Florence E. Wall

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Florence Emeline Wall (1893 - October 2, 1988) was one of the first women to be recognized as a cosmetic chemist and the first woman to receive the medal of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists, in 1956. She was recognized then as "the foremost authority on this branch of education." She was inducted into the Cosmetology Hall of Fame at the New York World's Fair in 1965.

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Education

Wall graduated from St. Elizabeth's College in Convent Station, N.J., in 1913. She received bachelor's degrees in both Arts and Education, with honors in English and Chemistry. Initially a teacher, she was able to enter the chemical profession as men went to fight in World War I and women entered business and industry.

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Early career

Her first position, in 1917, was with the Radium Luminous Material Corporation of Orange, New Jersey. Luckily she was not one of the Radium Girls, workers who became ill from exposure to radioactive paints. Wall's job was to chemically analyse ores and measure the concentration of radium extracted from them. Her reports made clear that chemists at the plant routinely used protective laboratory equipment and procedures which were not utilized by dial painters. She later testified and wrote about her work at the plant.

Within a year, she had joined the Seydel Manufacturing Company, where she worked on the distillation of benzyl acetate and other benzoic acid derivatives. After examining a sample of her work, the U. S. Chemical Warfare Service asked her to supervise large-scale production of benzyl acetate and benzyl benzoate at the Fellows Medical Manufacturing Company, for coating military aircraft. After the plant closed at the end of the war, she worked briefly in 1919 for Ricketts Laboratory and then for the U. S. Motor Fuel Corporation on catalysts for gasoline. She was fired after reporting falsification of results at the plant and recommending that the pilot program there be terminated.

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Cosmetic chemistry

In 1923, she became one of the first women admitted as a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemists. After a brief period teaching in Cuba, Wall was hired by Inecto, Inc., a leading manufacturer of hair dyes, in 1924. Her original position was as a liaison between the development lab and the product testing salon. With strong technical and writing skills, and fluency in multiple languages, she was soon made the head of library research and technical advice. Eventually her title became "Director of trade education and technical publicity".

Florence E. Wall helped to found Inetco's Notox Institute for postgraduate education in hair dyeing in the 1920s, and developed curricula for beauty and cosmetology schools such as the Notox Institute and the Marinello Schools of Beauty, which were purchased by Inetco. She coined the term canitics when asked to write a text about the art and science of hair dyeing. Eventually Florence published 5 books and more than 300 articles, including Canitics: The art and science of hair dyeing, The principles and practice of beauty culture, a biography of chemist Charles Herty, and articles on the history of the cosmetics industry and the status of women chemists. She wrote articles for the Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology and the World Book Encyclopedia, and edited The Chemist for two years during 1929-1931.

She left Inetco as of December 1928 to work as a freelance lecturer, teacher and writer. She traveled for months in Europe, reaching out to chemists, physicians, lawyers, advertisers and merchandising people. Unable to find anyone to supervise her as a Ph.D. student, she took further classes at the School of Education at New York University, creating her own program of self-study in issues relating to cosmetology.

Marston L. Hamlin, an early employer, later said of her:

"She has the admirable--but not too unusual--characteristics of intelligence, integrity and loyalty. But add to these restlessness, curiosity, ability to work untiringly, courage in entering new fields and a bit of Irish humor, and you have a unique human entity."

Beginning in 1936, Florence Wall taught the first college-accredited course on cosmetics, "Cosmetic Hygiene", at the School of Education at New York University. In 1938 she received her M.Sc. from New York University. She continued to teach until 1943, adding the specialized topics "Advanced Cosmetology" and "Teaching of Cosmetology," as well as a general class on "Teaching of Personal Grooming".

Wall promoted the idea that "Beauty is an Ensemble," involving makeup, hairstyling, weight control, posture, and general health.

Florence E. Wall was involved in the drafting of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938, testifying, attending all the hearings, and working with Senator Royal S. Copeland, who proposed the legislation.

In 1943 Wall became technical editor for General Aniline and Film Corporation, and moved to Easton, Pa. In 1945, she returned to New York as technical editor for the Ralph L. Evans Associate laboratories. By 1947, she had returned to freelance consulting.

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Recognition

She was a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemists, a member of the American Chemical Society (in the Paint and Varnish Division), the Society of Medical Jurisprudence, the Society of Cosmetic Chemists, and the History of Science Society. She was the first person to present a paper on cosmetics to the American Chemical Society. She was also active in the Women's Advertising Club of New York.

On December 13, 1956, she received the 9th Medal of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists, given as "our highest award for outstanding contributions to the science and art of cosmetics." She was the first woman to receive the medal.

She was inducted into the Cosmetology Hall of Fame at the New York World's Fair in 1965.

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Paul R. Wharton High School

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Paul R. Wharton High School (also known as Wharton) is a public high school located on Bruce B. Downs Boulevard in New Tampa, Florida . It is one of 27 traditional (9-12) high schools in the Hillsborough County Public Schools system. The facility was dedicated to Mr. Paul R. Wharton, who served the Hillsborough County school system for 38 years. The school opened on August 21, 1997.

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Administration

Wharton's attendance boundaries include several Tampa subdivisions located in the New Tampa area.

Wharton's principals have been the following:

The school's colors are navy blue, white and black, and its mascot is the Wildcat. The school newspaper is called The Predator and its yearbook is Felidae.

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Academics

In 2010 Wharton earned a grade of C from the Florida Department of Education.

Graduation Rate

In 2012 Wharton's graduation rate was 75% as compared to a statewide rate of 74.5% and a Hillsborough County rate of 72.6%. npr

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Demographics

Wharton HS is 32% White, 31% Black, 25% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 1% Native American, and 6% multiracial.

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Athletics

Wharton is known for some of the most vocal sports fans in the area, to the extent their team spirit has sometimes raised questions about what the nature of high school sports should be. The "Blue Crew" as they are known, are arguably the most spirited and vociferous group of fans in Tampa Bay. There have been complaints lodged about them with the FHSAA.

Soccer

In 2008, the boys' soccer team won the class 5A state championship.

Tennis

The Wildcats boys tennis include team won state championships in 2008, 2009, and 2010.

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Notable alumni

• Vernon Hargreaves III, NFL cornerback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Larry Edwards, NFL linebacker for the Buffalo Bills
• Candice Dupree WNBA all-star basketball player
• Ettore G. Ewen - Professional bodybuilder and current WWE athlete.

