New College: Building More than Majors College of Arts and...
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New College: Building More than Majors
College of Arts and Sciences
2015-2016 Annual Report (Abbreviated Version)
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New College Annual Retreat, Camp McDowell, February 26-28
Begun in 1971, New College is an interdisciplinary and integrative program of liberal artsinstruction, research, anduniversity and community service. First and foremost,weprovidehighly motivated undergraduate students with the opportunity to shape an individualizedprogram of study within the broader context of intensive faculty advising and aninterdisciplinarycoreeducationalexperience.Secondly,wepromote,encourage,andproduceinterdisciplinaryscholarship.WealsofurtherUA’shistoricalmandatetoshapediscussionaboutcivic engagement and scholarship responsible and responsive to the well-being of Alabamacitizens. Distinct in the southeastern United States public higher education market, NewCollege provides an important and vital educational alternative within the University. NewCollege’s success in helping students develop their own individualized programs of study ismade possible through the hard work of our ten tenured/tenure-track faculty, one clinicalfaculty,sixFTTI’s,fivestaff,oneLifeTrackprogrammanager,andthreeadvisors(LifeTrack).
FacultyHighlights
Dr.EllenSpearswithHavanachemistryprofessorDra.CristinaDíazLópez(secondfromleft)andUniversityofHavanachemistrygraduatestudents
Dr.NatalieAdamsservedontheExecutiveCounciloftheAmericanEducationalStudiesAssociationandtheAdvisoryBoardoftheDavidMathewsCenterforCivicLife.Shewillcompleteherco-authoredbookJustTryingtoHaveSchool:TheDailyWorkofSchoolDesegregation(undercontractwithUniversityPressofMississippi)whileonsabbaticalinthefall.
ProfessorEmmaBertolaetcompletedher firstyearasan instructor inNewCollege.SheassumedtheprimaryresponsibilityforteachingNEW237:CooperationandConflict.Underher leadership,wehavenowincorporatedmoderatortraining(offeredthroughtheDavidMathewsCenterforCivicLife)aspartofall sectionsofNEW237.Shewillbepresenting,alongwithProfessor JohnMillerandCristinFoster(DirectoroftheDavidMathewsCenterforCivicLife),attheBlackburnInstituteinAugust.
Dr.BarbaraBrickmanhadanarticleacceptedforpublication,twoarticlesrevisedandre-submitted,andisworkingonthebookGrease:Gender,Nostalgia,andYouthConsumptionintheBlockbusterEra(undercontract with Routledge). She applied for external funding from the American Council of LearnedSocietiesandtheAmericanAssociationofUniversityWomenforhernextbookproject:Attackofthe50FootLesbian:SexualityandExploitationintheAgeofConformity.
Dr.AdrienneCallanderjoinedNewCollegethisyearasanAssistantProfessorinArtsEntrepreneurship.Shepublishedoneessay,hadthreejuriedexhibits,twonon-juriedexhibits,andinJunewillparticipateina10-dayresidency in Icelandat theGullikstanCenter forCreativity.ThereshewillbecollaboratingwithMelanieO’Brien (Director of Galleries, Simon Frasier University, Vancouver) on several projects.Professor Callander helped a group of New College students launch Game Lab 142, an open access,collaborative,and interdisciplinary creative spacededicated to thedesignanddevelopmentofanaloganddigitalgames.
ProfessorJenniferCaputointroducedseveralnewcoursesforLifeTrackstudents,includingacourseonDrummingandCivicEngagementandPersonalHumanities.ShecontinuestodirecttheUAAfricanDrummingEnsemblewhichparticipatedinvariousworkshops,performances,anddemonstrations.ShealsohelpedplantheAlabamaDayofPercussionaspartoftheAlabamachapterofthePercussiveArtsSociety.
Dr.JuliaCherrywasthisyear’srecipientoftheCollegeofArts&SciencesOutstandingCommitmenttoStudentsaward.Dr.CherrywasalsofeaturedintheTuscaloosaNewsforherresearchpublishedintheprestigiousscientificjournalMethodsinEcologyandEvolution.Additionallyshepublishedanotherarticleandfourabstracts(twowithstudents)andhadfourotherabstractsacceptedforpublication.ShecontinuedasthePIforanumberofresearchprojectsfundedthroughtheU.S.DepartmentofInterior,MississippiStateUniversity,andtheGulfofMexicoFoundation.She,alongwithDr.AmandaEspy-Brown,receivedanA&Steachinggrant.
ProfessorKimColburncompletedherfirstyearasaninstructorinLifeTrack.Sheintroducedseveralnewcoursesandrevisedthe IntroductiontoSocialSciencescourse.ShetaughtNEW237:CooperationandConflict for the residentialNewCollegeprogram.ProfessorColburndesigned anew courseonPublicMemorywhichwillbeheldoffcampusinthefallinWashingtonDC.
Dr.AndrewDewarwasonsabbaticalthisyear.Dr.Dewarperformedatanumberofregional,national,and international venues, including an 8-hour performance with Anthony Braxton at the Torino JazzFestival in the famed EgyptianMuseum. This performancewas covered by international press, print,radio,andtelevision.Hepublishedabookchapterandtwoessaysandhadanotherchapteracceptedforpublication.Hehadfourmusicalrecordingspublishedwithseveralothersaccepted.Healsocoordinatedthe “Work in Progress” exhibit, a five day interdisciplinary arts performance and installation thattransformedtheFergusonCenterGallery intoa livingandbreathingart laboratory, showcasing“rapidprototyping”acrossartisticmedia.
