FORMER DEAN OF MILANO FRED P. HOCHBERG SWORN-IN AS PRESIDENT OF THE EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES
Fred P. Hochberg, the former dean of Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy from 2004-08, was formally sworn-in by Vice President Joe Biden this week as the 23rd president of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank), the official export credit agency of the United States. In this capacity, Hochberg serves as chairman of the board.
President Barack Obama nominated Hochberg to the position on April 20, 2009. The United States Senate confirmed his nomination on May 14, 2009 for a term ending on January 20, 2013.
Hochberg assumed his duties several weeks ago after taking the oath of office in a brief ceremony before an assemblage of Bank staff.
“I want Ex-Im Bank to be an organization known for its embrace of innovation, an organization that takes prudent risks and provides exceptional service to its customers,” Hochberg told staff following the informal swearing-in ceremony. “American exporters and the workers they employ need and deserve our best efforts to help keep export sales flowing to foreign buyers, especially during these challenging economic times.”
The Bank plays a key role in helping U.S. exporters hit by the current economic crisis. Hochberg noted that he will work to open more markets to U.S. exports to create and sustain U. S. jobs.
During his tenure as Dean of Milano, Hochberg played a vital role in clarifying the school’s mission, raising its profile, and improving its fiscal results. Under his leadership, a new curriculum was developed by the faculty to reflect the changing nature of governance and equips students to meet new challenges; public programs brought in local and national opinion leaders; students had more opportunity to engage in community outreach through lab projects, pro bono consulting to nonprofits, and internships; and Milano raised approximately $8.5 million to help fund scholarships, cutting-edge research and student and faculty resources.
TRIO CAVATINA WINS WALTER W. NAUMBURG FOUNDATION'S 2009 CHAMBER MUSIC AWARD
Trio Cavatino, a chamber ensemble with deep roots at Mannes College The New School for Music, has just won the prestigious Walter W. Naumburg Foundation’s 2009 Chamber Music Award.
The trio's three members are Harumi Rhodes, violin (who did not attend Mannes, but whose mother, Hiroko Yajima, has been on the violin faculty at Mannes for decades); Priscilla Lee, cello (who earned her master of music at Mannes in 2005); and Ieva Jokubaviciute, piano (who earned her master of music at Mannes in 2002 and her professional studies diploma in 2004).
In addition to the publicity surrounding the award, the group will be presented in Alice Tully Hall next year. Trio Cavatina formed in 2005 and have been achieving remarkable success. They have performed at Kneisel Hall’s “Emerging Artists” Series in Maine, Union College in Schenectady, New York, and at the Eastern Shore Chamber Music Festival in Maryland. They were selected to perform at the closing concert of the Chamber Music America Conference in New York City. Trio Cavatina’ s performances in New York City, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, Boston, and Sarasota, were received with enthusiastic and encouraging reviews by the press. Their first international tour in the 2007-2008 season included performances in Lithuania on stages in Vilnius and Kaunas. More information can be found on the groups website.
SHEILA C. JOHNSON DESIGN CENTER RECEIVES MASTERWORK AWARD
The New School received a 2009 MASterwork Award for Best Renovation/Adaptive Reuse by the Municipal Art Society of New York for the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center. Architect David Childs presented the award at a ceremony held on June 9 at the Johnson Design Center.
The MAS described the Johnson Center as “A gutsy gut-renovation that dramatically improves circulation and continuity between the many buildings (and fields of study) at Parsons The New School for Design. It joins all of its street-level spaces, which date back to the early 1900s, into an ‘urban quad.’”
Designed by Lyn Rice Architects, the Sheila Johnson Design Center received a number of awards, including a National AIA Honor Award from the American Institute for Architects, one of the highest honors in the country.
NEW FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DRAMA
DRAMA PLAYWRIGHT INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN HELENE WURLITZER FOUNDATION RESIDENCY
New School for Drama playwright Dan Bernitt, class of 2011, has been invited to a three-month writing residency at the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation in Taos, New Mexico, for the summer of 2010. The foundation selects 11 artists from a variety of disciplines—painters, poets, sculptors, writers, composers, photographers, filmmakers—for three-month residencies, providing space to only 33 artists each year.