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Newspaper publication

Wharton High School's student-run newspaper publication, The Predator, was introduced when the school was opened.

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2013 Graduation incident

Wharton High School's graduation on June 3, 2013 was disrupted when the principal ordered the microphone shut off during the salutatorian's address. The salutatorian was removed from the ceremony by off-duty law officers who were working security for the event. He did not receive his diploma during the event, but did get it later. The Hillsborough County School District defended the principal's actions.

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References

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External links

• Paul R. Wharton High School
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Sacred Heart Academy (Hamden, Connecticut)

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Sacred Heart Academy is a young women's college preparatory, Roman Catholic high school located in Hamden, Connecticut, and is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford. It is run by the Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, an order of religious sisters founded in Italy by Mother Clelia Merloni. The school is located atop Mt. Sacred Heart which is the U.S. Provincialate of the sisters. Their team mascot is the Sharks. Their brother school is Notre Dame High School West Haven, Connecticut, and their sister school is Cor Jesu Academy in St. Louis, Missouri.

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History

Sacred Heart Academy was founded on September 9, 1946, by Sr. M. Antonine Signorelli of the Missionary Zelatrices of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, who later became the Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Initially located in New Haven, Connecticut, the school was established to provide a Catholic college preparatory education to local young women. The first class contained 17 students, but enrollment numbers rapidly grew. To accommodate increasing popularity, the school was expanded in 1948 with the building of Clelian Hall and in 1957, the school relocated to its current location on Benham Street in Hamden, Connecticut. The school has continued to expand throughout the years, adding classrooms, computer labs, and recreational facilities as needed. Currently, the school sits on the same 127-acre (0.51 km²) campus on Benham Street in Hamden and has a student body of about 500 girls, representing 55 different schools from 36 towns across Connecticut.

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Activities at Sacred Heart

Clubs and Organizations

Students at Sacred Heart are often involved in a variety of after-school activities. There are over 15 clubs, including Key Club, which is a group of student ambassadors who work with the admissions office, and UNITY, which promotes diversity among students. There are also many other organizations on campus, including Student Council, Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD), National Honor Society (NHS), and three language honor societies. Sacred Heart has three student publications: Alethea, the campus newspaper; Clelian, the student yearbook; and Prism, a literary magazine featuring student poems, short stories, and artwork.

Athletics

Sacred Heart Academy competes as a member of the Southern Connecticut Conference (SCC). Each season, students can choose from a variety of sports teams, including field hockey, volleyball, soccer, swimming, cross country running, and cheerleading in the fall, basketball and indoor track in the winter, and lacrosse, softball, tennis, and track and field in the spring. All students, regardless of athletic involvement, have access to a gymnasium, fitness center, Olympic-size outdoor track, softball field, and two playing fields.

Fine Arts

Students interested in drama, music, or art may be involved in a variety of activities to showcase their talents. Each fall, students audition for a musical production which takes place in November. Recent shows have included Annie (2013), White Christmas (2012), The Wiz (2011), Hairspray (2010), Fiddler on the Roof (2009), Les Misérables (2008), Beauty and the Beast (2007), Annie (2006), Sound of Music (2005), Anything Goes (2004), Guys and Dolls (2003), and West Side Story (2002). Shows performed in 2013 and 2012 took place at the Shubert Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut. Students may also join the Drama Club, which puts on a performance each spring.

A variety of music groups meet after school each week. The student orchestra includes a wide variety of string, brass, and woodwind instruments. Members of the orchestra receive course credit. There are also two choirs on campus. The concert choir is open to all students, while the smaller chamber choir requires auditions. Students involved in both the choirs and the orchestra put on several concerts each year. This smaller group traveled to Paris in April 2012, where they performed at Notre Dame Cathedral and Chartres Cathedral.

An Art Club meets occasionally after school, and a student art show takes place at least once every year, showcasing the artwork of students in various elective classes.

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Science at Sacred Heart

Sacred Heart Academy has received a great deal of media attention for the scientific accomplishments of its students. Each year since 1998, students enrolled in biotechnology classes have worked on advanced research projects and have presented their findings at a national conference. Early projects caught the attention of Applied Biosystems, which led to their donation of an automated DNA sequencer (an ABI Prism 310 Genetic Analyzer) to the school, making Sacred Heart the first high school in the country to have such technology. In 2005, using funding from a three-year grant from the Vernal W. and Florence H. Bates Foundation, a group of students identified genes implicated in osteoporosis and sequenced the calcitonin and collagen 1 alpha1 receptor genes in Bos taurus. Their findings were presented at a conference in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, and their sequences were published in GenBank. Following their successes, another group of students continued their project, submitting additional sequences for the calcitonin and vitamin D receptors in Bos taurus and presenting their findings at the Annual Conference sponsored by American Society of Human Genetics in New Orleans, Louisiana. Additional groups of students have presented in Washington, D.C. These accomplishments helped make Sacred Heart the recipient of a grant from the John G. Martin Foundation of Farmington for a molecular science research laboratory.

