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News @ Tech
Friday, January 09, 2009

Tech theatre presents opera workshop - jroberts

Louisiana Tech’s annual opera workshop will be held at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 14-17 in Howard Auditorium, Center for the Performing Arts.

The performance will consist of two one-act operas: “The Reluctant Dragon” and “The Stoned Guest.”

“The Reluctant Dragon” follows the life of a young boy who discovers a bookish, mushroom-loving dragon living near his home. The dragon and boy become friends, but the dragon is discovered by the townsfolk, who send for St. George to slay the dragon. St. George, who is now elderly, has no interest in slaying dragons, but he feels it is his duty. The boy introduces St. George to the dragon, and the two decide it would be better not to fight. Eventually, they stage a fake joust, where it appears the dragon has been slain. The townspeople rejoice the dragon's supposed death, and St. George announces that the dragon has not been killed. After assuring the villagers that the dragon is not dangerous, the creature is accepted by the people.

“The Stoned Guest” is a parody of classic opera which combines elements of Don Giovanni with parts of Carmen by Georges Bizet. The ending parodies classic operas by apparently ending in tragedy, then having a completely unmotivated happy ending.

The show is open to the public. Admission is $8 for adults, $6 for children and $4 for Tech students with a Tech ID. The box office is located in the lobby of Howard Auditorium, Center for the Performing Arts. Hours are Monday through Friday from 1:30-4:45 p.m. Reservations may also be made by calling (318) 257-3942.

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Dr. Robert Rudnicki, an associate professor of English, was an invited guest speaker at Auburn University on Friday, Jan. 23 in a live web cast symposium honoring the life and work of celebrated Southern writer Lewis Nordan. The group of invited guest speakers included major creative writers or essayists, such as Clyde Edgerton, John Dufresne (author of Louisiana Power and Light, set in Monroe), Hal Crowther and Lee Martin. Moderators included Faulkner scholar and Mississippi Quarterly editor Noel Polk and critic Bert Hitchcock. The event will become available on iTunes, and the proceedings will result in a university press collection of essays from Pebble Hill Books.

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Donna Hood and Carol Owens, faculty members from the Division of Nursing, were recently selected to participate in a four-phase Health Information Technology Scholars (HITS) Program with Schools of Nursing from the University of Kansas, the University of Colorado – Denver and Indiana University, in partnership with the National League for Nursing. This project is supported by a five-year, $1.5 million grant provided by the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Bureau of Health Professions in partnership with the Office of Health Information Technology. The HITS project is designed to develop, implement, disseminate and sustain a faculty development collaborative to integrate information technologies in nursing curriculum and expand the capacity of collegiate schools of nursing to educate students for the 21st Century. Hood is Lincoln General – Glenwood Endowed Professor and has been on the faculty for 16 years. Owens holds the Franciscan Sisters of St. Francis Medical Center Endowed Professorship in Nursing and has been on the faculty for 13 years.

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The Rho Gamma Chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the English Honor Society at Louisiana Tech, has been identified as one of the 10 most active chapters in the country. The national organization has extended an invitation to Rho Gamma to provide a special exhibit at the 2009 International Convention in Minneapolis, Minn. from March 25-28. The exhibit will offer strategies for other chapters on how to enrich their program and promote their own honor society.

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