REFLECTION ON SERVICE
2005-2021
I recently caught up with the world and learned my Enneagram numbers. I am a 2, wing 3. I love to connect people and my love language is gift giving. I had a woman at the nail salon tell me recently to stop thanking her because it made her feel uncomfortable. I had to laugh at myself. Gratitude was drilled into me as a kid along with being kind and now I expect it of my children and students.
As I reflect on Service, one of my favorite assignments was coordinating the Provost Devotionals at the top of each Faculty Meetings. I serve on Faculty Senate and was assigned to the Spiritual Committee. I soon discovered a love for gathering scriptures, seeking out faculty and gifted song leaders or speakers of the word. I often read scripture or provide the welcome at University Church where my husband is the Worship Leader. I love looking out at the sea of faces on Sunday, especially the children as they color and lean against their parents in the hard pew. I love knowing that they are hearing God’s word and learning songs that have tradition and history. Don’t get me wrong, I love new contemporary worship, but I suppose because I teach the art of storytelling, tradition and community gathering is meaningful to me.
I have been invited to sing on Praise Team at Summit and to read scripture or lead the Lord Bless you and Keep you at Graduation. I love hearing the unified voices as the space resonates and we all gather as one. In the moment, we are one body in Christ. We have a tradition of singing after every theatrical production closing at Strike when we take down the set in our department. It is always the Lord Bless you and Keep you. Our students love this tradition. They grab hands and sway and there is something so profoundly beautiful and rooting in this.
My husband Jeremy and I were invited to provide a worship for our friends, the Greens, at the Long Beach Church of Christ a few weeks ago. It was a baby blessing and send off as they prepare to move into ministry in Portland. Even in that intimate space, folks broke into harmony as we sang together. Our sons read Jeremiah 29:11 and I was honored to read a passage on seasons and new beginnings. As we all prepare for Fall 2021, it is indeed a passage into a new time. We all long for Post-Covid statements but walk carefully as we vaccinate and read the latest findings. We gather in community as we finally feel like we can shake hands or hug again.
I served on the board of the Abilene Community Theatre and in that service, my favorite part was the gathering at the table. We would often circle together, read over the official notes and process through concerns. It was the community connection that I fell in love with. It was the same for me on the nights when I would volunteer to work box office or sell hot chocolate for donation at the theatre. I loved connecting to the patrons and observe wide-eyed children dancing around in the lobby at intermission. In my role as Chair, I have enjoyed bridging and partnering with organizations. Be it the Philharmonic or Paramount for ad trade, providing critique and free polishing for a children’s tour for the Abilene Children’s Performing Arts Series, planning Nelson Coates' Awards Bash for over a year with Lynn Barnett and Sidney Levesque at Abilene Cultural Affairs or coordinating free ballet class with Lily Balogh to Children in Abilene. I love to connect.
About five years ago, I was blessed to partner with Dr. Jerry Taylor and Summer Blaze Camp run through the 10th and Treadway Church of Christ. Thanks to a grant from Community Foundation of Abilene, we had the funds to invite school children to the Fulks Theatre. Many of whom had never been on a college campus or ever had the opportunity to see a play. The children watched a rehearsal for the Shakespeare Festival and as they sat down with programs in hand you could feel the energy buzz. It was visceral and rang out in the theatre house. We provided a free camp complete with confidence building games that helped provide a voice for these kids. Each child had the opportunity to stand on the stage and introduce themselves and then recite a line as a fun exercise, in the afternoon. It was incredible to watch the transformation in body language and spirit for each child that stepped up. The end of the day was spent as children got to hear our Broadway Alumna, Jasmin Richardson tell her own story through song and word. The kids were mesmerized. To me this is what service is all about. It is people gathering and story sharing.
Isn’t this what it means to be missional? To break bread and listen to people’s stories. I spend much of my day listening. I sometimes feel like a counselor. I am grateful for the trust my students place in me. I am thankful to humbly work for an institution that is first interested in shaping lives for Christ. Some of our students’ stories are tough. They have walked through difficult events and yet still stand. I am often in coordination with Tyson at Counseling Services and I often remind our students that we are Missional Artists of Faith. I pray each student understands that they are called by name and God will use their stories through courage to transform them into world changers.