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Traditions at Sacred Heart

• One of the most beautiful traditions at Sacred Heart is the Junior Ring Ceremony. Some students choose to buy their own class ring, while other students use the rings of mothers, sisters, or cousins who have also graduated from Sacred Heart. The ceremony is one of the most important class unity events leading up to graduation. This ceremony is followed by the Junior Class Picnic.
• A favorite tradition of many past and present Sacred Heart students is Spirit Week. Usually held in March, this is when freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors compete against each other to display their school spirit. The week includes activities such as performing a lip sync, creating a skit based on a reality television show, decorating the class's section of the cafeteria, creating and performing a class cheer, competing in a Miss SHAmerica pageant, dressing in clothing from various decades, dressing in school colors, and playing in a student vs. staff basketball game. Recently, the Student Council (STUCO) changed things up a bit. A SHA Quidditch game was held in lieu of the traditional basketball game. Spirit points are awarded throughout the week and the winning class is announced at the end of the week. Spirit points can also be earned throughout the year in activities such as Penny Wars, the Ad Campaign, and Cleanest Cafe competitions.
• Every other year, the FantaSHA auction occurs in the school gymnasium. Each auction has a different theme, and the gymnasium is transformed into an elegant dining room to match the theme. Items donated by students, friends, relatives, and alumni are auctioned off to benefit the school.
• Recently, the Sacred Heart development office has established the Fashion Show. There is a silent auction and a dinner followed by a student-model fashion show during dessert.
• Another Sacred Heart tradition is the annual Ad Campaign. Before the fall musical each year, students scramble to raise money by soliciting local companies for ads to be placed in the musical's program. Usually, there is some incentive to encourage students to reach the school goal, such as a day off or a shortened day.
• Every first Friday of the month the entire student body, faculty and staff participate in a First Friday Mass. Each month a different priest from a local parish performs the Mass. Liturgies are planned by various groups or classes, and the music is provided by staff and students. Some favorite songs include "Companions on a Journey," "We are One Body," and "Shout to the Lord."
• Each year at Christmastime, the arts departments at Sacred Heart host a Festival of Lessons and Carols. This traditional liturgy combines music performed by the orchestra and choir with as biblical readings. Recently, an art show of recent student artwork has taken place just before and after the ceremony.
• One important event of Senior Week (the last week before the seniors graduate) is Honors Convocation. While the event is mostly for seniors, various members of other classes are also invited to receive awards and recognition for outstanding achievements of the year. The fourth and fifth ranked students in the graduating class offer addresses, and awards are distributed to seniors for both academic and non-academic achievements throughout their Sacred Heart education.
• Before graduation each year, the senior class is invited to a beautiful baccalaureate Mass in the chapel. This liturgy is planned by the senior class and is the last liturgy they celebrate together as a class before becoming Sacred Heart graduates.
• Graduation typically takes place on the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend in May. Family, friends, and graduates all crowd into the gymnasium for the celebration. The top three students in the class give addresses, and a speaker is also invited to offer words of wisdom to the graduating class. Most graduates go on to enroll in 4-year colleges.

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References

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External links

• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford
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The Light in the Piazza (musical)

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The Light in the Piazza is a musical with a book by Craig Lucas and music and lyrics by Adam Guettel. Based on a novella by Elizabeth Spencer, the story is set in the 1950s and revolves around Margaret Johnson, a wealthy Southern woman and her developmentally disabled daughter (due to an unfortunate encounter with her birthday pony), Clara, who spend a summer together in Italy. When Clara falls in love with a young Italian man, Margaret is forced to reconsider not only Clara's future, but her own deep seated hopes and regrets as well.

The score breaks from the 21st century tradition of pop music on Broadway by moving into the territory of Neoromantic classical music and opera, with unexpected harmonic shifts and extended melodic structures, and is more heavily orchestrated than most Broadway scores. Many of the lyrics are in Italian or broken English, as many of the characters are fluent only in Italian.

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Background and productions

The Light in the Piazza was developed as a musical at the Intiman Playhouse in Seattle in June 2003 and then at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago in early 2004. After 36 previews, the Broadway production opened on April 18, 2005 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater in Lincoln Center, where it ran for 504 performances and closed on July 2, 2006. The musical was directed by Bartlett Sher, choreographed by Jonathan Butterell, with lighting by Christopher Akerlind, set by Michael Yeargan and costumes by Catherine Zuber. The cast featured Victoria Clark, Kelli O'Hara, Matthew Morrison, Michael Berresse and Sarah Uriarte Berry. Chris Sarandon joined the cast as Signor Naccarelli later in the run, Aaron Lazar was a replacement in the role of Fabrizio Naccarelli and Katie Rose Clarke was a replacement in the role of Clara Johnson. In the pre-Broadway production in Seattle and Chicago, Kelli O'Hara played the role of Franca rather than Clara (who was played by Celia Keenan-Bolger), and Steven Pasquale had played Fabrizio, but could not open on Broadway due to a conflict with the television series Rescue Me that he had just joined.

On June 15, 2006, shortly before its closing night, the show was broadcast on the PBS television series Live from Lincoln Center, and drew more than two million viewers. The cast consisted of Victoria Clark (Margaret Johnson), Katie Rose Clarke (Clara Johnson), Aaron Lazar (Fabrizio), Chris Sarandon (Signor Naccarelli), Patti Cohenour (Signora Naccarelli), Michael Berresse (Giuseppe Naccarelli), Sarah Uriarte Berry (Franca), and Beau Gravitte (Roy Johnson).

A United States national tour starring Christine Andreas as Margaret, Elena Shaddow as Clara, and David Burnham as Fabrizio Naccarelli started at the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco, California, in August 2006 and ended in Chicago on July 22, 2007.

A Japanese production of the musical was produced in December 2007, having a limited engagement of about a month. It starred Kaho Shimada as Margaret Johnson.

An Australian concert version had a one-night presentation at the Lyric Theatre, Star City in Sydney on August 17, 2008. The cast consisted of members of the Australian company of The Phantom of the Opera, with Jackie Rees as Margaret, Kathleen Moore as Clara and James Pratt as Fabrizio. The production was directed by John O'May.

In the summer of 2008, Guettel reconfigured the musical as a smaller chamber piece for the Weston Playhouse Theatre Company, Weston, Vermont, where Sarah Uriarte Berry reprised her role as Franca.

The show had its opera house premiere in October 2008 at Piedmont Opera in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It starred Jill Gardner as Margaret and Sarah Jane McMahon as Clara, directed by Dorothy Danner and conducted by James Allbritten.

The first Los Angeles area local premiere was seen at the Covina Center for the Arts, in Covina, California in 2009. It starred Christopher Callen as "Margaret", Brooke Tansley as "Clara" and Craig D' Amico as "Fabrizio" (all Broadway veterans) under the direction of Brady Schwind.

The Lethbridge Symphony Orchestra in Alberta presented the musical at the Yates Memorial Theatre October 19-21, 2009 which was the Canadian première. Directed by Fran Rude and musical direction by Ken Rogers this production starred Diane Llewelyn-Jones as Margaret, Nicole Higginson as Clara and Steven Morton as Fabrizio.

The Berkeley Street Theatre in Toronto saw the Canadian première by Acting Up Stage open on January 30, 2010.

The Arena Stage (Washington, DC), production ran from March 5, 2010 through April 11, 2010, with Hollis Resnik as Margaret.

The European premiere was directed by Paul Kerryson at the Curve Theatre, Leicester, UK in May 2009, starring Lucy Schaufer as Margaret and Caroline Sheen as Clara, with design by George Souglides, musical direction by Julian Kelly, lighting design by Giuseppe di Iorio, sound design by Paul Groothuis.

