September 2016 College News

1 2 3 Caprice Pierucci, Red Dawn Cascade V , 2016 Pine, 60 x 40 x 6 in. Jade Walker’s installation Four Cornered Pedro Moreno’s American Advertising Award winning Blue Water Lily package design ART AND DESIGN Art , Art Education, Art Histor y, Communication Design, Photography, & Studio Art FACULTY ACCOLADES Roger Colombik and Jerolyn Bahm-Colombik’s socially-engaged project More Life in a Time Without Boundaries was on exhibit at the Grace Museum in Abilene, April 19-August 14, 2016. Roger also had five exhibits in Summer 2016’s West Texas Triangle Exhibition Series Every Beloved Object is the Center of a Garden of Paradise . Jeff Dell was one of three artists selected as Solo Exhibition Award winners for The Print Center of Philadelphia’s 90th Annual International Competition. Solo exhibitions ran May 6-August 6, 2016, with an opening reception and gallery talk held on May 5. Nicole DesChamps-Benke was invited to participate in the North American Mokume-Gane Exhibit in Japan— 300 years of tradition, innovation and influence . The exhibition was on display at the Tsubame Industrial Materials Museum (Nigata, Japan) and at the Yamawaki Art College Gallery (Tokyo, Japan). Nicole’s work was included in the museum catalogue and the Four Seasons of Jewelry quarterly magazine. As part of her continued collaboration with Dr. Shawn F. McCracken in support of his international scientific research, Nicole refined her earlier design of custom protective shields for electronic field sensors (Thermochron iButton & Hygrochron iButton) and coordinated fabrication of the shields in the Texas State ADRC 3D print lab. Dr. McCracken (Research Assistant Professor, Department of Biology) installs and relies on the sensors to measure the temperature and humidity in the rain forests of Ecuador. Teri Evans-Palmer’s co-authored article, “Embers to Bonfires: Early Childhood Teacher Training In Zambia,” is in press for publication in the Africa Education Review , an international journal associated with UNISA. The article highlights mixed methodology to determine self-efficacy perceptions of teachers in rural Zambia challenged to teach HIV/AIDS orphans under 7 years old with inadequate resources. 2 | September | College News