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AUDITIONS FOR CAREY DINNER THEATRE TO BE HELD MARCH 26

Auditions for cast and interviews with crew for the thirty-sixth season of Carey Dinner Theatre (CDT) are Saturday, March 26beginning at 10 a.m. in the Joe and Virginia Tatum Theatre on the Hattiesburg campus of William Carey University.

CDT presents two musicals in June and July. Each member of the company, both performers and staff, is paid. The financial package includes salary, tips (company members serve during dinner), and housing.

Those auditioning as performers will present a one-minute monolog from a modern prose play (no dialect), a one-minute vocal selection from a Broadway musical, and will participate in a dance audition. Each person who auditions should bring comfortable clothes for the dance audition. An accompanist will be available, but will not transpose. Taped accompaniment may be used.

Audition requirements for pianists include a prepared two-minute selection from a Broadway musical. Sight reading will be required.

Interviews will be held also for technicians, costume assistants, house-box office managers, and office assistants. Each person will complete an application and interview with staff. Portfolios are invited. Performers may also apply for staff positions.

Each applicant should bring a head shot to the audition/interview. For more information call 601-318-6218 or emailcdt@wmcarey.edu.  Contracts are issued as soon as possible after March 26 and are offered only to those who have graduated from high school by May 30, 2011. The company commitment is May 30 through July 25.

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PIANIST JOHN ELLIS TO PERFORM AT WILLIAM CAREY UNIVERSITY

Pianist John Ellis will perform in concert Monday, February 28, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. in Dumas Smith Auditorium on the Hattiesburg campus of William Carey University.  The concert will feature Robert Schumann’s Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17, and Franz Liszt’s Années de Pèlerinage, Second Year: Italy. Dr. Ellis will also present a free master class featuring William Carey University piano majors on Tuesday, March 1, from 9 a.m.-11 a.m. on the Smith Auditorium stage.  The public is invited to attend.

Professor Ellis has taught piano at the University of Michigan since 2000.  He serves as Chair of the Piano Department and is also the Director of Graduate Studies in Piano Pedagogy.  In addition, he administers the preparatory department and the class piano curriculum.  He is in demand, nationally and internationally, as a master class clinician, adjudicator and lecturer on piano pedagogy.  His recent travels have taken him to the Tunghai Piano Festival in Taiwan, University of South Florida, the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland, and the University of Hawaii.  Professor Ellis speaks regularly on pedagogy topics to teachers groups throughout Michigan.  As a pianist, he has performed widely as soloist, lecture-recitalist, and collaborative artist.  He has recorded the piano music of African-American composer Arthur Cunningham for Equilibrium Records.

As a scholar in the field of pedagogy, Mr. Ellis combines music theory, musicology, and the humanities with the more traditional pedagogical methods.  He has worked with the Musical Signification Project of the International Congress on Musical Signification (ICMS) since 1996, presenting papers on musical meaning and pedagogy at the University of Bologna, the Université de Provence, the University of Helsinki, and the New England Conference of Music Theorists at Wellesley College. His articles have been published by CLUEB (Bologna)/International Semiotics Institute (Finland), and Acta Semiotica Fennica.

His primary teachers were Arthur Cunningham, the late conductor, composer and jazz pianist; Frank Iogha, a touring pianist and former professor at the Crane School of Music at the State University of New York; Michel Block, the late pianist and former faculty member at Indiana University in Bloomington; and Constance Keene, the late pianist and faculty member at the Manhattan School of Music. He has served on the faculties at the Manhattan School of Music and the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music.  He has taught on the piano faculty of the University of Michigan All-State program at Interlochen and coordinated the piano program at the U-M Summer Arts Institute.

Tickets for the concert on February 28 are $10 general admission and $7 for seniors.WCU students, faculty, and staff are free.  Tickets may be purchased at the door or in advance by calling Dr. Ellen Elder at 601-318-6179.

Filed under: Arts, Hattiesburg, William Carey, education, Entertainment/Culture, John Ellis, Music education, Piano, William Carey University

WILLIAM CAREY UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR WRITES ENGINEERING GRAPHIC TEXTBOOK

Dr. Karen Juneau, assistant professor and chair of career and technical education at William Carey University’s Tradition campus, had her most recent book, entitled Engineering Drawing Problems: Workbook Series First Edition to Accompany Technical Drawing with Engineering Graphics, published in January 2011 by Pearson/Prentice Hall. In addition, Dr. Juneau has written another book published by Prentice Hall, Engineering Drawing: Problem Series 3, which has been revised for four editions.

All of Dr. Juneau’s books were co-written with a friend and former colleague, Paige Davis. Davis is the Assistant STEPCoordinator and Construction Management and Industrial Engineering Instructor at Louisiana State University.

