Student & Alumni Stories
- Art education alum recognized nationally for impact in skilled trades educationMike Driscoll, a Peck School of the Arts alum and teacher at Bay View High School, has been named one of five national recipients of the 2025 Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence. The award includes $100,000 to support Driscoll’s continued impact on students through hands-on learning and skilled trades education.
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- Jesse Malmed celebrates a decade of Western Pole with Chicago exhibitionAssistant Professor Jesse Malmed (Film, Video, Animation and New Genres) marks ten years of his Chicago-based project Western Pole with the exhibition POST POST POST: A Decade of Western Pole at Patient Info, Chicago. Since 2015, Malmed has featured more than 300 artists through 8.5×11 works posted on a pole …
- Kyle Khembunjong earns second prize at the M.E. Brune Guitar CompetitionKyle Khembunjong, a recent graduate of the classical guitar program, has been awarded second prize in the M.E. Brune Guitar Competition at the The University of Rhode Island Guitar and Mandolin Festival, one of the world’s premier classical guitar competitions. The honor highlights both his exceptional talent and the strength …
- Voice students and alum compete and take home award at the Patricia Crump Vocal CompetitionIn October, PSOA hosted the Patricia Crump Vocal Competition for the first time. Among the competition’s 11 finalists were current graduate students Alexandra Smith and Emily Bergeron and alum Kaisa Herrmann (BFA 2019, Music). The competition honors Patricia Crump, founder of Supporters of Opera Singers (SOS), and celebrates young singers …
- Alum joins Milwaukee Rep Emerging Professional ResidencyPeck School of the Arts theatre alum Connor Nekich (BFA 2023) has been selected for the Emerging Professional Residency at Milwaukee Repertory Theater, a highly competitive program that accepts only eight actors each year from more than 200 applicants. Nekich will understudy It’s a Wonderful Life Radio Play and the …
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