Dr.AmandaEspy-BrownwastherecipientoftheFacultyFellowsServiceLearningEnhancementgrantand the Learning in Action Grant. She, alongwith Dr. Julia Cherry, also received a College of Arts &Sciencesteachinggrant.Sheintroducedanewseminaron“GlobalHealth,”taughtthehonor’ssectionofCooperationandConflict,andcontinuestobeoneofourleadinstructorsforNEW243:InterdisciplinarySciences. She also presented at the American Water Resources Association conference and theSoutheastEnvironmentalEducationAllianceConference.
Dr.MarysiaGalbraithreturnedfromsabbaticalthisyearandhasbegunseveralnewresearchprojectsbasedonherresearchinPoland.Shehadanarticlepublishedandabookreviewacceptedforpublication.Dr.Galbraith,founderandcoordinatorofARTS(ArtsRenaissanceinTuscaloosaSchools),integratedtheplanningofthisprogramintoherNEW238(CooperationandConflict)course.ARTSofferedanumberofartsworkshopstostudentsatMatthewsElementaryandUniversityPlaceElementary.TheprogramwasprominentlyfeaturedintheTuscaloosaNews.
ProfessorHollandHopsonmanagedandcoordinatedSonicFrontierswhileDr.AndrewDewarwasonsabbatical.HealsocontinuedtoteachNEW212:CreativityandNew490:MakingMusicintheDigitalAge.HeplannedandcoordinatedtheUAMakerspaceWorkshopSeries.HeconductedaworkshopondigitalfabricationforhighschoolstudentsparticipatingintheMulticulturalJournalismsummercamp.HeservedasthepublicitychairpersonfortheBirminghamArtsMusicAllianceandperformedatseveralstateandregionalmusicvenues.HealsoattendedtheSECSymposiumonCreativity,InnovationandEntrepreneurship.
ProfessorJohnMillercontinuedtoserveastheAssistantDirectorofNewCollege.HetaughtNEW212andNEW490:IntroductiontoAmericanLaw.ThisspringhetaughtNEW495:CapstoneSeminarandSeniorProject.ProfessorMillerservedastheNewCollegerepresentativetoCrossroadsCommunityCenter,andhelpedmoderateasymposiumonInclusiveClassroompractices.HealsoservedontheUniversity’snewexperientialeducationinitiative,theLearninginActioncertificationteam.HerepresentedNewCollegeattheannualmeetingoftheConsortiumofInnovativeEnvironmentsinLearning(CIEL).HehaspartneredwithCristinFoster(DirectoroftheDavidMathewsCenter)andNewCollegeinstructorEmmaBertolaetonapresentationinAugustattheBlackburnInstitute.ProfessorMillersubmittedseveralpoemsforpublicationthisyear.Onewasacceptedandanumberareunderreview.
ProfessorAmyPirklejoinedNewCollegeasafull-timeinstructorinJanuary.SheoverseesthepublicationoftheNewCollegeReviewandteachesNEW212:Creativity.
Dr.CatherineRoach’sbookHappilyEverAfter:TheRomanceStoryinPopularCulturewaspublishedin2016andwasprominentlyfeaturedintheIndianaUniversityPress’scatalogandmarketingmaterials.Shehadanarticleandabookchapterpublishedandtwootherchaptersacceptedforpublication.ShealsoappliedfortheprestigiousNEHPublicScholarAward.Shecreatedanewlarge-lectureclasscalled“SexualityandSociety.”ThisclassisanoutgrowthofapartnershipsheinitiatedlastyearwiththeStudentHealthServicesandauniversity-widecampaigncalled“50ShadesofConsent.”SheiscurrentlyworkingonapopularpressbookentitledGoodSex.
Dr.EllenSpearscontinuedtoreceiveaccoladesandpositivepresscoverageforherbookBaptizedinPCBs:Race,Pollution,andJusticeinanAll-AmericanTown,whichwaspublishedinpaperbackthisyear.Shewasawardedthe2015FrancisB.SimkinsAwardfromtheSouthernHistoricalAssociation.Shewastherecipientofthe2016BufordPeacePrizeandwasfeaturedinaC-SpandocumentaryonwritersfromTuscaloosa.Nextyearshewillbeonsabbatical,completinghersecondbook,RethinkingAmericanEnvironmentalismPost-1945:TheU.S.EnvironmentalMovement.Dr.MichaelSteinbergcontinuestobeheavilyinvolvedintheCubaInitiative.HeiscurrentlyworkingonajointresearchprojectwithCuba’sMinistryofFisheries,theNationalParkAssociationinCuba,and
geographerReynaldoEstradaonmappingthecoastalhabitatsoftwoofCuba’snationalparks.Hehasalsoreceivedconsiderablepressforhismappingproject(withagraduatestudent)oftheEverglades.HisBelizestudy-abroadclasscontinuestobepopularanddrawsstudentsthroughouttheuniversity.Hehadanarticleandbookreviewpublishedandtwootherarticlesacceptedforpublication.HereceivedexternalfundingfromtheBonefishandTarponTrustandsubmittedproposalsforfundingtotheSeaWorldConservationFundandtheNationalGeographicSocietyFundforResearchandExploration.HeintroducedanewspecialtopicsseminaronSportingConservation.