A highly acclaimed production at Theo Ubique Cabaret Theater in Chicago opened on March 11, 2012 starring Kelli Harrington as Margaret and Rachel Klippel as Clara. Harrington's performance won the Jeff Award for Best Actress. The run has been extended through June.

The 2013 Shaw Festival production runs in rep at the Court House Theatre in Niagara on the Lake, Ontario, Canada. Preview began July 3, 2013 and officially opened July 26, 2013. Directed by Jay Turvey, starring Patty Jamieson as Margaret Johnson, the show runs till October 13.

Front Porch Theatricals (Pittsburgh) staged a performance as the second show of their 2015 season in August. It received rave reviews from both local and national critics with Broadway World hailing the overall production and Josh Grosso in the role of Fabrizio. The cast included Becki Toth as Margaret and Lindsay Bayer as Clara. It was directed by Stephen Santa.

On April 4, 2016, the entire original Broadway cast reunited for a benefit concert version of the musical at the Vivian Beaumont Theater, where it originally played.

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Original Broadway cast

• Victoria Clark as Margaret Johnson
• Kelli O'Hara as Clara Johnson
• Matthew Morrison as Fabrizio Naccarelli
• Michael Berresse as Giuseppe Naccarelli
• Sarah Uriarte Berry as Franca Naccarelli
• Patti Cohenour as Signora Naccarelli
• Beau Gravitte as Roy Johnson
• Mark Harelik as Signor Naccarelli
• Joseph Siravo as the Priest
• Felicity LaFortune as the tour guide

Cast alternates

• Patti Cohenour performed the role of Margaret Johnson on Friday evenings and Saturday matinees.
• Diane Sutherland performed the role of Signora Naccarelli on Friday evenings and Saturday matinees.

Broadway replacements

• Aaron Lazar replaced Matthew Morrison as Fabrizio Naccarelli on September 2, 2005
• Chris Sarandon replaced Mark Harelik as Signor Naccarelli on September 13, 2005
• Jennifer Hughes replaced Kelli O'Hara as Clara Johnson on December 6, 2005
• Katie Rose Clarke replaced Jennifer Hughes as Clara Johnson on December 15, 2005

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Synopsis

ACT 1

In the early morning of their first day in Florence, Margaret reads from her guidebook to Clara as the piazza around them is waking up and coming to life ("Statues and Stories"). A breeze carries Clara's hat off her head and across the square where a young Italian man, Fabrizio, miraculously catches it, mid-air, and returns it to her. The two are instantly smitten. But Margaret steers her daughter away from the encounter, bringing her next to the Uffizi Gallery where the reaching figures in the paintings speak to Clara of her own yearnings ("The Beauty Is"). Fabrizio appears, hoping to arrange a time to meet with Clara, but once again Margaret intervenes.

Alone, Fabrizio sings in Italian his declaration of love at first sight for Clara, along with a heartfelt cry of fear that she could never love anyone as lost and without position as he ("Il Mondo Era Vuoto"). Fabrizio begs his father and his brother Giuseppe to help him dress more presentably for Clara. Giuseppe attempts to teach Fabrizio some dance steps as well ("American Dancing").

At the Duomo, Fabrizio once again catches up with Margaret and Clara, and this time Fabrizio's father, Signor Naccarelli, is able to help penetrate Margaret's resistance to any further involvement. They all agree to meet at sunset to take a walk and admire the view of the city from above at the Piazzale Michelangelo ("Passeggiata").

Margaret and Clara are invited to have tea at the Naccarelli home. Giuseppe's wife, Franca, takes Clara on a tour of the apartment, and alone in a separate room, she warns Clara about how quickly love can stale in marriage ("The Joy You Feel"). Though the Naccarellis are universally impressed with Clara, Margaret tries without success to share her deep reservations. When she looks in Fabrizio's eyes and sees the love there, she can't bring herself to disappoint him, as much as she feels she must; for there is something about Clara that none of these people know. Clara secretly makes plans to meet Fabrizio at midnight near the hotel.

Margaret calls her husband Roy, who is back in the states. She tries to tell him what is happening with Clara and Fabrizio, but he is brusque and not very understanding, cutting short the conversation. Margaret, alone in her hotel room, reflects on the loneliness in her marriage ("Dividing Day"). She checks in Clara's room, and finds that she is missing.

On her way to meet Fabrizio, Clara becomes lost in the maze-like streets of Florence. She loses all poise and control, becoming hysterical and screaming like a child ("Hysteria"). Her mother takes her back to the hotel and, as Clara sleeps, reveals the source of her disquiet. When Clara was a young girl, she was kicked in the head by a Shetland pony, and the accident has caused her mental and emotional abilities to develop abnormally. Margaret feels that she must take Clara away from Florence at once, and she steps down into the lobby to have a drink. While she is away, Fabrizio comes to the room, distraught; he cannot find the right words to express his feelings, and Clara urges him to use any other means; Clara accepts Fabrizio's proposal of marriage, and the two are embracing, half undressed, as Margaret walks in on them ("Say It Somehow").

ACT 2

Margaret takes Clara to Rome to distract her and put an end to the affair. Back in Florence, the Naccarelli household is in complete chaos. As the family despairs, Signora Naccarelli translates in an aside; Fabrizio believes he has ruined everything with Clara, his father attempts to comfort him, and Giuseppe and Franca desire finer details ("Aiutami").

No matter what Margaret tries, her daughter refuses to give her an inch, culminating into a painful confrontation wherein Margaret slaps Clara across the face. Clara erupts with a torrent of feeling, centered on Fabrizio and the nature of love ("The Light in the Piazza"). This causes Margaret to relent, to set aside her doubts and considerations, and to no longer stand in the way of the wedding. The two return to Florence.

Clara is instructed in the Latin catechism in preparation for converting to Catholicism while around her everyone in the extended family sings of their feelings, stirred up by the immediate presence of such intense, young love ("Octet Part 1"). Franca, in an attempt to arouse her husband's jealousy, kisses Fabrizio right on the mouth, and Clara witnesses it, breaking into a furious rant that ends with her throwing a drink on Franca. As Clara breaks down, Franca commends her for her bravery and declares her own desire to fight for Giuseppe. She toasts the upcoming union and is joined by the rest of the family ("Octet Part 2").

