Dean Michael Hood, College of Fine Arts, has been elected to a three-year term as secretary of the National Theatre Conference, an organization of professional, academic, and community leaders in the American theater.

Theater-by-the-Grove and Music Theater at IUP will swing into the holiday season with Irving Berlin’s classic family musical, White Christmas, December 2-5, 2010, on the stage of Fisher Auditorium of the IUP Performing Arts Center.

The Department of Music will present “The Music of Frank Ticheli” on Sunday, November 14, 2010, at 2:00 p.m. in Fisher Auditorium, IUP Performing Arts Center. The concert will feature Ticheli as guest conductor and performances of his music by all three IUP concert bands, the IUP Chamber Singers, and the University Chorus.

Retiring sculpture professor and internationally recognized artist James Nestor will give a talk on Thursday, November 11, 2010, regarding his work and the current exhibition, “elapsed.” The presentation will take place at 5:00 p.m. in Sprowls Hall, Room 118-A. The exhibit is currently running in Kipp Gallery.