<p>From the desk of Arlene Floyd.......</p><div>YSU has announced the call for nominations for the <i>2013</i> <i>Heritage Award</i>. I would like to <strong>nominate Professor Emeritus, Alfred Bright. </strong>I think we can do this if as many as possible current faculty and staff nominate him. He meets all the criteria. I am attaching the memo and the nomination form.</div><p>Please pass this along to other faculty and staff that you know. Only current YSU personnel can nominate.</p><div><b><u>The deadline for submitting nominations is December 31, 2012</u>.</b></div><div> </div><div> </div><div><b>Some facts about Al Bright:</b></div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Alfred L. Bright is Professor Emeritus, Department of Art, retired in 2005, last taught in 2012.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div>He earned his bachelor's degree in art education from Youngstown University in 1964 and his master's degree in painting from Kent State University in 1965.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div>He was the <strong>first</strong> African American full service faculty at Youngstown State University in 1965.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div>He was the<strong> founding </strong>director of the Black Studies (Africana Studies) Program at YSU from 1970-1987.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div>For over forty (40) years, Professor Alfred Bright has directly influenced by teaching or mentoring the careers and lives of thousands of Massachusetts student.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Professor Bright's work in permanent collections include: The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio: Kent State University Gallery, Kent Ohio; Roanoke Museum of Fine Arts, Roanoke, Virginia; Northeastern University, Boston, Massachuetts; The Harmon and Harriet Kelly Collecion of African-American Art, San Antonio, Texas; Canton Museum of Art, Canton, Ohio.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Professor Bright's awards/honors/listings include but not limited to: Distinguished Teaching Award, Youngstown State University, 2006; Phi Kappa Phi National Artist Award Nominee (2001-2004), Nominated by Chapter 143, The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, 2001.</div><p>Thanks</p><p>Arlene</p><p>*Please pardon duplication of e-mail in my efforts to reach as many as possible. [BMS]</p><br /><br />------------------------------------------------------<br />
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