Georgia State University

The School of Music annually hosts this prestigious competition where students compete for awards and prizes, the Honors Recital and Dean's Award. The Honors Recital and Dean's Award winner on March 7, was Sue Shin. Dr. Wade Weast, Dean of the College of the Arts, and Dr. Nickitas Demos, Director of the School of Music, were at hand to present Ms. Shin with the well-deserved award. Ms. Shin is from the piano studio of Raffi Besalyan. The Honors Recital and Dean's Award showcases the School of Music's most accomplished soloists selected by audition before an outside jury. Through a highly selective audition process, the recital's participants are determined.

Georgia State University student Connor Kianpour has recently had his piece "Do Libertarians Care About Animals?" published by Libertarianism.org. Kianpour, of Great Falls, VA, is a student in the Department of Philosophy in the College of Arts & Sciences. Kianpour worked on a manuscript with co-author Eze Paez titled "Red in Tooth and Claw No More: Animal Rights and the Permissibility to Redesign Nature," which has been accepted at the journal Environmental Values. Kianpour also wrote the introductory chapter, "It's Still Funny Though: A Defense of Moderate Comic Immoralism," for a Philosophy of humor textbook that will be in print in Spring 2021. Kianpour is also scheduled to present at the International Society for Environmental Ethics Panel at the Eastern American Philosophical Association meeting in January 2021 and The Lighthearted Philosophers' Society 14th Annual Conference in April 2021. The College of Arts & Sciences provides a skills-based liberal arts and sciences education for Atlanta's diverse, next-generation workforce.

Two Georgia State University undergrauate psychology majors spent this summer doing research at Ohio University in a program entitled National Science Foundation Research Experience For Undergraduates: Treatment-Related Research for Youth with Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Problems. The seminars focused on professional development, research methods and statistics, and evidence-based treatments for youth with social, emotional, and behavioral problems. The students also worked on individual research projects with faculty mentors and presentations of findings in a research symposium at the end of the program.

Janita Poe, a graduate student at Georgia State University studying communications, presented Virtual International Exchange as an Antidote to U.S. Racial Hypersegregation: One Graduate Student's Vision for Early-Career Research at the International Virtual Exchange Conference hosted by Newcastle University.

Two students tied for first place for musical performances during the virtual 2020 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

Kia Pooler, a film and media major, won first place for film displays during the virtual 2020 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

Two art students tied for third place for artistic diplays during the virtual 2020 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

Quinten Hanson won second place for a musical performance of "The Five Stages of Grief" at the 2019 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

Georgia State University School of Music student, Joseph Lyons is the winner of the 2020 Honors Recital and Dean's Award. Lyons is in the Master of Music program, majoring in Saxophone Performance. Criteria included a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher and outstanding musicianship. Lyons received $500 from the Dean's office. Currently, he is the principal saxophonist of the Georgia State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble, bass saxophonist in the Georgia State University Saxophone Ensemble, and baritone chair of the Vinea Quartet. Lyons is in the saxophone studio of Associate Professor Jan Berry Baker.

The Georgia State University Singers took first prize at one of the most significant chamber choir competitions in the world - the 15th International Chamber Choir Competition Marktoberdorf 2017 in Marktoberdorf, Germany.

The annual student showcase took place on May 4 at the Plaza Theatre, and featured the Jury Selections of Films - some of the best student shorts produced during the 2016-2017 academic year.

Sara Santamaria's first solo exhibition, "Who comes today and stays tomorrow," opened in June at Eyedrum Art & Music Gallery. It is comprised of sculptural works that address the idea of immigration and tap into themes of memoir, displacement, and identity.

Congratulations to 3rd Year MFA candidate Elham Masoudi who is included in the "Focus Iran 2: Contemporary Photography and Video" biennial at The Craft & Folk Art Museum (CAFAM). The second biennial juried exhibition is co-presented with the Farhang Foundation and opens on January 29.

The BMI Future Jazz Master Scholarship is awarded annually to a rising jazz star pursuing an advanced academic degree in jazz studies or jazz performance.

The Collegiate Opera Scene Competition is held annually at the National Opera Association convention. The National Opera Association supports and promotes the appreciation of opera and music theater

The Collegiate Opera Scene Competition is held annually at the National Opera Association convention. The National Opera Association supports and promotes the appreciation of opera and music theater.

The award recognizes student achievement in the field of visual arts. Students submit original works of visual art to be reviewed by a committee comprised of faculty, staff and student leadership from the Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design and the College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Office.

The award recognizes student achievement in the field of visual arts. Students submit original works of visual art to be reviewed by a committee comprised of faculty, staff and student leadership from the Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design and the College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Office.

The award recognizes student achievement in the field of visual arts. Students submit original works of visual art to be reviewed by a committee comprised of faculty, staff and student leadership from the Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design and the College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Office. A first place winner, a second place winner and 10 honorable mentions were chosen for the 2014 Dean's Art Award.