Northern Kentucky University’s Dr. Robert Wallace will be presented with the 2019 UK Medallion for Intellectual Achievement by the University of Kentucky Libraries on May 16. Dr. Wallace is being recognized for his exceptional intellectual achievement and contribution to the lasting value of the Commonwealth.
Dr. Wallace is a Regents Professor and has taught English, Literature and Art at NKU since 1972. A Melville expert, Dr. Wallace is co-founder of the Melville Society Cultural Project at the New Bedford Whaling Museum in Massachusetts, where he curates the art collection of the Melville Society Archive. A past president of the Melville Society, he has lectured on Moby-Dick and the Arts across the country and around the world.
Dr. Wallace (Photo by Karen Almond)
The unique aspect of Dr. Wallace’s career is that his courses in literature, music and the arts have inspired books on such noted cultural figures as Jane Austen, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Herman Melville, Frank Stella, and Frederic Douglass, to name a few. Each book compares a literary author with a musician, an artist, or a political activist in a way that has not been done before. The content is a direct outgrowth of the interdisciplinary courses Dr. Wallace has been teaching at NKU, most often literature courses that have been cross-listed with Honors.
Dr. Wallace also gives students in his upper-division classes a choice between writing a research paper and creating artwork in response to the materials of the course. His students’ artwork has been presented at International conferences, exhibited in many different states and reproduced in scholarly books and journals.
The UK Libraries Spring Gala on May 16 is free and open to the public, but reservations are requested. Click here to RSVP.
GE Appliance, Fischer Homes team up
GE Appliances, a Haier company, announced a four-year agreement with Erlanger, Kentucky-based Fischer Homes which will offer CAFÉ, GE Profile, and GE® kitchen products exclusively to its customers in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and Georgia. Known for its innovative design capabilities and offerings for all life stages, Fischer Homes built more than 1,800 homes in 2018 and expects to exceed that number this year.
“We had many reasons for choosing GE Appliances, but one of the biggest factors was the number of choices available for different price points, style preferences and smart home capabilities,” said Phil Westerfield, corporate purchasing manager, Fischer Homes. “Today’s consumers want to personalize their homes to reflect their lifestyles and tastes, and GE Appliances gives us the colors, finishes and connected appliances to do that across our entire portfolio that spans everything from condos to custom homes.”
Fischer Homes is a family-owned builder with more than 40 years of success serving the residential market and has 185 new home communities in Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky, Columbus, Indianapolis, Atlanta and Louisville. Fischer Homes offers a broad range of homes, including single-family, patio homes and condominiums, in communities that vary in price points from $130,000 to more than $1 million.
GE Appliances is the number one supplier of major appliances to U.S. homebuilders. In addition to a strong lineup of brands, GE Appliances offers builders high-tech solutions to streamline the purchasing and communications process and is backed by more than 1,000 factory service technicians and a nationwide delivery network.
Gov. appoints NKyians to state boards
Louis Kelly
Gov. Matt Bevin has appointed the following NKyians to state boards:
Boone/Gallatin Commonwealth’s Attorney Louis Kelly has been appointed to Kentucky State Corrections Commission, representing Commonwealth’s Attorneys, for a term expiring Feb. 17, 2021.
Colleen Rene Bray, of Burlington, has been appointed to the Animal Control Advisory Board. She is an animal control director. She will represent the Kentucky Animal Control Association and serve for a term expiring Feb. 26, 2023.
Kristi P. Nelson of Union to the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education.
She will serve for a term expiring Dec. 31, 2024.