At the wedding rehearsal, Clara and Fabrizio are filling out the necessary forms when Signor Naccarelli sees something on Clara's form that causes him to call off the wedding and take his family away at once. Clara wants to know what is wrong with her, but her mother says there is nothing at all wrong. With Clara sobbing and broken, alone in one of the pews of the church, Margaret reveals her worst fears and her shame at having been the source of her daughter's lifelong suffering. She resolves to do whatever it takes to give Clara a chance for happiness ("The Beauty Is [Reprise]").

Margaret tries to reason with Signor Naccarelli, who saw Clara's childlike handwriting as she completed her marriage form. Seemingly unconcerned with her immaturity or her handwriting, Signor Naccarelli admits that he saw Clara write her age on the forms - 26 - and that this makes her an unsuitable bride for his son who is only 20. Relieved that he has not discovered their secret, Margaret begs him to change his mind, but he will not. She invites him to take a walk with her, and the two wander from one end of Florence to the other as the sun slowly sets and the night comes on ("Let's Walk"). By giving him time to mull things over and by not pressuring him, Margaret succeeds in putting the wedding back on track; Signor Naccarelli says he will meet them at the church the following morning.

From the hotel room, Margaret calls Roy to tell him about the wedding. As might be predicted, he insists that Clara cannot handle the responsibilities of marriage. Clara, in her wedding dress, stands in the shadows, overhearing her mother's side of the conversation. Margaret says, "Just because she isn't normal, Roy, doesn't mean she's consigned to a life of loneliness. She mustn't be made to accept less from life just because she isn't like you or me." Shattered, Clara slips out of the hotel room and runs once more through Florence ("Interlude"), meeting Fabrizio at the church in order to tell him that she cannot marry him; she won't allow herself to cause him any pain. Fabrizio assuages all of her fears ("Love to Me").

Moments before the wedding, Clara tells Margaret she can't leave her; Margaret assures her she can. Left alone, Margaret breaks open all the repressed doubts and yearnings that she has carried for years on end about love, realizing at last that the chance of love somehow outweighs the terrible risks. She joins the wedding ceremony ("Fable").

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Song list

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Critical response

CurtainUp called the musical a "gorgeously staged and musically sophisticated adaptation... the Guettel sound is nevertheless plush and enjoyable with a genuine musical theater sensibility.... Lucas has made room for the young lovers' voices and retained enough of the psychological complexities to prevent this from being the dated soap opera it could easily have been." Michael Feingold, in his review for the Village Voice, commented: "It has some considerable shortcomings...but its main distinction is that its humanity separates it from the bulk of current musical theater."

Critic John Simon, in New York magazine, wrote: "Anyone who cares about the rather uncertain future of this truly American genre should -- must -- see the show, think and worry about it, and reach his or her own conclusions . . . Craig Lucas's book seems perfectly adequate to me, but the emphasis must be on Adam Guettel's music and lyrics . . . the music, though fluctuating between the Sondheimesque and offbeat but still Broadwayish and the art-songlike and even operatic, is steadily absorbing, even if only intermittently melodious. One duet, "Let's Walk," is an unqualified hit, but the rest, without fully cohering, is also arresting. Ted Sperling and Guettel's jaunty orchestrations add to the slightly disorienting but wholly fascinating harmonies and instrumentation."

Ben Brantley, in The New York Times, deemed the show "encouragingly ambitious and discouragingly unfulfilled... the production comes into its own only in the sweetly bitter maternal regrets and dreams of Margaret Johnson." He further made special mention of the "gorgeous autumn-leaf-strewn set", the "lush golden lighting" and "the delectable period costumes".

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Awards and nominations

Original Broadway production

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References

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External links

• The Light in the Piazza at the Internet Broadway Database
• Official homepage
• Interview from Studio 360 radio program
• The Light in the Piazza - Guide to Musical Theatre

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Elon University

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Elon University is an American private, non-sectarian, coeducational liberal arts university with a historic 636-acre (257 ha) campus in Elon, North Carolina.

Elon has five schools across its main campus, and a satellite campus in nearby Greensboro, North Carolina; the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Communications, the School of Education, the School of Health Sciences, and the School of Law, which occupies the 100,000 sq ft (9,300 m²) former public library building in Greensboro, North Carolina. The university offers a wide variety of degrees including Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Science, Master of Arts, Master of Science, Master of Business Administration, Master of Education, and Doctor of Philosophy.

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History

Elon College was founded by the Christian Connection, which later became a part of the United Church of Christ. The charter for Elon College was issued by the North Carolina legislature in 1889. William S. Long was the first president, and the original student body consisted of 76 students. In 1923, a fire destroyed most of the campus, including school records, classrooms, the library, and the chapel. The Board of Trustees voted to rebuild immediately. Many of the buildings that were erected in the years following the fire still stand and make up the bedrock of Elon's campus.

An institution that for many years enrolled mostly North Carolina residents, Elon began to enroll significant numbers of students from the mid-Atlantic states in the mid-1970s, and began to improve its academic standards for admission. This trend continued, and by the start of the 21st century, about 68 percent of Elon's students came from out-of-state and were only accepted if they met high academic standards. Elon is a selective university and, as of 2013, 82% of incoming students were from out of state. Elon's transformation was the subject of an academic study by George Keller of the University of Pennsylvania titled Transforming a College: The Story of a Little Known College's Strategic Climb to National Distinction. The study, published by Johns Hopkins University Press, depicted how Elon successfully transformed itself from a regional religious college to a selective, nationally recognized university.

Elon is no longer directly affiliated with the United Church of Christ, but maintains its historic relationship. Elon's mission statement states that the university "embraces its founders' vision of an academic community that transforms mind, body, and spirit and encourages freedom of thought and liberty of conscience," and emphasizes its commitment to "nurture a rich intellectual community characterized by student engagement with a faculty dedicated to excellent teaching and scholarly accomplishment."

Many prominent figures have visited and spoken at Elon, including U.S. Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson, Jimmy Carter, George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton, former U.S. Secretaries of State General Colin L. Powell and Madeleine Albright, British Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and David Cameron, former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, Nobel Peace Prize winners Elie Wiesel and Muhammad Yunus, astronauts John Glenn and Buzz Aldrin and network news anchors Brian Williams and Anderson Cooper.

