Faculty Accomplishments

Sam Howie (English) recently had a short story accepted by Midway Journal.

Kevin DeLapp (Religion & Philosophy) received a summer Research Grant for research on dispositional moral properties, which has turned into an article under current review in The Journal of Ethics. Another article on "Moral Perception and Moral Realism: An 'Intuitive' Account of Epistemic Justification," will be published in the Review Journal of Political Philosophy this fall.

Mac Boggs (Art & Design) was honored for his work in an unveiling of a commissioned sculpture at Wofford College. He has been commissioned to build two large kinetic sculptures for the new lobby of Polydeck Screen Corporation, a locally-based, international company.

Joe Pitts (Education) has been active in professional development, including: South Carolina Supreme Court Institute in Columbia; We the People: The Citizen in Washington, DC and the Constitution Coordinator; Law for Teachers Columbia; Schools to Watch Training in Columbia; and the South Carolina Recordings for the Blind & Dyslexic Board Meeting in June. Dr. Pitts was named State Coordinator for a Membership Growth Program at Lions International Convention in Chicago.

Jeff Barker (Philosophy) and Scott Robbins (Music) had their panel proposal accepted for presentation at the Center for Academic Integrity Conference in October, at Christopher Newport University. Jeff and Scott will be joining two Wofford faculty members to discuss the relationship between student honor codes and the obligations of faculty.

Laura Feitzinger Brown's (English) review of Phyllis Rackin's "Shakespeare and Women" (Oxford University Press) appeared in the most recent issue of Sixteenth Century Journal.

Tom McDaniel's (Education) school law essay,"Bullies Beware--Here Comes The Safe School Climate Act!" is the lead article in the fall issue of Palmetto Administrator.

David Berry (Music) completed his "Modular Concerto for Cello Solo, Chamber Ensemble and Percussion." The work is a winning commission from the South Carolina Music Teachers Association and will be premiered at their conference on November 2nd at Coker College. Featured performers are Kenneth Law, cello, with Conversant. Dr. Berry also completed a 20-minute piano suite titled "Cordair Gallery" to be premiered by Dr. Stephen Siek of Wittenberg University on the 2008 Arts Cruise aboard the Voyager of the Seas in the Caribbean in January. He will also deliver a lecture titled "Ayn Rand's Music Hypothesis and Musical Integration." These works will have their US premiere in a February faculty recital.

Leon Couch's (Music) solo recording “Hamburger Rhetorik: Baroque Interpretations” (CD7166) has been released through the ProOrgano label . The CD is sold at the Converse bookstore as well as being marketed in trade journals/magazines and on the Internet.

Patti Foy (Music) conducted the Music Technology Institute for the seventh consecutive summer with a grant from the South Carolina Arts in Basic Curriculum Project. This is the only Institute of its kind in SC, and serves to educate SC music teachers in the uses of music technology.

Miles Hoffman (Music) performed a series of concerts with the American Chamber Players in April-June, including engagements at the Library of Congress, the Kreeger Museum in Washington, DC, and Indiana University at Bloomington. He also presented a recital with harpsichordist J. Reilly Lewis at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC, in June, taught and performed at the Harlaxton International Chamber Music Festival, where he presented a solo lecture/recital on the music of J. S. Bach, and performed at the Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival. Dean Hoffman is continuing his commentaries for National Public Radio's "Morning Edition."

Sarah Johnson (Music) once again coordinated the development of the North Carolina School of the Arts Summer Chamber Music Institute for Strings and Piano and invited Kenneth Law to join the faculty. A North Carolina high school student of Ms. Johnson was named the Senior String Division Winner of the 2007 MTNA National Competition held in Toronto Canada in April 2007.

Kenneth Law (Music) served on the faculty of the Harlaxton International Chamber Music Festival in May and June, at the North Carolina School of the Arts’ Summer Music Festival Faculty in July and August, and on the Florida International University’s "Animato!" String Camp faculty.

Anne Lipe (Music) provided music therapy support this past July to the "Living Nonviolence" summer camp held in Ramallah, in the Palestinian territories. Dr. Lipe developed the music portion of the curriculum, and shared the music leadership with a Palestinian singer and oud player. The camp was well received by the school's principal. Mr. Mikhail Abu Ghazaleh, who took the DVD of the first week of the camp to a conference of Christian educators in Cypress. Love Thy Neighbor, the camp's sponsor, has been invited back to Ramallah next summer to share the camp experience with three other schools.

Scott Robbins (Music) was commissioned by the city of Spartanburg to create an electronic composition for Ballet Spartanburg. The work will be premiered at the unveiling of the city’s Creative Energy logo at Hub-Bub in November. In May, Dr. Robbins journeyed to NYC as a member of the Bellagio Creative Arts Selection Committee. He served as a member of a multidisciplinary committee, which reviewed applications from novelists, poets, visual artists, playwrights, filmmakers, and composers for residencies at the Bellagio Center (Italy) for The Rockefeller Foundation/Institute for International Education. The newly released Crystal Records CD Trumpet Colors, by Trio Chromos, features a recording of Dr. Robbins’s composition "Three Blues for Cello and Trumpet."

Kelly Vaneman (Music) performed "Abiyoyo" by Scott Robbins and "31 Across" by Brian DuFord at the International Double Reed Society's 2007 Conference in Ithaca, New York as a part of their "Attracting New Audiences" series. With her husband, Petrie School faculty member Chris Vaneman, she taught and performed at the Performing Arts Institute in Kingston, Pennsylvania for the seventh summer. While there, Dr. Vaneman performed Michael Daugherty's "Firecracker" for oboe and chamber ensemble under the baton of Paul Hostetter, and Chris performed the Griffes "Poeme" for flute and orchestra, also with Paul Hostetter.

Douglas Weeks (Music) spent his twenty-sixth summer on the faculty of the Brevard Music Center, where he coordinates the piano program. This summer he taught college students from the Peabody Institute, the Manhattan School of Music, the University of Oklahoma, Florida State University, and the New England Conservatory, among other schools. Doug also performed on two faculty chamber concerts and performed a movement of Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto with the Brevard Music Center Orchestra on an evening pops concert. Earlier in the summer Doug served on the faculty of the Converse-sponsored Harlaxton International Chamber Music Festival in Harlaxton, England.

Student Accomplishments

Taylor Johnson '07 was awarded the leading role of Mimi in "La Bohème" at Florida State University, where she has a graduate assistantship.

BFA Studio Art major Brandy Greenwell '07 was featured from mid-September through mid-October at Hub-Bub’s Showroom Gallery in downtown Spartanburg. Her various photographic works were joined by the works of two other local artists, a painter and sculptor.