Sam Savage, assistant professor and coordinator of studio voice, performed the leading role of Ciano in Leoncavallo's Pagliacci in June at the Western Plains Opera in Minot, North Dakota. In June, Savage taught and performed at The Art Song Festival in Toledo, Ohio, and served on the faculty for the Operafestival di Roma and covered all of the tenor rolls in The Magic Flute in July.    

The work of Sayaka Ganz has been featured in High Touch: Tactile Design and Visual Explorations, a new 224-page book released in August 2012. High Touch is a powerful tactile design collection that examines the three-dimensional look of today's visual culture being shaped by techniques and styles from fine art and handicraft. High Touch documents an inspiring range of material objects and spatial orchestrations that meld craft and fine art with techniques of more traditional art forms such as installation, sculpture, collage, photography and illustration. The examples featured in the book prove that the scope for this trailblazing work is enormous. An associate faculty member in the Department of Fine Arts, Ganz is currently on hiatus from teaching to more fully explore her work as an independent artist and complete a number of upcoming commissions.

Music therapist Allison Hamman (B.S.M.T. '12) is now both the proprietor of and a music therapist at Mainstay Music Therapy. Mainstay provides music therapy services under Indiana's Medicaid Waiver Program to those with intellectual and physical disabilities in Fort Wayne and surrounding areas. They also provide music therapy services to businesses and individuals not part of the Medicaid program. Kim Yoder (B.S.M.T.'12) also works as an independent contractor for Mainstay Music Therapy.  

The Women's Bureau is on a mission to educate the public on issues regarding sexual assault. They have asked students in the Department of Visual Communication and Design (VCD) to help them accomplish that goal. Students from the Photography V Special Projects course, taught by continuing lecturer Jim Gabbard and students from Graphic Design III Publication Design, taught by continuing lecturer John Motz, have teamed up to create an educational brochure. Photographs generated by the students were given to student designers to create a brochure designed to educate the public about sexual assault and the effect it has on individuals. Staff members from the Women's Bureau attended a critique on October 12 to evaluate the samples created by the students.

Theatre major Amber Klinker spent her summer working as a costume stitcher for the Theater at Monmouth in Monmouth, Maine. Her job included patterning, hat construction, cutting and alterations among other duties. Their summer productions included Moliere's Tartuffe, Shakespeare's Henry IV Part 1, Two Gentlemen of Verona and The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams. Visit theateratmonmouth.org for more information.

The following alumni have been hired for music teaching positions: Stephanie Reimer (B.M.E. '12) at Cedar Canyon Elementary School, Laura Tomlinson (B.M.E. '12) at Central Noble High School, Emily Franz (B.M.E. '12) at Lane Middle School and Brandon Eiler (B.M.E. '10) at Concordia High School.

Rachael Parker (B.S.M.T. '12) is currently employed by Meaningful Day Services.