CCU Edwards College of Humanities & Fine Arts

Dean Bornholdt stopped by the Chanticleer Regiment (Coastal Bands) rehearsal today! 🎶
Take a look at how full those bleachers are as she spoke with them for a few minutes. Hearing the Regiment rehearse around campus this week is a real treat!

Another Teal Nation Orientation, another group of future Chanticleers ready to make their mark. 🩵
Today, we welcomed students transferring into the Edwards College. Your journey may have started somewhere else, but we’re excited that the next chapter is happening here!

We're wrapping up our summer Edwards College new faculty series by welcoming a large group of new colleagues in the CCU Languages & Intercultural Studies department. It’s exciting to bring in the fresh new voices of so many scholars and passionate teachers who will be teaching French, Spanish, and Italian languages and culture.

Please welcome full time faculty members Ian Michalski and Stacey Battis, featured in the photos. Additionally, we're fortunate to have five new visiting lecturers join us:

• Daniele Meregalli joins as visiting lecturer of Italian. Meregalli, a native of Florence, Italy, holds a Ph.D. in Italian studies from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; an M.A. in Italian studies, European literary cultures, and linguistics from the University of Bologna; and a B.A. in Italian language and literature from the University of Florence.

• Franciso Carrillo joins as visiting lecturer of Spanish. Carrillo holds a Ph.D. in Chicano/Latino studies in Spanish from Arizona State University, an M.A. in Spanish from California State University-Fresno, and a B.A. in Spanish with an emphasis in culture from Fresno Pacific University.

• Meaghan Jeanne Coogan joins as visiting lecturer of Spanish. Coogan holds a Ph.D. in Romance languages and literatures with a focus in Hispanic studies from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and an M.A. in Spanish and French from the University of Alabama.

• Marco Mena joins us as visiting lecturer of Spanish. Mena, a native of Costa Rica, holds an M.S. in Spanish pedagogy from Minnesota State University-Mankato and a B.A. in TESOL from the University of Northern Iowa.

• Angela Pierce joins as visiting lecturer of Spanish. Pierce holds a Ph.D. in Spanish literatures, languages, and cultures from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and an M.A. in Spanish from Texas State University.

Shoutout to some of the heroes of the Edwards College! 📣 Your academic advising team!
Your advisor is your guide to course selection and degree completion, but also your advocate and cheerleader in your college journey.
You can find your assigned academic advisor in your CCU Self-Service account. To learn more about your academic advisor, click the profile link in the comments section.

Today, let's highlight the arts in our ongoing series introducing Edwards College faculty who will join CCU in Fall 2026. Welcome Drew, Ceren, and Bash!
Just two weeks left until these extraordinary creatives and scholars settle in.
CCU Music
CCU Visual Arts

Are you visiting campus this summer? Be sure to check out the "Best of Kiln" exhibitions in all of the Cube Galleries.
Best of Kiln is a curated group exhibition displaying artwork from ARTS 204 Introduction to Ceramics and ARTS 421 Advanced Ceramics. This exhibit highlights the meticulous control that defines the absolute best work to emerge from the fire.

From the classroom to an international stage, professor of English, Dr. Kate Faber Oestreich recently taught at the Digital Humanities Summer Institute at the Université de Montréal. Her course, "Markup, Maps, and Multimedia: Building Digital Projects with COVE," equipped graduate students, faculty, and independent scholars with digital humanities skills they can apply to research, teaching, and public scholarship.

Excitement is growing each week as the start of the fall semester approaches. Today, we introduce four new full-time Edwards College faculty members. One in the Department of Intelligence and Security Studies, and three in the Department of History.

That's a wrap on three weeks of Teal Nation Orientation, but the adventure is just beginning.
To every new Edwards College student: welcome to your new home! We can't wait to see you back on campus next month. 🩵