National String Project News Today

LOWELL — Nicole Parks knows the value of music education. As the new director of UMass Lowell’s String Project, she wants to share the experience of learning — and teaching — music to as many people as possible.

Many public school divisions throughout Virginia have orchestra programs, but not in rural southwest Virginia. There is, however, a program in the New River Valley, where music students at Virginia Tech help teach children to play classical string music.

POTSDAM — Two outstanding SUNY Potsdam graduates have been recognized as the academic honorees for the class of 2022, earning the 2022 Faculty Awards. The award recipients, Andrew Brett ‘22