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Music Professor Selected in Teacher's Concerto Competition
Dr. Amanda Lee was recently selected as one of five winners of the Texas International Academy and Festival Teacher’s Concerto Competition in collaboration with Van Cliburn Foundation and the Fort Worth Symphony.
Every year, approximately 20 performers from around the world are chosen from auditions for Young Artists, Teachers, and Amateurs. Performers in the teacher’s category were allowed to compete in the festival concerto competition, a first for any teacher’s program.
Dr. Lee and the other four winners performed as soloists with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra on June 17, 2007, at Ed Landreth Auditorium, Texas Christian University. Lee played Béla Bartók’s Piano Concerto No. 3 (1st movement) at the winners concert. This was Lee’s second year being selected to participate. Other recent solo appearances include the Young Artists Recital at Las Vegas International Music Festival, West Virginia University (WVU) Young Artists Concerto Concert, and WVU Chamber Winds Concert.
Dr. Garland Owensby
Dr. Garland Owensby, Youth and Student Ministries Coordinator, ministered to hundreds of students this summer at Assemblies of God youth camps. He was the camp evangelist for the Rocky Mountain District June 11-15 and for the Gulf Latin District July 10-12.
Owensby so published youth ministry resources through "The 52," a ministry of the Assemblies of God National Youth Department. The publication provides youth workers with 52 weeks of sermons, lessons, and other resources. Owensby's contributions include an outreach along with a sermon themed around the popular social networking site MySpace. More information can be obtained at www.TheFiftyTwo.com.
Dr. Loyd Uglow
Dr. Loyd Uglow attended the annual convention of the Western Writers of America in Springfield, Missouri, in June.
Paula Manley and Glenda Boone
Paula Manley and Glenda Boone received the Waxahachie ISD Campus Business Award from Shackelford Elementary for their contributions to the Literacy Lab for at-risk readers. The literacy lab is a collaboration between the SAGU Education department and Shackelford Elementary to provide additional reading instruction to students in first and second grades. Senior Teacher Education students enrolled in upper level EDU courses go to the school twice a week and teach supervised lessons to first and second grade students.
Julie McElhany
Adjunct Professor Julie McElhany earned a Doctorate of Education from Texas A&M - Commerce. Her dissertation study was "Interrelationships Between Faculty Development and Faculty Concerns in the Design, Development, and Delivery of Online Courses in Select Community Colleges in Texas." Julie serves full-time in Instructional Technology and Distance Education at Texas A&M - Commerce.
Clancy Hayes
Clancy Hayes has been appointed to the North Texas Adult Ministries advisory board. He has also conducted Christian Education workshops in North Texas and East Lansing, Michigan. Hayes was also a keynote speaker and workshop leader at the Northern Pacific Latin District of the Assemblies of God.
Dr. Darren Daugherty
Dr. Darren Daugherty was the camp speaker for all three weeks of the South Texas District kids camps.
Dr. LeRoy Bartel, Dr. Jim McCorkle, and Dr. Larry Hester
Dr. LeRoy Bartel, Dr. Jim McCorkle, and Dr. Larry Hester responded to the request of a church in Brazoria, Texas, to represent SAGU in serving as consultants and providing assessments for the church.
President Bridges Leads Invocation at Texas House of Representatives
President Bridges gave the opening prayer for the Texas State House of Reps. Assembly on Tuesday, April 10. A written copy of the prayer was recorded in the bound copy of the official minutes of the session.
Earlier this year, Bridges was contacted by State Representative Gary Elkins (District 135, Houston/Harris County), an alumnus of SAGU (1978 graduate) and member of the SAGU Board. Representative Elkins invited President Bridges to open the session in prayer.
After the Speaker of the House, Tom Craddick, called the session to order, Elkins introduced Bridges as the president of SAGU and referenced Elkins’ status as an alumnus and Board member. President Bridges called the assembly to prayer and prayed that each member would seek and receive the wisdom and understanding necessary to legislate fairly and faithfully. He also prayed a blessing over the representatives. The prayer was followed by recitation of the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance and the Texas Pledge.
During their visit, President Bridges and his family were allowed to meet representatives and tour the capitol building. Though access to the capitol dome has been restricted for several years, the Speaker invited the Bridges to take a tour. President Bridges described it as “a breathtaking experience that we will never forget.”