Along with his application, Bernitt had to submit curriculum vitae, his teaching experience, and a listing of his honors and awards, as well as a writing sample. He submitted his play Phi Alpha Gamma, which was also nominated for a Lambda Literary Award last year. Since the fellowship runs between his second and third year of study at Drama, he hopes to get a draft of his final-year thesis play completed, in addition to completing as many other writing projects as possible.
Visit www.wurlitzerfoundation.org for more information.
Bernitt also recently received the 2009 Robert Chesley Award for Lesbian and Gay Playwriting, awarded by The Publishing Triangle in honor of playwright Robert Chesley; past award winners have included Paula Vogel, Eric Bentley, Maria Irene Fornes, and Drama playwriting faculty member Christopher Shinn, among others.
NEWS FROM MILANO THE NEW SCHOOL FOR MANAGEMENT AND URBAN POLICY
PROFESSOR DENNIS DERRYCK HONORED AT CARIBBEAN HERITAGE & CULTURE EVENT
New York City Comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr, honored Dennis Derryck, professor of nonprofit management at Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy, and five other extraordinary leaders at the eighth annual Caribbean Heritage & Culture event.
“During Caribbean American Heritage month, we celebrate the proud traditions of all Caribbean Americans nationwide. Here in New York we salute the achievements of Caribbean Americans who have put their unique stamp on our city,” Thompson said at the event in downtown Manhattan.
Thompson presented the award to Dennis Derryck citing his passionate commitment to pushing the boundaries of architecture and community development. “His innovative policies and pragmatic style have proven invaluable to nonprofit organizations throughout New York City,” Thompson said.
Derryck's leadership in community development led to the creation of the Community Development Practicum, a Milano course in partnership with Parsons. Eight of the 10 development projects by the Practicum team have been or are now in the process of being built at a total budget of over $80 million.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR JAZZ AND CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
NEW SCHOOL JAZZ FACULTY AWARDED FELLOWSHIP
New School Jazz faculty member, pianist and composer Diane Moser was awarded a fellowship from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA). Located near Sweet Briar College in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in rural Virginia, the VCCA fellowship includes a working retreat for visual artists, writers and composers to focus on their own creative projects. With approximately 20 fellows in a typical two week to two month retreat, the program offers a distraction-free atmosphere and the opportunity to collaborate with other artists.
Serving more than 300 artists a year and over 3,000 since it’s inception, the VCCA is one of the nation’s largest year-round artists’ communities. The organization provides invaluable support to artists from all disciplines during the most important, and least lucrative, phase of their work: the creative phase. VCCA fellows have gone on to receive MacArthur grants, Pulitzer Prizes, Guggenheim fellowships, National Endowment of the Arts Awards, National Book Awards, and Academy Awards nominations.
NEW SCHOOL JAZZ STUDENTS HEADLINE HUDSON RIVER PARK TRUST
STARS OF TOMORROW CONCERT SERIES
New School Jazz students return to Hudson Pier to headline the Hudson River Park Trust Stars of Tomorrow concert series. Each Tuesday through August 11, at 6:30 p.m., New School Jazz students will serenade New Yorkers on the Hudson River on Pier 45, located at West and Christopher Streets. This outdoor venue is quickly becoming a Greenwich Village hot spot. The New School Jazz Line-up is:
- Tuesday, July 14, Shrimrit Shoshan Trio with Shimrit Shoshan, piano; Sam Knight, drums; and Ross Gallagher, bass.
- Tuesday, July 21, Darrell Smith Trio with Darrell Smith, drums; Rotem Sivan, guitar; Peter Yuskauskas, bass; and special guest, Ryan Anselmi, tenor saxophone.
- Tuesday, August 4, Amanda Ruzza Trio with Amanda Ruzza, bass; Collin DeJoseph, piano; and Jeff Barton, drums.
