believes that 

creativity in teachers fosters creativity 

in students. 

“It is essential for teachers of art to be 

producing their own art,” said Joy Reed 

Belt, the JRB of JRB Gallery. “It renews 

and stimulates them, which in turn, 

stimulates growth in their students.” 

Art students comment that having 

teachers who are active artists is helpful in 

several ways. 

“A working artist shows students that 

you have to make it happen for yourself; 

no one is going to do it for you. Also, as a 

working artist, they are familiar with the 

art community, and their reputation 

and connections only increase your 

chances for a successful career,” said 

senior art major Christie Hackler. 

Some art community involvement 

is required of UCO art faculty 

members, whether it is creating and 

entering shows with their original 

work or curating exhibits for galleries. 

Assistant Professor, AD Donovan, has 

shown her art in multiple shows over 

this past summer; Assistant Professor, 

David Maxwell, was involved in a 

group show in New York City and four 

faculty members were featured in 

UCO’s Galleries and Collections spring 

show “Points of Departure.” Weidell, 

as department chair, is very proud of 

the participation and recognition of 

Central’s art faculty, both regionally 

and nationally. 

But Brown insists they’re not so 

actively involved merely to meet an 

academic or employment requirement. 

“It’s the enjoyment of the process 

that keeps me creating. The rest is 

more like an after-effect, an experience 

I can share with my students. Seeing 

my work exhibited outside of my 

studio, open for discussion and 

feedback, provides a great satisfaction 

for me in seeing it come full circle.” 

“Art is alive. It grows; and it 

breathes,” Broadwell said. “And it 

shouldn’t stop until you die.” ■ 

Top: Left to Right, UCO Assistant Professor of Art, 

Barbara Broadwell; Joy Reed Belt, owner of JRB 

Art Gallery; and UCO Associate Professors of Art, 

Elizabeth Brown and Charleen Weidell. 

Bottom: “Datura Inoxia” by Charleen Weidell (left), 

“Repetitive Directions” by Elizabeth Brown. 

UCO Art Instructor A D Donovan helps student Jansen 

Sterba perfect his technique on a drawing tablet. 


13

dance 

an Do 

ambour 

Dance Lecturer thrives on 

juggling several projects 

By Chris Brawley-Morgan 

Tina Kambour is not afraid of spotlight sharing. In fact, the 

assistant chair of dance for the University of Central Oklahoma 

actively encourages collaboration on an ever-moving, expanding array 

of dance projects. 

Last spring, Kambour taught her university classes, led a movement 

class for Alzheimer’s patients and repeatedly volunteered for 

performing and choreography projects that kept popping up. 

At the same time, Kambour created a UCO course called 

“Community Connections,” which debuted this fall. Central students 

will head out into the community and lead dance movements at various 

locations from at-risk schools to corporate headquarters. 

“I really enjoy working with non-dancers. I just feel like their 

movements are so pure: they are finding a new way to express 

themselves,” Kambour said. 

Even when choreographing, Kambour is attentive to other’s ideas 

and opinions. 

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“Tina is very into sharing and working 

together,” said Jamie Jacobson, Central’s 

executive director of dance. 

“She involves students in the creative 

process, so they have a sense of ownership,” 

said Jacobson. 

Erika Reyes, a UCO senior majoring in 

dance education, recalls how Kambour 

began work on the choreography for a dance 

called “Listen.” 

She met with the 12 dancers involved in 

the piece to talk about the personal effects 

of racism, which for Reyes was her family’s 

bad experience in a restaurant.“The entire 

dance was about culture and being aware.” 

“Tina is always interweaving dance with 

the community. She inspires me to not just 

keep dance in the studio, but to spread it as 

far as it can go,” Reyes said. 

Growing up in Miami, Fla., Kambour’s 

first studio experience was in high school 

when she happened to take a modern 

dance class. 

Kambour earned her bachelor’s degree in 

psychology at Florida International 

University in Miami. She then spent the 

next 12 years in New York City dancing for 

several modern dance companies and 

earning a master’s degree in dance from 

Teachers College at Columbia University. 

She also became a certified movement 

analyst of the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of 

Movement Studies, which provides the 

vocabulary of dance and an integrated 

method of movement. 

In 1990, Kambour married Zev 

Trachtenberg, who soon after became a 

philosophy professor at the University of 

Oklahoma. They are the parents of Isaac 

Trachtenberg, 10. 

In 1992, Kambour became a UCO dance 

teacher. In the last several years, she has 

choreographed numerous pieces, including 

some that have been performed 

internationally and at the Kennedy Center 

in Washington, D.C. In addition, last 

spring she set her duet “Love Unfolding” 

for an Oklahoma City Ballet production 

and created the choreography for 

“Changed Forever,” a UCO project 

commemorating the 15th anniversary of 

the Oklahoma City bombing. 

Not content to stop there, Kambour also 

leads movement classes for Alzheimer’s 

patients at Full Circle Senior Adult Day 

Center in Norman. 

“She knows the patient’s names and 

which songs are their favorites. She can 

get certain patients to move that don’t 

move for us,” said Full Circle’s Life 

Enrichment Director Jennifer Voss. 

Kambour leads a movement class for Alzheimer’s patients at 

Full Circle Senior Adult Day Center in Norman. 

In August 2010, the Provost’s office at 

UCO recognized Kambour for her work 

ethic and collaborative spirit, presenting 

her with a cash prize and a “Modeling the 

Way” award, which is given to UCO 

employees who lead by example. 

“Tina is so deserving of this award,” said 

Jacobson. “The students are so lucky to 

have her.” 

For students, the thrill is always seeing 

what Kambour will come up with next. They 

recognize and appreciate her enthusiasm, 

saying it makes them better performers. 

“She makes everything exciting because 

she is excited about it,” enthused Alana 

Murray, a junior dance major. “That’s one of 

the best qualities a teacher can have.” ■ 

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dance 

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A C H I E V E M E N T 

Dance major named Miss Oklahoma 2010 


Emoly West, University of Central 

Oklahoma College of Fine Arts and 

Design dance major and the reigning Miss 

Oklahoma, may be the most beautiful 

woman in the state. She also may be the 

most persistent. 

In fact, West said, when her UCO dance 

instructors would talk in class about the 

steely resolve required by some goals, she 

always felt like they were talking directly 

to her. 

“They are so passionate and talked so 

much about mental fortitude. I always felt 

like they were speaking to me,” said West, a 

senior majoring in dance performance and 

broadcast journalism. 

Since she was 18, West gave 110 percent 

during each of the five times she competed 

for the Miss Oklahoma title. “I am an 

athlete; and I am a competitor,” she said. 

Miss Oklahoma contestants must be 

between the ages of 18 and 24. Last June, 

when West competed again, she was 24. 

The 2010 pageant was her last chance “to 

go for the gold,” she said. 

During the week-long event in 

Tulsa, West triumphed in the swimsuit 

competition, received a $1,000 scholarship 

for a classical ballet performance and then 

won the coveted crown. 

West said that at the moment of winning, 

she thought, “everything was worth it. All 

the work in the gym and the dance studio. 

All the hours reading and watching the 

news. It was all worth it.” 

At the time, she said, “I also thought: I 

have to do it all again for Miss America.” 

West was a little girl when she first 

decided to become Miss Oklahoma, the 

result of watching the national pageant 

with her great grandmother, who told her: 

“ ‘you could do this someday.’ So at 7, I set 

my first goal.” 

As she grew up, West took both dance 

and swimming lessons until her swimming 

coach suggested she intensify her practices 

and try for an Olympic position. Instead, 

she quit. 

“That season was over. At 16, I already 

knew. I wanted to be Miss Oklahoma and 

Miss America, and I knew swimming would 

not get me there,” she said. 

West, who was home-schooled, began 

college at Oklahoma Christian University. 

She competed as Miss Keystone Lake 

and Miss Green Country in the Miss 

Oklahoma pageant. 



West performed a classical ballet during the talent portion 

of the Miss Oklahoma 2010 pageant. 

West transferred to UCO in 2007, partly 

so she could study with the “very talented” 

UCO dance instructors. 

“Right off the bat, they offered me 

opportunities to perform that challenged 

me,” West said. “It just confirmed for me 

that this was where I should be.” 

Jamie Jacobson, who is the chair of 

the UCO dance department, clearly 

remembers an event three years ago when 

a male dancer chose to forgo a trip to an 

international dance festival in Puebla, 

Mexico. West took over. 

“There was one part where she had 

to lift the dancer over her head. It takes 

tremendous strength, but she was able to 

do it. She took on the male part, and she 

did it beautifully. I liked her dedication 

and perseverance. She is very driven and 

competitive in a good way,” Jacobson said. 

West competed as Miss Libertyfest and 

Miss Grand Lake before winning the Miss 

Oklahoma competition. 

Before this year’s competition, Jacobson 

told West before the pageant that she knew 

she would win it. 

“She just seems to be at the pinnacle 

of her dancing, in her maturity, and I just 

couldn’t imagine her not winning. She is 

so beautiful. She has strong values and is 

unshakeable in that way. She is a woman of 

strong character.” 

Jacobson made this observation before 

she knew that West’s Miss Oklahoma 

“platform” is to promote leadership and 

character development. 

West is currently a board member of 

the Character Council of Edmond and a 

certified character coach. 

“Character goes right to the heart of 

who we are, and the really cool thing about 

leadership and character development is 

that it touches everyone,” West said. 

In the first few weeks after competing 

as Miss LibertyFest and winning the Miss 

Oklahoma crown, West was still adjusting 

to her new schedule. The day after she 

was crowned, she moved to the official 

“Miss Oklahoma” apartment in Tulsa. A 

typical day now includes news interviews, 

luncheons with civic organizations and 

other pageant duties. 

Like UCO student Lauren Nelson, 

who was Miss America in 2007, West will 

represent Oklahoma in the Miss America 

pageant in Las Vegas in January. 

“My ultimate joy has been fulfilled— 

although I would love nothing more than 

winning Miss America.” ■ 

Dance guest artist Bill Evans 

West dances with participants in the summer 2010 Dance 

and Down Syndrome Music Theatre Camp. 


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design 

CREATING 

TEAMWORK 

BUILDINGCITIES 

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This “Germ 

Colony” by 

student designers 

included a tooth 

hospital and a 

small river of 

mouthwash. 

By Chris Brawley- 

Morgan 

Professor Amy Johnson’s goal is to 

produce anti-diva designers. 