Our Freshmen enrollment has grown through the getaccptd recruitment platform we added about 6 years ago. We have bumped our numbers from 12 to 21. I love engaging our prospective students and families. Our theatre graduates end up in NYC, LA, Chicago, Austin, Dallas and Houston. They are actors, directors, designers, dancers, singers, teachers and preachers. They get it, this idea of service. I believe their generation understands it more deeply than mine. They authentically care about the world, sustainability, kindness and community. They grow gardens and perform plays. I am in awe of our amazing alumni. This is sacred space. This is service. This is Jesus.
Distinctive chair Contributions
I stepped into the Chair's position June 1, 2015. It was the day we brought our sweet son, Henry home from the hospital. I was honestly asking myself what in the world I had agreed to do. I felt such a heart struggle between being a mom and honoring the promise I had made. While family balance was such a tension at first, I am thankful to have served for six years as Chair. I have been one of a hand full of female chairs at times. I am pleased that we currently have four within CAS. I am proud to represent and serve.
My desire and passion has been to aim for and do the following:
Spiritual Formation
Program Building
Vision Initiatives
Bridge Building
Spiritual Formation
This is one of the most important areas to me. It has become more evident that students are arriving with little to no spiritual or faith background or foundation. I have been so grateful to colleagues like Dr. Amanda Pitman, Dr. Rodney Ashlock and Dr. David Kneip who have been very generous in joining me in collaborative thought and prayer. Dr. Kneip served as a Theatre Chaplain to our students for a semester. It was such a blessing to have him present and offering to pray or walk with our theatre students. His first degree is Theatre so it was a perfect marriage. I was invited to serve on the Spiritual Formation Committee in 2019-2020 under Dr. Cliff Barbarick and Dr. Amanda Pitman. I am thankful for the conversation and prayer offered in those meeting spaces. I was inspired by the intentional care and concern for our students' spiritual formation.
"I believe that we learn by practice...It is the performance of a dedicated precise set of acts, physical or intellectual, from which comes shape of achievement, a sense of one's being, a satisfaction of the spirit. One becomes, in some area, an athlete of God...of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting..."
- Martha Graham
Adam Hester became ACU Theatre Chair in 1991, the same year I entered into the program as an eager freshman from New Jersey. I am forever indebted to Adam Hester for the invitation to learn under his wing through the countless dinner theatres and homecoming musicals we collaborated on; he directed and choreographed. His quest for solid research, honest action moments and beautiful silhuette shapes on the stage are imprinted on my heart. His training, mentorship and leadership over the years have shaped me. He and his wife, Donna Hester, led the program for seventy-eight years cumulatively. Last year, as Adam hit his fortieth year, he and Donna decided it was time to retire. While I celebrate this new season of sunshine for the Hesters, I am struck by the enormous loss of legacy, wisdom and excellence that will be felt when the Hesters fully step out. They are generous... the only two people who retire and decide to teach and direct again.
I was invited into the Chair's position in 2015. In the humble six years that I have served in leadership, I have been grateful to walk with so many amazing students and colleagues. I am grateful for the lessons learned and opportunities given.
I have discovered the search for balance and that there is no such thing. I have embraced the art of humor, positivity and hope even when things feel overwhelming or heavy. I have humbly learned the art of delegation and striving to authentically see, value and empower others. I have better come to understand the blessing of community and a one team story collaboration.
The faculty may not line up on every point, but we all believe in the mission of transformation and fundamental building through technique, hard focus and diligence. We believe in the process and that the process is the rich layer that informs the grace of the product. I have learned that I enjoy fundraising and unifying a spirit and I have learned that there is a bit of preacher in me.
Growing up as a perfectionist, I have always understood the making of mistakes, but have humbly learned how to give myself more breath. I love the statement "grace, space and pace" and have been leaning into that truth. I am grateful to learn from my colleagues and students every day.
I am incredibly thankful for Dr. Rick Piersall, Devin Braswell and Laura Dickson as we continue to find our way through the Covid storm. I have come to see the value in leaning into others, asking for help if needed, and the importance of thanks and giving back. I have come to even more fervently believe in faith foundation first.
Jeannette & Harold Lipford often sang a sweet family song, "The Bumpy Road to Love." As I peer across the kitchen table and look upon the strong, perfect grandeur of Jeannette's Baby Grand sitting in our living room, I am reminded that this life should be bumpy. Creativity is messy. It should not be perfect. It is through the refining process that we best learn. We were not promised a smooth journey. It is through the jarring potholes that we are most formed and learn to appreciate the polished path. This is the definition of stained church glass.
