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Blending Times with Bender
Communication Students Experience the Golden Age of Radio
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Wold Performing Arts Center
The Official Groundbreaking Ceremony to Take Place Nov. 19 at 4 p.m. |
Get Into the "Spirit of Giving"
Students, Faculty and Staff are Invited to Help Grant 100 Wishes |
The Role of the Sniper
Nick Acevedo will be Performing on Broadway in January |
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Blending Times with Bender
Communication Students Experience the Golden Age of Radio |
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Communication students perform in front of a live audience. Staff Photo/Brittany Hutchinson. |
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By Brittney Hutchinson
Advertising Manager
For many of the residents of Boca Raton, the Golden Age of Radio is a distant memory of days gone by. For the students of The Eugene M. and Christie E. Lynn College of International Communication, it is an era in history that they have only read or heard about. Professor Coleman Bender however came up with a way to bridge the gap between these two age groups. Bender decided to have his students give a live performance of “Hand In Milk Bottle” from the old radio show, “Fibber McGee & Molly.” Students from Bender’s Oral Interpretation class, along with selected students from some of his other classes, performed at two different locations in Boca Raton and Delray Beach.
Iowa natives Jack and Gerry Little of Delray Beach were glad they could remember the old times. For Gerry, it was fun to watch a group of students perform a show that occured before their time. “The cast didn’t know who they were, but the audience did,” said Gerry.
For her husband, the price was just right. “It’s nice that they are going around and providing entertainment at no cost to us,” said Jack.
The residents were not the only ones who received something out of the performances.
“It was a really enjoyable experience,” said Chrsitine Thibodeau, senior. “It felt great to bring joy to senior citizens.” Thilbodeau is pursuing a career in communication and knows that any extra interaction with people will help her develop crucial skills for the future.
Overall, the experience of combining old time radio with a modern day performance is one that will not be forgotten and enjoyed by all who took part in it. |
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Wold Performing Arts Center
The Official Groundbreaking Ceremony to Take Place Nov. 19 at 4 p.m. |
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An illustration of the future Keith C. and Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center. LU Photo. |
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By Laura Vann
Special to the iPulse
Lynn University will host an official groundbreaking ceremony for the Keith C. and Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center on Wednesday, Nov. 19 at 4 p.m. on the theater’s future site. But rather than a traditional ground breaking featuring donors and campus officials with golden shovels, this event will be, well, a bit more dramatic (featuring, for example, a large, 50-by-70 foot stage and dramatic curtain drop).
Lynn President Kevin M. Ross, Conservatory of Music Dean Jon Robertson, Florida’s “First Lady of Theater” Jan McArt, and Boca Raton Mayor Susan Whelchel will be on hand to celebrate the ceremonial start of construction and honor the vision and support of lead donor Elaine J. Wold, who has committed $9.3 million for construction of the theater that will bear her and her late husband’s name. The 20-minute groundbreaking ceremony will be open to the entire Lynn University community as well as invited guests and will end with a surprise flourish befitting the site’s future function.
Wold began supporting Lynn’s fledgling theater arts program in 2003 with $1 million gift that created the Keith C. Wold, MD Memorial Fund for the Development of Theater Arts, in honor of her late husband. In May of 2007, the university publicly announced Elaine J. Wold’s gift of $6 million gift through her foundation toward the construction of The Keith C. and Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center. In his State of the University address last month, President Ross announced that Wold had more recently made an additional $2.3 million challenge grant in support of the theater.
Today, Wold’s vision is on the verge of becoming a reality. The 750-seat performing arts center will be home to live theatrical performances by the College of International Communication’s drama program and professional Live at Lynn series, as well as Conservatory of Music concerts and other university-hosted events. The center will feature superb acoustics, a modern lighting system, a large, light-filled lobby, and flexible space well-suited for dramatic productions, concerts and other cultural events. With an elegant salon, outdoor sunset terrace and intimate rehearsal studio, this transformational new center will offer opportunities for teaching, learning and performing.
