Recent achievements were earned by Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts students:
• The UNL Dance Program brought three pieces to the American College Dance Association. The pieces shown included "Our Where," choreographed by Mariela Hernandez, a post-baccalaureate dance major; "Chasing the Present," choreographed by Abby Brady, a dance, global studies and political science senior; and "It Happened to You," choreographed by Katie Charest, a senior dance and hospitality, restaurant and tourism management senior.
• Emmanuel Asamoah (MFA Art), aka Kstony, is the recipient of an NCECA (National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts) Multicultural Fellowship. These fellowships are awarded to up to 20 first-time conference participants whose cultural identities have been historically underrepresented in NCECA and the field of ceramics at large.
• Micah Fullinfaw (BFA Emerging Media Arts) and Lincoln Graham (BFA Emerging Media Arts) are finalists in UNL's 2024 Student Research Day Slam. Six undergraduate and graduate students were selected to compete in the slam, a campus-wide contest in which students from all disciplines are challenged to communicate their work in short, dynamic, engaging presentations with a winner to be decided by the audience. This year's event is Friday, March 28.
• Rachel Sweeney (DMA Voice) and Emily Rose (DMA clarinet) performed at the SHE: Festival of Women in Music at the University of Arkansas and the Music by Women Festival at Mississippi University. They performed Gwyneth Walker's "Emily!" song cycle at both conferences.
• Emily Rose (DMA clarinet) received First Prize for the Charleston International Music Competition's 2024 Winter Music Competition, performing the first movement of Franz Tischhauser's "Beggar's Concerto." She also won the Platinum prize for the Modern (17+) category, as well as the Platinum prize for the Concerto category with the Excellent Musicianship Special Prize in the same category of the Eric Satie International Music Competition.