01 AEA UNION Contract Agreement Launch
Shakespeare Festival
ACU Theatre's 30-year dream became a reality during Summer 2021 with the Actors Equity Association approvals given to join the Union. This is an agreement through the Abilene Shakespeare Festival and will allow us to offer union points and cards to our students and alumni if they are playing a leading role. ACU Alumna Shae Candelaria served as Production Manager, which is part of the requirement in setting up the union application. Candelaria has served as Production Assistant on several Broadway Productions. It was truly a gift to have her support our festival and help us set up the union agreement. The festival must be produced consecutively for the next 3-5 years in order to abide by the union agreement. Great thanks to Adam Hester for his hours of support to make this dream a reality.
02 ACU Dance Track Established in 2017
"I don't remember not dancing. When I realized I was alive and these were my parents, and I could walk and talk, I could dance."-Gregory Hines
Having grown up in a pair of toe shoes and a tutu, my dream was to build a dance program. I was blessed to be invited to teach dance and choreograph several dinner theaters and homecoming musicals at ACU as a student in the nineties. Having the unique opportunity to engage with the faculty as a student, collaborating with Adam Hester and Jeannette Lipford was enlightening. I still recognize the incredible teaching I received through those years.
We just graduated our first Dance Track student, this past May. We are now entering into our sixth year at ACU Theatre with our Dance Track under our BFA. Lily Balogh, our Guest Artist from the NYC Ballet, has brought us to a new standard of dance. There is level of sweat and discipline that is required in dance. I love the format of a dance structure. Ballet barre, which is about placeement, balance and refinement. Centre floorwork is about strengthening, across the floor is about connecting the steps and adagio is about slow, deliberate story.
I will never forget the night we premiered One Night Only, our first dance concert. Standing on that stage, introducing Lily and watching the dancers twirl and leap, there were no words. There is something so divine about the spirit being translated through the creative majestic awakening of the senses as we worship it was simply a starry night where dreams aligned with reality.
03 Cullen Auditorium -Boone Family Theatre
Dear ACU Community,
We will be sharing great news today with the media about the renovation and renaming of Cullen Auditorium, and I want you to be among the first to know.
Both the physical building and the name of Cullen Auditorium will undergo renovation this fall, with the facility emerging in the summer of 2022 as the Pat Boone Theatre, an upgraded performance venue honoring an iconic recording artist with a long history of ACU connections.
In his singing career, Boone sold more than 45 million records in the genres of R&B, pop, rock and gospel, including six No. 1, 18 Top 10 and more than 25 Top 20 singles. He also recorded the first million-selling album of hymns, starred in 12 Hollywood films and was inducted to the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. Elvis Presley opened for him at a concert in Ohio before both their careers skyrocketed. Boone is also the father of Grammy Award-winning recording artist Debby Boone.
Perhaps less well-known is that he recorded My God and I, a gospel album, with ACU’s A Cappella Chorus in 1961, served (accompanied by his family) as guest host of Sing Song when Moody Coliseum opened in 1968, and is the uncle of Grant Boone, the sports broadcasting voice of the Wildcats. Pat, who grew up in Churches of Christ, also led singing for a packed house at a youth rally in Moody in 1968.
The $9.5 million renovation, which is being made possible through gifts from numerous individuals and a naming gift from an anonymous donor, will transform Cullen into an on-campus performance theatre.
Our entire ACU community can look forward to enjoying events and performances and creating new memories in this updated facility.
Gratefully,
Phil
04 Taylor elementary Becomes new Scenic and Costume Shops
Summer 2022
ACU Theatre is grateful as plans continue to appoint Taylor Elementary, the new site for Scenic and Costume Shops. There are plans for outdoor welding, a paint room, fabric dying and craft room. There will be storage for scenery and costumes. We are scheduled to move after renovations are complete in summer 2022. Great thanks to Kevin Campbell, Dr. Greg Straughn, David Utley, Catherine Baumgardner and Adam Hester.
05 Sewell Theatre
Sewell Theatre is unique as it is one of the orginal structures on campus. It was created as an auditorium and chapel. Many hold memories of baptism like Mr. Jimmy TIttle and others recall prayer postings of those off at war. Many remember robost hymnal singing and a community gathering space to worship our Creator.
In the 1970's-80's the spirit moved and the Sewell interior was transformed to become an intimate tiered dinner theatre. This was the vision of Mr. Lewis Fulks, the Chair at that time. Those were the days of long rehearsals and enormous sets. Shows were spectacular and presentational with titles such as Oklahoma and the King and I.