“We want to create work horses, not 

show ponies. Your work is better, and your 

career will be better too,” said Johnson, 

University of Central Oklahoma graphic 

design assistant professor. 

That’s why when Johnson redesigned the 

UCO design curriculum two years ago, she 

included the “Technicolor Cities” 

assignment in Design Foundations Three. 

Last spring, graphic and interior design 

majors built their cities: a Mario Brothersstyle 

community, an ideal college campus, a 

mythical Greek world and—perhaps most 

intriguingly—a germ colony on a tooth. 

The results were unique and visually 

striking, but “Technicolor Cities” was as 

much about building teams as building 

alternative universes. 

For example, the tooth team had to 

decide whether their fuzzy germ residents 

would come in all colors or just a few, said 

Amy Jacobson-Peters, UCO interior 

design instructor. 

“They didn’t want it to look like an 

elementary-school craft project. They went 

back and forth, and there were some strong 

opinions,” she said. 

In general, “all the teams had to settle 

disputes, collegially and professionally. 

Design is not an individual sport,” 

Jacobson-Peters said. 

For the “Technicolor Cities” project, the 

students built on 12–inch-by-12-inch squares 

that integrated with the surrounding 

squares and the “city” as a whole. 

Jency Johnson, an Oklahoma City 

sophomore who is a graphic design and 

computer science major, created a casino for 

the glittery, gilded version of Zeus’ heaven. 

She said her team usually worked together 

before or during class. 

“None of us wanted to do anything 

without seeing what other people were 

doing, just to make sure we were all going 

in the same direction,” she said. 

Besides proportion, the four levels of the 

Grecian city were connected by other 

elements, such as columns. For instance, 

the columns in the underworld were broken 

and cracked, while the ones on earth had a 

granite-look. 

“The columns are supposed to be cake 

toppers. We found a lot of stuff in the 

wedding section at Hobby Lobby,” said 

Jessica Harrison, a junior from Woodward 

who is double majoring in graphic design 

and advertising. 

The tooth city was linked by its white 

Styrofoam base and small rivers of 

mouthwash and fillings. It also included a 

wad of green gum—which the germs had 

converted to a climbing wall—and a 

downtown, which is where germs worked, 

hollowing out a cavity. 

The ideal college campus included plenty 

of free parking, a luxurious dorm with a 

rooftop pool and an energy drink factory. 

The Mario Brothers city was filled with 

vividly colored, erratically shaped buildings 

and mushrooms with polka dots. 

The 22 students who built the Grecian 

city won the contest for the best city. 

Johnson said it was clear by looking at the 

transitions between each section of the city 

that the team members cooperated. 

“The incorporation of the cities 

assignment into the foundations class has 

been very successful,” said Johnson. “It has 

offered our design students even more 

opportunities to enhance their 

understanding of compromise, increase 

their level of professionalism and encourage 

their creativity.” ■ 

One of the “Technicolor Cities” created by UCO student 

designers resembled the popular “Mario Brothers” video game. 


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design 

success 

by design 

NEW DESIGN MINOR FIRST OF ITS KIND 


The University of Central Oklahoma 

design department couldn’t help 

but notice the increasing demand for its 

illustration electives—only Illustration level 

I has been a design major requirement— 

and last semester, 60 students were 

signed up for level II. Couple that with 

the increase of UCO graduates getting 

jobs in the illustration field, and Design 

Department Chair Rukmini Ravikumar 

said that it didn’t take long to discover that 

a minor in illustration was necessary. 

“More and more of our students are 

getting illustration jobs and so where 

illustration used to be a side skill for a 

common graphic designer, it is now a fullfledged 

job in and of itself,” said Ravikumar. 

The illustration minor offered by UCO is 

the first and only one offered in the region. 

Ravikumar credits the growth of the 

program to Keith Webb, Central assistant 

professor of design. Ravikumar says Webb, 

an award-winning designer who is known 

for the use of vivid illustration in his own 

work, was the first to notice the rise in 

interest from students. 

“Making illustration an official minor 

was an easy decision because the nature of 

student interest has been a healthy, natural 

evolution,” said Webb. “Student interest has 

really peaked over the last year, and it was 

clear we needed to respond to that.” 

Ravikumar says Webb helps students 

understand that the design discipline is 

a balance. 

“Keith emphasizes the basics: handskills 

and the preparation for finding a 

balance between the foundations of 

illustration and current and forthcoming 

technologies,” said Ravikumar. 

“As a teaching philosophy, I try to teach 

students not to be seduced by technology 

and to emphasize the importance of 

foundational drawing skills as well as the 

process of illustration,” said Webb. 


“Archetype” by Amy Hubbard. 

Illustration II student, Ryan Hall works on a project.

IN REGION 

“The process is such a critical element. 

So I try to combine the traditional 

methodology with technology so that the 

designer doesn’t lose him or herself.” 

Overall, the design department’s goal is 

to make certain that illustration minors 

have access to enough tools to build 

competitive portfolios. That plan is working 

as evidenced by the fact that the 

illustration job-placement rate of UCO 

design graduates is higher than ever— 

especially in consideration of the current 

economic climate. 

“Urban Legend” by Luke Southern. 

In addition, illustration students have 

recently received accolades in competition, 

including the highly-coveted regional and 

national Addy Awards. MacGreggor Merritt, 

a Central design senior, won a Student 

ADDY in the category of Elements of 

Advertising: Illustration for his work 

entitled “Product Illustration;” Christopher 

Bridges, a recent Central design graduate, 

won a Student ADDY in that same category 

for his illustrative book “Blip the Bot” (Tate 

Publishing has picked up the book for 

future publication); and Kyle Ramsey, also 

a recent Central graduate, won Best of 

Show: Best Student for his work “BOOM 

Town 4 Pack,” a fictional brand created for 

this project. 

“The professional community has 

received our illustration students well,” 

noted Ravikumar. 

That’s a trend that will no doubt 

continue now that Central students have an 

added expertise in their portfolios. ■ 

“Student interest 

has really 

peaked over the 

last year, and it 

was clear we 

needed to 

respond to that.” 

Keith Webb 


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captured impressions 

Dean John Clinton with two members of the 

Rockettes during an alumni trip in New York City. 

Former long-time 

art department chair 

Kathryn Kunc (right) 

together with Zina 

Gelona, galleries and 

collections director, 

in front of Kunc’s 

work, “Fire,” at the 

retired and former 

faculty art exhibit in 

spring 2010. 

Central’s Jazz Ensemble I, directed by Brian Gorrell, performs at 

Fance’s Jazz a Juan Festival. 


A near sell-out crowd attended Drum Corp International in summer 2010. 

UCO Dance major and Miss Oklahoma 2010, Emoly West, shakes hands with 

donor Bob Aldridge at the Dance and Down Syndrome Music Theatre Camp 

finale performance. 

Left to right. Former UCO students: 

Perry Wortman, Aidan Carroll, Sharel 

Cassity and Ed Garcia with UCO Jazz 

Lab Director Lee Rucker and his wife 

Jenny Rucker during an alumni trip in 

New York City. 


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development and donors 


When the University of Central 

Oklahoma’s newest garden recently 

began putting down roots, its inspiration 

was already in place: casually perched on 

a bench, his soulful eyes glancing towards 

Mitchell Hall Theater. 

William Shakespeare, in the form 

of a life-size bronze statue, is now the 

centerpiece of the new Shakespeare 

garden at Central. 

Rainey High, UCO assistant director 

of architectural services, suggested the 

garden’s theme. 

“It didn’t take much of a leap to make 

the connection. He needs to be in a 

Shakespeare garden, for goodness sakes,” 

High said. 

High also created the design for 

the garden, which so far has brought 

improved outdoor lighting, new benches 

given by donors and landscaping to 

Mitchell Hall Theater’s front lawn. 

Shakespeare gardens, which are grown 

throughout the world, typically include 

some of the 100 or so plants mentioned 

by Shakespeare in his 38 plays and 

numerous sonnets and poems. The plants 

are usually marked with a line or two of 

the appropriate Shakespearean reference. 

The public Shakespeare gardens 

usually offer formal, geometric-style 

English landscaping, areas of more 

natural, cottage-style growth and a 

weatherproof likeness of Shakespeare. 

In the long run, all of these elements 

will comprise the UCO garden with the 

bronze statue of Shakespeare already in 

place. The figure of the bard, sitting next 

Bloom 

shakespeare 

garden to 

to the skull from “Hamlet,” was installed in 

2007 as a tribute to the late UCO Theatre 

Arts Professor, Douglas Getzoff. 

“This will be a great thing to have in front 

of the theater. It will be a point of interest, 

as well as a place to gather before and after 

the show,” said Jim Poe, UCO director of 

Mitchell Hall and university productions. 

One of the first improvements to the 

garden, located near the intersection of 

University Drive and East Main, was the 

removal of a large expanse of concrete. 

Aged residential lights have been replaced 

by commercial-grade versions. In addition, 

six classic-styled benches will eventually 

replace benches with concrete bases. 

So far, four of those classic benches, 

each costing $1,500, have been donated 

by Jack and Pam McCarty in honor of 

their daughter Hannah; by Gayle Kearns, 

associate dean of the College of Fine Arts 

and Design; by Jim Poe whose purchase 

replaces an existing bench in memory of 

Charles Wilmon Overton, a member of 

Central’s Blue Curtain Players; and by 

members of the Cambridge Club, a group of 

wives of former faculty members. 

“We thought the bench was a great way 

to celebrate our 100th anniversary in 

2013,” said Cambridge Club member Kathy 

Thomas. “It’s in front of Mitchell Hall; it’s 

visible; and it will get used. In addition, the 

bench also shows a strong tie to Central.” 

College of Fine Art and Design 

Development Director, Lori Alspaugh, 

says the benches are a unique way to 

commemorate someone or something special. 

“Mitchell Hall is a historic building that 

was neglected for so long. This is a great 

way to showcase one of the crown jewels of 

our campus, and donors can be an integral 

part of that,” Alspaugh said. 

Eventually, the new landscaping will 

create a courtyard effect near Mitchell 

Hall’s entrance, making the whole 

entrance to the historic theater much more 

aesthetically pleasing. 

For information on purchasing a bench, 

contact Alspaugh at (405) 974-3778. ■ 

24 Impressions 2008|2009 2010|2011 

Top: “Shakespeare” by Gary Lee Price


Life is about finding balance: work and 

play, right and left, art and science. The 

Tackett Family Foundation (TFF), donors to 

the UCO College of Fine Arts and Design, 

strive to exist within this balance not only 

in their own lives, but also in the way they 

choose to give. 

