Student organization award winners announced

The following awards were presented at the Annual Student Organization Awards Ceremony. STUDENT ORGANIZATION SCHOOL SPIRIT & CAMPUS INVOLVEMENT: Nemzek Noize; STUDENT ORGANIZATION COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERVICE: Panhellenic Council; STUDENT ORGANIZATION ADVISOR OF THE YEAR: Janet Hohenstein; STUDENT LEADERSHIP AWARD: Maria Camargo; STUDENT ORGANIZATION OF THE YEAR: Student Senate. Click headline for more information and to see all the nominees. Also included, all students named to WHO’S WHO AMONG STUDENTS IN AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES & COLLEGES.

Film Studies profs to exhibit new work at Athens film, video festival

Film Studies professors Ray Rea and Kyja Kristjansson-Nelson will be exhibiting new work at the 2010 Athens International Film and Video Festival. Both works combine elements of documentary, animation and experimental practice. Rea’s work, Cat’s Cradle, combines 16mm animation and analog rotoscope techniques with digital effects to tell a visual story of trial, error, and forgiveness. Kristjansson’s 30-minute documentary, Sveit, was shot in a rural village on the north coast of Iceland. The filmmaker traces her family’s history and emigration from Iceland to the United States, while unpacking memories and stories of her grandfather’s experience as a New American in North Dakota. Click headline to read more.

Jennifer Tuttle film accepted to Canadian film festival

89 Second Productions, a production company co-founded by Jennifer Tuttle, Theatre Arts, had a short documentary film, The Collector, directed by Ryan Kipp, accepted to the Canadian Film Centre’s World Wide Short Film Festival. As a co-producer, Jennifer will be traveling to Toronto the first week of June for the screening and promotion of the film at the Festival. While there, she will also be participating in master classes, such as “Director-Actor Relationships,” and “The Poetics of Transmedia Storytelling” throughout the week.

BFA exhibit on display through May 13

An MSUM student art exhibit will be on display April 29-May 13 in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts gallery. The exhibit is in partial fulfillment of students’ bachelor of fine arts degrees. A reception for the artists will be held from 4-6 p.m. Thursday, May 6 in the gallery. It’s free and open to the public. Click headline for details and to view some of the student artwork.