Adam Hester became the Theatre Chair in 1991, the same year I was an entering student. I remember the long walk up to Mr. Hester's office, saying hello to Donna and her sister Martha in the Box Office or sitting in front of the make-up mirrors preparing for a performance.
I have fond memories of learning how to place a proper plate setting, sneaking Flipo soft rolls or banana muffins and then racing backstage to take my place on stage.
Sewell is a magical space for so many of us. Proposals and Weddings, paint fights and late night strikes closing with the Lord Bless you and keep you. It has served as our Scenic and Costume Shop since the Williams Performing arts building became home to our productions over fifteen years now.
This year will be our final year inhabiting this sacred space. Donna Hester has created the most beauiful archival books that will be housed in Brown Library for which I am grateful. It is indeed bitter sweet. We are so grateful for the new revitalized Taylor Elmentary Shops that will provide more artistic license but how does one say good bye? The truth is you don't say goodbye, you can't. You hold on to smells, memories and yearnings for the past and place them in your like pocket to dance around with forever. Thank you to the faculty that have came before me. Thank you for the students that came before me. I am grateful.
"Give my regards to Broadway...tell all the gang at 42nd Street, that I will soon be there. Whisper of how I am yearning, to mingle with the old time throng..."
-George M. Cohan from Little Johnny Jones which debuted in 1904, just two years before Childers Classical, the orginal ACC which then became ACU Theatre.
06 Farewell To Sewell Theatre
1906-2022
07 $1 Million Homecoming Endowment &
$250K Williams performing arts center facility endowment
Great thanks to Mr. Jack Rich for his incredible generosity and support in stewarding these gifts. The legacy of Homecoming will continue to illuminate the ACU Stage for years to come.
08 Lights up
Lights Up was started by three dedicated Theatre Alumni several years ago. We will be eternally grateful for launching this gift. It was a generous vehicle to help encourage financial growth. In 2015, I decided to take a turn regarding structure and invited alum Ben Jeffrey from the Broadway, Lion King to come perform. That was the start of many beauiful cabartet evenings in house and downtown.
09 Getacceptd.com/acutheatre
ACU Theatre joined Getacceptd six years ago. We joined the Musical Theatre Pre-Screen through PaperMill Playhouse (NJ State Theatre) three years ago. We are now competing with OCU, Texas State MT, TCU, Baylor, Tech, NYU and others. We are attending 6-8 area audition venues a year along with Collaborative Efforts with Broadway Veteran Tracy Jordan and the College Audition Weekend every August.
We have truly seen the caliber of talent increase as enrollment numbers increase. We have an incoming class of 21 for 2021. These students represent six states. On paper we accept 12. It was important to do our part especially during Covid. Our Dance Track has also expanded our numbers. We admitted nine into the Dance Track for this coming year and NYCB Guest Artist Lily Balogh contributed to that success. With two new Tech/Design Faculty, I am excited about expanding this track focus.
I was invited to draft an MFA outline for a graduate program for Theatre about five years ago. I am currently working on a revised plan for a graduate program. If the program, comes to fruition, the idea would be to house a graduate program in the DFW area, with a final summer experience in Abilene during the Shakespeare Festival.
Vision Initiatives
"Let's build bridges, not walls." -Martin Luther King Jr.
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Diversity
I am passionate about advocating for change. I am passionate about supporting my students and colleagues of color. I am passionate that all people are to be seen and valued. I am prayerful for change. I walk for change and speak for change. I believe all people should sit at the table together. It is time and has been time for 400 years too long. We are called to kindness and love as people of faith. I tell our students this all the time.
Diversity and inclusion have been a missional journey for me. I started my work as Chair six years ago inviting our program to a racial reconciliation forum. That was one of the most daunting events I have ever hosted. This past year I hired two adjunct faculty of color. Margo Hickman taught from Houston and Vinc Green taught from LA. Jasmin Richardson served as an industry coach this year. I have chosen specific themes like "People Portrait"Chapel in order to re-engage our faculty with an eye toward justice.
Our Cornerstone Play, American Son was moved downtown in order to accommodate all Covid needs and spread our audience out in a 2100 seat theatre. Director, Vinc Green, an awesome talent and artist of color was hired to direct the show.