- Tuesday, August 11, Erika Kapin Trio with Erika Kapin, violin; Angelo Spagnolo, guitar; and Maiko Ono, drums.
NEWS FROM MANNES COLLEGE THE NEW SCHOOL FOR MUSIC
MANNES COLLEGE THE NEW SCHOOL FOR MUSIC SUMMER 2009
INSTITUTES, FESTIVALS, AND SEMINARS
Mannes College The New School for Music continues to present a tantalizing array of classical music institutes, festivals, and seminars this summer that go beyond the usual fare. These include the Ninth Annual New York Guitar Seminar at Mannes, July 8-12; and the Eleventh Annual International Keyboard Institute and Festival, July 19-August 2. For more information about the institutes and festivals, visit www.newschool.edu/mannes/summer.
The Ninth New York Guitar Seminar at Mannes brings together an international faculty of 28 renowned performers and teachers for five full days of activities in New York City. From July 8 through 12, the seminar will feature concerts, workshops, and master classes highlighting the rich and diverse heritage of the guitar in music from North, Central, and South America.
Artist faculty will include: Eduardo Fernández (Uruguay), Fabio Zanon (Brazil), Jorge Caballero (Peru), Ben Verdery (United States), the Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo (United States), Nilko Andreas (Colombia), Arthur Kampela (Brazil), Mariano Aguirre (Mexico), Michael Lorimer (United States), Chôro Ensemble of New York (Brazil / United States), Duo Cantabile (Mexico / United States), Rene Izquierdo (Cuba), Pablo Cohen and Daniel Binelli (Argentina), Tibaguí Trio (Colombia), and many more.
For full detailed information on all master classes, workshops, lectures, concerts, sound clips, bios, and links to artists’ websites, please visit www.mannes.edu/guitar or call 212.580.0210 x4883. Admission is $15. Tickets are available at the door or in advance through the website. All concerts will take place at the Mannes Concert Hall, 150 West 85th Street.
Concerts:
Wednesday, July 8, 7:30 p.m.
Artists: Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo (United States), Pablo Cohen (Argentina), Daniel Binelli, bandoneon (Argentina)Thursday, July 9, 7:30 p.m.
Artist: Fábio Zanon (Brazil)Friday, July 10, 7:30 p.m.
Artist: Eduardo Fernández (Uruguay)Saturday, July 11, 7:30 p.m.
Artists: Brasil Guitar Duo (Brazil), Tibaguí Trio (Colombia)Sunday, July 12, 12:00 p.m.
Artists: Participants’ Concert featuring solo and ensemble performance
New York Guitar Seminar at Mannes Lecture-Demo Series:
Wednesday, July 8, 4:30 p.m.
Program: Guitar in Mexico; Artists: Michael Lorimer (United States)Thursday, July 9, 4:30 p.m.
Program: Guitar in Cuba; Artist: Rene Izquierdo (Cuba)Friday, July 10, 4:30 p.m.
Program: Guitar in the Pampas; Artist: Pedro Baez (Argentina)Saturday, July 11, 9:00 a.m.
Program: Guitar and Violin in South America; Artists: Ars Duo (Ecuador / Argentina)Saturday, July 11, 4:30 p.m.
Program: Guitar in Song; Artists: Duo Cantabile (Mexico / United States)
NEWS FROM PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN
PARSONS DESIGNERS SHINE AT THE 2009 CFDA AWARDS
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Parsons triumphed at the 2009 Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Awards, which took place Monday, June 15, at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center. Alumna Anna Sui was honored with the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award. In her speech, Sui told the audience that her biggest dream was to go to Parsons.
Other award recipients include Marc Jacobs, winner of the International Award for his work with Louis Vuitton; Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez of Proenza Schouler, winner of Accessory Designer of The Year; and Alexander Wang, winner of the Swarovski Award for Womenswear. Future stars also shined as Parsons rising senior Niloufar Mozafari was named the CFDA Geoffrey Beene Design Scholar. Mozafari will receive $25,000 through this merit-based competition to help defray senior year tuition and educational expenses. In addition, the CFDA / Teen Vogue Scholarship recipient, Rachel Brown, informed the audience she will be attending Parsons in the fall.