Dr. Juneau’s new book is designed to be an educational workbook for high school students and undergraduate engineering and graphic engineering majors. The book covers a wide range of engineering graphic skills, from basic sketching to using the AutoCAD computer software.

Dr. Juneau said that “the idea of the book is to isolate target concepts with short exercises so that it is just enough material to see where students need additional instruction.”

Before coming to WCU in 2010, Dr. Juneau was an assistant and then an associate professor in the department of technology education at The University of Southern Mississippi from August 2003 to July 2010. She obtained both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in industrial education from Texas A&M University before earning her doctorate of philosophy in career and technical education in 1997 from Louisiana State University, where she taught for eight years.

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WILLIAM CAREY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE ANNOUNCES CLASS OFFICERS AND STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION OFFICERS

Richard Calderone of Slidell, LA, vice president; Jessie McCallister of Irving, TX, treasurer; Seth Ladd of Soso, president; Akhila Rajaram of Albany, OR, class liaison; and Ryan Taylor of Orlando, secretary.

William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine (WCU-COM) announces the class officers and the COM StudentGovernment Association (SGA) officers for the 2010-2011 school year. Seth Ladd of Soso is class president; Richard Calderone of Slidell, La., is class vice president; Jessie McCallister of Irving, Texas, is class treasurer; Ryan Taylor of Orlando is class secretary; and Akhila Rajaram of Albany, Ore., is class liaison.

Jason DeFatta of Hattiesburg is SGA president; Brett Hyatt of Soso is SGA first vice president; Vish Patel of Cullman, Ala., is SGA treasurer; Natasha Batra of Martinez, Ga., is SGA secretary; and BJ Burns of Sparta, Tenn., is SGA second vice president and parliamentarian.

The WCU-COM opened in August 2010, with an

Vish Patel of Cullman, AL, treasurer; Brett Hyatt of Soso; first vice president; Jason DeFatta of Hattiesburg; president, BJ Burns of Sparta, TN; second vice president and parliamentarian; and Natasha Batra of Martinez, GA, secretary

inaugural class of 110 students. The medical complex that houses the COM consists of three new, connected buildings that include state-of-the-art technology. The WCU-COM is the state’s second medical school and one of 26 schools of osteopathic medicine in the nation.

Filed under: Featured, Hattiesburg, Medical, William Carey, education, Medicine, Osteopathy, William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine

WILLIAM CAREY UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR HAS FIRST BOOK PUBLISHED

Dr. Lorie Watkins Fulton, assistant professor of language and literature at William Carey University, had her first book,entitled William Faulkner, Gavin Stevens, and the Cavalier Tradition, published in January 2011. In the book, published by Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., New York, Fulton focuses on how Faulkner uses his most frequent narrator, Gavin Stevens, to voice his political opinions and criticize the Southern social and political structure created by the class he belongs to himself. Fulton’s interest in Faulkner developed after reading The Town and other late Faulkner fiction that strongly differed from the earlier works. Her book began as a dissertation while pursuing her PhD in English at The University of Southern Mississippi, which she completed in 2007. She taught at USM for nine years before coming to WCU in 2008, and she now teaches undergraduate and graduate composition, literature and research courses.

“We are immensely proud of our colleague and her new book which makes both an important contribution to Faulkner studies and the profession which we value,” said Dr. Thomas Richardson, chair of the department of language and literature at WCU. “The book enhances the intellectual energy in our department in language and literature here at William Carey and strengthens Dr. Fulton’s classroom teaching and we are absolutely delighted with this significant accomplishment.”

Filed under: Featured, Hattiesburg, William Carey, American literature, education, Lorie Watkins Fulton, William Carey University

Hoops for Habitat Raises Over $10,000

The Harlem Ambassadors returned to Hattiesburg to take on a group of local celebrities who call themselves the “Hattiesburg Habitat Hoopsters”.

The Hoopsters included the athletic talents of: Father Tommy Conway, John Brown, Chad Newell, and Cpt. Andy Gilliam just to name a few. They were welcomed by a group of over 700 fans including kids from: the Boys and Girls Club, Homes of Hope for Children,  the ARC, the Children’s Center at USM, the Dubard School, Edwards Street Mission, and the Petal Sunshine Kids.

The colors were presented at the beginning of the game by the Boy Scouts and then the National Anthem was performed by Ms. Kate Dearman, a senior at PCS. The night was filled with laughter and tons of fun as the Ambassadors squared off against the Hoopsters and proved that a night with the Harlem Ambassadors is truly, “Not Your Grandfather’s Basketball Show”! Following the game, all of the Ambassadors were “Fed at The Shed” BBQ and Blues Joint.