I have been grateful to collaborate with Dr. Taylor on several events such as the Spain Center opening by producing The MountainTop and American Son. Dr. Stephanie Hamm invited me to serve on an 8 person committee for the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. I have also served on the Allyship Committee to create change for justice for the last two years. I am humbled as a Caucasian person to be invited into the conversation.
ACU Alumna Crystal Rae '05 has granted us permission to present a free Staged Reading of Tied, September 9-10, 2021 in the Fulks Theatre. Guest Artist, Ren Jackson is serving as Director and Actor along with Associate Professor, Samuel Cook and Student Jeremiah Taylor. There will be a talkback led by one of our students with Ms. Rae and a collection will be gathered honoring the Spain Center. This piece is thick as it unpacks the 1963, 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing but it is important to tell the story.
We have so much work to do in this world. We must facilitate conversation and take action in order to see each other in our humanity. I never want to sound as if I am stepping into some White Savior Speech. That is not my intention. I have much to learn and do.
Article by Ron Hadfield in ACU Today. Fall/Winter 2021
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Senior showcase in New York City
ACU Showcase began in 2006 with my two personal NYC agents, Nancy Carson and John Shae. I am grateful for Adam Hester's support in helping to launch this aweome opportunity. They both agreed to fly out to see our first Senior Showcase on campus in the Williams Performing Arts Center. These two agents continued to support this endeavor for the next 10 years. At year ten we decided we needed to try NYC. Now we rent an Off-Broadway theatre, where students are able to perform their hour long showcase which includes scenes, songs and monologues. Agents and Casting Directors attend. This year, This past year, we filmed Showcase and posted it on Actor's Access. This was a big step for ACU.
The Tepper Program NYC
Adam Hester created an agreement almost 10 years ago with (Lisa Nicholas, the Artistic Director at the time) and the Tepper Program in NYC. This program allows our students to live and learn in NYC. I have actively supported this program the past 6 years as I have served as Chair. This program has proven to be highly successful in allowing our students to get a taste of NYC. They take classes with Broadway Professionals, see productions and go to museums. Many alums are where we are now thanks to their Tepper experiences.
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Greenhouse StudioS, LA
Covid sadly caused LA Film Studies ( the program our film focused students to close their doors. I flew to LA in June to meet the brains behind Greenhouse Studios. Director, Shun Lee Fong was generous and mission focused. I met with Mr. Fong and a former student, Sommerly Simser, now employed by Netflix for a special lunch. I have been given the green light to make an agreement for a 3-week Maymester Course in LA for our students. Planning conversations continue with Greenhouse, the Dean, Dr. Pybus and Dr. Dickson as both Theatre and Mass Communications students are eager to partcipate. Programming launch is scheduled for this Spring 2022.
Bridge Building
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Abilene Cultural Affairs
I am grateful for Lynn Barnett and her awesome team at Abilene Cultural Affairs. I have collaborated with this organization on many levels. Faculty Emeritus, Gary Varner often designs the set, his daughter, Cari, an ACU Theatre Alumna, writes the script and I cast and coordinate for the Children's book performance at the Abilene Downtown Library. We have collaborated on Children's Arts and Literacy Festival (CALF) for the last five years together. Three years ago, we created a Princess Luncheon in the Ballroom of the Wooten Hotel and our theatre students performed princess Disney songs. I brought my boys and it was a magical day.
We collaborated on Portraits with Belle during Beauty and the Beast, Storybook Saturday Days with James and the Giant Peach. Our cast of Beauty and the Beast performed during the Texas Rodeo and Parade Float day and I owe great thanks to these partners that year after year grant us Shakespeare Festival Grants.
Before Covid hit, I began serving on a a planning committee with seven others to bring Film Production Designer and ACU Theatre Alum Nelson Coates to Abilene. Covid hit and we were forced to reschedule cancel twice. It is a miracle that we pulled off such a grandiose event complete with downtown dinners in two locations, a last minute change of location and an award event at the Paramount complete with wedding cake to represent, Crazy Rich Asians. The event finally landed on May 1, 2021 and I was honored to be invited to present Nelson's award. Several of our students and faculty attended or worked the event. It was truly a night to remember.
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Community Engagement
I began collaborating with the Paramount Theatre about seven years ago. I reached out to Barry Smoot, Artistic Director at the time. We began sharing poster space for cross promotion, ad trading which then moved to Ad trade with Kevin Smith at the Philharmonic, Abilene Community Theatre where I served on the Board, HSU and the National Tours at the Convention Center through Celebrity Attractions. I shared rehearsal space with Barry and we coordinated auditions. When Newsies was produced, we had 10 students in the show and Lily Balogh choreographed. It was a Camelot Season. Unfortunately, Barry became very ill through a series of heart issues. He no longer works in the capacity that he once did though his name will continue to ring through through the theatre.
