{"id":10736,"date":"2018-04-20T12:41:14","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T16:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=10736"},"modified":"2022-03-22T12:14:05","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T16:14:05","slug":"lux-esto-award-menta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/lux-esto-award-menta\/","title":{"rendered":"Theatre Arts Professor Menta Receives Lux Esto Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ed Menta, the James A.B. Stone College Professor of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/programs\/theatre\/\">Theatre Arts<\/a>, is this year\u2019s recipient of the Lux Esto Award of Excellence, which honors an employee who has served Kalamazoo College for 26 or more years for a superlative record of stewardship and innovation.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10738\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10738\" style=\"width: 584px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10738\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/04\/CMUMMA-ED-MENTA-2018-hi-A-0142-square-web-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"Lux Esto Award Winner Ed Menta\" width=\"584\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/04\/CMUMMA-ED-MENTA-2018-hi-A-0142-square-web-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/04\/CMUMMA-ED-MENTA-2018-hi-A-0142-square-web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/04\/CMUMMA-ED-MENTA-2018-hi-A-0142-square-web-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/04\/CMUMMA-ED-MENTA-2018-hi-A-0142-square-web.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10738\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ed Menta, the James A.B. Stone College Professor of Theatre Arts, is this year\u2019s recipient of the Lux Esto Award of Excellence, which honors an employee who has served Kalamazoo College for 26 or more years for a superlative record of stewardship and innovation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/programs\/biology\/\">Biology<\/a> Department Chair <a href=\"https:\/\/reason.kzoo.edu\/biology\/facstaff\/bgirdler\/\">Binney Girdler<\/a> and Educational Technology Specialist Josh Moon, who received Outstanding Adviser awards, and the Rev. Elizabeth Candido, the College chaplain, who received the Outstanding First-Year Advocate Award, also were recognized at the annual Founder\u2019s Day Reflection on Friday, honoring the College\u2019s 185th year.<\/p>\n<p>Menta, a faculty member since 1986, has directed dozens of productions at K, including award winners such as last year\u2019s college debut of \u201cFun Home.\u201d K\u2019s staging of the Tony Award-winning musical, co-written by Lisa Kron \u201983, was selected for a featured performance at the Region III Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival in January 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Nomination letters by students, faculty, staff and alumni praised Menta for what they said has been his dedication to teaching, his efforts to build and bolster the theater community at K and across Kalamazoo, and his willingness to take on challenging and culturally relevant works that expand the horizons of actors and audiences.<\/p>\n<p>In presenting the award, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/about\/gonzalez\/\">President Jorge G. Gonzalez<\/a> cited a nominator who wrote that \u201cEd\u2019s mark on the College is simply indelible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Provost Mickey McDonald, who after 10 years is leaving the College to assume the presidency of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glca.org\/\">Great Lakes Colleges Association<\/a>, gave the keynote address for Founders Day, reflecting on how being a \u201cfellowship in learning\u201d \u2014 a concept that originated during the 1922-1935 presidency of Allan Hoben \u2014 has allowed K to navigate decades of challenges and changes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis has been an amazing, rewarding 10 years for me,\u201d McDonald said. \u201cI have witnessed Kalamazoo College continue to become a more equitable place to live and learn and work \u2026 and I have relished being part of a fellowship of learning that embraces a sense of innovation. That ability to change, to adapt, to reflect \u2014 as we are reflecting today \u2014 \u00a0is an essential part of what has kept Kalamazoo College vital and relevant for almost 200 years. And I have every confidence that it will sustain the College as it enters its third century.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ed Menta, the James A.B. Stone College Professor of Theatre Arts, is this year\u2019s recipient of the Lux Esto Award of Excellence, which honors an employee who has served Kalamazoo College for 26 or more years for a superlative record of stewardship and innovation. 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Stone College Professor of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/programs\/theatre\/\">Theatre Arts<\/a>, is this year\u2019s recipient of the Lux Esto Award of Excellence, which honors an employee who has served Kalamazoo College for 26 or more years for a superlative record of stewardship and innovation.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10738\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10738\" style=\"width: 584px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10738\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/04\/CMUMMA-ED-MENTA-2018-hi-A-0142-square-web-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"Lux Esto Award Winner Ed Menta\" width=\"584\" height=\"584\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10738\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ed Menta, the James A.B. Stone College Professor of Theatre Arts, is this year\u2019s recipient of the Lux Esto Award of Excellence, which honors an employee who has served Kalamazoo College for 26 or more years for a superlative record of stewardship and innovation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/programs\/biology\/\">Biology<\/a> Department Chair <a href=\"https:\/\/reason.kzoo.edu\/biology\/facstaff\/bgirdler\/\">Binney Girdler<\/a> and Educational Technology Specialist Josh Moon, who received Outstanding Adviser awards, and the Rev. Elizabeth Candido, the College chaplain, who received the Outstanding First-Year Advocate Award, also were recognized at the annual Founder\u2019s Day Reflection on Friday, honoring the College\u2019s 185th year.<\/p>\n<p>Menta, a faculty member since 1986, has directed dozens of productions at K, including award winners such as last year\u2019s college debut of \u201cFun Home.\u201d K\u2019s staging of the Tony Award-winning musical, co-written by Lisa Kron \u201983, was selected for a featured performance at the Region III Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival in January 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Nomination letters by students, faculty, staff and alumni praised Menta for what they said has been his dedication to teaching, his efforts to build and bolster the theater community at K and across Kalamazoo, and his willingness to take on challenging and culturally relevant works that expand the horizons of actors and audiences.<\/p>\n<p>In presenting the award, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/about\/gonzalez\/\">President Jorge G. Gonzalez<\/a> cited a nominator who wrote that \u201cEd\u2019s mark on the College is simply indelible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Provost Mickey McDonald, who after 10 years is leaving the College to assume the presidency of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glca.org\/\">Great Lakes Colleges Association<\/a>, gave the keynote address for Founders Day, reflecting on how being a \u201cfellowship in learning\u201d \u2014 a concept that originated during the 1922-1935 presidency of Allan Hoben \u2014 has allowed K to navigate decades of challenges and changes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis has been an amazing, rewarding 10 years for me,\u201d McDonald said. \u201cI have witnessed Kalamazoo College continue to become a more equitable place to live and learn and work \u2026 and I have relished being part of a fellowship of learning that embraces a sense of innovation. That ability to change, to adapt, to reflect \u2014 as we are reflecting today \u2014 \u00a0is an essential part of what has kept Kalamazoo College vital and relevant for almost 200 years. And I have every confidence that it will sustain the College as it enters its third century.\u201d<\/p>\n","comment_info":"No Comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/156"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10736"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15215,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10736\/revisions\/15215"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10736"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_formats?post=10736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}