The TFF is an estate trust set up in the 

memory of the late father of Daniel Tackett 

and Dr. Karen Barnes, Central professor of 

professional health occupations. The TFF 

has been a quiet donor to both arts and 

science at Central. 

Tackett attended Central State for his 

pre-medical preparation in biology, while 

“When I began my career in medicine, I 

had a sense of regret that I could not pursue 

a simultaneous career in art. It just wasn’t 

possible to do both full-time. In my spare 

time, I did make an effort to pursue art, 

and it was always in the back of my mind 

to switch careers while I still had eyesight, 

steady hands and half a brain—which is 

debatable,” Tackett told “The Dakota Day” 

in an interview last year. 

As a retired physician and current artist, 

Tackett now maintains the same duality of 

balance as a donor, giving to support the 

arts as well as math and science at UCO. 

Currently, contributions from the TFF 

Dr. Daniel Tackett 

the ART of DONATING 

simultaneously majoring in commercial 

art under retired Emeritus Professor 

William Wallo. He then spent 25 years as a 

radiation oncologist in Rapid City, S.D., and 

is now a full-time artist. 

“To this day, I still use the techniques 

I learned under Bill [Wallo]. I work with 

color, composition and tonal elements,” 

said Tackett. 

In a career as a cancer physician, he 

used his art to steady his life. When he 

was doing his medical residency in Kansas, 

Tackett was honored during the annual 

open house of the Kansas state senate 

where his work hung in the office of the 

President of the Senate for one year. 

are being used to fund renovations to the 

Melton Art Gallery, including the addition 

of a teaching classroom, Central’s Math and 

Science Lab and the Oklahoma Center for 

Arts Education’s Drama Day-camp. 

The TFF concentrates on donating to 

UCO because “UCO has always felt like 

my true alma mater, even though I also 

graduated from programs at the University 

of Oklahoma and the University of Kansas,” 

said Tackett. 

The College of Fine Arts and Design is 

privileged to have support from the TFF. 

“The Tackett/Barnes families see the 

value of arts education and without their 

support, UCO students and children who 

attend our camps would not be able to 

experience the important benefits of both 

the performing and fine arts,” said Dr. 

Gayle Kearns, associate dean of the College 

of Fine Arts and Design. 

Next fall, Tackett plans to return to 

Central. He and Wallo, a life-long mentor, 

are tentatively planning an exhibit under 

the direction of Zina Gelona, Central’s 

director of Galleries and Collections. 

“Dan has come full circle: from beginning 

his career at UCO to planning an exhibit 

here. We couldn’t be more thrilled to 

showcase his work in the Donna Nigh 

Gallery,” said Gelona. ■ 


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ok center for arts education 

by Chris brawley-morgan 

J 

.C. Carroll, 9, offered his review 

immediately after the University of 

Central Oklahoma opera “Little Red 

Riding Hood: “Pretty decent. I liked the 

chopping part.” 

Besides the singing—“I didn’t know 

college kids could do that!”—Carroll said he 

especially liked the part when the wolf 

popped off the stage, practically landing in 

the audience. “It was like 3-D, only it was 

real,” he said. 

Carroll is a student at Northern Hills 

Elementary School in the Edmond School 

District. Last spring, he and nearly 120 of 

his peers attended the UCO opera “Little 

Red Riding Hood,” written by the 

contemporary composer Seymour Barab. 

The matinee opera was performed at 

Mitchell Hall Theater and hosted by the 

Oklahoma Center for Arts Education 

(OCAE), a division of the UCO College of 

Fine Arts and Design. 

Besides its community outreach 

programs, like opera performances for 

elementary school students, OCAE also 

hosts free day-long workshops for high 

school students and 15 summer camps. 

“Our mission is to provide arts education 

through collaboration, professional 

development and research,” said Ines 

Burnham, OCAE program manager. 

Second-grade teacher Kathy Williams 

said attending the opera was a too-good-tobe-missed 

educational opportunity for the 

Edmond students. 

“I love the arts, but opera’s not something 

we can always do in the classroom. And not 

all of them have been exposed to theater,” 

Williams said. 

O pera 

FOR ALL AGES 

She said many of her students wanted to “It was awesome. Opera is my favorite 

tell her right after the opera ended what kind of singing,” said Sarah Pulley, age 8. 

they noticed: the rhyming, the jokes and that “Actually, it was my first opera.” 

some of the performers played two roles. “I Next up for the OCAE is sponsoring the 

think they enjoyed it all,” she said. 

children’s opera, “Jack and the Beanstalk,” 

As they headed to a picnic on the UCO in the spring of 2011. 

lawn, the students confirmed Williams’ 

“We are working with even more public 

impression. 

schools for this upcoming production and 

“I liked it. It was funny. The boy killed the will be performing the show at their 

wolf and the Grandma was dancing,” said schools. We find that this tough budget 

DaShontria Greasham, age 7. 

year has made it difficult for local schools 

“I liked how the wolf played tricks on to travel to performances so we are excited 

everybody and how the singers changed to help fill in the gap by bringing the arts 

parts so quickly,” said Elijiah Lyons, age 8. to them,” said Burnham. 

For current OCAE offerings, visit 

www.ocae.net. ■ 


Top: Children greet some of the UCO cast 

members of the opera, “Little Red Riding Hood.”

academy of contemporary music 

e x p a n d s 

BY Adrienne Nobles 

The Academy of Contemporary Music at 

the University of Central Oklahoma 

(ACM@UCO) has expanded both its 

programs and its space in its second year 

to meet the needs of an estimated 400 

students—more than doubling the students 

it welcomed as its first class in August 2009. 

“The pace of the growth certainly 

exceeded our expectations,” said Steve 

Kreidler, executive vice president at the 

University of Central Oklahoma. “When 

you get guests like The Who’s Roger 

Daltrey stopping by, you’re bound to attract 

attention. That, along with our students, 

faculty and staff, have helped us build a 

great reputation.” 

The ACM@UCO, which currently 

occupies the entire fourth floor of the 

Oklahoma Hardware Building in Bricktown, 

recently added another 4,400 square feet of 

space for classrooms and faculty offices on 

the second floor of the building. 

In addition, The ACM@UCO gained 

its own 6,500 square foot rehearsal and 

performance venue through a second lease 

for 323 E. Sheridan in Bricktown. 

The space serves as a valuable learning 

tool for students as the ACM@UCO has also 

expanded its academic programming. 

“What excites me the most about the 

expansion at ACM@UCO are the two new 

paths for students to follow: music business 

and keyboards,” said Scott Booker, ACM@ 

UCO CEO. 

“The new space on Sheridan is our 

‘Live Performance Lab.’ It gives our 

students a high-profile venue to hone their 

performance skills, as well as a place for 

those in our new music business program 

to actively learn how to run a live venue.” 

The ACM@UCO is also using the 

venue as a place to welcome professional 

musicians traveling through Oklahoma 

for special performances, adding to the 

academy’s mission to connect students with 

industry veterans. 

The university has made the space at 

323 E. Sheridan an “all ages” venue by 

removing all traces of the bar. 

“Students thinking about coming to the 

ACM@UCO have a safe place provided 

by the university to come and enjoy great 

music in Bricktown. There’s nothing else 

like that down here right now,” added 

Kreidler. 

Based on the successful model from 

the original ACM in Guilford, England, 

the ACM@UCO is an innovative music 

program unlike any other in the U.S., 

offering an industry-based, “real world” 

educational experience for those interested 

in a career in contemporary music. 

In addition to the keyboard and music 

business programs launched this fall, the 

ACM@UCO offers two-year associate degree 

programs in bass, drums, guitar, music 

production and vocals. 

