Theatre and Film Awards

May 6, 1997

Students

KU HONORS OUTSTANDING THEATRE AND FILM STUDENTS

LAWRENCE - Outstanding theatre and film students at the University of Kansas were honored Sunday, April 27, during the annual Stage and Screen Brunch, sponsored by the Department of Theatre and Film and the University Theatre.

The brunch, which paid special tribute to graduating seniors, was the closing event of the "Alums Come Home III" celebration at KU.

Two special awards were announced during the 1997 festivities. Gigi Gibson Bolt, a 1965 KU alumna and now an arts administrator at the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, D.C., received the Alumni Honor Citation for making "continued significant contributions in the field of arts advocacy."

Kenyon and Camilla Whitright, owners of Wybron Inc., Colorado Springs, Colo., received the department's Award of Merit for donating 20 lighting color scrollers and associated control equipment to the University Theatre. The gift increases the technical and design capabilities of the theatre and allows students to stay abreast of lighting technology.

Laura Zabel, Manhattan senior, was named the 1997 Kilty Kane recipient. The award, the department's highest, annually recognizes the person leaving the theatre program who has contributed the most to it.

In addition to the award presentations, scholarship recipients for the 1997-98 academic year were announced.

KU theatre and film students honored during the brunch include (listed by name, class, home address and award)

BARTON COUNTY
From Hoisington: Kari Kaylene Wahlgren, junior, 261 W. Fourth; Richard Kelton Memorial Fellowship
BROWN COUNTY
From Horton: Dustin K. Shaffer, senior, 1650 Fourth Ave. W.; Creative and Performing Arts Scholarship
DOUGLAS COUNTY
From Lawrence: Mark S. Brochu, graduate student, 1216 Louisiana; Adah Clarke Hagan Scholarship; Karen L. Dillon, graduate student, 1019 1/2 Massachusetts; Charles "Buddy" Rogers Scholarship and Gerhard Zuther Playwriting Award; Leslie Atkins Durham, doctoral student, 2500 W. Sixth; Charles "Buddy" Rogers Scholarship; Tony Fuemmeler, senior, 1602 W. Ninth; Adah Clarke Hagan Scholarship and Glenn Bickle Award; Bruce D. Hutchinson, doctoral student, 432 Forrest Ave.; Claire Reinhold Scholarship; Stuart C. Minnis, doctoral student, 905 Avalon; Odd Williams Family Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant in Film Award; Don M. Schawang, doctoral student, 1301 W. 24th; Charles "Buddy" Rogers Scholarship and Gerhard Zuther Playwriting Award; Linda Smith, doctoral student, 324 Birch Lane; Ambrose Saricks Family Scholarship; Robert A. Sokol, graduate student, 2411 Louisiana; Frederica Reynolds Merrell Berg Film Award; Nancy Sparlin, senior, 927 Emery Road; Dorothy and Benjamin Glick Theatre Scholarship; Sharon Sullivan, graduate student, 3810 Overland Drive; FRiends Of the THeatre (FROTH) Scholarship in Memory of Reese P. Saricks and Ethel Hinds Burch Outstanding New Graduate Teaching Assistant in Theatre Award
FINNEY COUNTY
From Garden City: Amanda M. Staats, junior, 5680 N. Third; Harley S. Nelson Family Scholarship
JOHNSON COUNTY
From Lenexa: Brian Douglas England, senior, 13222 W. 76th; Creative and Performing Arts Scholarship; Andrea D. Lockett, junior, P.O. Box 14951; New Theatre Guild Scholarship
From Merriam: Lance Gharavi, doctoral student, 6927 Eby; Mark Amin Scholarship and Russian Theatre Fellowship
From Olathe: Nicholas Schmitz, sophomore, 721 N. Persimmon Drive; Creative and Performing Arts Scholarship; Johanna Wagenknecht, sophomore, 13644 S. Sycamore; Creative and Performing Scholarship
From Overland Park: Jeffrey Raymond Bachura, junior, 8016 Perry; Loren Kennedy Traineeship; Jason Daniel Holland, senior, 14006 Goodman, Brian Ten Eyck Davis Award and Loren Kennedy Traineeship; Brenda Hope Leff, senior, 8333 W. 102nd; Creative and Performing Arts Scholarship
From Prairie Village: Mindy Fippen, senior, 4300 W. 63rd; Loren Kennedy Traineeship.
From Shawnee: Sara Jane Calovich, senior, 4735 Quivira, Creative and Performing Arts Scholarship
RILEY COUNTY
From Manhattan: Joshua Brown, senior, 755 Midland Ave.; Allen Crafton Memorial Scholarship and Loren Kennedy Traineeship; Jennette Selig, senior, 500 Wickham; Claire Reinhold Scholarship; Michael Senften, junior, 3348 Newbury; David E. Blackwell Scholarship; Steve Willingham, senior, 2934 Dimrill Stair; Adah Clarke Hagan Scholarship; Laura Irene Zabel, graduating senior, 226 S. Delaware; Tom P. Rea Award and the Kilty Kane
SHAWNEE COUNTY
From Topeka: Brian Ireland, senior, 645 Vesper; Harley S. Nelson Family Scholarship; Jennifer Beth Nichols, senior, 5729 S.W. 26th Terrace; Charles "Buddy" Rogers Scholarship; Jon David Young, senior, 3210 N.W. SoSiva Lane; Creative and Performing Arts Scholarship
WYANDOTTE COUNTY
From Kansas City: Sean Fradieu, 7126 Haskell Ave.; Frederica Reynolds Merrell Berg Film Award; Brett Generaux, senior, 7316 Oliver Ave.; Odd Williams Film Studies Scholarship; (End Kansas)
ARKANSAS
From Ozark: Sally H. Shedd, doctoral student, 707 W. River; Claire Reinhold Scholarship, Gene Budig Theatre and Film Scholarship, and Kuhlke Humanitarian Award
COLORADO
From Glenwood Springs: Matthew L. Hostetler, senior, P.O. Box 1704; John David Lentz Memorial Scholarship
MICHIGAN
From Ypsilanti: Kevin P. Saari, doctoral student, 263 Elmhurst Ave; Claire Reinhold Scholarship
NEW HAMPSHIRE
From Etna: Richard C. Jones, P.O. Box 298; Ethel Hinds Burch Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
OKLAHOMA
From Stillwater: Sarah S. Graalman, sophomore, 2224 W. Sunset; Creative and Performing Arts Scholarship

Story by Charla Jenkins, (785) 864-3381

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