2005

AW CoMAD Freshman to Premiere Film in Knoxville Movie Theater

December 31, 2005
Over the winter holidays, freshman Screenwriting student Luke Giordano will be premiering his full-length feature film in a local movie theater in his hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee.
Nominations Being Accepted for Distinguished AWCoMAD Alumni Award

December 30, 2005
The Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design would like to invite nominations for its 2006 Rankin-Epstein Distinguished Alumni Award.
Photographs by Drexel Study Abroad Students in Art and Art History Gallery

December 30, 2005
Photographs taken by seven Drexel students are featured in an exhibition in the Art & Art History Gallery in the Hagerty Library.
Westphal College Junior, Rebecca Wolfrum, Wins Student Fashion Design Competition

December 30, 2005
Call for Proposals: Rankin Scholar-in-Residence 2006

December 19, 2005
Joanne Landis, Instructor of Fashion Design, Featured in Exhibit at Penn State's Robeson Gallery

December 4, 2005
Independent Study in Radio Promotion Now Offered

December 2, 2005
Learn all aspects of promoting recording artists' music to radio, including commercial and non-commercial, as well as satellite radio. Students will learn how to read and analyze radio airplay data for your record label and artist clients, how to approach Program Directors and Music Directors of radio stations, and how to create and build an effective radio marketing campaign.
Allen Sabinson Appointed Dean of Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design

December 1, 2005
Allen Sabinson has been appointed the dean of the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design.
Allen Sabinson, Dean of AW CoMAD, Featured in Philadelphia Inquirer

December 1, 2005
Drexel Fashion Design Students Take Top 5 Paris Spots

December 1, 2005
Fashion Design students traveled to San Francisco to participate in the "Arts of Fashion 2005", which is a juried fashion showcase which brings together an international collection of fashion, art and ideas.
Drexel Players Studio Productions Present SubUrbia

December 1, 2005
On December 1, 2 and 3 at 7pm, the Drexel Players Studio will present SubUrbia, a production depicting the lives of friends in the early 20s, gathering together to relive the past and to dream of a way to get out of Suburbia.
Music Festival Showcases Drexel Talent in Assortment of Genres

December 1, 2005
The Department of Performing Arts at Drexel University kicks off the first ever Music Festival, an exciting, eight-concert series, featuring a wide variety of music styles on Thursday, December 1, 2005.
Lydia Hunn's Work to Be Published in National/International Literary and Art Review

November 29, 2005
Lydia Hunn, Professor of Art & Art History, has had her painting "Grimace Man" selected for publication in the upcoming fall/winter issue of The G.W. Review, the bi-annual national/international literary and art review of The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. which publishes fiction, poetry, and works of art from writers and artists around the nation and, sometimes, the world.
Art History Now Offered as a Minor

November 28, 2005
The Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design offers a new Minor in Art History. Designed to be highly flexible and to appeal to a wide range of majors, the Art History Minor includes a variety of courses exploring Western and Asian art, history of architecture, design, film, photography, and theatre.
Brack Around the World: Architectural Historian, Mark Brack, Gives Slide Lecture on November 28th

November 28, 2005
Associate Professor of Architecture, Mark Brack, will present a slide lecture on his sabbatical world travels.
Professor Stuart Rome's Forests Selected as Best New Photo Book

November 21, 2005
Forests, a monograph featuring forests of the world by Professor Stuart Rome (Media Arts), has been selected as one of the "Best New Photo Books".
Pearlstein Gallery and Judaic Studies Program Present Paintings by Samuel Bak

November 20, 2005
The Leonard Pearlstein Gallery, in conjunction with the Judaic Studies Program, is proud to present: From Genesis to Vilna, Paintings by Samuel Bak. The exhibition, which is open from November 20 - December 17, 2005, will begin with an Artist's Lecture on Sunday November 20 at 4:00 p.m. in Stein Lecture Hall.
AW CoMAD Website Wins Davey Award

November 18, 2005
Fashion Design Students Take Top Honors in New York FIT Competition

November 18, 2005
The AW CoMAD Fashion Design program continues to garner accolades - three students took the top prizes at the "Your Mind's Eye View" design competition held during Career Day at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York on November 18, 2005.
Rudman Institute Presents Free Screening of WAL-MART: The High Cost of Low Price

November 16, 2005
Is retailing giant Wal-Mart an unfair competitor? Does a Wal-Mart in your area ruin the neighborhood? Does Wal-Mart exploit its workers? Is Wal-Mart's reliance on goods produced overseas destroying some segments of American manufacturing and retailing?
One perspective on Wal-Mart will be shown in the new documentary WAL-MART: The High Price of Low Cost which will be screened on Wednesday, November 16th at 7pm at the University Crossings Screening Room.
Drexel Players Present World Premiere of Ahab: A Musical Odyssey

November 10, 2005
The Department of Performing Arts opens their 2005-2006 season with the world premiere of Ahab: A Musical Odyssey. This original musical was created by composer and adjunct Professor Bud Noble.
Drexel Student Designs on Display at Tiffany's

