Native American CEAH scholarship winners announced May 14, 2021
The recently established Center for Environmental Arts and Humanities at The University of New Mexico announced its inaugural awardees of the undergraduate Native American Environmental Arts and Humanities Scholarship. This interdisciplinary scholarship is awarded to Native American students at UNM who have demonstrated excellence during their undergraduate tenure and who are interested in art and ecology, social justice, environmental justice, and/or species conservation.
Awardees for this year’s scholarship come from colleges across UNM, majoring in Native American Studies, Political Science, Population Health, Journalism and Mass Communication, Psychology, and Business.
Joshua Mike-Bidtah is a Diné student in his senior year in the College of Fine Arts, working toward a major in the Film and Digital Media Arts Program with a minor in Animation.
Howard University Appoints Phylicia Rashad As College Of Fine Arts Dean
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The
Cosby Show, is returning to her alma mater as the new dean of Howard University s reestablished College of Fine Arts.
Howard announced the appointment after a nationwide search to fill the position.
Rashad, 72, majored in theater acting and earned a bachelor’s in fine arts from Howard in 1970, She will assume the new position on July 1.
She began her career on Broadway in the 1972 musical
Ain’t Supposed to Die a Natural Death. Between her television and film work she returned to the stage and won a Tony Award for her 2004 performance in
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Previously scheduled outdoor, in-person graduation ceremonies for the UTRGV Class of 2020 will now be held indoors due to inclement weather, the university announced Wednesday.
More than 1,800 certified spring, summer and fall 2020 graduates will participate in the three-day event that runs from Thursday, May 13 to Saturday, May 15.
“Originally, all ceremonies were scheduled to be held outdoors, but due to forecasted inclement weather for the weekend, UTRGV has decided to move ceremonies indoors at both UTRGV Brownsville and Edinburg campuses,” the university said in a news release.
Phylicia Rashad Becomes The Dean Of Howard University’s College Of Fine Arts
Congratulations to Phylicia Rashad! The actress has been named the new Dean of Howard University’s College of Fine Arts.
Rashad, who is an alumna of the historically Black university, graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in 1970. She will report directly to Provost Anthony K. Wutoh.
Provost Wutoh said in a statement on the University’s website, “Rashad’s appreciation for the arts and student success makes her perfect for the role.”
He continued, “It is an honor to welcome one of Howard’s acclaimed daughters back home to Alma Mater. In this full-circle moment, Ms. Phylicia Rashad will take the training and skills that she honed as a student at Howard and exuded in an outstanding performing career, and she will share those pearls of wisdom with the next generation of students in the College of Fine Arts.”
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FILE - Phylicia Rashad arrives at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sept. 15, 2019. Rashad is returning to her alma mater as the new dean of the Howard University College of Fine Arts. The longtime performer and Tony Award winner who role to cultural prominence as Clair Huxtable on âThe Cosby Showâ graduated magna cum laude from Howard with a bachelorâs in fine arts in 1970. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File) May 12, 2021 - 3:46 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) â Famed actor Phylicia Rashad is returning to her alma mater as the new dean of the Howard University College of Fine Arts.