Dr.TedTrostwasawardedtheCollegeofA&SDistinguishedTeachingFellowship.Hehadanarticleandbookchapterpublishedandaneditedbookacceptedforpublication.Dr.TrostwillserveastheInterimDirectorofNewCollegeinthefall.
NewCollegefaculty,theirchildren,andNewCollegestudentsenjoyCampMcDowellFarmattheannualretreat
StudentHighlights
ProfessorWayneFordwithUAstudentsinNEW334:EverydayForestManagement
• MindyMannwastherecipientofthe2016RandallOutstandingResearchAward.• KatyTurner,presidentoftheNewCollegeCouncil,wasoneoffourrecipientsoftheDean’sMerit
award.• SeveralNewCollegestudentsstudiedabroadthisyear,includingCameronLyons(Cuba),Emily
Gaetano(Italy),TheresaStoddard(Spain),BrittanyGrady(Spain),MindyMann(NewZealand),EmmaSmith(Brazil,SouthAfrican,andIndia),andKatyTurner(Morocco).JoshHarveyspentthefallsemesterat“SemesteratSea.”Thisexperienceinspiredhim,uponhisreturn,toformanon-profittoencourageAfricanAmericanyoungmen,likehimself,tostudyabroad.
• JulieGyurgyik,forherseniorproject,planneda4,000milebikerideacrosstheUnitedStates.InMayshesetoutfromRichmond,VAtobiketoAstoria,OR.
• GingerMorganandhercompanyBioGramwontheEdwardK.AldagBusinessPlanCompetition($2000)forprototypeconstruction.
• ShaunCastle,aLifeTrackstudentwhoplaysontheUAAdaptiveBasketballteam,wasinstrumentalinMikeMouron’sdecisiontodonate$3milliontothenewadaptivesportsfacility.
• KrisPearce,withanotherUAstudentEthanNewsome-Jackson,launchedacomicbookcompany,DreamInkComics,thathasbeenprominentlyfeaturedinseveralmediaoutlets.
• WhitChambersandKristinFaulkneraredoinginternshipsinLosAngeles.WhitisinthemarketingdepartmentatWarnerBrothersMusic.KristenisintheDigitalMusicdepartmentatStudio71andatIwerks&Co.doingdocumentarypostproduction.
DepartmentalHighlights
Drs.MichaelSteinberg,NatalieAdams,MarysiaGalbraithandEllenSpearsfeaturedatthe“CovertoCover”ExhibitheldatDinahWashingtonCulturalArtsCenter,August2015
DepartmentalHighlights
• WewelcomedAdrienneCallanderasthenewAssistantProfessorinArtsEntrepreneurshipandcompletedasuccessfulsearchforanassistantprofessorintheSocialSciences,Dr.VincentWillis,whowillbegininAugust.
• WeendowedanewscholarshipinhonorofretiredfacultymemberDr.BingBlewitt.WeheldareceptiontounveilthenewscholarshipandawardedthefirsttworecipientsofthescholarshipatHonor’sDay.
• NewCollegeawardeddepartmentalscholarshipsto44studentsforatotalof$44,500.• Welaunchedanewprogram–DinnerwithaProfessor–inwhichNewCollegefacultyhosted
studentsintheirhomesfordinnerandanopportunitytogettoknowtheirprofessorinamorepersonalcontext.Itwasaresoundingsuccesswith8facultyandover30studentsparticipating.
• TheWalkerCountyinternshipprogram(nowinitssixthyear)continuestothriveandisamodelforsuccessful,sustaineduniversity-communitypartnerships.Insummer2015fourUAinternsworkedwithvariousWalkerCountyagenciesandnon-profitstoaddresscommunityneeds.
• Drs.NatalieAdams,MarysiaGalbraith,EllenSpears,andMichaelSteinbergwerefeaturedintheCollegeofArts&Sciences“CovertoCover”exhibitheldinAugustattheDinahWashingtonCultureArtsCenter.
• ProfessorsTrost,Brickman,andRoach,alongwithProf.LucyCurzoninArtHistory,areplanninganinternationalconferencewithcolleaguesatRoehamptonUniversityinLondon(UK)forJune2017.Thetopicofthisinterdisciplinaryconferenceis“LoveAcrosstheAtlantic,”aculturalstudiesandmediastudieslookatthelong-standing“specialrelationship”betweentheUSandtheUK.ThisburgeoningresearchcollaborationexistsalongsideandinsupportofUA’sstudyabroadprogramatRoehamptoneveryspringsemester.In2018,NewCollegewillhostaprofessorfromRoehamptoninaweeklongteachingresidency.
• Wepartneredwithseveraldepartments/unitsoncampustofundlectures,specialevents,conferences,andexhibits,includingtheDorisDerby“FertileGround”exhibit,FrenchnovelistGilesLeroy,theLavenderGraduation,andtheLunafestFilmFestival.
• WeheldourannualweekendretreatatCampMcDowellforstudents,faculty,staff,spouses,andchildren.Over50attendedtheevent.
