2018 College Report

PRESIDENTIAL AWARD WINNERS Te faculty of the College of Fine Arts and Communication excel as teachers, scholars, artists, and leaders. Te university’s Presidential Excellence Awards are intended to recognize and reward superior accomplishments, and to encourage all faculty to continue to perform, improve and advance their teaching, scholarly/creative activity, and service. STEPHANIE DAILEY Assistant Professor Communication Studies STEPHANIE DAILEY Assistant Professor Communication Studies PRESIDENTIAL XCELLENCE AWARD f o r Tea c h i ng CYNTHIA I. GONZALES Associate Professor Music STEPHANIE DAILEY Assistant Professor Communication Studies PRESIDENTIAL EXCELLENCE AWARD f o r Tea c h i ng JIM PRICE Senior Lecturer Theatre and Dance STEPHANIE DAILEY Assistant Professor Communication Studies PRESIDENTIAL EXCELLENCE AWARD f o r S e r v i c e Dr. Stephanie Dailey joined Dr. Cynthia Gonzales arrived Jim Price came to Texas State the Texas State faculty in at Texas State in 2004 as in 2009 to create a new B.F.A. 2014. She earned her M.A. a Target of Opportunity Musical Teatre program, now and Ph.D. in Communication hire to teach undergraduate one of the top programs in Studies from the University of and graduate Music Theory the country. In 2010, he was Texas at Austin and her B.A. in and Aural Skills. Cynthia appointed head of the M.A. Communication Studies and is nationally recognized for Playwriting program. In 2013 he Spanish from Southwestern integrating technology into her began work to create an M.F.A. University. In 2015, she won the teaching. In 2014, she authored program in Dramatic Writing. In Award for Excellence in Online a music fundamentals textbook the spring of 2017, his playwrights Teaching for her undergraduate within a TRACS project site to brought home more top awards course, Empirical Research prepare frst-year music majors than any other program in the Methods, and the Rising Star for the theory placement exam. country at the Kennedy Center Award from the Training & Cynthia sang professionally with American College Teatre Development Division of the the Santa Fe Desert Chorale in Festival. Jim helped launch the National Communication the 1980s, with Austin-based frst Musical Teatre program in Association, a group that Conspirare, and more recently Chile at the Projazz Institute in promotes teaching and training with the San Antonio Chamber Santiago. Jim is a Lark Playwright in communication courses. Choir. In both 2017 and 2018, Fellow, a two-time O’Neill Stephanie is also devoted to her choral compositions were National Playwright Conference strengthening teaching practices selected as U.I.L. Sight Reading semi-fnalist, a Seven Devil’s by publishing work in journals Contest repertoire. This fall Playwrights Conference fnalist, that advance the teaching of marks the beginning of her as well as a fnalist at the communication studies and twelfth year as Music Director O’Neill Music Teatre National serving on the editorial board at First Lutheran Church in Conference for his musical, for Communication Teacher . San Marcos. Cold Feet . COLLEGE REPORT 2018 | 9