Classes are taught by music industry 

veterans and supplemented with master 

classes featuring invited guests. For more 

information, visit ACM@UCO’s website at 

www.acm-uco.com. ■ 


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our alumni 

2001 

Nicole Adkins, BA 

Erin Anderson, BA 

Matt Avra, BA 

Lisa Baldwin, BMED 

Amy Barker, BAED 

Jonathan Beall, BA 

Brian Beene, BA 

Netsanet Betru, BA 

Ronny Cahyadi, BM, MM ‘02 

Tse-Ming Chang, BA 

Hsiu-Ying Chen, BM 

Roberta Cothrum, BA 

David Davisson, MME 

Rebecca Deshong, BMED 

Christina Dickson, BA 

Jason Dobbins, BMED 

Gary Dukesherer, BA 

Jera Dunn, BM 

Freda Edwards, BA 

Bryan Ewers, BFA 

Stephen Friel, MME 

Olivia Frisbie, BA 

Sarah Fuller, BFA 

Sean Gallagher, BM, MM ‘02 

Zina Gelona, BFA, MED ‘04 

Raimund Gernjak, BA 

Leslie Glenn, BAED 

Chad Gulley, BM 

Yoshiko Haga, BA 

Meredith Hanebutt, BM 

Donna Hope, BFA 

Jessica Huang, BM 

Jessica Hutchins, BFA 

Merry Jenkins, BA 

Nam Jin Jin, BA 

Aaron Johnson, MME 

Kevin Joyner, BA 

Hung-Chih Kuo, BM, MM ‘03 

J Lassiter, MME 

Susan Lawrence, BFA 

Hyojung Lee, BM 

Shae Mains, BFA 

James Martin, BA 

Melissa Mayo, BAED 

Dylan McCanlies, BAED 

Nicolee McCowen, BA 

Michael McKinney, BA 

Sean McMurray, BM 

Elizabeth Missick, BMED 

Kevin Mix, BA 

Justin Moore, BA 

Janet Morava, BA 

Lauren Mustain, BA 

Wenida Nova, BA 

Darren Park, BA 

Amanda Price, BA 

Dawn Rodgers, BA 

Akiko Saito, BMED 

Martina Sanchez, BA 

Jennifer Schafer, BM 

Dennis Sharp, BMED 

Zon-Chi Shiu, BA 

Idit Shner, MME 

Valerie Smith, BFA 

Andrea Springall, BMED, MM ‘02 

Maria Strain, BFA 

Brian Stromlund, BA 

Keith Tiller, MME 

Steven Troyer, BM, MM ‘04 

Yu-Mei Tsai, BM 

Kacy Vanosdol, BA 

Pornsak Visitpong, BA 

Heather Walker, BMED 

Deleta Ward, BAED 

Julie Webb, BFA 

Angela Wedeking, BMED 

William Weeks, BA 

Douglas West, BA 

Summer Wheat, BA 

Charles White, BFA 

Jennifer Whitten, BA 

Christopher Williams, BA 

David Woods, BA 

Arthur Younger, BA 

2002 

Emiri Abe, BM 

Michael Alexander, BM 

Jennifer Alspach, BA 

Jessica Alvarez, BFAED 

Catherine Baird, BFA 

John Bandy, BFA 

Leslie Barabasz, BAED 

Heather Bellgardt, BAED 

Julia Bentley, BFA 

Lynsey Bergren, BFA 

Rita Black, BMED 

Kristi Blackburn, BFA 

Tonya Bolton-Johnson, BFA 

Michael Brooks, BFA 

Candace Brown, BFA 

Stephanie Brown, BMED 

Jason Burkhart, BA 

Jamie Buxton, BM 

Donavon Calvert, BMED, MM ‘03 

Stacy Chambless, BFA 

Marissa Chaney, BFA 

Christian Cloud, BA 

Sean Cornwell, BFA 

Stephen Coy, BFA 

Amanda Danskin, BM 

Shannon Dedman, BFA 

Jacob Detommaso, BFA 

Danelle Dillman, BFA 

Brittanie Dudley, BFA 

Jane Duffy, BFAED 

Michael Glendinning, BFA 

Katie Gonzales, BFA 

Lori Gonzalez, BFA 

Ruth Gray, BFA 

Bryan Grigsby, BA 

Christan Harris, BFA 

Julie Hawk, BMED 

Norbert Heckmann, BAED 

Tara Heitz, BMED 

Mary Hines, BFA 

Ferris Hunt, BFA 

Ronald Hunter, BFA, BFA ‘05 

Jennifer Icenhower, BFA 

Martin Karagoutev, BFA 

Jacquelyn Karash, MM 

Lesa Kobriger, BFAED 

Emily Krebbs, BMED 

Tien Yao Kung, BM, MM ‘03 

James Labus, BMED 

Astrid Leal, MM 

Lorne Lee, BM 

Chen-Yu Lin, BA 

Tasha Macrory, BMED 

Kyle Martin, BAED 

Jill Matsumoto, BFA 

Graham McCarty, BFA 

Darci McCurdy, BA 

Donna McGhghy, BMED 

Jennifer McNaughton, BFA 

Julie Meyer, BFA 

Naoko Mori, BAED 

J T Murrell, BM 

Lindsy Neely, BFA 

Tim Newcombe, BM 

Kelly Odom, MFA 

Julie Oxford, BFA 

Andy Palmer, BMED 

Stacee Perry-Dingler, BAED 

Virginia Phillippe, BFA 

Brad Poarch, BFA 

Jacquelyn Pope, BFA 

Joshua Rasdall, MM 

Matthew Reed, BFA 

Tara Rehrig, BFA 

C Reniers, BFA 

Rachel Rickner, BMED 

Greg Riggs, BMED 

Morgan Robinson, BFA 

Kristin Rowell, BFA 

Bryan Saremaslani, BFA 

Erin Schovanec, BFAED 

Ryan Sharp, BM 

Niyati Sheth, BM 

Annamarie Slater, BMED 

Amanda Sleeper, BMED 

Janelle Smith, BFA 

Kelly Solorio, BA 

Damon Stanford, BA 

Julius Stevens, BMED 

Clayton Summers, BFA 

Paul Sweet, BM 

Jennifer Taylor, BA 

Connie Thornton, BFA 

Abby Tresner, BM 

Gail Trice, BFA 

Leala Ulrich, BFA 

Taylor Valentine, BFA 

Justin Walke, BMED 

Kristen Walser, BFA 

Serena Wheeler, BFA 

Marla White, BMED 

Douglas Wilson, BM 

Harry Wolohon, BM 

Pawinee Yanpirat, MFA 

2003 

Shintaro Abe, BFA 

Justin Baker, BFA 

Joy Baresel, BFA 

Jennifer Baughman, BFA 

Pamela Bellinghausen, BFA 

Tina Bernal, BM 

Ryota Bozaki, BM 

Chris Buerger, BMED 

Jeremy Burroughs, BM 

Adam Burt, BFA 

Evan Catron, BFA 

Amanda Chapman-Roach, BFA 

Aery Choi, MM 

Beyoung Choi, BFA 

Tara Claxton, BFA 

Tim Clayton, BAED 

Ginger Coleman, BM 

Jessica Creach, BFA 

Sherri Crutchfield, BFA 

Dana Dallman, BFA 

Elizabeth Dean, BFAED 

Matthew Dejonge, BFA 

Scott Douglas, BFA 

Maggie Duncan, BM 

Cordell Ehrich, BMED 


Julie Ely, MM 

Larry Farmer, BFA 

Kelley Farrar, BFA 

Jamie Fleetwood, BFA 

Kerry Folsom, BM, MM ‘05 

Christina Francis, BFA 

Jennifer Frey, BFA 

Carrie Fudickar, BFA 

Yuliya Galicheva, BFA 

Jennifer Galloway, BFA 

John Gatewood, BFA 

Samantha Goddard, BFA 

Nikola Govich, BFA 

Ashley Griffin, BFA 

James Hall, BM 

Teri Harper, BA 

Daniel Honiker, BFA 

Mikasa Hopper, BFA 

Chun-Ping Huang, BM, MM ‘04 

Detra Humphrey, BFA 

Kathrine Huskey, BMED 

Jason Hutton, BFA 

Dear Intapunya, MFA 

Brian Jackson, BMED 

Robin Johnson, BMED 

Megumi Kanaori, BFA 

Hong-Kyu Kang, BFA 

Sara Kelley, BMED 

Bennie Kendrick, BM 

Kevin Kibbe, BFA 

Kelly King, BFA 

Aaron Knapp, BFA 

Shawna Koehler, BMED 

Urara Kurahashi, BFA 

Chin-Chun Liao, MM 

Dayna Liddell, BFA 

Gordon Lizama, BMED 

Jennifer Machala, BFA 

Jennifer Mangiliman, BA 

Christopher Martin, BFA 

Jodie Martin, BAED 

Leila Mawby, BFA 

David Mays, BFA 

Jennifer McCoy, BMED, MM ‘07 

Jennifer McDaniel, BMED 

Jonathan McElroy, BM 

Karen Meharg, BMED 

James Miller, BMED 

Ric Miller, BFA 

Heather Mills, BFAED 

Jessica Mitchell, BFA 

Alejandra Morales, MFA 

Miyuki Nagasawa, BA 

Eri Nakazono, BFA 

David Neher, BFA 

Lane Nelson, BFA 

Jenika Oakes, MFA 

Reimi Okuda, BFA 

Erin Oldfield, BA 

Mandy Overton, BM 

Katy Philips, BFA 

Justin Pourtorkan, BMED, 

MM ‘05 

Jennifer Price, BFA 

Matthew Reeves, BFA 

Renee Rendall, BFA 

Julie Repass, BMED 

Christi Roberts, BFA 

Clint Rohr, MM 

Jennifer Roush, BFA 

Stacia Roybal, BM 

Amanda Sasser, BM 

Hiroko Shimada, BA 

Olan Sides, BFA 

Misty Slough, BFA 

Nina St Peter, BFA 

Rebecca Stateler, BAED 

Erin Streetman, BFA 

Susana, BFA 

Hsi Tai, MFA 

Misa Takazawa, BFA 

Bendy Tan, BA 

Christie Teeters, BM 

Candace Thomas, BFA 

Lacey Thomas, BFA 

George Tomek, BA 

Eriko Tozune, BFA 

Nongram Trachoo, MFA 

Jessica VanVoast, BM 

Judith Vice, BFA 

V Vivi, MM 

David Wade, BA 

Clint Walkingstick, BFA 

Margaret Washam, BFA 

Mary Waters, BFA 

Christopher White, BM 

Brittney Wigley, BFA 

Angela Wilson, BMED 

Brian Wilson, BFA 

Tifaney Wollert, BFAED 

Michele Wood, BFA 

Shannon Wood, BAED 

Masayo Yamaguchi, BFA 

Brandee Yates, BA 

Maiya Yde, BFA 

2004 

Charles Ackerly, BFA 

Lindsay Appleby, BFA 

Jennifer Armstrong-Diaz, BMED 

Delia Balliet-Bertrem, BFA 

Elizabeth Barnes, BFA 

Fallon Barnes, BFA 

Jake Beeson, BFA 

Natalie Bevill, BFA 

Merri Biechler, BFA 

Lawrence Bodine, BM, MM ‘06 

Mary Brading, BFA 

Eric Brown, MM 

Tiffany Bruner, BFA 

Amber Butler, BFA 