NewCollegeCouncilmembersatCampMcDowell(ForrestHooton,PadaSchultz,KristenFaulkner,MattZeliff,WesleyBien-Aime,KaylinWallen)
NewCollegeScholarships
44NewCollegestudentsreceiveddepartmentalscholarships$44,500indepartmentalscholarshipswasawardedtoNewCollegestudents
2015–2016ScholarshipRecipients
HughHollowayEnd’d.Scholarship CaitlinCraft
SamuelJ.SenterMem.Scholarship TianaRaimist-Carter BernardandAlmaWeberScholarship CameronLyonsandMelindaMann SamuelThomasBarnesMem.Schol. JacksonHarrisandDemetriusEdwards AnneandNealBerteEnd’d.Schol. SarahJohns,BenjaminMcGowan,EmilyPickert,
DanaSchultz JerryRosenbergScholarship EmmaSmithandJuliaQuan ByronFranklin&OpheliaWatsonSchol. HannahWrightSuzanneYoungerEnd’d.Schol. RachelCano LevitetzScholars Fall:MeredithBarfoot,EdmundDolensky,Tyler
Entelisano,KatieGunderson,DylanHatfield,Kayla Head,KrisPearce,MattSimmons,JessicaSmith, MichelleTunaitis,
Spring:RandyArnold,WhitChambers,JoshHarvey,DylanHatfield,XaviaJackson,MillicentKrebs,KrisPearce,JessicaProcter,GabeRosser,ClaySmilie
BernieSloan,SpiritofNCAward FrancesWangen
FranGeddes,OutstandingServicetoNC KatyTurner
E.R.DavidandC.D.DavisScholarship ColinParker
UniversityPartnerships
NewCollegepartneredwiththefollowingdepartments/unitstofundlectures,specialevents,conferences,andexhibits.
• AlabamaModernLanguagesConference DepartmentofModernLanguages• BenAllisonResidency SchoolofMusic• “AnEveningWith” DepartmentofHistory• RoseGladneyLecture AmericanStudies• GillesLeroy DepartmentofModernLanguages• JohnLipskiandKarenBishop EnglishDepartment• NormanFischer Blount• DorisDerby“FertileGround” AmericanStudies• LunafestFilmFestival Women’sResourceCenter• LavenderGraduation StudentAffairs/FiscalAffairs• SonicFrontiers Dean’sOffice• NewCollegeCouncil Annualretreat
NewCollegeLecturesbyAlumni
ThisyearNewCollegehostedseverallecture/talksbyNewCollegealumni:
• Dr.BrandonStacey,AssistantProfessor,CardiovascularMedicine,WakeForestUniversitySchoolofMedicine
• JustinnOverton,RiverKeeper,CoosaRiver(featuredasfivenotableSouthernwomeninSouthernLiving)
• JoeBarnett,FarmerandBeeKeeper• RuthFitts,children’sbookauthor
SonicFrontiersConcertSeries
SonicFrontiersisaconcertseriesofinnovativeandexperimentalmusicthatenrichestheculturallifeofWest Alabama and invitescreative exchange between world-class performers of adventurous music,students, and the greater community through publicperformances and lively post-concertdiscussions.All SonicFrontierseventsare freeandopen to thepublicandarepresented inaccessiblevenues.SonicFrontiersisdirectedbyDr.AndrewDewar.WhileDr.Dewarwasonsabbaticalthisyear,ProfessorHollandHopsonmanagedtheconcertseries.
2015-2016SonicFrontiersEventDescriptions
Fall2015
NewYorkjazzbassistandcomposerBenAllison
TuesdayOctober277:30pmBenAllisonwiththeUniversityofAlabamaJazzEnsemble
WednesdayOctober284:00pmMasterclasswithBenAllison
WednesdayOctober287:30pmTheBenAllisonBand
UniversityofAlabamaSchoolofMusic-MoodyConcertHall
SonicFrontiersandUniversityofAlabamaJazzStudiespresentbassist,composerandbandleaderBenAllisonperformingwiththeUniversityofAlabamaJazzEnsembleandwithTheBenAllisonBand.Allisonisoneofafewbandleadersworkinginjazztodaywhohasdevelopedhisowninstantlyidentifiablesound.Knownforhislyricalmelodies,inventivegroovesandinspiredarrangements,Bendrawsfromthejazztraditionandarangeofinfluencesfromrockandfolktoclassicalandworldmusic,seamlesslyblendingthemintoacinematic,cohesivewhole.
BenhastouredextensivelythroughouttheUS,Asia,North&SouthAmericaandEurope,winningfansandbuildingnewaudienceswithanadventurousyetaccessiblesoundandaflairfortheunexpected.AllisonisamultiplewinneroftheDownbeatCriticsPollforbassistandcomposer.
AllisonwillleadamasterclassforUniversityofAlabamastudentsonWednesdayOctober28at4:00pm.
TetuziAkiyama,BryanEubanks,JasonKahn,ToshimaruNakamura
WednesdayNovember117:30pm
UniversityofAlabamaSchoolofMusic-MoodyRecitalHall
SonicFrontiersispleasedtopresenttheimprovisingquartetofTetuziAkiyama,BryanEubanks,JasonKahnandToshimaruNakamuraperformingtogetherforthefirsttimeaspartofa16-dateU.S.tour.
