Winter 2006
CLA Today Winter 2006
From Dean Steven Rosenstone
CLA takes education, creativity, and performance in the arts to a new level.
Crossing the Line
CLA artists are making music, films, and multimedia art installations, and connecting the arts to communities.
- Carl Flink: Leaping Out of Bounds
- Jan Estep: A Feast of Media
- Hisham Bizri: Notes from Underground: The Arts & Physics of Film
- Noel Zahler: Keeping Time
- Margaret Werry: Off the Beaten Path
Special Web Feature
Performing Arst Student Katie Rose McLaughlin
First Person Singluar
Ray Gonzalez, The Poetry of Place
Guest Column
University President Robert Bruininks, A vital priority
Awards and accolades
CLA faculty, students, alumni/ae, and friends make their marks on CLA, Minnesota, and the world.
New, nifty, & noteworthy
Notable recent CLA news and events
Notable alumni/ae
Kenneth Abdo ’79, Christine Podas-Larson ’70, John Paulson ’70, Barb Nei ’92, and Santino Fontana ’04 are playing lead roles in the visual and performing arts.
Philanthropy with vision
Joan Calof finds a second career and a new way to give. Christopher Cardozo turns passion into collecting—and contributing.
CLA Today, College of Liberal Arts
Winter 2006
CLA Today is published 3 times a year by the University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts for alumni/ae, faculty, staff and friends of the college.
Dean—Steven J. Rosenstone
Director of external relations—Mary Hicks
Director of media & public relations—Susan Banovetz
Director of communications & executive editor—Eugenia Smith
Writers—Sue Banovetz, Joel Hoekstra, Kelly O'Brien, Mary Shafer, Linda Shapiro
Send correspondence to the editor at e-smit@umn.edu.
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