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LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY
May 3, 1995
Kelly Named Dean of Communication and Fine Arts
Longtime LMU Professor Had Served
as Acting Dean Since Last August
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By James Keane
News Editor
Mr. Thomas Kelly, a communi¬
cation arts professor at Loyola
Marymount since 1971, has been
named Dean of the College of Com¬
munication and Fine Arts. Kelly
had been serving as Acting Dean
since Sergei Tschernisch departed
in the spring of 1 994 to become
president of Cornish College of the
Arts in Seattle, WA. After a national
search was conducted, Kelly was
selected as the best candidate to
take the post.
Kelly’s sudden rise through the
ranks of CFA has all occurred in the
past two years; as late as fall 1 993,
he was a professor in Communica¬
tion and Fine Arts. After being
asked to become production coor¬
dinator for a semester, he moved
into the position of Acting Chair
when the existing Chair became
sick last spring. Soon after, Dean
T schernisch announced his depar¬
ture, and Kelly moved up into the
temporary post of Acting Dean.
musicals his last two years, Kelly
also has a master’s degree in drama
from Catholic University of America.
He has written, produced, and di¬
rected in music, television, and the¬
ater, and has also performed pro-
Kelly has written, produced, and directed in
music, television, and theater, and has also
performed professionally in theater and music.
“When the former Dean left, Dr.
Jabbra asked people in different
constituencies for suggestions for
a temporary Dean,” Kelly com¬
mented in an interview earlier this
year. “Apparently, unknown to me,
my name kept popping up.”
A summa cum laude graduate in
history from Providence College in
1952, where he also wrote two
fessionally in theater and music.
After graduation from Providence
College, Kelly toured in Europe for
several years as part of an acting
troupe.
Kelly’s documentary “A Space to
Grow,” produced for the Outward
Bound program and designed to
show urban teachers the learning
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Dr. Thomas Kelly was selected as the Dean of Communication and
Fine Arts. Kelly had been serving as Acting Dean since last fall.
Students Honor Dr. Graciela Limon
with Educator of The Year Award
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Staff Person of The Year also Named
By Jennifer D’Andrea
Staff Writer
Loyola Marymount Teacher of
the Year Awards have been
given for the 1994-1995 academic
year. Winners include Dr. Erylene
Piper-Mandy of the College of Lib¬
eral Arts; Dr. Robert Winsor of the'
College of Business Administra¬
tion; the late Mr. Robert Epstein
and Mr. Joseph Reynolds of the
College of Communication and Fine
Arts; and Dr. Michael Cullen of the
College Science and Engineering.
Dr. Graciella Limon of the Modern
Languages Department was se-
By Kent Jancarik
Assistant News Editor
Three New VPs Named
for 1995-96 ASLMU
Herman made the selections
after an extensive application
and interview process.
Parlow commented that “with
the experience and dedication
of these three, we’re all looking
forward to a great staff for next
year.
“Even though the selection
process was very difficult due to
the number of qualified appli¬
cants, I and the rest of the com¬
mittee feel that we selected ex¬
cellent representatives.”
David Grimaldi, 21, a fresh¬
man communications major who
also participated this year on
Student Senate and the
J.U.S.T.I.C.E. committee, was
RHA President for Tenderich,
and a member of Sigma Chi,
was appointed Vice President of
Public Relations.
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U appointed three new
Vice Presidents last week for
the 1 995-96 school year. Junior
Sam Christensen was appointed
Vice President for Student Ser¬
vices, junior Shayan Samii was
named Vice President of Finance,
and freshman David Grimaldi was
appointed Vice President of Pub¬
lic Relations.
A selection committee consist¬
ing of new President Matthew
Parlow, newly elected Vice Presi¬
dent of Student Affairs Juleann
Bukovchik, Executive Vice Presi¬
dent and Head of Student Senate
Ann Goodman, and Vice Presi¬
dent for the Activities Program¬
ming Commission Jon O’Brien,
\as well as ASLMU advisor Shelli
lected for Overall Educator of the
Year and Camille Mosley of Stu¬
dent Life was awarded Staff Per¬
son of the Year.
ASLMU President Paul Suppa
informally presented the winners
with a plaque
and a letter of PP
congratulations
on Tuesday,
May 2. “The
teachers should
be congratu¬
lated for their
contribution to
the LMU com¬
munity,” noted
Suppa.
Several
teachers ex¬
pressed their
surprise at being
honored by the
students. “This
is the first award
that I’ve ever re¬
ceived after 28
years of teach¬
ing,” com¬
mented Dr.
Cullen of the
Mathematics
Department.
“I’m surprised to receive this
award because there are a lot of
people in the Math Department who
do a great job and could also be
singled out.
“Math is a subject that intimi¬
dates a lot of people so I always try
to create a friendly atmosphere
demanding. I’ve never been an
easy instructor.”
Dr. Cullen summed up the atti¬
tude of many who won Teacher of
the Year Awards when he said that
he “still gets a kick out of teaching
the stuff after 28 years.”
Voting for the awards was open
to every member of the student
body as well as the faculty and
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Life
| New Entrepreneurial
Society
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Perspective
Adieu, Adieu, Sweet
[Princes!
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[Arts & _
Entertainment
Kearns Hits The
Pavement!
•page 18
rnom courtesy or run tic Relations
Dr. Graciela Limon of the Modern Languages
Department , 1994-95 Educator of the Year.
staff. Nominations were phoned
into ASLMU and then calculated to
determine the teachers who re¬
ceived the most votes.
Voting for the Awards was publi¬
cized through mass voice mail mes¬
sages on campus phones as well
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Sports
Baseball Takes Two of
Three from Dons
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