TetuziAkiyamaisoneofJapan'smostactiveexperimentalguitarists.Hemanagestosuccessfullybridgemanydirectionsinhismusic,rangingfromTexasboogieandfreenoisetohighlyrestrainedacousticwork.
BryanEubanksisactiveasacomposerofelectronicmusicandasanimproviser.Heplaysthesopranosaxophonebothasacousticinstrumentandaspartofauniquefeedbacksystembuiltanddesignedbyhimself,usingopencircuitboardsandcustomanalogcircuitry.
Ondrumset,JasonKahn'splayingswingsacrossawidespectrumofapproaches,rangingfromecstaticpropulsionandrhythmicdrivetoabstractsoundtexturesusingavarietyoffoundmetalobjectsandcymbals.
ToshimaruNakamurahasmadeanameforhimselfsincethelate1990'sinimprovisedandexperimentalelectronicmusicwithhisuseoftheno-inputmixingboard,aninstrumentyieldingawiderangeofsonicpossibilitieswithintheframeworkofachaoticfeedbacksystemhehasdevelopedovermanysoloandcollaborativeconcerts.
Together,thesemusicianswillfusefreeimprovisation,noise,experimentalelectronicsandtheuncategorizableinafreshandvibrantapproachtogroupplayingandspontaneousmusiccreation.
ThisconcertissupportedinpartbytheJapanFoundationthroughthePerformingArtsJAPANprogram.
Spring2016
OliviaBlock
TuesdayJanuary267:30pmworkshopandsoloperformance
UniversityofAlabamaSchoolofMusic-MoodyRecitalHall
SonicFrontierspresentscomposerandsoundartistOliviaBlockinasoloperformance.Block’sperformancesincludepartiallyimprovisedpiecesforelectronicsandamplifiedobjects,presentedinaslowanddeliberategesturalstylethatSteveSmithoftheNewYorkTimesdescribedrecentlyashaving“palpablesensationsofvolitionandemotionalinvolvement.”Blockalsoperformsoriginalpiecesforinsidepiano.
Block’sworkreflectsherinterestsinsitespecificity,ethnographicsoundandlisteningpractices,foundmaterialsincludingrecordingsandtexts,soundforcinema,andadditionalthemes.Blockhasperformed,premieredandexhibitedherworkthroughoutEurope,America,andJapanintoursandinfestivalsincludingIncubate(Tilburg),FestivaldelBosqueGerminal(MexicoCity),SonicLight(Amsterdam),Kontraste(Krems),Dissonanze(Rome),Archipel(Geneva)Angelica(Bologna),SunoniperilPopolo(Montreal),andmanyothers.Additionally,shehaspresentedworkattheICA(London),MCA(Chicago),LaBiennalediVenezia52ndInternationalFestivalofContemporaryMusic,TheKitchen(NYC),ISSUEProjectRoomandExperimentalIntermedia(Brooklyn).
ShehascompletedresidenciesandpremieredworksatMillsCollegeofMusic,TheSchooloftheArtInstituteofChicagoandTheBerkleeCollegeofMusic.Blockhaspresentedtalksatadditionaluniversitiesinfilm,music,mediaarts,andanthropologydepartments,includingYaleUniversity,UniversityofChicago,andIndianaUniversity.
OliviawillleadaworkshopforUniversityofAlabamastudentsonTuesdayJanuary26priortoherperformance.
GregStuartwiththeUniversityofAlabamaPercussionEnsemble
SundayApril17
UniversityofAlabamaSchoolofMusic-MoodyRecitalHall
SonicFrontiersandtheUniversityofAlabamaPercussionEnsemblepresentGregStuartperformingnewworksbyMichaelPisaro.GregStuartisapercussionistwhoseworkexploresalternativepercussiontechniques,includingsustainedfriction,gravity-basedsoundsviasmallgrains,sympatheticvibrationandelectronicinstruments.Since2006,StuarthascollaboratedextensivelywiththecomposerMichaelPisaro,producingalargebodyofnewmusicforpercussioncomprisedofpiecesthatfocusonthemagnificationofsmallsoundsthroughrecordingandlayering,oftenincombinationwithfieldrecordingsandelectronicsounds.StuartwillperformsoloandtogetherwiththeUniversityofAlabamaPercussionEnsemble.
NewCollege/CommunityPartnershipsNewCollegecontinuestobeacampusleaderinestablishingcommunitypartnershipsthatprovideUAstudentswithopportunitiestonotonlygivebacktothecommunitybutalsotogainimportantlifeskillsandknowledgerelevanttotoday’sworkforce.NewCollegeisthehomeoftheArtsRenaissanceinTuscaloosaSchoolsProgram(ARTS)andtheWalkerCountyInternshipprogram.WealsoworkcloselywiththeDavidMatthewsCenterforCivicLife,theWalkerAreaCommunityFoundation,andtheDruidCityGardenProjectonavarietyofcommunityengagementprojects.
