THE MARION L. BRITTAIN FELLOWS PROGRAM

 

Farley Receives PERFORMA Fellowship
(Published: 1 Sep 2008)

Brittain Post-Doctoral Fellow Kathryn Farley has been awarded the PERFORMA 09 Research Fellowship.

PERFORMA is a multidisciplinary arts organization dedicated to exploring the critical role of live performance in twentieth-century art. Kathryn will conduct research for commissioned projects involving the integration of art and technology for presentation at the 2009 biennial of new visual art performance in New York City.

Farley was also elected to the boards of two Atlanta arts organizations: Dad’s Garage Theatre Company and the Atlanta Contemporary Arts Center.

 

Mollie Earns Certification as Therapy Dog
(Published: 29 Jul 2008)

It's not often that LCC can recognize a non-human, but Mollie, a border collie belonging to Brittain Fellow Allison Whitney, recently passed the examination to become a therapy dog.

Mollie and Allison will be going to hospitals and nursing homes as well as to schools in the area.

 

Article by Head Appears in Chronicle of Higher Education
(Published: 24 Jun 2008)

Head, who is graduate-communication coordinator at CETL as well as a special adviser to the writing and communication program in LCC, writes about the problems graduate students have communicating with their advisors. The Essay appeared in the June 27 issue.

 

Head Receives Editor's Choice Book Award
(Published: 11 Feb 2008)

Karen Head's poetry collection, My Paris Year, receives first annual Editor's Choice Book Award for excellence in poetry. The volume will be published in mid-September.