November 9, 2005
Sandra Alton, Vice President of Tiffany and Company is honoring ten Drexel Fashion Design students by exhibiting evening gowns they created from exquisite fabrics generously donated by Ralph Rucci, the only American fashion designer invited to show in the Paris Haute Couture Syndical and recipient of Drexel's Crystal Star award in May 2005.
Architectural Photographer, Julius Shulman, Lectures at Drexel University

November 8, 2005
Julius Shulman will offer the fall lecture in the 2005-2006 Farajollah & Maryam Badie Lecture Series in Architecture on the night of November 8th at the Bossone Auditorium at Drexel.
Director of Rudman Institute, Allen Sabinson, Quoted in Widely-Published Article

November 7, 2005
Allen Sabinson, Director of Drexel's Rudman Institute for Entertainment Industry Studies, was noted in a story on November 7 and 8, 2005 about video-on-demand.
Professor Stuart Rome's New York City Exhibit and Book Signing

November 5, 2005
Stuart Rome, Professor of Media Arts, will be opening his exhibition at Sepia International / The Alkazi Collection in New York City.
Rudman Institute Presents Free Screening of The Beast of War

November 2, 2005
Noted screenwriter and playwright William Mastrosimone's THE BEAST OF WAR was a film ahead of its time and is something of a lost classic. The movie tells the story of a Soviet tank crew lost behind enemy lines during the war in Afghanistan.
Annual Architecture Student exhibit at the Pearlstein Gallery

October 31, 2005
The Department of Architecture is holding its annual student exhibition through October 31, 2005.
DragonDrive 2005 Deadline: October 31st!

October 31, 2005
The 2005 Dragon Drive, which gives Drexel employees a variety of ways to participate in charitable giving, ends on October 31st!
Film and Video Major, Dan Nelson, Named Semi-Finalist in MTVU Contest

October 31, 2005
Film and Video undergraduate student Dan Nelson is one of 10 semi-finalists in MTVU's "Best Film on Campus Trailer Challenge" for his film Will and Owen.
LeBow Hosts Panel Breakfast featuring Westphal College Alumni Nana Goldberg

October 21, 2005
The LeBow College of Business Laurence A. Baiada Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology invites students, faculty and staff to the "Challenges of Family-Owned Businesses" breakfast panel on Friday, October 21, 2005 from 7:30-10 a.m. in Behrakis Grand Hall (32nd and Chestnut Streets).
Westphal College Faculty Member, Howard Homonoff, Moderates Columbia University Panel

October 21, 2005
Howard Homonoff, Director of the MS/MBA in Television Management, moderated a panel on new developments in the video world at Columbia University's Business School's Institute on Tele-Information on Friday, October 21st.
Westphal College's Screenwriting & Playwriting Program Presents Peter Egan, Screenwriter for FX Network Original Series, OVER THERE

October 21, 2005
On October 21st, the Screenwriting & Playwriting Program will be hosting an Open Forum entitled "Writing in La-La Land" at 10-11:15am in the University Crossings Large Screening Room #028.
Drexels Dance Ensemble Presents Rose Eichenbaum

October 20, 2005
Drexel University's Dance Ensemble presents author and dance photographer Rose Eichenbaum on Thursday, October 20, 2005 at 7:30pm in the Mandell Theater.
Westphal College Faculty Member, Joseph Hancock, Quoted in MSU Newspaper

October 20, 2005
College of Media Arts & Design Named in Honor of Beloved Alumni, Antoinette Westphal

October 18, 2005
On October 18, 2005, President Constantine Papadakis officially announced that the College of Media Arts & Design will be named after the late Antoinette Wespthal '58, Hon. '02, at the request of her husband, Ray Westphal '59, Hon. '02.
Westphal College Alumni, Jamila Payne, Featured in Wall Street Journal

October 18, 2005
Jamila Payne '00, was featured in a Wall Street Journal article entitled "In a Tough Business, Persistence is Required", which ran in the October 18th edition. Ms. Payne, who is also serving as President of Westphal College Alumni Advocates, runs a successful online retailer.
Department of Performing Arts Donates Time and Money to Benefit HIV/AIDS Services

October 16, 2005
Westphal College Faculty Participating in Philadelphia Open Studio Tours

October 15, 2005
Anne Cecil, Instructor of Design, will be exhibiting her works at the Philadelphia Open Studio Tours.
Rosita

October 5, 2005
Philadelphia documentarians Barbara Attie and Janet Goldwater's heartbreaking true story of a 9-year old Nicaraguan girl who was raped and impregnated but whose unwanted pregnancy became a political football between abortion rights and antiabortion forces.
What Price Media Consolidation?

September 28, 2005
A symposium on the impact of media consolidation on the film, television, radio, internet and music businesses. Changes in the business and regulatory environments have led to a media and entertainment industry dominated by a very small number of huge companies. These industry consolidations impact what we see on TV, in movie theatres, what music we listen to, and the future of the internet.
Associate Professor, Kathi Martin, Travels to Turkey to Present Drexel Project

September 16, 2005
An Exhibition of Souvenir Buildings from the Collections of Architecture Faculty

August 13, 2005
Miniature souvenir buildings have been a feature at tourist sites for more than a hundred years, expanding in popularity with the rise of popular tourism in Europe. In recent years there has been a boom in collecting these little buildings in the United States.

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