MatthewsElementarystudentproudlydisplayshisartworkproducedaspartoftheARTSprogram
ArtsRenaissanceinTuscaloosaSchools
ArtsRenaissanceinTuscaloosaSchools(ARTS)(underthedirectionofDr.MarysiaGalbraith)offersawiderangeofworkshopsforstudentsinlocalpublicschools.Theworkshopsoccurduringtheregularschooldaysoallstudentshavetheopportunitytoexploretheircreativity—throughmusic,movement,artsandcrafts,andbeyond.Universityvolunteersleadworkshopsorassistworkshopleaders.SomeofthemostpopularworkshopsincludeAfricandrumming,tiedye,andpotteryfacejugs.Thisyear,studentinternMindyMannworkedwithteacherstodevelopworkshopsrelatedtocurriculumgoals.Itwouldbehardtochoosethechildren’sfavorite,butbeaverdamsishighonthelist.Theyuseddirt,clay,sticks,stones,andmarblestobuilda“beaverdam”inabox.Oncecompletedtheytestedwhethertheirdamwouldholdwaterpouredintoonesideofit.Theylearnedaboutbeavers,dams,constructiontechniques,collaboration,andproblem-solvingthroughthisart-scienceactivity.
WalkerCountyInternshipProgram
Walker County Interns Emily Pickert, Stephanie Ray, Aundrea Bevis, Mary Caroline May, and Jeff Rogers
TheWalkerCountyInternshipProgramisaneight-weekcommunity-embeddedservice-learninginternship fostered by a partnership between the University of Alabama’s New College, the DavidMathewsCenterforCivicLife, andtheWalkerAreaCommunityFoundation(Jasper,AL).In2015,fourinterns(EmilyPickert,StephanieRay,JeffRogers,andAundreaBevis)andanon-sitecoordinator(MaryCarolineMay)spentthesummerinWalkerCountyvolunteeringwithvariouscommunityagencies.
Priortothesummerinternship,theinternsparticipatedinasemester-longpreparationprogramled by the Director of the DavidMathews Center for Civic Life, Cristin Foster. Students studied suchtopicsasdemocracyandcitizenship,democraticpracticesasoutlinedthroughtheKetteringFoundation,and civic engagement models used to address issues related to health and wellness, education,community outreach, and support for nonprofits – four topics that the Walker Area CommunityFoundationspecificallyaddressedintheirstrategicplanninginitiative.Studentsalsoconductedaneedsassessment of Walker County and received training on how to conduct deliberative forums in
communities.Thecourseworkisdesignedtopreparetheinternstobecollaborativepartnerswithlocalnonprofits and to cultivate the skills to promote civic engagement. The interns have the uniqueopportunitytoplugintoanexemplarynetworkofnonprofitsthatstriveto improveWalkerCountyforitsresidentsonavarietyof fronts. In2015,the internsworkedwithseveralnon-profitsorganizations,including the JasperCitySchools, theHealthActionPartnership,and theWalkerCountyArtsAlliance.Thegoalofthesepartnershipsistodevelopsustainableprogramming.
DruidCityGardenProject
In2010theDruidCityGardenProjectbrokegroundona2,500ftorganicschoolgardenand,withseedandplantdonations,over250ElementaryandUniversityofAlabamastudentsgatheredtoplantthefirstgarden. The garden, located on the back porch of University Place Elementary School, teaches anintegratedscience-andmath-curriculumthatmeetsAlabamaCourseofStudystandards.Usingtheproducethatthestudentshelptogrow,the“BuddingEntrepreneursProgram”teachesbasicbusinessskillswhenstudentssetupanon-siteFarmStandthatsellsproducebacktotheirfamilies.Here,elementarystudents,mentoredbyUAstudents,runamini-businesswhileunderstandingthatfoodhasvalue.Staff fromtheDruidCityGardenProjectteachaNewCollegecourseentitled“OrganicFarming.” HereNewCollegestudentsexplorethebasicsoforganicfarminginahands-on,practicalclass.NewCollegestudents also volunteer at the Garden, and they regularly complete internships and summerIndependentStudiesthere.
NewCollegeMinors
StudentsthroughouttheUAcampuspursueminorsinNewCollege.OurmostrecentminoradditionisthatoftheNaturalResourceManagement(NRM)minorwhichcurrentlyenrolls78students.SinceDr.CarlWilliamsassumedthecoordinatorpositionandtheminorwasmovedtoNewCollege,wehaveseenasteadyincreaseinthenumberofstudentsenrolledinthisminor.
TheStudent-Designed(SD)minorallowsstudentsfromotherdepartmentsandCollegestocreatetheirown21-hour interdisciplinaryminor. Thisminor isparticularlypopularwithstudents intheCollegeofCommunicationandInformationSciences.Thenumberofstudentsinthisminorcontinuestoincreaseaswell.
TheInterdisciplinaryEnvironmentalStudies(IES)minorisofferedjointlybetweenNewCollegeandtheDepartmentofGeography.Dr.MichaelSteinbergcoordinatesthisminor.
TheCivicEngagementandLeadership(CELD)minorisopentostudentsthroughouttheUniversitywithaspecialtrackforstudentsenrolledinROTC.
