STUDENT/ALUMNI NEWS
Congratulations to Elijah Hager ’22, baritone, for winning first place in the Minnesota Sings Vocal Competition in the 21 and over division. Hager received a cash prize along with other gifts, including a recording session with Garage recording studios. Contestants were judged on vocal and presentation skills, audience response, judge’s overall impression of the performance, and choice of material.
Chenue Her ’13, Media Production major, became anchor on Good Morning Iowa in Des Moines, Iowa, earlier this month. As morning anchor with WOI-TV Local 5 News, Chenue became the first Hmong male news anchor in the United States. Previously he worked with WXIA-TV in Atlanta, Georgia, and with KEZI-TV in Eugene, Oregon.
Several students from the voice studio of Professor Carol Eikum placed in the 2021 virtual National Association of Teachers of Singing student auditions. Joy Jasik, Linnea Lee, and Emma Davis were semi-finalists, and Joy and Emma each went on to win 3rd place in their respective classes.
Congratulations to the music students who were selected to the MMEA Intercollegiate Honor Band. These students will perform at the Minneapolis Convention Center on February 19, 2022: Kallie Kreutz, flute; Emily Vold, clarinet; Elaina Carsten, tenor saxophone; and Arn Huizinga, trombone.
Carson Mithelman ’20, Media Production—Film major, worked as health and safety production assistant for Nope, Jordan Peele’s newest movie, scheduled for a July 2022 release. Mithelman is currently working with Daisy Jones & The Six, an Amazon Prime series produced by Reese Witherspoon under her Hello Sunshine production company. Based on Taylor Jenkins Reid’s bestselling 2019 novel of the same name, the 13-episode series is expected to release in 2022.
Peter Paulson, Andrew Skoglund, and Grace Watkins presented their research project “Genetics Analysis of Antibiotic Production in Pseudomonas sp.” at the Tiny Earth Winter Symposium on December 3. This international event is designed to showcase student research presentations as well as engage the community in learning more about antibiotic resistance and the science of discovery.
John Screnock ’06, Biblical Studies major, wrote a chapter in Part III, The Septuagint and Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible. Screnock is Research Fellow in Hebrew Bible at University of Oxford and was recently appointed to Tutor in Old Testament at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. Screnock has taught Old Testament, Dead Sea Scrolls, Hebrew, and Ugaritic at Oxford. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Toronto.
Astri Swendsrud ‘04, Art major, has an exhibition titled The Receivers on view at Irenic Projects in Pasadena through December 18, 2021. Swendsrud’s sculptures and paintings are arranged in the entrance hallways and sanctuary of Missiongathering Church in Pasadena, a space shared with Irenic Projects that aims to create an exhibition space that intersects religious, political, and cultural imagination.
Cellist Ingrid Tverberg ’24 was awarded the Senior Division Givens Violins Gift Certificate Winner in the Minnesota Chapter of the American String Teachers Association Mary West Solo Competition. Ingrid performed in the Winners' Recital on November 14 at the University of Minnesota.
Alumna Kourtney White '19, Media Production - Film & Video Track, recently landed a job with Apple TV in Los Angeles, California.
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