Christopher Campbell, BFAED 

Jacqueline Carmichael, MFA 

Paige Carr, BFA 

Shannon Casey, BFAED 

Eric Chambray, BFA 

Amy Chase, BFA 

Chun-Kuang Chen, BFA 

Marian Cox, BFA 

Sara Crowley, BFA 

Justin D’Apolito, BFA 

Lindsay Davidson, BFA 

Kyla Davis, BFAED 

Megan Day-Poarch, BFA 

Kendall Deaton, BFA 

Amy Decker, BFA 

Irwin Delano, BFA 

Steven Dillon, BFA 

Genevieve Dunne, BFA 

David Edwards, BMED 

Leroy Estes, BFA 

Amanda Evans, BFA 

Carmen Fraire, BFAED 

Kylin Gable, BM 

Carrie Gordon, BFA 

Karmen Gregory, BFA 

Rosilyn Grigsby, BFA 

Gerald Groom, BFA 

Promise Guidry, BFA 

Peter Halim, BFA 

Amanda Harolds, BFA 

Erica Haynie, BFA 

Devin Hefner, BFAED 

Ashley Heitschmidt, BFAED 

Budiono Heng, BFA 

Bryan Herring, BFAED 

Yuuka Hirama, BFA 

Jennifer Hodges, BFA 

Kelly Hooper, BFA 

Amy Houghtaling, BFAED 

David Irby, MM 

Kanako Iwamaru, BM 

Chelsey James, BFA 

Sara Janzen, BM 

Andre Johnson, BFA 

Jessica Johnson, BFA 

David Jones, BFA 

Asuka Kamono, BFA 

Amy Kerr, BFA 

Paul Kilsch, BFA 

Kacey Kimball, BM 

Carly King, BFA 

Sachiko Kobayashi, BFA 

Noriko Koga, BFA 

Jenny Kohler, BFA 

Aiko Kotani, BFA 

Kathy Krizer, BMED 

Tosha Kubiak, BFA 

Megan Kubik, BM 

Jeannie Leblanc, BFA 

Chan-Wei Lin, BFA 

Leslie Little, BFA 

Stephanie Long, BM 

Kelsey Longanacre, BFA 

Amee Majors, BFA 

Gregory Mangus, BM 

Joshua McBride, BFA 

William McCrary, BFA 

Leslie McElroy, BM 

Adam Mewhorter, MM 

Matt Meyerdirk, BM 

Keri Mills, BFA 

Maria Mizunuma, BM 

Katrina Monroe, BFA 

Tiffany Montgomery, BFA 

Dawn Moran, BFA 

Chihiro Moteki, BM 

Stephen Murray, BM 

James Neighbors, BMED 

Hong Nguyen, BFA 

Jennie Nguyen, BFA 

Genaro Ortega, BFA 

Angela Ozment, BFAED 

Brandi Parker, BFA 

Elvis Patton, BFA 

Michelle Petty, BMED 

Anndrea Ploeger, BFA, 

BFAED ‘06 

Wesley Powell, BFA 

Sheetal Prabhu, BFA 

Aaron Radcliff, BFA 

Lenley Rahhal, BFA 

Jessica Reimer, BFA 

Christine Reyes, BFA 

Billy Richardson, BMED 

Tasuku Sagami, BFA 

Rawad Saghir, BFA 

Saori Sakakibara, BFA 

Arsam Salahimoghadam, BFA 

David Sever, BFA 


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our alumni 

Holly Sibley, BFA 

Abby Simons, BFA 

Emily Skidmore, BFA 

Carrie Smith, BFA 

Krista Stanley, BFAED 

Charlotte Stansberry, BFA 

Bethany Stephens, BFA 

Joy Summar, BFA 

Yuko Takeda, BFA 

Allison Taylor, BM, MM ‘08 

Kelli Taylor, BMED 

Debra Thompson, MM 

Nicholas Trahan, BFA 

Nathan Tucker, BFA 

Dustin Van Voast, BM 

Dorothy Virden, BFA 

Joseph Von Feldt, BFA 

Robyn Waggoner, BFA 

Vanessa Wakefield, BFA 

Robert Ward, MM 

Dana Weddle, BFA 

Tzu-Hua Wen, MFA 

Arthur Whaley, BFA 

Kathryn White, BFA 

Joanne Won, BM 

Jordan Wood, BFA 

Takashi Yoshida, BFA 

2005 

Kameron Ackerman, BM 

Tammy Aderhold, BFA 

Jennifer Armstrong, BFA 

Masanobu Asai, BFA 

Aiya Attaway, BM, MM ‘09 

Megan Barnes, BFA 

Bjorn Bauer, BFAED 

Mitchell Bell, BM, MM ‘09 

Margaret Benoit, BFA 

Timothy Berg, BFA 

Candice Black, BFA 

Lisa Boyce, BFAED 

KaDee Bramlett, BM 

Jaymi Bush, BFA 

Jessica Carpenter, BFA 

Jessica Clayton, BFA 

Malcolm Coetzee, BFA 

Shari Darr, BFA 

Holly Dean, BMED 

Adelita Dixon, BFA 

Rusty Eldred, BFA 

Jose Estrada, BFA 

Barbara Garner, BFA 

Rickey Gathright, BFA 

Jelena Gazivoda, BFA 

Chrystal Ghoram, BFA 

James Griffis, BFA 

Susan Hamilton, BFA 

Matthew Hammervold, BFA 

Jenkin Hammond, BFA 

Kristen Hancock, BM 

Melody Hansen, BFA 

Suzuka Harada, BFA 

Jana Heidebrecht, BMED 

Audrey Henderson, BM 

Yun Hendricks, BFA 

Lisa Hoang, BFA 

Jamie Jackson, BFA 

Jeffrey Johnson, BM 

Payten Johnson, BFA 

Rance Johnson, BFA 

Mirlinda Kadriu, BFA 

Rumbidzai Kanyumbu, BFA 

Hiroko Kato, BFA 

Natsuki Kato, BFA 

Richard Kingston, BFA BFA 

Mari Konishi, BFA 

Shiobhan Kravig, BFA 

Nathan Leonard, BMED 

Craig Longacre, BFA 

Katherine Loving, BFA 

Amy Lucas, BMED 

Jeff Mains, BFA 

Tabitha Manners, BFA 

Erika Maschmeier, BFA 

Christopher Maupin, BFA 

Ryan McCreary, BMED 

Sarah McElroy, BFA 

Christie McGough, BFA 

Morgan McNeil, BFA 

Eri Michihata, BFA 

Rie Miki, BFA 

James Morley, BFA 

Jeffrey Morris, BM 

Miranda Morrison, BFA 

Joni Muller, BFAED 

Mark Nokes, BM 

John Osborn, BFA 

Mikael Paparisto, BFA 

Abbie Petticrew, BFA 

Kim Phan, BFA 

Bridget Pipkin, BFA 

Keisha Pratt, BFA 

Linda Richey, MFA 

Miranda Rickner, BFA 

Jean Rogers, BA 

Valerie Schuermann, BFA 

Kimberly Scott, BFAED 

Kevin Sharp, BM 

Amber Sheffield, BFA 

Terri Shires, BFA 

Lynda Siavashpour, BFAED 

Brandy Sitts, BFAED 

Chad Sizemore, BMED 

Susan Smith, BFA 

Emily South, BFA 

Jared Stewart, BFA 

Emily Suggs, BFA 

Shizuichi Tanaka, BFA 

Amara Thayer, BFA 

David Thummel, BFA 

Tiffany Tuttle, BFA 

Lindsie Vanwinkle, BM 

Mark Vaughn, BFA 

Cory VonTungelin, BFA 

Cari Wallenberg, BFA 

Stacie Warner, BFA 

Erika Wilhite, BFA 

Lisa Willis, BFA 

Erin Wilson, BFA 

Misty Winsworth, BFA 

Ashlee Wood, BM 

2006 

Jodi Agee, BFA 

Jodi Agee, BFA 

Amy Akin, BFAED 

Vanessa Altshuler, BM 

Shannon Atencio, BM 

Elizabeth Batjes, BFAED 

Bradley Benefield, BFA 

Brooke Beougher, BFA 

Jada Blankenship, BFA 

William Bohannan, BFA 

Jamie Bortscheller, BMED 

Kristen Bowlby, BFA 

Dylan Bradway, BFA 

Whitney Burge, BFA 

Dustin Burns, BFA 

Miico Burton, BFA 

Jeffrey Carrico, BM, MM ‘08 

Aidan Carroll, BM 

Yen-Wei Chang, BFA 

Kimberly Christensen, BFA 

Cerelia Ciputra, BM 

Robert Colt, BFA 

Ginger Cox, BFA 

Sara Craig, BFA 

Amanda Cross, BM 

Rebecca Decker, BFA 

Elena Dineva, BFA 

Carolina Elizabeth, BFA 

Tyler Evans, BFA 

Melissa Fair, BFA 

Doug Fallis, BMED, MM ‘09 

Christina Fesmire, BFA 

Miho Fisher, BM, MM ‘08 

Carley Flowers, BM 

Summer Floyd, BFA 

William Francis, BMED 

Melanie Fuller, BM 

Sarah Gichanga, BFA 

Daniel Gilbert, BFA 

Stefanie Gowdy, BFA 

Brett Gray, BFAED 

Priscilla Gray, BMED, MM ‘08 

Elizabeth Greenwood, BFA 

Aminata Gueye, BFA 

Jennifer Harden, BFA 

Allison Harling, BFAED 

Wynita Harris, BFAED 

Bill Hart, BFA 

Lindsay Hartman, BFA 

Yumi Hashiguchi, BFA 

Marnel Havard, BFA 

Julie Held, BFA 

Tova Henderson, BFA 

Erin Henry, BFA 

Eriko Hidaka, BFA 

Karen Holt, BM 

Lindsey Jacobson, BFA 

Devon James, BFA 

Han-Ting Jan, BFA 

Philip Jimison, BFA 

Heather Johnson, BFAED 

Michelle Johnson, BFAED 

Sarah Johnson, BFA 

Lilly Jones, BFA 

Lathen Kamas, BFA 

Julie Kasbohm, BFA 

Miki Katagiri, BFA 

Dan Kato, BFA 

Nicole Kelly, BFA 

Matthew Kilgore, BFA 

Kelly Koenig, BFA 

Aya Kogiso, BFA 

Jay Krottinger, BM 

Noriko Kudo, BFA 

Kathleen Lakey, BFA 

Megan Landa, BFAED 

Sarah Leis, BFA 

Huan-Cheng Lin, BFA 

Faith Livingston, BM 

Kimberly Loveridge, BFA 

Lisa Mansell, BFAED 

Ashley Martin, BFA 

Jimmy Martz, BMED, MM ‘09 

Richard Mason, BFA 

Jennifer McEntee, BFA 

Jason McMurray, BFA 

Alyssa McNutt, BM 


Carly Memoli, BFA 

Peter Meyer, BFA 

Yuichi Miyazaki, BM 

Sarah Mott, BFA 

Harry Motter, BFA 

Amy Novak, BFA 

Joshua Ogle, BFA 

Chiemi Ono, BFA 

Monica Orr, BFA 

Thomas Owens, BM 

Kimberly Percell, BFA 

Christina Perrine, BFA 

Lindsey Pittman, BMED 

Philip Pittman, BMED 

Shannon Priddy, BFA 

Jacqueline Pursell, BFAED 

Christyn Raincrow, BMED 

Gary Rapson, BM 

Michael Reyna, BM 

Maya Robinson, BFA 

T’alicia Robinson, BFAED 

Nicki Robnett, BFA 

Fazeela Saiyed, BFA 

Rebecca Schmidt, BMED 