Minor Su2015enrollment FA2015enrollment Sp2016enrollment NRM 19 36 40 SD 35 85 101 IES 3 8 8 CELD 22 73 78
NewCollegeCourseOfferings(ExcludingNEW310-322:IndependentStudies)
Summer2015
NEW450-800:Belize,MichaelK.SteinbergNEW490-051:SpecialTopics–PoliticalPropaganda,StephenSchwabFall2015NEW100-001:IntroductiontoInterdisciplinaryandIntegrative,CatherineMRoach
NEW120-001:SustainedDialogue,LaneBMcLellandNEW212:Creativity
001:JenniferCaputo002:JohnMiller003:CreativityandComputing,HollandHopson004:AdrienneCallander
NEW213-001:HonorsCreativity,JohnMiller
NEW215-001:PerspectivesonEnvironmentalLiterature,MichaelKSteinberg
NEW237:CooperationandConflict001:EmmaBertolaet
002:RobertHayes003:EmmaBertolaet004:EmmaBertolaet
NEW238-001:HonorsCooperation&Conflict,MarysiaGalbraith
NEW243:NaturalScienceI:InterdisciplinarySciences001:JuliaCherry002:AmandaEspy-Brown003:AmandaEspy-Brown
NEW270-320:LeaderSocialJusticeActivism,DaleWallaceNEW338-001:NewCollegeReview,AmyPirkleNEW407-001:LandscapesoftheSouth,EllenSpearsNEW415-001:Gender,Sexuality,andPopCulture,CatherineRoachNEW434-001:DocumentingJusticeI,AndrewGrace
NEW441-001:ClimateChangeandPublicPerception,JuliaCherryNEW442-001:EnvironmentalEthics,EllenSpearsNEW445-001:TechnologyandHumans,BarbaraBrickmanNEW472-001:SocialChange,JenniferCollinsNEW490:SpecialTopics
001:OutdoorLeadership,StephenMiddleton002:EverydayForestryinAlabama,StanleyWayneFord003:EthicsMatter,StephenSchwab004:PARCII,MartinaThomas005:HistoryGamers,BillyField006:SustainableHomeLandscaping,MaryJ.Modica007:GlobalHealth,AmandaS.Espy-Brown008:SportingConservation,MichaelK.Steinberg010:MuseumStudies,WilliamBomar011:CreativeIndustries,AdrienneCallander012:MakingMusicintheDigitalAge,HollandHopson013:ZenBuddhismandRadicalApproachestotheArts,HenryA.Lazer015:CinematicWorldviews,AlanD.Lazer320:WisdomofIndia,JonathanG.Berry
NEW495-001:CapstoneSeminar&SeniorProject,CatherineRoachSpring2016NEW100-001:IntroductiontoInterdisciplinaryandIntegrativeStudies,CatherineRoachNEW120-001:SustainedDialogue,LaneBMcLellandNEW211-001:PerspectivesintheHumanities,TheodoreL.TrostNEW212:Creativity
001:HollandHopson002:CreativityandComputing,HollandHopson003:AmyPirkle
NEW213-001:HonorsCreativity,AdrienneCallanderNEW226:OrganicFarming
001:LindsayTurner,SarahFiorella002:LindsayTurner,SarahFiorella
NEW237:CooperationandConflict
001:KimberlyColburn
002:EmmaBertolaet003:EmmaBertolaet
NEW238-001:HonorsCooperationandConflict,AmandaEspy-BrownNEW243:NaturalScienceI:InterdisciplinarySciences
001:AmandaEspy-Brown002:AmandaEspy-Brown
NEW335-001:EverydayWildlifeinAlabama,StanleyWayneFordNEW339-001:NewCollegeReviewII,AmyPirkleNEW342-001:SocialActionandPerformance,LameaShaaban-MaganaNEW365-001:EnvironmentalPolicy,EllenSpearsNEW435-001:DocumentingJusticeII,AndrewGraceNEW436-320:PublicLeadership,DaleWallaceNEW439-001:UrbanSpaces,EllenSpearsNEW473-001:GlobalizationandFolkCraftProduction,MarysiaGalbraithNEW490:SpecialTopics
001:FlyFishing,MichaelSteinberg003:WetlandsEcology,JuliaCherry004:ReproductiveHealthcare,EmmaBertolaet005:ZenBuddhismandRadicalApproachestotheArts,HenryLazer008:HistoryGamers,BillyField009:GirlsFilmSchool,BarbaraBrickman010:AmericanLaw,JohnMiller012:PoliticsofFoodSovereignty,DavidMeek013:CinematicWorldviews,AlanD.Lazer320:Psychedelics,JonathanBerry
NEW495-001:CapstoneSeminarandSeniorProject,JohnMiller
NEWCOLLEGEFALL2015SENIORRESEARCHSYMPOSIUM
Tuesday,December1,3:30-5:30
Panel1 Lloyd328 Moderator:Dr.CatherineRoach
3:40 MasonThornley,SongDemoProduction
4:00 LoganBowden,MarketingandProducingMusicalShowcase
4:20 EricSnyder,MusicProduction
4:40 PrestonThompson,CoordinatingaShowattheTuscaloosaAmphitheater
5:00 KaylaRobinson,Marketing“Heartbreak101”
Panel2 Lloyd216A Moderator:Dr.JuliaCherry
3:40 CaitlynMcMahon,¿Cómoaprendo?AddressingtheDifficultiesFacedbySpanishSpeaking
StudentsinAmericanSchools
4:00 MargaretWilbourne,PopularCultureandEnvironmentalism:AnExplorationofPerspective
4:20 ErynnWilliams,GestureinTranslation