The Elon College Historic District and Johnston Hall are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

On October 9th, 2017, the Elon Board of Trustees led by Chair Kerri Anderson voted unanimously to elect Dr. Constance "Connie" Ledoux Book as the ninth president of Elon University. Book will become Elon's first female President when the tenure of President Lambert ends on March 1st, 2018. Prior to this, she was the Provost, and dean of academic affairs at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina. Book was a member of Lambert's senior staff from 2008 to 2010, serving as presidential faculty fellow for strategic planning, concentrating on development of the Elon Commitment strategic plan.

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Academics

The university includes Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences; the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business; the School of Communications; the School of Education; the School of Law; and the School of Health Sciences. Master's programs are offered in business administration, interactive media, education and physician assistant studies, and doctoral programs include physical therapy and law. Elon operates on a 4-1-4 academic calendar, including a four-week term in January known as Winter Term.

In 2009, the Phi Beta Kappa Society voted to establish a chapter at Elon, a mark of distinction for the university's commitment to meeting the high standards of excellence in the arts and sciences advocated by the Society.

Elon is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences

Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences, offers 51 undergraduate majors within three divisions: the Arts and Humanities, the Social and Behavioral Sciences, and the Natural, Mathematical and Computational Sciences. Elon College is the largest of the university's colleges.

Martha and Spencer Love School of Business

The Martha and Spencer Love School of Business offers undergraduate degrees in Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, International Business, Management, and Marketing. In 2013, the part-time MBA program was ranked 5th in the United States by BusinessWeek. According to BusinessWeek, Elon University ranked #29 on a list of top schools with undergraduate business programs in the country for the third consecutive year.

School of Communications

The Elon School of Communications is one of 18 accredited communications programs for private universities in the US by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). The program encompasses 20% of students and is divided into six main concentrations: Journalism, Strategic Communications, Cinema & Television Arts, Communication Design, Media Analytics and Sport & Event Management.

Students each complete at least one required internship. Workplaces include NBC, 60 Minutes, National Geographic, MTV, DreamWorks, New York Times, Vogue and the Washington Post. Many students complete multiple internships. Some students complete an internship while enrolled in the London program and intern at international media companies headquartered there. There are summer programs in Los Angeles and New York City for students to intern and take classes there. Elon students also conduct research at or present their work at the United Nations Internet Governance Forum, Federal Communications Commission, the Broadcast Education Association conference and many other venues.

Students in this discipline have several opportunities to gain practical experience, whether through working on the newspaper (The Pendulum), the radio station (WSOE), or shis on Elon Student Television. Elon also has an award-winning, student-run public relations agency called Live Oak Communications, as well as a student film group known as Cinelon. In the summer of 2009, the school established an M.A. program in Interactive Media which lasts for ten months.

In 2015, the school underwent a massive expansion, doubling in size and expanding facilities from McEwen Hall to now include Schar Hall, the Snow Family Grand Atrium, Turner Theatre, Steers Pavilion, and Long Hall.

School of Law

The Elon University School of Law opened on August 10, 2006. The School of Law is located in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina in the former city library. Former United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor delivered the Dedication Address on September 19, 2006. The School of Law houses a working court -- the North Carolina Business Court. The School describes itself as preparing its graduates "to be not only successful lawyers who can excel at the highest levels of the profession, but also leading contributors to the well-being of the region, nation and world."

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Admissions

For the Class of 2020, the University received approximately 10,058 applications from Early Decision, Early Action, Regular Decision, and Transfer Applicants. From the application pool, around 1,500 students enrolled with an acceptance rate of 56%. " The average student coming to Elon in the Class of 2020 had a grade point average of 4.03, an SAT range of 1890-1970, and an ACT range of 27-31."

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Rankings and reputation

• U.S. News & World Report ranks Elon #1 among southern regional universities. They also rank Elon as the #1 Southern University that have recently made the most promising and innovative changes in the areas of academics, faculty, student life, campus or facilities"
• In 2012, Jay Mathews of The Washington Post named Elon the #1 under-appreciated college in the nation
• In 2015, the Daily Beast named Elon #4 on its list of "the decade's hottest schools"
• The Education Trust recognizes Elon for excellence in freshman retention and outstanding graduation rates
• The Fiske Guide to Colleges ranks Elon one of 24 "best buy" private universities
• The Carnegie Foundation chose Elon as one of 76 schools meriting their new Community Engagement Classification in 2007
• Princeton Review and Campus Compact chose Elon as one of 81 "colleges with a conscience" in the United States
• The Templeton Guide chose Elon as one of the 100 universities that does best with the "character development" of its students
• The Kaplan Day Star Guide to Colleges for African-American Students named Elon one of the hundred best schools in the US for African-American students. In 2005, the Education Trust named Elon as one of only fifteen schools in the United States where there is a small or non-existent gap between the graduation rates of African-American and white students.

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Student body

Elon has a student body of 6,008 undergraduate students and 731 graduate students. Approximately 59.5% of students are female and about 40.5% of students are male. Elon students come from all 50 states and 69 countries.

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Athletics

Elon's 17 varsity sports teams, known as the Phoenix, joined the NCAA's Division I Colonial Athletic Association on July 1, 2014 after a decade in the Southern Conference. Intercollegiate sports include baseball, basketball, cross-country, football, golf, soccer, and tennis for men, and basketball, cross-country, golf, indoor track, outdoor track, soccer, softball, tennis, lacrosse, and volleyball for women. The football team competes in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (formerly I-AA).

Campus Recreation offers intramural and club sports programs, such as baseball, cycling, lacrosse, flag football, equestrian, swimming, rugby union, triathlon, water skiing, ice hockey and Ultimate Frisbee. During Winter Term the intramurals include bowling, arena football, dodgeball, ultimate frisbee, and a monster golf tournament.

Up until 2000, the mascot of Elon was the Fighting Christian. Early Elon athletic teams were known as the "Christians" with the name "Fighting Christians" gaining popularity by 1923. The nickname was chosen due to Elon's proximity to the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, Guilford Quakers, and the Duke Blue Devils. As Elon committed itself to diversity, however, and the number of non-Christian students at the school increased, the decision was made to change Elon's mascot. In 2000, a new mascot was adopted, the Phoenix. The choice came from the 1923 fire that destroyed almost the entire campus and the college's subsequent recovery.