I am thankful for a lovely relationship with George Levesque and now alumna, Katie Hahn who serves as Program Director and Tre' McCloud, alum who serves as Events Coordinator. We continue to collaborate as six of our alumni and students just performed in a cabaret with Adam Hester as Director in July.
We are blessed to enjoy a strong relationship with other university programs and schools. We participated in the Christian Theatre Arts Festival two years ago through HSU Theatre Chair, Victoria Spangler's invitation. Lily Balogh entered our dance track students in several dance pieces for competition and won several strong recognitions. We will participate int the Spring again.
For many years Gary Varner's Children's Theatre Class created original pieces that were performed for local school groups like Taylor Elementary and Abilene Christian Schools. I have such fond memories of these performances. I love seeing the children's delight through wide eyes and laughter. I have allowed my boys to participate as audience over the years. They both love the energy of backstage and peaking behind the veil. I suppose we all enjoy that.
Tiffany Cooper, a Broadway actress and vocalist whose career has spanned 30 years, was guest to ACU Theatre and Vice President Gary McCaleb's community arts focused luncheon. She led chapel and served on Visiting Committee in 2019.
Dr. Gary McCaleb, Lynn Barnett and I pose at a Hearts for the Arts Luncheon in the Hunter Welcome Center. September 2019. ACU Theatre students paraded about in Storybook costumes as Abilene, TX was awarded Storybook Capital of America.
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I would be remiss, if I did not mention the monumental impact that Vice President, Gary McCaleb had on my life as a mentor. He truly took me under his wing. He coached me and connected me with important people in the community like Larry and Mary Gill and was the one that introduced me to my friend, Lynn Barnett. He invited me to speak multiple times in the Lynay Student Group. I was invited to host Community Luncheon Tables for several years and invite our students to perform. He is the reason that Cullen Auditorium is being resurrected. We spent four years researching theatre spaces, engaging with the original donor and making plans. I am forever grateful for his leadership, kindness and faith example. He and Sylvia are generous humans that understand the importance of community and giving back.
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Abilene
Living magazine Interview 2019
I was invited to interview in 2019 by Abilene Living Magazine. This is humbling as my family, colleagues and students always make me better. May we always lead with Christ first. We can always do better.
The Bible verse that I send my boys off to school with in the morning and put to bed at night is Philippians 4:13. I say the first part and they finish it. "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." The Lord guides, protects, inspires and infuses creative spark. If we keep our eyes fixed upon Him, our lives will feel more rooted, authentic, hopeful and blessed. He is our flowing fountain.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & THANKS
Great thanks to my AMAZING husband, Jeremy for supporting the structure build of my website. Many thanks for many late nights and many laughs. Thank you to my dear friend, retired, faculty Emeritus, Dr. Lorraine Wilson for serving as my Editor. I am forever grateful. Thank you to my Promotions Committee, my dear friends, Adam & Donna Hester and to my Dean, Dr. Greg Straughn. I am forever grateful. Thank you to the many letters that were written on my behalf and to my patient boys that waited through this journey.
-Dawne
 President's Circle Dinner Thank you from Sam Adkins. Served as Coordinator for 2018 President's event with broadway performer/alumna, Lara Seibert Young and theatre students and 2019 theatre students performances. |  Service to the University President's Circle Dinner 2019 |  Service to the University President's Circle Dinner 2019 |  Collaboration with Abilene Cultural Affairs Counsel - James and the Giant Peach Promo |
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 Pro Bono Choreography for Celebration Singers rehearsal |  Outreach/Service PR event for Mary Poppins |  Students singing at Wesley Court for recital as outreach |  Counseling/Therapy for students |
 Zoom farewell for Mel Hartline of 10 years |  Maryan Reader Thank you. Service to the department and university through recruitment and director efforts. |  Shooting Showcase photos during COVID with Tammy Marcelain |  Elizabeth Bonnie Thank you. Service to the department and university through recruitment and director efforts. |
 Adam and Donna Hester retirement announcement |  Hester retirement announcement during COVID |  Service Community Support w/ Alumna Jana Beck for ACS on Broadway |  Member of University Church of Christ |