4:40 JulieGyurgyik,BikeAcrossAmerica
Panel3 GordonPalmer154 Moderator:Dr.BarbaraBrickman
3:40 AnnaCoburn,StringsoftheCoosa
4:00 AndrewHansen,FurnitureDesignandConstruction
4:20 ShelbyWilson,YouAreAlreadyAmazing
4:40 HopeChandler,StartingPoint:BreakingintoYouthLiteraturethroughWordsandtheBusinessof
Writing
Panel4 GordonPalmer155 Moderator:Dr.MarysiaGalbraith3:40 KatieGunderson,CreatingaSuccessfulBusiness:TheAshtonGarden“Toolkit”
4:00 MindyMann,CampusCrimeatTheUniversityofAlabama:ATheoreticalAnalysis
4:20 JimTrotter,CreatingaVIPMusicFestivalExperience
4:40 KaylaHead,CrimsonInChaos:AnAnalysisofStudentOpinionsofAthletic-basedStudent
Organizations
NewCollegeSeniorAndrewHansen(withotherNewCollegestudentsandDirectorDr.NatalieAdams)
displaysthetwochairshedesignedandconstructedaspartofhisseniorproject
NEWCOLLEGESPRING2016SENIORRESEARCHSYMPOSIUM
Wednesday,April20,3:00-5:00pmPanel1 Lloyd222 Moderator:KimColburn 3:20 EmilyReid,“Leadership:SecularandSpiritualApproaches”3:40 ErinEngland,“ApproachingFoodSovereignty:TheCrisisofUrbanization”4:20 CarolinePilot,“CareerApproachesinEquineTherapy”4:00 EmilyAnnePertuit,“SoutheasternWildlifeConservationPoliciesandPractices”Panel2 Lloyd233 Moderator:CatherineRoach3:20 VinceHastings,“CollegeFootballHallofFameMarketingPitch”3:40 LucasRead,“NBAD-LeagueFeasibilityStudyandBusinessPlanforBirmingham,Alabama”4:00 DossCleveland,“Alabama’sBlack-Belt:AmImyBrother’sKeeper?”4:20 MeredithBarfoot,“MarketingaMicro-GardeningStart-up”Panel3 Lloyd123 Moderator:JohnMiler 3:20 DemetriusEdwards,“IntellectualPropertyLicensinginUniversitySettings”3:40 ClaySmilie,“RiskManagementintheHospitalityIndustry”4:00 MollyShuster,“CommercialPropertyManagementPlan”4:20 LaurenPratt,“MetalinguisticsandGenderedLanguageUseinPopularLiterature”
Wednesday,April27,3:00-5:00pmPanel4 Lloyd222 Moderator:JenniferCaputo3:00 TreyStafford,“SustainableTextileDesign&Entrepreneurship”3:20 ScottWalker,“EnsembleLeadership:EffectiveGuestConducting”3:40 KrisPearce,“ChocolateMan:AMediaProductionSkillsPortfolio”4:00 ParkerHartselle,“Music,Art,&Brews”4:20 PeteBlankenship,“FestivalLogisticsandManagement:VeteranFest”Panel5 Lloyd233 Moderator:CatherineRoach 3:00 WeslyBien-Aimé,“ApproachestoForeignAid:SuccessesandChallengesinAfricaandHaiti”3:20 JacksonHarris,“FosteringPracticesforInclusiveExcellence”3:40 JoshuaHarvey,“EducatingGlobalDiversity”4:00 SamiAnderson,“DreamCenter:MeetingCommunityNeeds”4:20 CarolineJohnson,“#LookUp:aCampaignforMindfulnessandConnectedness”Panel6 Lloyd123 Moderator:JohnMiller3:00 MariamAl-Akhdar,“ApplicationofPsychologicalTechniquesinPhysicalTherapy”3:20 AundreaBevis,“ACriticalLookatEpidemiologicalApproaches”
3:40 BenMcGowan,“ContemporaryHistory,Science,&EthicsofBiomedicalWasteManagement”4:00 NateOwens,“StrategiestoReduceU.S.InfantMortality”4:20 ChrisGarrison,“ApproachestoWorkplaceWellness”4:40 KatyTurner,“Law,PolicyandtheImpactofDocumentaryFilm”
NewCollegeSeniorandCouncilPresidentKatyTurnerinMoroccoonstudy-abroadtrip
Conclusion
May2016GraduatesatNewCollegeceremony
New College plays a significant role in the College and the University – a role that can be easilydismissed in a culture of rapid growth such has been experienced at UA. New College is oftenreferredtoasthe“placewherethelostsoulsendup.”Whilethisisaninaccuraterepresentationofthe diversity of students in New College, we do believe strongly that our hands-on approach toteaching and learning, coupled with the small community-feel we cultivate, continues to have asignificantimpactonstudentretentionintheCollegeandUniversity.NewCollegefacultyandstaffarecommittedtoneverlosingsightoftheparticularityoftheneedsofeachandeverystudent.Weare appreciative of the support of our President, Provost, Dean, and university allies and theircontinuedacknowledgementofthevitalroleNewCollegeplays intherecruitment,retention,andgraduationofstudents.
New490students(withinstructorDr.MichaelSteinberg)leavingBelizeaftertheirMay2016studyabroadexperience