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Follow the study abroad students from the UF Center for Arts in Medicine as they travel across Northern Ireland! Read about their adventures in Belfast, Newgrange, Knowth, and Dublin as they learn, dance, and explore!
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A group of 17 students participating in this year’s UF in Salzburg summer study abroad program for music, European studies and business started their educational adventures last Thursday with their first stop in Munich, Germany.
The group spent three days in the famous Bavarian city and visited sites such as the 1972 Olympic Park, BMW World, BMW Museum and the famous Glockenspiel at Marienplatz. They also spent a day at Nuremberg, where the famous Nuremberg Trials took place in 1945 and 1946.
The students are currently in Salzburg attending their regular classes, which resumed on Monday.
Sixteen education majors from the College of Education and the College of Fine Arts just completed the UF in Paris— Teach the World study abroad program, where they interned at the prestigious Marymount International School of Paris.
The program was founded by Dr. Russell Robinson, Professor of Music and Head of Music Education, and his wife, Brenda. After two years in Rome, this year the program moved to Paris. Students were able to have a short-term internship as well as experience the many cultural and artistic aspects of one of the world’s most beautiful and treasured cities.
“Entrance into the Teach the World program has become more selective and competitive. This year, we were able to close applications within five weeks of opening,” Robinson said.
“These interns are the highest level of student ambassadors and representatives of the University of Florida. We take great joy in directing the Teach the World program as we hear from the students that our program is a life-changing experience for them.”
The Marymount International School of Paris has invited the program back for 2013. For more information about next year’s program, contact Dr. Robinson at rlrob@ufl.edu or visit the UF International Center.
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Check out these photos and more from the 2012 College of Fine Arts Commencement ceremony now on Facebook.
See the 2012 College of Fine Arts Commencement ceremony online!
Nathan Sapio (MFA 2012) has been awarded a Post-MFA Painting Fellowship at University of Georgia, Athens. He will teach painting and conduct creative research for the 2012-2013 academic year. The fellowship will culminate with an exhibition at the end of the academic year.
Kalina Winska (MFA 2012) who will be joining the faculty of Valdosta State University in a tenure track position as Assistant Professor of Art/Foundations.
Current MFA Candidate Donald Keefe has also been awarded an artist residency at Contemporary Artists Center Woodside in Troy NY this summer. Keefe has work juried show into “Natural/Constructed Spaces” at the Painting Center http://thepaintingcenter.org/ 547 West 27th Street, Suite 500, NYC.
The show “Natural/Constructed spaces” will be on view from June 19 - mid August and will have a published catalogue.
BFA Drawing Candidate, Jay Rosen, has been awarded a University Scholars grant. This summer he has developed a research trip to Germany entitled “A Phenomenological Study of Light and Space”. Jay will visit several artist studios, museums and attend Documenta.
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2012 College of Fine Arts Outstanding Students
UF School of Music ethnomusicology PhD student Chris Witulski has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship. Chris holds a BM (Musical Studies/Jazz Studies) and an MM (Music Theory) from SUNY Potsdam (NY). His research involves Islam and issues of spirituality and commodification in the Gnawa and Sufi musics of Morocco. He is an active violist and bassist in Florida and Georgia.
Chet Udell, who will receive his doctorate in music composition with a focus in electrical engineering tomorrow, has been offered a permanent position at the University of Oregon.
UF School of Music horn student, Laura Weiss, has won a position in the Disney All American College Band for the summer in Disneyland, California. Auditions were held throughout the nation (12 locations including some of the largest schools of music in the country) and they selected 2 hornists (she auditioned at Juilliard). This fall
the UF horn studio will have 20 students - becoming one of the largest horn studios in the country.
Check out these photos and more from the UF School of Music Spring Awards Convocation on Facebook.