Regan Schreier, BM 

Michelle Selby, BFA 

Roy Selvaraj, BFA 

Russell Sharp, BM 

Shikoh Shiraiwa, BFA 

Lisa Smallwood, BFA 

Summer Smith, BFA 

Richard Standifer, BMED 

Lori Stein, BFA 

Gerald Stephens, BFA 

Sarah Stimpson, BFA 

Aldon Stone, BFA 

Lacey Stottsberry, BFAED 

Lucia Stowe, BFA 

Virgil Stringfield, BFA 

Mayumi Sunaga, BFA 

Rebecca Teeters, BMED 

Aaron Tomasko, BM 

Carole Townsend, BFA 

Corban Turner, BFA 

Monica Vargas, BFA 

Merrilee Veres, BFA 

Sarah Wall, BFA 

Chun-Wen Wang, BFA 

Amanda Waterman, BMED 

Gilles Weingart, BFA 

Adam White, BFA 

Terren Wooten, BFA 

Robert Wright, BFA 

Chiew Yan, BFA 

2007 

Elford Alley, BFA 

Jennifer Arnold, BFAED 

Sarah Bailey, BFA 

Taloah Bain, BFA 

Kathie Baker, BFA 

Theresa Baker, BM 

Chad Bianco, BFA 

Colby Bowers, BFA 

Eric Bradford, MM 

M’lea Briggs, BFA 

Andrew Brooks, MM 

Elspeth Brown, BFA 

Mykle Bull, BFA 

Julia Chapman, BFA 

Matthew Charnay, BFA 

Matthew Cheek, BFA 

Candice Chowning, BFA 

Kelli Clark, BFA 

Vicki Clark, BFAED 

Heather Cobb, BMED, MM ‘09 

Christine Comtois, BFA 

Danielle Coody, BFA 

Christi Cooper, BFA 

Thomas Cowling, BFA 

Cara Davis, BFA 

William Davis, BFA 

Samantha De Arman, BM 

Annaleigha DeLaune, BFA 

Shali Desai, BFA 

Jessica Dietert, BFA 

Avy Doran, BFA 

Bobbi Elkamely, BM, MM ‘10 

Kathleen Essmiller, MM 

Bruce Finley, BFA 

Dana Frichette, BFA 

Amanda Gacke, BFA 

Andrea Gardner, BFA 

Andrews Gonzalez, MM 

Mary Greer, BFA 

Tiffany Haines, BFA 

Jennifer Hall, BFAED 

Monica Hall, BFA 

Staci Hall, BFA 

Robert Hanlin, BMED, MM ‘09 

Joe Harjo, BFA 

Erica Hatchell, BFA 

Erica Hayes, BFA 

Wafae Hddigui, BFA 

Preston Herring, BFA 

Ross Hines, BFAED 

LaTasha Hinex, BFA 

Leanna Holman, BFA 

Amanda Horton, MFA 

John Horton, BM 

Kathryn Hoyt, BFA 

Shou-Chun Huang, MM 

James Hugo, BFA 

Amanda Hurd, BFA 

Adrienne Hutcheson, BFA 

Miki Ishikawa, BFA 

Adelina Jaha, BFA 

Kayla Jenkins, BFA 

Danielle Johnson, BFA 

Ashley Jones, BFAED 

James Kamau, BFA 

Sayaka Kamimoto, BM 

Robert Keltch, BFA 

James Kennedy, BFA 

Stacy Kettner, BFA 

Liuciana Kirana, BFA 

Shannon Kolvitz, BFA 

Kaitlin Kuykendall, BFA 

Carlye Lawson, BFA, BFAED ‘09 

Katy Leatherwood, BFA 

Adam Lock, BM 

Dustin Loehrs, BM 

Adrienne Macumber, BFA 

Stephanie Matthews, BMED 

Jessica Mayden, BFA 

Matthew McKim, BFA 

Meleia Meyer, BFAED 

Jessie Miller, BFA 

Tropel Minton, BFA 

Lindsey Montgomery, BFAED 

Michael Morris, BFA 

Cassidy Murphey, BFA 

John Murray, BFA 

Laurinda Navesky, BFA 

Melisa Nelson, BFA 

Joshua Officer, BFA 

Samantha Olson, BFA 

Stephen Ondiek, BFA 

Christopher Otten, BFA 

Ky Payton, BFA 

Candace Penry, BFA 

Chris Presley, BFA 

Emily Ramsey, BM 

Jennifer Redden, BFA 

Debra Reed, BFA 

Rachel Robinson, BFA 

Valerie Rollins, BFA 

Heather Rouba, BFA 

Nicole Roylance, BFA 

Ponco Satrio, MM 

Sean Scrutchins, BFA 

Staceyleigh Shafer, BFA 

Jackie Sharpe, BFAED 

Melissa Shideler, BMED 

Mami Shirahama, BFA 

Jerrod Smith, BFA 

Melinda Smith, BFA 

Chris Stacey, BFA 

Jessica Stenis, BFA 

Justin Stier, BFA 

Heather Story, BFA 

Genevieve Stotler, BFA 

Jacob Stotler, BFA 

Naomi Sumi, BFA 

Ivana Susanti, BFA 

Kellie Swagerty, BFA 

Chika Takeda, BFA 

Rebecca Terrell, BFA 

Diana Tomova, BFA 

Thy Tran, BFA 

Liliya Vasileva, BFA 

Jordan Vinyard, BFA 

Shannon Wahl, BFA 

Keith Webb, MFA 

Yi Ting Wu, BFA 

Hing Kee Yong, BFA 

2008 

Elizabeth Abbott, BFA 

Elizabeth Allen, BM 

Emilie Allen, BFA 

Michael Anderson, BFA 

Collin Andrulonis, BFAED 

Phillip Barr, BFA 

Keren Beasley, BFAED 

Amy Beauchamp, MFA 

Robert Black, MM 

Megan Brunt, BFA 

Zachary Burch, BFA 

William Case, BFAED 

Corley Clifton, BFAED 

Angela Comer, BFA 

Boris Connally, BMED 

Myriah Cooke, BFAED 

Allison Corral, BFA 

Hope Cory, BMED 

Danielle Cost, BFA 

Toni Cox, BFAED 

Jennifer Crone, BFA 

Cynthia Curry, BFA 

Tanya Davis, BFAED 

Jonathan De Leon, BFA 

James Dickson, BFA 

Leslie Donnelly, BFA 

Michiko Dowling, BFA 

Jeanelle Echols, BFA 

Anna Elder, BFA 

Colin Espinales, BFA 

Christina Felarca, BFA 

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Sean Ferguson, BFA 

Rebecca Finley, BFA 

Sharlee Fiser, BFA 

Jeffrey Fisher, BFA 

Richard Foresee, BFA 

Edwin Garcia, MM 

Jennifer Getts, BFA 

Jillian Gokey, BFA 

Jacob Gonzales, BMED 

Nathan Greenwood, BMED 

Kimberly Griffin, BFA 

Melissa Griggs, BFA 

Samuel Guevara, BFA 

Travis Gunnells, BM 

Carol Hamilton, BMED 

Robin Hantla, BFA 

Stephanie Harding, BFA 

Erin Heatly, BM 

Rhys Henley, BFA 

Hiroko Hoshikawa, BFA 

Timothy Hsu, BM 

Edward Hudson, BMED 

Khusroo Iqbal, BFA 

Erinn Jennings, BFA 

Kimberly Johnson, BMED 

Leavell Johnson, BFA 

Mikiko Kagami, BFA 

Akane Kaikiri, BFA 

Sachiko Komuro, BFA 

Andrea Kubik, BFA 

Amanda Kuhn, BFA 

Yea Jee Lee, BFA 

Landon Lewis, MM 

Megan Lynn, BFAED 

Anthony Martin, BMED 

Christopher Matlock, BFAED 

Michelle McCoy, BFA 

Patricia McDaniel, BM 

Delvie McPherson, BFA 

Melissa Metevelis, MFA 

Shelia Miller, BFA 

Chin Wa Mong, BM 

Meagan Moore, BFA 

Rachel Morgan, BFA 

Alaina Myrick, BFAED BFA 

Karen Nida, BFAED 

Jared Nixon, BFA 

Adrianne Novovich, BFA 

James Pike, BFA 

Angela Plummer, BFA 

Shannon Purnell, MFA 

Adam Ray, MM 

April Riddell, BFA 

David Roberts, BFA 

Toni Roberts, BFA 

Edward Russell, BFA 

Edward Russell, BFA 

Tomoko Saito, BFA 

John Salame, BM 

Lucille Seem, BFA 

Jingzhi Shangguan, BFA 

Jacqueline Smith, BM 

Luke Southern, BFA 

Elise Stansel, BFA 

Kevin Steiner, BFA, MFA ‘09 

Brandi Stejskal, BFA 

Dominick Stephens, BMED 

Jessica Stewart, BFA 

Tabitha Still, BFA 

David Surls, BFA 

Narisa Suzuki, BM 

Scott Sweger, BM 

Chutinton Tanmongkolswat, BFA 

Kelsey Trammell, BFA 

Anthony Travis, BFA 

Michelle Vaughan, BFA 

LaDawna Vincent, BFA 

Holly Walk, BFA 

Savannah White, BM 

Monica Whitman, BFAED 

Kara Whitmire, BFAED 

Marcus Wiemar, BMED 

Nancy Willcox, BFAED 

Jennifer Wilson, BFA 

Laura Wood, BMED 

Yosuke Yamamoto, BM 

Amy Zimmerman, BFA 

2009 

Alicia Adams, BFA 

Tara Alexander, BFA 

Luis Angeli, BFA 

Brandon Ankney, BFA 

Jared Aylor, BFA 

Michael Babb, BM 

Grant Baker, BFA 

Kelly Barber, BFA 

Tracy Barnhart, BFA 

Samantha Barr, BFA 

Matthew Bergman, BM 

Tracy Berlin, BM 

Dustin Boise, BFA 

Morgan Brendle, BFA 

Stephen Brenning, BFAED 

Christopher Bridges, BFA 

Marcus Brooks, MM 

Isaiah Brown, BM 

Terri Burt, BFA 

Sarah Caldwell, BFAED 

Melinda Cantu, BFA 

Bradley Carter, BM 

Ann-Lisette Caveny, BFA 

Chun-Yuan Chang, BFA 

Brandon Cink, BM 

Stefni Colle, BFA 

Leslie Conner, BFA 

Robert Crauthers, BFA 

Bradley Crowe, BMED 

Melissa Cundiff, BFA 

Kellie Davis, MM 

Amelia Daws, BFA 

Emily Dawson, BFA 

Silvia de Loera, BFAED 

Matthew Denman, MM 

Kathryn Devinney, BFA 

Victor Duarte, BFA 

Carrie Edwards, BMED 

Hayley Elliott, BFAED 

Hillary Finch, BM 

Lorryn Finnell, BFAED 

Mallory Fiorillo, BFA 

Brandon Ford, MM 

Lindsey Foster, BM 

Corey Fuller, MFA 

Brandi Gable, BFA 

Kyle Gandy, BFA 

Serina Garcia, BFA 

Nikola Gjorcevski, BM 

Trinity Goodwin, BM 

Elizabeth Granado, BMED 

Melissa Griffith, BM 

Rachael Gruntmeir, BFA 

Young Mi Ha, BFA 

Brittny Hacker, BFA 

Carrie Hall, BFA 

Devione Harris, BMED 

Karly Hatfield, BFA 

Zachary Henthorn, BM 