This event raised just over $10,000 dollars for the Hattiesburg Habitat affiliate and would not have been possible without the generous support of our sponsors and volunteers. We would like to especially thank:

• Our Event Sponsor- Pine Grove Behavioral Health

• Our Media Sponsor- Citizens National Bank

• William Carey University for donating the use of the Clinton Gym

• Our Hotel Sponsor- Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriot

• Our Quarter Sponsors:

o Will’s Way Pediatric Behavioral Psychology

o The First National Bank

o Parkway Heights UMC

o Medpay Assurance

• Our Food and Beverage Sponsors:

o Coca-Cola of Hattiesburg

o Walgreens

o Krispy Kreme Doughnuts

• Volunteer Sponsors:

o USM Office of Community Service Learning

o Southern Miss Activities Council

• Player Sponsors:

o Generosity of numerous entities from the community

About Hattiesburg Area Habitat for Humanity

Hattiesburg Area Habitat for Humanity is a non-profit housing organization committed to assisting families in need with the life-changing

opportunity of buying simple, decent affordable housing in partnership with a team of enthusiastic volunteers and staff guided by Christian values.

For over 20 years our ministry has provided a hand-up, not a hand-out to 54 families in the Hattiesburg community. In addition, through our

tithing efforts, an additional 10 families have been served in Haiti, Chile, Romania and Guatemala. Habitat volunteers build houses in partnership

with low-income families. Upon completion, the families purchase the houses from us through ZERO interest loans and at no profit to Hattiesburg

Area Habitat. For more information about how to get involved or a listing of partner churches, visit www.hattiesburghabitat.org or call the Habitat

office at 601-582-4663.

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BROOKHAVEN NATIVE NAMED EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF WILLIAM CAREY UNIVERSITY’S NEWSPAPER

Joshua Wilson, a junior social science major from Brookhaven, was recently named editor-in-chief of William Carey University’s student newspaper, The Cobbler. A 2010 graduate of Copiah-Lincoln Community College, Wilson served as editor of student newspaper, The Wolf Tales, from 2008-2009. He currently serves as the secretary of the Copiah-Lincoln Community College Wesley Foundation Executive Board.

Wilson has been a columnist for The Daily Leader, his hometown newspaper, since December 2005, covering local events in southwest Mississippi. Since February 2007, he has also been a special correspondent and obituaries writer for The Daily Leader. He also writes for the Christian devotional magazine devozine, and served on its advisory board from 2008-2009.

Additionally, Wilson is a member of Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church in Brookhaven, where he serves as a member of the communications committee and as a substitute Sunday school teacher. He is the son of Roger and Judy Wilson of Brookhaven.

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WILLIAM CAREY UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR SELECTED AS NOMINEE FOR KENNEDY CENTER NATIONAL TEACHING ARTIST GRANT

Dewey Douglas, assistant professor of theatre and communication at William Carey University, was recently selected as one of the region’s four nominees for the Kennedy Center’s National Teaching Artist Grant. The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) is a national theater program involving 18000 students from colleges and universities nationwide that works to improve the quality of college theatre in the U.S.

Dewey Douglas, assistant professor of theatre and communication at William Carey University, was recently selected as one of the region’s four nominees for the Kennedy Center’s National Teaching Artist Grant.

Gregg Henry, artistic director for the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival KCACTF, stated to Douglas, “Your efforts have not gone un-noticed. Your impact on your students and the region is clear. Your artistry and passion for the next generation of theatre artists has been recognized.”

Douglas, who received both his bachelor’s and master’s degree in fine arts from The University of Mississippi, has taught at WCU for five years. He has assisted in over 350 theater productions in his career, serving in a variety of capacities, including scenic/lighting designer, properties artisan, technical director, and playwright. He has worked as a scenic carpenter on the TV series Babylon 5, as a technical director for the Grove Theatre Company and the Grove Shakespeare Festival, and has worked several seasons at the Tony Award-winning South Coast Repertory theatre in Costa Mesa, CA. In addition, Douglas has written more than 20 full-scale productions, the most recent being his new adaptation of the Greek tragedy

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PRCC hosts Mississippi Showchoir Contest in Hub City

More than 30 middle and high school showchoirs will be in Hattiesburg Friday and Saturday, Feb. 4 and 5, for the Mississippi Showchoir contest.

Sponsored by Pearl River Community College, the contest will be held at William Carey University.

PRCC Honors Military

Judges will be Dr. Mark Malone, coordinator of music education in The Winters School of Music at Carey and former choral director at PRCC; Michael Winslow, choral director at Mount Zion High School, Mount Zion, Illinois; Jena Adrianson, choral director at Lawrence Central High School in Indianapolis; and Eric Van Cleave of Lafayette, Ind., producer, musical arranger and director.

Carol Joy Sparkman of the Missisisppi College music faculty will be the solo competition judge. Dr. Jonathan Kilgore, chair of fine arts and choral director at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, will judge the final showchoir competition.

