Celebration of Excellence Event Set for September 27 to Honor Hall of Fame Recipients
![Bruce Kelley standing behind the podium on stage at the 2023 Celebration of Excellence event. He is talking to the audience. Bruce Kelley standing behind the podium on stage at the 2023 Celebration of Excellence event. He is talking to the audience.](/-/media/Project/USD/DotEdu/The-South-Dakotan/2024-Fall-Semester/Fine-Arts/COE-2023.jpg?rev=12da628100ff4ee3880a647e77ce0f8e&w=3116020&la=en&hash=0C095D742E2314B1C5836BDDEEDF82E5)
A reception will follow in the John A. Day Gallery immediately following the Celebration of Excellence event.
The Celebration of Excellence is hosted in honor of the Class of 2024 Hall of Fame recipients. This year’s recipients include five individuals who have impacted the college in great ways. Recipients include the following.
- Debra Christofferson ’76
- Carla Connors ’79
- Dale Hale ’57
- Shirley Neugebauer Luebke ’71, ’76
- John A. Day (posthumous)
Learn more about the recipients at www.usdalumni.com/2024-cofa-hall-of-fame-recipients.
Hall of Fame recipients will receive a custom award. They will also be recognized by brass nameplates on the sculpture honor wall that was constructed in 2021, located on the wall east of the John A. Day Gallery in the Warren M. Lee Center for the Fine Arts.
The Celebration of Excellence event is free and open to the public, but the College of Fine Arts requests attendees to RSVP. To register for the event, please visit www.usdalumni.com/events/college-of-fine-arts-hall-of-fame-celebration-of-excellence.
Attendees are invited to attend the Department of Theatre’s production of “The Wolves” by Sarah DeLappe at 7:30 p.m. Special exhibitions will be on display in both the John A. Day Gallery and Gallery 110.