CARTA News

FIU Theatre | New Performance Dates Due to Hurricane Irma

September 18, 2017/By Ivan Lopez

FIU Theatre is announcing an updated performance schedule for our fall shows after Hurricane Irma disrupted the rehearsal and production schedules. Ubu Rex, our first show of the season,...

| 0 |

Shaking Things Up With FIU’s New Orchestra Director – An Interview with Javier Jose Mendoza

Music

September 5, 2017/By Michelle Vires

Updated 9-19: Due to Hurricane Irma, the October 6th debut concert has been rescheduled for November 18th. This season, Javier Jose Mendoza will step onto the podium as...

| 0 |

FIU School of Music Announces 2017-18 Season

Music

September 1, 2017/By Michelle Vires

Update 9/18/17: Please check music.fiu.edu/concerts for our list of rescheduled and/or cancelled concerts due to Hurricane Irma. Please note that our October 6th season kick off at the Wertheim...

| 0 |

Meet Your CARTA Senator

Communication, Journalism + Media

September 1, 2017/By Sarah Hernandez

A transfer from Florida A&M University in 2014, David Cardona came to FIU to pursue a B.S. degree in Music Education, perform alongside the Miami Heat Street Band, and...

| 0 |

Landscape Chair & Architecture Faculty’s Home Featured in FIU Magazine

Architecture, Landscape Architecture

September 1, 2017/By Andrea Perez

The home of Landscape Architecture Chair, David Rifkind and Architecture faculty, Holly Zickler was recently featured in FIU Magazine. The article highlights Rifkind and Zickler’s 2,700-foot industrial styled home...

| 0 |

Myrick wins Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Outstanding Woman Junior Scholar

Kopenhaver Center

August 31, 2017/By Lillian Abreu

Jessica Gall Myrick, an assistant professor for The Media School at Indiana University-Bloomington, is the winner of the 2017 Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Outstanding Woman Junior Scholar Award. Kopenhaver is...

| 0 |

Fifth Annual AEJMC Workshop and Kopenhaver Center Hosts Largest Cohort of Fellows

Kopenhaver Center

August 30, 2017/By Lillian Abreu

The Kopenhaver Center and the AEJMC Commission on the Status of Women hosted their fifth annual Women Faculty Moving Forward Workshop, with the largest number of fellows yet, at...

| 0 |

Alumni Anderson Freitas and Rei Capote Star in Microtheatre Play This Weekend

Theatre

August 30, 2017/By Ivan Lopez

FIU Theatre alums Anderson Freitas (’17, BFA) and Rei Capote (’14, BA) star in The Elephant in the Room this weekend at Microtheatre in Downtown Miami. The Elephant in...

| 0 |

FIU Theatre’s Week in Pictures

Theatre

August 28, 2017/By Ivan Lopez

Another semester began at FIU Theatre last week. Students and faculty returned ready to hit the ground running. On Monday, our students joined the rest of the country in...

| 0 |

FIU Theatre Alums Hit Broadway

Theatre

August 25, 2017/By Ivan Lopez

Two FIU Theatre alumni are headed to Broadway. Michelle Fraioli (BFA Acting, ’10) was named Theatre Manager of Broadway’s Cort Theatre. She was previously the Theatre Manager for New...

| 0 |

Communication Arts Student Recognized as Worlds Ahead Graduate

Communication, Journalism + Media

August 24, 2017/By Sarah Hernandez

Out of the thousands of students that crossed the stage at the FIU Arena during the Summer 2017 commencement ceremony, Communication Arts student, Darlain Presmy was recognized as a...

1 | 0 |

MFA Candidate Initiates New Art Movement in the City of Doral

Art + Art History

August 24, 2017/By Andrea Perez

For the past 5 years, the Miami art scene has seen a reformation with the creation of the Wynwood Arts District, Miami Design District and highly recognized institutions like...

| 0 |

Public Relations Junior Interns with NASA

Communication, Journalism + Media

August 21, 2017/By Sarah Hernandez

Heather O’Dell, Public Relations major from the School of Communication and Journalism participated as the Summer 2017 Communications Intern at NASA Glen Research Center in Ohio. She assisted the...

| 0 |

My Summer Internship with the Great River Shakespeare Festival

Theatre

August 21, 2017/By Apriah Williams

This summer I had the pleasure of working as a props intern with the Great River Shakespeare Festival in Winona, Minnesota. I was able to work on four shows:...

2 | 0 |

Professor Galaska Named Regional Coordinator for 2018 USITT Conference

Theatre

August 14, 2017/By Ivan Lopez

Professor Tony Galaska, Head of Design for FIU Theatre, has been named Regional Coordinator for the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) annual conference to be held in...

| 0 |

Theatre Students Study Abroad in Stratford and London

Theatre

August 14, 2017/By Ivan Lopez

FIU Theatre students had an amazing educational and cultural experience this summer with the Shakespeare in Stratford & London Study Abroad program. Following three weeks of play script analysis at...

| 0 |

MFA Candidate, Selected to Participate in 2017 MFA National Competition

Art + Art History

August 11, 2017/By Andrea Perez

Karla Kantorovich, Master in Fine Arts (MFA) candidate, was selected to participate in the 2017 MFA National Competition. Kantorovich was 1 of 500 participants who received this special honor....

| 0 |

Department Chair, Jason R. Chandler, Awarded AIA Florida’s 2017 McMinn Award

Architecture

August 11, 2017/By Andrea Perez

The Florida Association of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) recently awarded FIU Architecture Chair, Jason Chandler, with the William G. McMinn, FAIA Award. The McMinn Award honors Chandler’s...

| 0 |

Two Master’s in Architecture Alumni Featured in Digital Publications

Architecture

August 11, 2017/By Andrea Perez

Two recent graduates from FIU’s Department of Architecture were featured in digital, international publications – Arch Reporter and Portfolio 48. The former students, Jessica Dickinson and Juan Manuel Gatica,...

| 0 |

Art + Art History Alumna Opens Doors in Art History for People of Color in Washington State

Office of the Dean, Art + Art History

August 9, 2017/By Camila Fernandez

Founder and Executive Director for the CORAI Project Andrea Iaroc, ’08 has a knack for making resources for art history more accessible to minorities. The Art + Art History...

2 | 0 |

Archives

Or