Lisa Lehmberg, a Ph.D. candidate in music education in the School of Music, has recently accepted the appointment of Assistant Professor of Music (tenure-track) at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Beginning in the fall of 2008, Lisa will be responsible for teaching undergraduate courses in general music methods, as well as graduate courses in music education and research. Like USF, the University of Massachusetts is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as Research University: Very High Research Activity.

Jeremy Chandler, current MFA student in the School of Art and Art History, has been named Tampa's Photographer Laureate for 2008. Chandler is commissioned by the city to create the next installment in the city's "Big Picture Project." He will receive $25,000 dollars to complete the project and was chosen from a national field of applicants.

Jeremy Chandler also has a solo exhibition at the Atlantic Center of the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida, January 5 ­ 29, with funding assistance from CVPA and the USF School of Art and Art History. Jeremy makes photographs that depict the relationship between some of Florida's more isolated coastal and rural communities and their natural environment. His beautifully shot, large scale works are a portrait of the place where culture, identity and nature intersect.

A trumpet ensemble from the School of Music performed at the Moffitt Cancer Center Holiday Tree Lighting Celebration on December 4.

Pictured left to right are: Jay Coble, Ed Reid, Nicole Daley, and Wade Weast.