Facilities

Elon's sports facilities include two gymnasiums, Walter C. Latham Baseball Park, Rhodes Stadium, Hunt Softball Park, the on-campus football stadium, Alumni Field House, Koury Field House, six club athletic fields, Worseley Golf Center, and Koury Center, which features the 2,400 seat Alumni Gym, an aerobic fitness center, a weight room, racquetball courts, an indoor pool, and a dance studio. The Jimmy Powell Tennis Center is a twelve-court state-of-the-art complex and is recognized as one of the finest collegiate tennis complexes in the nation. The 30,000-square-foot (2,800 m²) facility at the north end of Rhodes Stadium in the North Athletics Complex is the new headquarters for Phoenix athletics. Construction has begun on the 5,400-seat Schar Center, which will be the new home to Elon's basketball and volleyball programs, as well as a venue for other major Elon events.

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Campus

Elon's historic campus is located in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, adjacent to Burlington, a city of 50,000. Elon is 20 minutes from Greensboro and within a one-hour drive of many other universities - Duke, NC State, UNC-Chapel Hill, UNC-Greensboro, North Carolina A&T State University, Guilford College, and Wake Forest.

Princeton Review as well as the New York Times has ranked Elon University as the most beautiful campus in the country multiple times. Elon's 600-acre (242.8 ha) campus is divided into seven major neighborhoods: Historic Campus, Central Campus, Global Neighborhood, The Oaks, The Station at Mill Point, Danieley Center, East Neighborhood, The Colonnades, and South Campus. Each area consists of different services and facilities. There are 46 residence buildings on campus and 20 major academic buildings. Elon also has numerous lakes and fountains throughout its campus.

Spike Lee used Elon as one of the university locations for the movie He Got Game. The Alamance Building, Fonville Fountain, and the Moseley Center's outside patio were the setting for the movie's "Tech University."

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Campus life

The university has more than 250 campus organizations and programs, including 13 national fraternities and 14 national sororities.

Student Media

The Pendulum, Elon's undergraduate weekly newspaper is published every Wednesday. WSOE, the University's student-run non-commercial campus radio station, has been airing since 1977. ESTV (Elon Student Television) is the Student television station featuring numerous student-created and -run programs.

In 2016, with advice of their faculty advisers, the two largest student media organizations on campus; Elon Local News (ELN) and The Pendulum Newspaper, merged to form the new Elon News Network (ENN). ENN now operates out of the newly constructed newsroom in the McEwen Building of the School of Communications, and anchors the many state of the art facilities now available in the School of Communications. The School of Communications, expected to be completed by December 2016, will consist of Iris Holt McEwen Hall, the Snow Family Grand Atrium, Turner Theatre, Dwight C. Schar Hall, Steers Pavilion, and Long Hall, which is currently under renovation.

Extra-curricular organizations

Numerous student government, special interest, and service organizations are represented on campus, including Elon Volunteers, Habitat for Humanity, Model UN, Epsilon Sigma Alpha, Alpha Phi Omega, the Inter-Residence Council, the Elon University Student Government Association, and the Student Union Board. Cultural groups on campus include the Asian-Pacific Islander Student Association, Black Student Union, the Caribbean Student Association, Hillel, Intercultural Club, and Spectrum (Gay-Straight Alliance).

Elon is home to the Fire of the Carolinas Marching Band (FOTC), which delivers pre-game, halftime, and occasionally post-game performances at home football games. The band also includes color guard (flag spinning) and dance auxiliary squads.

Religious life

Religious groups on campus include Catholic Campus Ministry, Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, the Iron Tree Blooming Meditation Society, the Muslim Student Association, Baptist Student Union, Sigma Alpha Omega, and Campus Outreach.

The Jewish population at Elon has grown especially rapidly in recent years, with twelve percent of recent classes self-identifying as Jewish. Elon was profiled in Reform Judaism magazine in 2011 as a school which has "gone the extra mile" to make itself more attractive to Jewish students, and since 2013 it has been listed as one of the "top schools Jews choose."

The Muslim student population is small but has increased dramatically in size in recent years, and a Muslim Student Association formed at Elon in 2011.

The Hindu population has also increased in size, Hindu festivals have become an important part of the university calendar, and Hindu students report feeling accepted at Elon.

Elon has worked closely with the Interfaith Youth Core in developing a university distinguished by religious diversity and interreligious dialogue. The university has received praise for its efforts to build a multi-faith center that is open to students of all religious traditions. The Truitt Center for Spiritual and Religious Life, located within the Numen Lumen Pavilion of the Academic Village, serves a wide variety of purposes and continues to be a model of tolerance and learning for other universities.

Greek life

Elon University recognizes 25 social Greek organizations. Forty-three percent of women and twenty-six percent of men on campus belong to one of the following campus-chartered organizations.

Student traditions

Acorn and Oak Tradition

At the start of each school year, Elon University holds a New Student Convocation ceremony for first year and transfer students. It is held "Under the Oaks" behind the West Dormitory. Each new student receives their own acorn at the close of the ceremony to symbolize their beginning at Elon. Upon Graduation, each student receives an oak sapling, which is supposed to symbolize their growth at the university as well as the growth in their own lives. The use of the acorn and oak sapling is significant because Elon was named after the Hebrew word for "oak" because of the grove of oak trees it was founded on. The Oak Sapling tradition began in 1991, and the Acorn tradition began in 1999 after Leo Lambert became president of the university.

Elonthon

Elonthon began in 1980 as a Dance Marathon for Duke Children's Hospital. Each year, about three thousand Elon students participate in a 24-hour event and raise money for Children's Miracle Network and Duke Children's Hospital. Most recently, dancers at the 2017 Elonthon raised a record-breaking $351,554 for Duke Children's Hospital.

Turkey Trot

The Turkey Trot began in 1991 with fewer than 10 students participating. Each November, hundreds of students, faculty and staff gather to run a five kilometer trail around campus, one participant wearing a turkey costume, while the other runners chase the "turkey". Participants contribute canned goods to a local agency benefiting the community.

Festivus

Festivus is an unofficial annual spring festival and BBQ cookout started in 2005, held once a year on a Saturday during the spring. It is financed entirely by the students and generous alumna and takes place off-campus in the parking lot of Sheridan Apartments.