“Elaine is truly a difference maker in our community, and her grace and generosity will have a tremendous impact on our students,” said President Ross at his annual State of the University address.
The Keith C. and Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center, designed by nationally acclaimed architect Herbert S. Newman, is scheduled to be completed in December 2009 and will be the first building constructed on Lynn’s campus in five years – and the first building since Ross was named president.
For more information on the groundbreaking of The Keith C. and Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center contact Laura Vann at lvann@lynn.edu or call 561-237-7967 (o) / 561-289-0159 (c). |
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Get Into the "Spirit of Giving"
Students, Faculty and Staff are Invited to Help Grant 100 Wishes
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The “Spirit of Giving” tree in the Student Center Lobby and two of the many hand drawn cards. Staff Photos/Carolina Gonzalez. |
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By Taryn Hamill
Special to the iPulse
The Office of Student Involvement in conjunction with Student Government Association and Employee Services is on a mission to grant 100 wishes. These are the wishes of children who have yet to feel the anticipation of presents this holiday season.
There is a beautifully decorated tree in the Student Center Lobby, which is adorned with crayon colored snowman careds and will remain in the lobby from now until Nov. 28.
Students, faculty and staff have until Nov. 28 to personally select a card from the tree. Each child has written on the back of the card what he or she would like this holiday season. None of the presents listed on the back of the card exceeds the price of $30.
After selecting a card, students, faculty, and staff can go and purchase the gift listed on the back of the card he or she has selected. Once the gift has been purchased, please return the gift and the hand drawn card with the child’s name to either Employee Services or the Office of Student Involvement on or before Dec. 9.
To the children receiving the gifts, the value is in more than the material item or gift card, these gifts give the children hope and confidence that there are people who care about them. These gifts will bring many well deserved smiles.
Ryan Brooks, sophomore, is currently coordinating a video focused on the Spirit of Giving. He has been seen around campus asking everyone what giving means to them and this is what it means to him, “Giving means taking time to make someone’s day better. More than just taking time; it’s wanting to give that builds characeter and determines who you are.”
Brook’s finished video on the Spirit of giving will be available for viewing next week on both MyLynn and YouTube.
With help of the Lynn community 100 wishes will be granted and if the commuity can make a difference in just one day of a child’s life, then to that one child, the granting of this wish means the world.
Winston Churchill said, “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”
This holiday season take time to grant a wish and remember that the spirit of giving brings meaning to life, both to those who receive and especially to those who give.
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The Role of "The Sniper"
Nick Acevedo will be Performing on Broadway in January |
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Nick Acevedo looks through in his role as a sniper. Photo/Brooks Alexander Special to the iPulse. |
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By Brooks Alexander
Special to the iPulse
Nick Acevedo, sophomore, is performing on Broadway on Jan. 13, thanks to professors Adam and Carrie Simpson’s creation of the “Boca to Broadway” J-Term class.
Acevedo noticed his talent in the field of acting two years ago at Olympic Heights Community High School in the musical “Singing in the Rain.” “This is a big jump from going to a community school to a university and landing on Broadway,” said Acevedo.
This year, Acevedo’s main focus is to gain knowledge from the Broadway experience, by working with actors that are more experienced than him, and retrospectively the business end such as the reality of it as a whole.
In “The Sniper” Acevedo plays the role of Zak, an Israeli soldier who does what he is told, no matter who gets in his sight lines. “The Sniper” will be directed by Professor Adam Simpson and Brooks Alexander, junior.
Acevedo appreciates the sensitivity in which they approach him and how they take into consideration the status of being an amateur actor when being directed.
The role of being a sniper is taking Acevedo out of his norm when it comes to acting. “I always relied on my natural talents and was more comfortable with the roles where I could use more of my own personality,” said Acevedo. “I am greatly enthusiastic about making my dreams come true and getting college credit for it.”
“The Sniper” is a show that one does not want to pass up. The first showing of “Boca to Broadway” is in the Amarnick Goldstein Theatre on Nov. 19. Show your support for the students and enjoy a once in a lifetime opportunity.
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