COLLINS NAMED AMONG 100 MOST CREATIVE PEOPLE IN BUSINESS
Simon Collins, dean of Fashion at Parsons The New School for Design, has been named one of Fast Company Magazines 100 Most Creative People in Business for 2009.
Collins, who has served as dean since May 2008, has spent the past 20 years as a designer, design director, and creative director for some of the world’s most recognized brands including: Nike, Zegna, Ralph Lauren, Fila, and Marks and Spencer.
Since his appointment, Collins has established collaborations between his students and companies like Ellen Tracy, Henri Bendel and Gap. In addition, he is working toward positioning Parsons as the breeding ground for the first generation of sustainability-minded designers.
Collins was quoted in Fast Company magazine saying; “If we taught our students it’s all about red, they’d go into their careers thinking it’s all about red,” Collins says. “Hopefully we can do that with sustainability.”
PETLAB’S BUDGETBALL HITS CAPITOL HILL
The Washington Mall became a playing field as eight teams recently competed in the first Budgetball championship. This interactive game, a mix of soccer and volleyball, was developed by PETLab, a joint project of Games for Change and Parsons, which develops new games, simulations, and play experiences, encouraging experimental learning and investigation into social and global issues.
The aim of Budgetball is to increase awareness of the national budget deficit and to reward strategic thinking and collaborative problem solving around the issues of fiscal responsibility and long-term debt management.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner delivered an opening statement, congratulating players for taking part in an event to help broaden public awareness about responsible financial behavior.
Budgetball is partially funded by the Peterson Foundation, and was created in collaboration with the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) and the New-York-based consultancy area/code.
NEWS FROM EUGENE LANG COLLEGE THE NEW SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS
LANG ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MARCO ROTH, FOUNDING EDITOR OF LITERARY JOURNAL N+1, WINS PEW FELLOWSHIP
Marco Roth, an assistant professor in Lang’s Literary Studies program, was one of only 12 distinguished artists chosen from among 400 applicants to receive a prestigious Pew Fellowship. Pew Fellowships provide $60,000 to winning artists—the largest such grant in the country for which individual artists can apply. This year the awards went to artists working in fiction and creative nonfiction, media arts, and works on paper.
Marco Roth won the fellowship for his work in fiction and creative nonfiction. An essayist and literary critic, Roth is the founding editor of n +1 magazine, a twice yearly printed journal of literature, politics, and culture. His essay and reviews have appeared in such publications as The New York Times, The Nation, The Times Literary Supplement (UK), and inter alia, among others.He earned his B.A. from Columbia University and is a Ph. D candidate at Yale University.
Pew Fellowships in the Arts, a program of The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, is in its 18th year, having awarded 232 fellowships to 237 artists totaling $11,840,000. The fellowships are for a minimum of one year and a maximum of two years. The grants provide artists with an economic freedom that presents the opportunity to focus on their individual practices over a considerable period of time - to explore, to experiment, and to develop his or her work more fully. The program aims to provide such support at moments in artists’ careers when a concentration on artistic growth and exploration is most likely to have the greatest impact on their long-term professional development.
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY TRIP IS A RESOUNDING SUCCESS
From May 23 through May 30, 13 New School students took part in a week long Habitat for Humanity build on the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota. The trip was sponsored by Student Services' Office of Student Development and Activities and Lang's Office of Special Projects. The participating students added gutters and installed floorboards to homes close to completion and prepared concrete forms for sidewalks and driveways. The work provided students of all skill levels and academic disciplines an opportunity to learn new construction skills and understand how a house is built.
Catherine Lafferty, a History of Decorative Arts and Design graduate student, remarked, "It was important for me to get a sense of the teamwork involved in the building of a house, even if I did not have practical carpentry skills. And the Cheyenne River Reservation in Eagle Butte, South Dakota, is a unique setting in a geologically fascinating area. I would encourage all Parsons and New School students to participate in an applied learning project."