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Notable faculty

• Peter S. Brunstetter - Professor of Law, and member of the North Carolina General Assembly
• Ann Cahill - feminist philosopher
• Eileen Claussen - American climate and energy policy administrator, diplomat, and executive-in-residence at Elon
• David M. Crowe - historian
• James Danieley - sixth president of Elon
• James G. Exum - Distinguished Professor of the Judicial Process at the Elon Law School
• David Gergen - inaugural Isabella Cannon Distinguished Visiting Professor of Leadership at Elon
• Thomas S. Henricks - professor of sociology
• David C. Joyce - now president of Ripon College, in Ripon, Wisconsin
• Leo Lambert - eighth president of Elon
• Elliot Mazer - audio engineer and music professor
• Jon Metzger - Professor of Music and artist-in-residence
• Paul Neebe - classical trumpeter and former professor of music at Elon
• Rebecca Todd Peters - feminist Christian ethicist
• Jeffrey Pugh - theologian
• Michael Skube - journalist on the faculty of the Elon University School of Communications.
• Anthony Weston - philosopher and environmental ethicist

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Notable alumni

Academia

• John Decatur Messick - Former President of East Carolina University (1947-1959)
• H. Shelton Smith - scholar of religion at Duke University

Arts, literature, and entertainment

Business

• Robert Model - director on the boards of CapMAC, Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership and Piggly Wiggly
• Bernadette Spong - CFO of Orlando Health

Politics and military

Sports

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References

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External links

• Official website
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Black Hills Beauty College

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Black Hills Beauty College is a private cosmetology school with campuses in Rapid City, South Dakota, and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The nationally-accredited college offers a 2100-hour comprehensive cosmetology program using Pivot Point curriculum.

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History

Patrick Miller, a well-known hairstylist and salon owner, founded Black Hills Beauty College in Rapid City, South Dakota in 1978. Miller dedicated himself to providing a complete and well-rounded education for students pursuing a career in cosmetology. After Miller's retirement in 1990, the South Dakota cosmetology school was purchased by Tom and Joy Poloncic. The college has since grown to include campuses in Rapid City and Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

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Accreditation

Black Hills Beauty College is accredited by both the National Accrediting Commission of Cosmetology Arts and Sciences and the South Dakota Commission of Cosmetology.

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Programs

The South Dakota beauty school uses Pivot Point education systems to provide students with a comprehensive cosmetology curriculum. In addition, advanced classes are available in:

• Business education
• Salesmanship
• Personality development
• New trends in styling
• Cutting
• Coloring
• Acrylic nails
• Paraffin waxing
• Facials
• Hair removal techniques
• Aromatherapy

The college also offers specialized classes in chemistry, cosmetics, facials, business management and merchandising.

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Careers

Graduates of cosmetology certification training programs have a variety of career options including:

• Professional hairstylist
• Hair coloring and perming specialist
• Skin care specialist or esthetician
• Nail technician
• Salon manager, owner, director or instructor
• Platform artist or educator
• Trade show or seminar coordinator
• Product representative
• Sales consultant for beauty products
• Distributor store manager
• Makeup artist

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Placement success rates

According to the National Accrediting Commission of Cosmetology Arts & Sciences 2008-09 annual report, of the 50 BHBC graduates that took the state board licensing exam during the reporting period, all 50 passed on the first attempt. In addition, 59 of the 61 students who were eligible to be employed during the reporting period were placed in jobs for their course of study, for a placement rate of 93%.

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References

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External links

• Black Hills Beauty College
• National Accrediting Commission of Cosmetology Arts & Sciences
• South Dakota Cosmetology Commission
• Pivot Point

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Debbye Turner

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Debbye Turner Bell (born September 19, 1965 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is an American TV anchor, veterinarian, talk show host, former beauty queen and winner of the 1990 Miss America pageant three days before her 24th birthday.

Debbye Turner, raised in Jonesboro, Arkansas, was first runner-up at the Miss Arkansas Pageant, a state preliminary competition for the Miss America program in 1988. In the summer of 1989, she won the Miss Missouri title and went on to win the 1990 Miss America crown. Turner was the third African-American national titleholder and the first--and as of 2017, the only--Miss Missouri to be crowned Miss America.

Turner earned a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture degree from Arkansas State University, and attended the University of Missouri. Turner also spent a couple of years honing her public service skills working for Safeway Stores. In 1991, she received her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine. She became a spokesperson for Purina and pursued a career in veterinary medicine before going into television.

Turner's first hosting job came at St. Louis' NBC affiliate KSDK, on a show called Show Me St. Louis in 1995. Six years later, Turner joined CBS News as a feature correspondent then became their "resident veterinarian" and a fill-in anchor. Turner was also a fill-in anchor on the CBS Morning News. Turner left CBS in 2012. She's currently the host of Arise America, on Arise News.

She has also appeared on Animal Planet's Cats 101 and Dogs 101 series.

Turner is a singer, pianist, and skilled percussionist, evidenced by her marimba rendition of '"Flight of the Bumblebee"' in the talent portion of the 1990 Miss America contest. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.

Debbye Turner's older sister, Suzette Turner, is married to Houston megachurch pastor Kirbyjon Caldwell.

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References

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External links

• Turner's official website
• Debbye's Arise News Twitter
• Turner biography at The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture

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Johnny Lechner

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John A "Johnny" Lechner is an American film and television actor best known for his role as Alan Reese on the television series Girls of Sunset Place (Showtime - 2012), as well as his role as Greg "Fossil" Karanowski in the movie Fraternity House (2008). Lechner was born in Fort Hood, Texas, but grew up in Pewaukee, Wisconsin. He is also known as being a perpetual student at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, having studied there since 1994.

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Academic career

Lechner's academic claim to fame (or infamy) is that he has been attending college since graduating from Waukesha North High School in 1994. Lechner did not graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in 2006, 2007, 2008, or 2009, despite having enough credits to graduate with nine majors and five minors.

As of October 10, 2011, Lechner is not listed in the UW-Whitewater student directory and it is unclear whether his student status continues. His directory entry was last verified on April 16, 2010.

At Whitewater he has won a campus "Big Man on Campus" beauty pageant, studied abroad in, "Paris, London, Amsterdam, Rome, Florence, Venice and Switzerland," and South Africa, appeared on Late Show with David Letterman and Good Morning America, been named one of People's "Hot Bachelors", run for student body president, and appeared in two films, including Minor League: A Football Story and a starring role in Fraternity House.

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The "Johnny Lechner rule"

Lechner has been dubbed the "real-life Van Wilder." The Wisconsin Board of Regents instituted a "Johnny Lechner rule" on long-term students, so Lechner pays double the standard in-state tuition.

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References

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External links

• www.JohnnyLechner.com
• Johnny Lechner on IMDb

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