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Rebecca Worhach
  • art and art history
  • Class of 2016
  • Mechanicsburg, Pa.

Rebecca Worhach Receives Arnold Grant for Student-Faculty Research

2015 Dec 15

Rebecca Worhach of Mechanicsburg, Pa., is one of two students to receive an Arnold Grant for a student-faculty research project during Summer 2015. Worhach, a graduate of Cumberland Valley High School, is pursuing a bachelor of arts in art and art history.

This Arnold Grant supported a six-week summer project in which two students worked alongside Professor Michael Pittari on editing, designing, and publishing a journal of essays written by Lebanon Valley College students in Color + Culture (ART 351) from 2004 through 2015. The publication, Color + Culture, contains 12 to 15 essays and full-color images. The 100-page journal will be visually appealing through the ample use of color and well-designed layouts. This grant will enable the printing of 250 copies through the online publishing house, Blurb.

This summer, Pittari supervised Hoffman and Worhach as they each read approximately 30 top-level papers written by students from across the curriculum for Color + Culture since 2004. From this, 12 to 15 finalists were selected for the eventual publication. The students collaborated with Pittari on editing, designing, publishing, and distributing Color + Culture. Pittari envisions the journal becoming and annual or bi-annual release that further highlights this signature high-impact program at LVC.