Ricardo Herrera, BFA 

Rhea-Anna Holm, BFA 

Cassandra Howard, BFA 

Natalie Hughes, BFAED 

Caleb Irwin, BFA 

Lauren Judah, BFA 

Derrilyn Kautz, BFA 

Callie Kays, BFA 

Jason Keisling, BFA 

Aaron Kellert, MM 

Belinda Kinney, BFA 

Alexander Knox, BFA 

Ann Labay, BFAED 

Holly Lee, BFA 

Lisa Lopez, BFA 

Shannon Love, BM 

Robert Lowery, BMED 

Lauren Luckowski, BFA 

Viktoria Matheson, MM 

Hiroo Matsuda, BFA 

Pamela McDown, MM 

Michael McMahan, BFA 

Amanda McNutt, BFAED 

Amanda Middlebrook, BFA 

Leonard Mingee, BFA 

Brandi Mitchell, BFA 

Paul Mitschell, MM 

Kristen Mollman, BFA 

Eric Montgomery, BFA 

Cheryl Moore, BFA 

Michael Moore, BFA 

Miranda Nance, BFA 

Bianca Nees, BFA 

Natalie Nelson, BFA 

Billy Noble, BM 

Kimberly Nona, BFA 

Megan Pargeter, BFAED 

Kelsey Patterson, BFA 

Tracy Patterson, MM 

Dan Paulus, MFA 

Glenna Pendley, BFA 

Patrisha Perry, BFA 

Jonelle Polk, MM 

Kyle Ramsey, BFA 

Sharon Reynolds, BM 

Rebecca Riffey, BFA 

Jennifer Ritchey, BFA 

Lindsey Robinson, BFA 

Michael Roderick, MM 

Kallee Rubottom, BFA 

Tyler Rust, BFA 

Amy Sabine, BFA 

Danielle Schlegel, BM 

Allison Seidel, BFA 

Lisa Simms, BFA 

Candace Skinner, BFA 

Cody Smith, BFA 

Amy St John, BFA 

Natalie Steele, BFA 

Ryan Steer, BM 

Patricia Steiner, BFA 

Scott Sunderman, BM 

Chris Swinehart, BMED 

Bobby Tang, BFA 

Haruko Tomii, BFA 

K. Travis-Neal, BFA 

Gavin Trussell, BM 

Karly Van Kley, BM 

William Waldroup, BMED 

Jeanne Ward, BFA 

Jesse Warne, BFA 


Gary Weatherholtz, BM 

Stacy Wiggans, BFA 

Heath Woloszyn, BFA 

Cara Wright, BFA 

Nuo Xu, MM 

Samantha Zeuch, BFA 

2010 

McKenzie Bales, BFA 

Rebecca Booth, BFA 

Laura Borkenhagen, BFA 

Nicole Caballero, BFA 

Melissa Chambers, BFA 

Mary Cole, BFA 

Miguel Correa, MM 

Jessica Craddock, BFA 

Jamie Crone, BFA 

Sarah Day-Short, BFA 

Danielle Domina, BFA 

Brandi Durham, BFA 

Christine Edwards, MM 

Marianne Edwards, BM 

Kyle Elsten, BM 

Justin Fulfer, MM 

Jose Gabaldon, BM 

Ponder Gilliland, MM 

Rachael Hackett, BFA 

Natalie Hancock, BFA 

T.J. Haverkamp, MM 

Kristopher Hillis, BFAED 

Elizabeth Holt, BFA 

Megan Holt, BFA 

Dillon Honiker, BFA 

Abi Hopkins, BFA 

Haruka Iida, BFA 

Young Jeon, BFA 

Christopher Jones, MM 

Yousef Kazemi, BFA 

Walter Kelly, MM 

Melissa Kendall, BFA 

Seth Knudson, BFA, BFA 

Nicki Krafcheck, BFA 

Brock Lay, BFA 

Sang-Ho Lee, BFA 

Adam LeNaire, BFA 

Petra Lusche, BFA 

Kasey Lynch, BFA 

Megan McDonald, BFA 

Marianne McShane, BFA 

Emily Mitchell, BM 

Matthew Morales, BM 

Misaki Murakami, BFA 

Evan Mustard, BM 

Han Nhan, BFA 

Ashley Niles, BFA 

Yenifer Orioli, BFA 

Rachel Parks, BFA 

Jayme Petete, BFA 

Jennifer Rottmayer, BM 

Jill Shreck, BFAED 

Megan Sitterding, BFA 

Nicholas Smith, BM 

Jennifer Stevenson, BFA 

Sayumi Tateishi, BFA 

Jack Thomas, BFA 

Haralampi Tonchev, BM 

George Toumayan, MM 

Nichole VanHorn, BFA 

Jessica Wheeler, BFA 

Andrea Wijkowski, BFA 

Mao Yanagawa, BFA 

let’s keep in touch! 

Find us on Facebook: visit www.facebook.com/uco.cfad 

to learn about upcoming events and to get the current 

news about what’s going on within the college. 

If you would like to change or update your alumni 

information, please contact Susan Parks at 

sparks7@uco.edu, or (405) 974-3774. 

We look forward to hearing from you. 

To update your alumni information, please contact Susan Parks at sparks7@uco.edu or (405) 974-3774. 


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thank you to our donors… 

$1,000,000 or more 

Melton Art Reference Library 

Troy and Dollie Smith 

$250,000-$999,999.99 

Hazel Gilmore Trust 

Kirkpatrick Foundation 

UCO Max Chambers Library 

$100,000–$249,999.99 

Bob and Chimene Burke 

Rev. Margot Nesbitt 

George and Donna Nigh 

Robert Glenn Rapp Foundation 

$50,000–$99,999.99 

Margaret Brisch 

Charles Collin Publishing 

Edmond Music 

Edmond Visual Arts Commission 

Sion M. Honea 

Dr. Jim Watson 

Dr. and Mrs. James Wise 

$25,000–$49,999.99 

Boulevard Steakhouse 

Leroy Coffman 

Estate of J. W. Watson 

LOVE’S Travel Stop and Country Stores 

Oklahoma Arts Council 

Oklahoma United Methodist Foundation 

for Allie M. Mitchell 

Sleep Inn 

Perry Tennison 

$10,000–$24,999.99 

Bank of Oklahoma 

Hellfire Enterprises, Ltd. 

Gisela Bridge 

Cory’s Audio Visual Services 

Dance USA 

Steve and Maggie Dixon 

Edmond Arts and Humanities Council 

J. Van Mars Foundation 

Ben and Peggy Kates 

Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma 

Jack and Pamela McCarty 

Microsoft 

Oklahoma Center for Arts Education 

Presser Foundation 

Dr. Chindarat Charoenwongse 

and Mr. George Shaw 

Tinker Federal Credit Union 

Dr. Larry and Mrs. Leah Westmoreland 

$5,000–$9,999.99 

Tom and Marye Kate Aldridge 

Foundation 

Citizens Bank of Edmond 

ConocoPhillips Company 

DC Music, LLC 

Edmond Convention & Visitor’s Bureau 

Edmond Life and Leisure 

Edmond Women’s Club 

Jeanne Flannigan 

Lowe’s Home Improvement 

Donna Miller 

Moore Family Foundation 

David and Marjie Morris 

ONEOK Distribution Companies 

Parkway Cleaners 

Dr. Tess Remy-Schumacher and 

Mr. David Morris, Jr. 

Glen and Jeanie Schoenhals 

Evelyn Simmons 

Stafford Inn 

Mr. Robert and Dr. Barbara Streets 

The Tackett Family 

Timberlake Construction 

$2,000–$4,999.99 

Action Safety 

Michael and Lori Alspaugh 

American Fidelity Foundation 

AT&T 

BKD Foundation 

Blue Bell Ice Cream 

Tina Bonner 

Dr. Charles and Mrs. Teresa Brekke 

Carmax Foundation 

Dr. Karen and Mr. Randy Carter 

Dennis and Beverly Chaumont 

Dr. John and Mrs. Becky Clinton 

Robert Coalson and Jane Faulkner 

Garland and Joyce Cupp 

Dis Guy’s Costumes 

Edmond Community Chorale 

Exxon Mobile Foundation 

Richard and Laura Fentem, Jr. 

Bob and Anna Getzoff 

Mike and Wanda Gilliam 

Corinne Graham 

Sam Hammons 

International Interior Design 

Assoc. Foundation 

Oliver and Paula Jones 

KCSC Classical Radio Foundation 

Dr. Gayle Kearns 

Carol Lamb 

Lippert Media 

Brad Morelli 

Jim and Louann Morris 

Mustang Fuel Corporation 

Oklahoma Centennial 

Commemoration Fund 

Sagac Public Affairs 

Ann Shanks 

Richard and Jeannette Sias 

Marcel and Reggie Silberman 

Drs. Paul and Amalia Silverstein 

Tracy and Suzanne Silvester 

Tres Amigos 

Janet Wheeler 

Dr. Keith and Mrs. Jerri White 

$1,000–$1,999.99 

Ruth Boss 

Burris/Wagnon Architects, P.A. 

Stephen B. Conner 

Terry Cook 

Kenneth and Susan Carol Crouch 

Dr. Warren and Mrs. Donna Dickson 

Diversified Construction of Oklahoma 

Dixon Properties 

Dr. Karen’s Wellness Center, PC 

Scott and Cindy Fooshee 

Friends of the Library 

Gary and Connie Fuller 

Robert Glaubitz 

Brian and Mickey Gorrell 

Hancock Fabrics 

John and Melvena Heisch 

Kathleen Henry and Robin Jamieson 

Dr. Krista Jones and Rev. Craig Stinson 

Steven and Sherry Hofener 

John and Janet Hudson 

Inter-City Violin Studios 

James H. and Madalynne 

Norick Foundation 

Jean’s Plumbing 

Steve and Elizabeth Kerr 

Kerr Foundation 

Dr. Larson and Mildred Keso 

E. Claudine Long 

Meinders Foundation 

Saundra Gragg-Naifeh and 

Frank Naifeh 

Mary Nichols 

Richard Ogden 

Oklahoma School of Science & 

Mathematics 

Mike and Joy Patterson 

Stan and Raina Pelofsky 

Shirley Pugh 

Ronald and Kathleen Scharton 

Shower of Blessings Foundation, Inc. 