Middle school showchoir competition begins at 3 p.m. Friday. Schools expected to compete are South Forrest Attendance Center, Petal, Purvis, Pearl River Central, N.R. Burger, Baxterville, Northeast Jones, Clinton, South Jones, Columbia Academy, Jackson Prep and Brandon.

Three Class A high schools – Forrest County AHS, Purvis and Stone will also compete Friday, beginning at 9:10 p.m.

The Voices, PRCC’s jazz ensemble, will present an exhibition performance before awards are given at 10:40 p.m. Friday.

High schools expected to compete Saturday are Wayne County, Lumberton, Columbia Academy, Picayune, Oak Grove, Pearl River Central, Hattiesburg, West Jones, Pascagoula, Clinton, Madison Central, Northeast Jones, Opelika, Ala.; Jackson Prep, Sumrall and Petal. Competition begins at 7:55 a.m. Saturday and continues until 6:35 p.m.

Three women’s groups – Northwest Rankin, Opelika and Petal – will also compete Saturday, beginning at 1 p.m.

PRCC’s showchoir, RiverRoad, will present an exhibition performance at 2:25 p.m. following preliminary competition.

The Voices will perform again at 6:35 p.m. before finalists are announced at 7 p.m. Three soloists and five showchoirs will perform again in final competition, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Awards will be presented at 10:40 p.m.

Admission is $6 on Friday night, $6 for preliminary competition on Saturday and $6 for final competition Saturday night or $10 for both preliminary and final competition on Saturday.

PRCC started the Mississippi Showchoir Contest in 1987 and hosted it in Poplarville until Hurricane Katrina in 2005 destroyed the performance venues. The contest was held in Petal in 2006.

After a two-year break, PRCC revived the contest in 2009 with the cooperation of William Carey University.

LaDona Tyson is director of choral activities at PRCC, and Archie Rawls is chair of the Department of Fine Arts and Communication.

Filed under: Arts, Featured, Forrest County, Hattiesburg, K-12, Oak Grove, Pearl River, Petal, Purvis, William Carey, Baxterville, Clinton, Columbia Academy, education, Entertainment/Culture, Gulf Coast Community College, Jena Adrianson, Mark Malone, Opelika, POPLARVILLE, prcc, Show choir, South Forrest Attendance Center, Wayne County, William Carey University, Winters School of Music

WILLIAM CAREY UNIVERSITY STAFF AND STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN MISSION TRIP TO KENYA

Students and staff from William Carey University, in collaboration with a local Christian rock band called Flight From Below, participated in a mission trip to Kenya, Africa, from December 26, 2010, to January 9, 2011. The WCU participants were Tammy Dossett, the administrative assistant for the academic affairs office; and students Stephanie Pendergrass of Hattiesburg, Whitney Hunt of Franklinton, LA, and Daniel Maqueda of Hattiesburg, who is also a member of Flight From Below. Maqueda’s aunt, Amy Hurst McKelvey, is an alumna of WCU and missionary in Kenya. She invited the band to come to Kenya to perform and requested that a team from WCU accompany them to help with the children during a Bible conference for missionaries and Christian relief workers.

The eight-member team that participated in the mission trip to Kenya pose in the airport before leaving on December 26, 2010. (left to right) Mark Wheat, Flight From Below’s drummer and a Presbyterian Christian High School student; Chandan Bangar, Flight From Below’s guitarist and a Northeast Jones High School student; Whitney Hunt, a WCU student from Franklinton, LA; Daniel Maqueda, Flight From Below’s bassist and a WCU student from Hattiesburg; Marshall McKellar, Flight From Below’s vocalist and a Belmont student; Stephanie Pendergrass, a WCU student from Hattiesburg; Tammy Dossett, the administrative assistant for the academic affairs office at WCU; and Misha Nielsen, a USM student.

WCU sponsored Dossett for the trip, and each of the other team members participated in various fundraisers to raise sponsorship, most of which involved assistance from local churches. The team served in a variety of ways in Kenya, beginning with teaching Vacation Bible School for missionary children whose parents were at the conference. Next, the team served in Maasai Land near Tanzania, by leading worship in two different churches and ministering to children at an area school. Before the team even left the U.S., they raised money for a mission project in Maasai Land, and the money was donated to a building project that will serve as a school for local children during the day and a Bible college at night.

The team also visited children at an aids orphanage before going to the last mission project in the Kibera slum. In Kibera, the group led activities for local children and met some of the children’s needs in various ways. One team member assisted a young man with medical treatment. Another team member gave his guitar to one of the music leaders to enable him to continue ministry in the Kibera children’s club. Additionally, others paid for one year of tuition for needy students, and for their supplies.

Filed under: Church, Featured, Hattiesburg, Religion, William Carey, Amy Hurst McKelvey, Daniel Maqueda, Hattiesburg Mississippi, Kenya, Maasai, Stephanie Pendergrass, Tammy Dossett, Whitney Hunt, William Carey University