Registration discount for DSC alums; TheColorDash5k benefitting the Volusia Flagler Family YMCA

The world's brightest 5K, benefiting the Volusia Flagler Family YMCA will be held on the college's Daytona Beach Campus on Saturday, Sept. 6. 

EMPLOYEES, STUDENTS AND ALUMNI OF DAYTONA STATE WILL RECEIVE A $10 DISCOUNT BY USING PROMO CODE "YMCA 10" 

Register online at WWW.THECOLORDASH5K.COM

DSC alum appointed to new position at Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center

Congratulations to Daytona State alum, Marlene Thomas, who has been appointed to serve as the director of operations at Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center's New Smyrna Beach facility. The community is invited to attend the grand opening on Sunday, Sept. 7, from noon to 4 p.m. 

The Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center New Smyrna Health Park is located on the southeast corner of I-95 and State Road 44. For information, call (386) 231-2229.

Brian Kelley of Florida Georgia Line, DSC baseball alum

Florida Music Letter: Brian Kelley of Florida Georgia Line: Brian Kelley comes from the small town of Ormond Beach, Florida.  As a child, Brian always loved music but when Garth Brooks’ double liv...

Rock star retail manager at Dominique Ansel Bakery got her start at Daytona State

Marcella Perego got her start at Daytona State College; a culinary grad since summer 2013 she went to New York to pursue her dream. One of Zagat's 30 Under 30, Perego is a rock star retail manager at Dominique Ansel Bakery, and the one person charged with managing the pastry fiends who flock to the SoHo bakery every morning.

Golfing go-getter in red-hot streak

Recent alum, Tiffany Chan, defeated Spanish player Marta Sanz on the second hole of a sudden death play-off this past weekend at the Crans-sur-Sierre course in the Swiss Alps to win the 15th annual World University Championship. The Standard, Hong Kong

DSC Alumni Felipe Resck provides World Cup insights from Brazil via Skype

During a recent Skype interview with DSC Alumni Felipe Resck in Brazil, he talks about his career and the World Cup frenzy currently going on in Brazil.

Daytona State hosts alumna art exhibition, May 27-Aug. 29

Works by Margaret Schnebly Hodge; opening reception, May 23
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (May 7, 2014) – Daytona State College alumna Margaret Schnebly Hodge presents Breaking Free: Dark Energy, Dark Matter, an exhibition with over 30 works of art, including oil paintings and other media, shown in the North Lobby/Art Gallery at the college’s News-Journal Center, 221 N. Beach Street, Daytona Beach.

The free public exhibition features an opening reception on Friday, May 23, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Gallery hours run Monday to Thursday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (May 27-July 24), and Monday to Friday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (July 28-Aug. 29).

Before age one, Hodge moved with her family to Daytona Beach and has lived in the area ever since. Graduating from Mainland High School (1971), she continued her studies at Daytona Beach Community College (now Daytona State College), followed by earning her B.A. from the College of Fine Arts, University of Florida.

Long appreciated as an abstract figurative and landscape painter using a dark, rich palette and with a philosophical preoccupation with concepts of physical and emotional restraint, many works in this exhibit show Hodge’s aesthetic expansion beyond the sense of earth-bound considerations. For more about the artist, visit www.margarethodgeart.com

Studio arts are an essential corner stone in developing well-rounded and innovative individuals for both art and non-art majors alike. Students learn the specifics of studio art mediums in a hands-on program designed to develop their creative skills while fostering a theoretical and historical understanding.

Studio arts include the disciplines of painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, airbrush and design. The fundamental building blocks of all studio art courses instill skills in: divergent thinking, problem solving, critical thinking and creativity.

For more information about exhibition times, call the News-Journal Center Box Office, (386) 226-1927, or visit DaytonaState.edu/TheArts.

Find out more about the studio arts programs at DSC’s Mike Curb College of Music, Entertainment and Art, or call (386) 506-3276.

Photo: Margaret Schnebly Hodge, Paintings: L-R, Stellar Drift, My Space, Native Passage
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