Students also took part in renovating FEMA trailers damaged by a recent storm and assisted the community of Eagle Butte by planting flowers in front of local businesses. With over 180 families on a waiting list for a Habitat home, students contributed to the supply of affordable and safe housing on the reservation.
To reward the students for their hard work, Executive Director of the Okiciyapi Tipi Habitat Chapter, Jerry Farlee, took the students to his buffalo ranch to see the large herd and led two sweat lodge spiritual ceremonies for the students to experience Lakota culture. Students also visited Mount Rushmore and took an historic tour of the South Dakota Badlands.
Students interested in participating in future Habitat for Humanity builds should contact Assistant Director of Student Development and Activities Nick Krebs at leadandserve@newschool.edu or call the OSDA office at 212.229.5687.
USE YOUR FREE ADMISSION TO DROP IN ON MOMA’S AFTER HOUR THURSDAY NIGHTS IN
JULY AND AUGUST
Thursday, July 2, 2009, marks the first of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA’s) Thursday Nights, a series of Thursday evenings in July and August when the Museum will remain open until 8:45 p.m. We encourage New School students and employees to drop in after work and enjoy access to the entire Museum. In order to receive your free admission, go to the lobby information desk and show them your valid New School ID. Students, faculty, and staff receive one free admission for themselves. Faculty and staff may also obtain an additional two tickets for their guests.
There will be live entertainment as well as drinks and cocktails available for purchase. MoMA is located at 11 West 53rd Street, New York City. Enjoy!
TIME OUT NEW YORK DISCOUNT OFFER
Start your year off being in the know about things free or fancy. Time Out New York is offering all students, faculty, and staff at The New School a full year's subscription for just $20! That's 51 issues for the entire year and only 39c an issue. Steal this deal for yourself or a gift to another.
THE BEST DEAL FOR AFFORDABLE THEATER, Dance, and concert TICKETS:
THEATRE DEVELOPMENT FUND
An exciting spring theater, music and dance season is under way: Why pay $100 or more, when you can pay $20-$36 for Broadway shows and Off-Broadway shows, dance performances and concerts? An inexpensive way to enjoy the best of New York culture is to join Theatre Development Fund (TDF).
To be eligible, you must be a full-time student or teacher, senior citizen (62+), civil servant, union member, staff member of a not-for-profit organization, performing arts professional, or member of the clergy or armed forces. Annual membership fee is $27.50, and you can join online.
A small sampling of performances recently available to TDF Members for $20-36 per ticket include: 33 Variations, The 39 Steps, Altar Boyz, American Ballet Theatre, The American Plan, August: Osage County, Avenue Q, Ballet NY, Beast, Big Apple Circus, Blithe Spirit, Christopher Cross at B.B. King's, Distracted, Enter Laughing, Exit the King, The Fantasticks, Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab, Fueerzabruta, Gypsy, Hedda Gabler, Impressionism, Irena's Vow, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, London Philharmonic at Lincoln Center; The Marvelous Wonderettes, Mourning Becomes Electra, New York City Ballet, New York Philharmonic, Next to Normal, Pal Joey, Patti Austin at Brooklyn Center; Paul Taylor Dance Company, The Phantom of the Opera, Reasons to be Pretty, Rock of Ages, Ruined, Shrek: The Musical; Speed the Plow, Spring Awakening and Uncle Vanya.
So don't miss this great opportunity to see great theater at great prices.
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Here's how it works. Unlike traditional subscriptions, the education rate can be set up by semester or in a combination that best reflects your schedules for both delivery and billing. New School faculty, staff, and students can have a subscription Monday-Friday, Sunday only, weekends only, or any combination.
To take advantage of the special discount to the Times or to change a current subscription, students, faculty (full-time and part-time), and staff should contact the customer service center at 888.NYT.COLL, to order a single subscription or a classroom subscription of up to eight copies for required reading in the classroom.
To order a classroom subscription of eight or more copies for required reading in the classroom, contact the education program's customer service center at 800.631.1222.
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