Drs. Stephen and Roberta Sloan 

Judge Edgar V. Springer, Jr. 

Stan Steele 

The Fred and Mary Eddy 

Jones Foundation 

Robert and Kathy Thomas 

David and Jane Thompson 

Steve Thompson 

Billie Thrash 

Billy and Mariana Verga-Lloyd 

Stephen B. Watson 

Keith Webb 

President W. Roger and Dr. Jeanie Webb 

June Welch 


Doris Wise 

Scott and Jennifer Witherby 

Susan Wortham 

Lois Wyrick 

$500–$999.99 

A Bloom Above the Rest 

Philip Adamson 

Mark and Jennifer Allen 

Rodney and Sandi Armstrong 

Armstrong Developments, LLC 

Barbara Ballina 

Lori Barnthouse 

Dr. John Barthell 

Joan Baxer 

Kay Bickham 

Casey Bohn 

Patricia Bolt 

Donald Bristow 

Vicki Broaddrick 

Pat and Connie Bryan 

Jeff and Ines Burnham 

Alan and Ada Calhoun 

Capitol Abstract & Title Co. 

Central Oklahoma Opera League 

Gary Clardy 

Bruce and Diane Clark 

Thurman and Jean Annette Coburn 

John and Sandra Connelly 

Harold and Aileen Crosley 

Deneice Cunningham 

Porter Davis 

Dentcraft Tools 

Diana Kaufman Interiors 

M. Christine Digiovanni 

S.A. Dean Drooby 

Electrical Energy Experts, Inc. 

Elks Alley Mercantile, LLC 

Linda Etter 

Jim and Becky Faaborg 

Charlotte Ferrund 

Winnie Freshour 

Friends of the Jazz Lab 

Herman and Clara Fullgraf 

Gary and Michele Gatewood 

Jerry Gilbert 

Max and Pamela Green 

Michael and Melody Hansen 

Regina Harcourt 

Dr. Jim and Mrs. Dorothy Harp 

Charlotte Headrick 

Mr. Earl Hefley and Dr. Lori Wooden 

Walt and Jean Hendrickson 

Greg Henzie 

Rainey and Patti High 

Sue Hoover 

Hornbeek Blatt Architects, PC 

Impressions Printing 

Inasmuch Foundation 

JHP, LLC 

Richard Jobe 

Junior’s 

Garreline Jurko 

Kannard Jewelers 

Jody Kerr Antiques 

Scott and Robbi Kinnaird 

Kirkpatrick Bank 

Marilyn Kreidler 

Marianne Kroh 

Mariko Kudo 

Dr. Brian and Mrs. Denise Lamb 

Joe and Karen Leonard 

Dr. Chris and Mrs. Bridget Markwood 

Matthews Funeral Home 

McCaleb Homes, Inc 

McFall Landscaping 

Briana McGinnis 

Mel McVay 

Gene and Cheryl Melton 

Marcella Melton 

Mustang Public Schools 

Larry and Polly Nichols 

Nancy Nichols 

Oklahoma Public Human 

Resources Association 

Dr. Bob and Mrs. Carolyn Palmer 

Richard and Helen Peters 

Kenneth and Sammye Pond 

Margo Price 

Quail Springs Baptist Church - Seniors 

Dr. William and Mrs. Christine Radke 

RCB Bank 

Brad Reeser 

Susanne Remy 

Mike and Shirley Ridgell 

Tom and Fran Roach 

Sherri Roles 

Theodore and Regina Ruff 

Mrs. Alfa Sasser 

Todd Schlepp and Susan 

Parks-Schlepp 

Justin Ford and Erin Schovanec 

Randel and Dana Shadid 

Randall and Patty Skinner 

Jeffrey and Julia Southwick 

Mark and Nancy Stansberry 

John Steele 

T.S. Dudley Land Company, Inc. 

Grant and Carolyn Thomas 

Jerry M. Thomason 

TLC Florist & Greenhouses. Inc. 

Tony Foss Design Group, Inc 

Vanguard Properties 

Curtis VanWyngarden 

Vetpeth Laboratory 

Stan Wagnon 

Nancy and George Wallace 

Wallace Engineering Structural 

Consultants, Inc. 

Dr. Dennis and Mrs. Janet Weigand 

Joyce Williams 

Dr. Allen Wise 

Jan Wright 

Donations this year 

have helped nearly 

100 students through 

scholarships. Here is 

an expression of one 

student’s gratitude: 

“Thank you from the bottom of 

my heart for your support. 

Without support from people 

like you, I would be unable to 

do what I love. The arts have 

and will always have a 

meaningful impact on all of us; 

and with your help, I will be 

able to continue my course of 

study to become an educator, 

an artist and a leader in my 

community. Though I can’t 

express my appreciation 

enough in words, I hope that 

my success in my college 

career and beyond will show 

how much I appreciate your 

invaluable generosity.” 

Katherine Tolbert 

Class of 2011 

This list represents cumulative donations of $500 and up from January 2002 to October 2010. 

If you need to make a change, call Lori Alspaugh at (405) 974-3778. 


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calendar 

NOVEMBER 

UCO Student Jazz Ensemble Concert 

7 pm, Nov. 1, UCO Jazz Lab 

Faculty Artist Concert Series: 

Dr. Emily Butterfield, Flute 

7:30 pm, Nov. 2, UCO Jazz Lab 

The Oklahoma High School 

Dance Festival featuring the UCO 

Kaleidoscope Dancers 

7:30 pm, Nov. 4-6, Mitchell Hall Theater 

Mr. Marmalade 

7:30 pm, Nov. 4-6 & 2 pm, Nov. 7, 

Pegasus Theater, UCO Liberal Arts Building 

Opera Workshop: A Night of Classics 

7:30 pm, Nov. 9-11, UCO Jazz Lab 


5th Street Jazz Collective 


The Sweet Smell of Success 

7:30 pm, Nov.18-20 & 2 pm, Nov. 21, 

Mitchell Hall Theater 

Percussion Consort 


Student Jazz Combo Concert 


Toast to the Maestro 


UCO Chamber Orchestra Concert 

7:30 pm, Nov. 30, Center for Transformative 

Learning, Radke Fine Arts Theatre, Free 

DECEMBER 

UCO Symphony Orchestra 

7:30 pm, Dec. 2, Mitchell Hall Theater 


7 pm, Dec. 6, UCO Jazz Lab 

Student Choreography Concert 


UCO Choral Concert with the 

Edmond Community Chorale 

7:30 pm, Dec. 11, First Christian Church 

Music Theatre Christmas Show 

8 pm, Dec. 9-11 & 16-18, UCO Jazz Lab 

UCO Wind Symphony Concert 


One-Act Festival 

7:30 pm, Dec. 10 & 11, Pegasus Theater, 

UCO Liberal Arts Building, Free 

JANUARY 


Dr. Tess Remy-Schumacher, 

Ben Davis and Judy Lee 

7:30 pm, Jan. 18, UCO Jazz Lab 

Neil Berg’s 101 Years of Broadway 

7:30 pm, Jan. 21, Mitchell Hall Theater 

FEBRUARY 


5th Street Jazz Collective 

7:30 pm, Feb. 1, UCO Jazz Lab 


7 pm, Feb. 7, UCO Jazz Lab 


Dr. Barbara Streets, Soprano 



7:30 pm, Feb. 15, Mitchell Hall Theater 

Illustrations by Keith Webb 

Feb. 17-March 20, Donna Nigh Gallery, 

Nigh University Center, Free 


7:30, Feb. 17, Mitchell Hall Theater 

UCO Student Jazz Combo Concert 

7 pm, Feb. 21, UCO Jazz Lab 


Natalie Syring and friends 


MARCH 

Little Women 

7:30 pm, March 3-5 & 2 pm, March 6, 


Perfectly Frank: 

A Tribute to Frank Loesser 

8 pm, March 3-6, UCO Jazz Lab 


7 pm, March 7, UCO Jazz Lab 


Lee Rucker and Friends, Dixieland 

7:30 pm, March 8, UCO Jazz Lab 



UCO Piano Faculty 

7:30 pm, March 22, UCO Jazz Lab 

Valery and Friends 

7 pm, March 23, UCO Jazz Lab 

The UCO Kaleidoscope 

Dancers in Concert 

7:30 pm, March 24-26, Mitchell Hall Theater 


7:30 pm, March 29, Mitchell Hall Theater 

APRIL 

UCO Student Vocal Jazz 

Ensemble Concert 

7 pm, April 4, UCO Jazz Lab 


David Hardman and 

Nick Steward, percussion 

7:30 pm, April 5, UCO Jazz Lab 

Blue Skies Exhibit 

April 7-May 15, Donna Nigh Gallery, 

Nigh University Center 

The Guys 

7:30 pm, April 6-9 & 2 pm, April 9 & 10, 

Center for Transformative Learning, 

Radke Fine Arts Theatre 

Flipside: Patti Page, the Singing Rage 

7:30 pm, April 9 & 2 pm, April 10, 

UCO Constitution Hall 

Faculty Artist Concert Series: Brass 

and Woodwind Quintets 


Gianni Schicchi 

8 pm, April 14-16 & 2 pm, April 17, 


FUBAR: The Musical, Part 6 

7:30 pm, April 8 & 9, Pegasus Theater, 

UCO Liberal Arts Building 

UCO Student Jazz 

Ensemble Concert 



UCO Faculty String Quartet 


UCO Symphonic Band 

7:30 pm, April 21, Mitchell Hall Theater 

Student Choreography Concert 


UCO Student Jazz Combo Concert 


UCO Chamber Orchestra 

7:30 pm, April 26, Center for Transformative 

Learning, Radke Fine Arts Theatre, Free 



One-Act Festival 

7:30 pm, April 29 & 30, Pegasus 

Theater, UCO Liberal Arts Building, Free. 

UCO Art Students’ Senior Show 

April/May, Science Museum Oklahoma 

MAY 

UCO Choral Ensembles 

7:30 pm, May 1, Mitchell Hall Theater 

The Great American Trailer 

Park Musical 

8 pm, May 13, 14, 20, 21 & 4 pm, 

May 14 & 21 & 2 pm, May 15 & 22 

For detailed descriptions of events, 

visit www.uco.edu/cfad. 

For tickets to UCO Jazz Lab events, 

call (405) 359-7989, #273. 

For tickets to events at Mitchell Hall, 

call (405) 974-3375. 


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