An informative message from our “man on the inside” David Harrington at CU Arts:

Dear SoA Student, Research Arts Student, or Alum,

You’re an artist. You need people to know about your art. The Arts Initiative knows these people.

• 35000 monthly visitors to cuarts.columbia.edu
• 1000s of tickets sold at the Ticket and Information Center (TIC) in Lerner and tic.columbia.edu
• 8500 members of CAAL, The Columbia Alumni Arts League
• 7000 subscribers to the CUArts weekly e-newsletters
• 100s of student and alumni arts events posted to TIC and the Alumni Arts Calendar
• 700 Facebook friends
• 300 online profiles of alumni in the arts

And the Arts Initiative wants to know you too. Please keep in touch at Columbia and beyond.

The Arts Initiative
www.cuarts.columbia.edu
alumniarts@columbia.edu

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The School of the Arts takes pride in presenting the list of its February 2008 graduates, who, as of Wednesday, February 13, having met or surpassed the requirements of their respective programs, have thereby been awarded the Master of Fine Arts degree from the Columbia University School of the Arts.

Congratulations to all these students.  We wish them success in all their future endeavors.  Should you be in contact with one or more of them, please take a moment to acknowledge their hard work and to wish them well.

Masters of Fine Arts in Writing:

Justin Daniel Belmont
David Samuel Englander
Christopher John Evans
Michelle Theresa Heinz
Luis Rafael Rodriguez
Sandra Rachel Schmuhl

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From an announcement from David Beeman, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs and Admissions:

The School of the Arts takes pride in presenting the list of its October 2007 graduates, who, as of Wednesday, October 17, having met or surpassed the requirements of their respective programs, have thereby been awarded the Master of Fine Arts degree from the Columbia University School of the Arts.

Congratulations to all these students.  We wish them success in all their future endeavors.  Should you be in contact with one or more of them, please take a moment to acknowledge their hard work and to wish them well.

Here are the Masters of Fine Arts in Writing:

Fayne Abbott Ansley
Pranav Behari
Jeff Bender
Augustine Frances Blaisdell
Thomas Earl Blaylock
Michelle Lin Brotherton
Marie Elizabeth Elia
David Stewart Francis
Ruth Weir Galm
Cristine Marie Gonzalez
Nadine Sarah Gorelik
Alena Bonnell Graedon
Matthew Lewis Hamity
Melissa Mary Heltzel
Adam Robert Katz
Adina Caryn Kay
Doretta Suk-Chong Lau
Elyse Kea Lightman
Krista Elena Manrique
Filip Marinovich
Joshua Martinsons
Ashley Donielle Murray
Matthew Evan Passet
Gabriel Roman Pilar
Miriam Baker Schiffer
Anna Veronica Selver-Kassell
Chandler Klang Smith
Patricia Elisabeth Sonntag
Rhena Tantisunthorn
Stacy Marlena Torres
Daniel Muray White
Johnathan Donald Wilber
Alexis Sathre Wolff

We encourage all of our October 2007 graduates and their loved ones to participate in our commencement festivities on Wednesday, May 21, 2008.   For information regarding the commencement ceremonies, make sure to visit the SoA Home Page beginning in late March at http://arts.columbia.edu.

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Soarats.org congratulates the February Writing Division MFA Graduates.

And I’d like to remind these folks that while recent alumni are no longer students, Soarats.org is still a warm place for them to rest a while on the Internet wanderings. (And starting next week it will be a great place to chat as well. Did I give that away too soon?)

The Proud List:
Mia Celeste Rosales Alvar
Samuel Charles Amadon
Molly Antopol-Johnson
Rebecca Dancer DiLiberto
David B. Gerrard
Steven Michael Hanson
Kristin Danielle Henley
Olena M. Jennings
Jason Michael Nickerson
Sharon Marie Pacuk
Matthew Scott Pennock
Ramesh Balakrishna Pillay
Kim Lan Raymonde
Barbara Gabriele Thimm
Miranda Weiss
Erica Ashley Wright

Commencement festivities will take place on Wednesday, May 16, 2007. For information regarding the commencement ceremonies, visit the SoA “Student Affairs Daily Dish” and search under “commencement.”

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Congratulations to all October 2006 graduates
(AKA old RATS/new alumni):

Stephanie Ruth Anderson
Clare Martha Beams
Claire Campbell
Megan Constance Donohue
Vivien Joyce Drabkin
Jennifer Flores Estaris
Brian Joshua Eule
Rivka Ricky Galchen
David Michael Gordon
Tupelo Jereme Hassman
Elaine Dorothy Johanson
Subhashini Kaligotla
Alice Taylor Larsen
Diana M. Lind
William Joseph Merrell
Lantz Eugene Miller
Wendy Elizabeth Paris
Jamie Christopher Pietras
Karen Elizabeth Russell
Kate Lynn Schirmer
Jaclyn Cheryl Thomas
Jennifer Lynn Yabroff

Way to write your way out of here!

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The School of the Arts has brought on a new development team led by Mr. Moss Cooper. In the coming weeks, we hope to coordinate with his office on the implementation of an alumni network that supports former SoA students in their post-Columbia years. We are still very early in the process so we can’t really say much more right now. We hope that’s not the case for much longer.

In the meantime, check out the CU Arts Initiative for funding information. Other web sites good for employing artists are the Foundation Center and the New York Foundation for the Arts. Media Bistro is also an amazing resource if you’re looking for employment.

Alumni are also encouraged to participate in the Faculty Selects reading series, which features work from WD alumni on the first Thursday of every month at the KGB Bar. Contact Elyssa East for more information.

Keep checking back here for alumni updates, and e-mail soarats@gmail.com with your own development and funding ideas.

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