#raleigh mckinnon

[offtherecordseries]

Characters: A Brief Summary

Heath Averell (18) has long considered Los Angeles his playground, and he knows college is his chance to take LA - and the world - by storm. Having grown up in Santa Monica with his dads and three sisters, Heath understands the importance of where he comes from, and the necessity of breaking away from that in order to become who he wants to be. Armed with an overactive imagination, a fierce caffeine addiction, and a rose gold heart (pure gold is so last season), Heath is ready to find his new place in the world, and he knows he’ll look damn good doing it.

Danica “Dani” Vogel (18) has been transplanted from Nashville to Los Angeles for college, and is ready to retake the world—as long as she can dodge her mom’s calls, hold her therapist at arm’s length, and keep her secrets close to the chest.

Caroline Parekh (18) doesn’t know many things for certain, but she knows that she’s over the pressure that came with growing up as the youngest of three siblings in a household with high expectations. But with a class schedule full of new possibilities, the promise of a fresh start, and a few things she can’t wait to leave behind her, she’s stepping into Los Angeles from San Francisco with her head held high, ready to offer a kind smile to anyone willing to see her for who she really is.

Silas Laghari (18), better known as “Heath’s too-serious roommate” is a grounding force for Heath and those around him. Having made the trip to Los Angeles from Tallahassee, Florida, Silas is hungry to make a name for himself in this city he longs to call home.

Raleigh McKinnon (17), affectionately referred to as “Rails,” has always preferred fading into the background. Whether he’s scribbling sci-fi stories quietly in a notebook or watching The Princess Bride on repeat, Raleigh’s always looking for a way to stay comfortably in his shell, but as he gets to know Caro and Heath, he’s realizing it might be time for a change.

Stella Delgado (18) likes to keep her life organized into checklists. Get into an art program at her college of choice? Check. Befriend a ragtag group of plucky creatives? Check. Stop feeling guilty about leaving her mom and young siblings to go to college? Well—she’s working on it. Really. Always equipped with a sketchbook and a gruesome murder mystery novel, Stella is prepared for any situation—except for confronting her own past at the start of her new chapter.

[tashizweig]

me: this character’s major flaw is his tendency to run from his bad experiences and repress the hell out of trauma

me, ten minutes later: what the fuck how did i NOT know about this thing that happened

[thatwriterrosefics-moved]

fall dates my canon muses would take their partner on

baking a pie together: gina martin, freya mikaelson, blaise zabini pumpkin carving: jess black, bishop losa, marlene mckinnon corn maze: johnny “coco” cruz, althea jarry, sandor clegane decorating for halloween: ima tite, lyla winston, margaery tyrell scary movie night: joey hudson, magna, letty cruz, ygritte a bonfire and smores: emori, gracie raleigh-rovia going to a farmers market: josephine larue, kerrianne telford-larkin, apple picking: henrik mikaelson, rafael barba

[vintageoculus]

PhC_16_001 by State Archives of North Carolina Raleigh, NC Via Flickr: Old Frisby House, located near Marshall, NC on the French Broad River. The house, 150 years old, had 35 rooms and was a stopping place for stage coaches, 1928. From the Martha McKinnon Harris Monroe Photograph Collection, PhC.16, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC.

[smnthchrstn]

21 things about me

tagged by @echoesout and @goddsess thank you very much! ❤

Nicknames: So many people call me so many different things - that I don’t think I even have a set nickname tbh

Zodiac sign: Gemini 💁‍♀️

Height: 5′7 1/2 - 5′8ish

Hogwarts House: (the quiz told me) Hufflepuff (even though I have no idea what that means)

last thing I googled: The word “Hufflepuff” to make sure I spelled it correctly 😂

fav music: I listen to a crazy variety of music. It really depends on my mood but I frequent “old” music and panic! at the disco a lot. (lately it’s been twenty one pilots too)

Song stuck in my head: I hate to be “that person” but I literally have the new Taylor Swift song on rn and have for like an hour 😂 (by that person I mean @echoesout‘s answer to this question)

What i follow: I’m assuming this means on tumblr so I’m going to list them off and expose myself. 

Cordelia Goode

Courteney Cox

Foxxay

Harriet Hayes

Kate McKinnon

Linda Cardellini

Sarah Paulson

anddddd, drum roll please

Sarah Paulson smoking

Followers: 253

Do i get asks: If I’m blessed

Amount of sleep: Anywhere from 4-9 hours

What i’m wearing: Right now it’s a t-shirt and shorts

Dream job: I’d like to write books that can help people.

Dream trip: Disney, Disney, Disney

Favorite food: Mexican

Languages: English

Favorite songs: I either listen to this song, the same few twenty one pilots songs, or high hopes by panic! throughout the day usually

Random fact: One time I got so drunk that I had to lay down on my best friend’s kitchen floor to eat cookie dough and saw a picture of Sarah Paulson and started screaming about how much I wanted to marry her.

aesthetic: 🌹😋🤭👭🐱🌮🍸🌟💗

Tagging: @americanhorrorstory-coven @deliasbabygirl @dirtyrippedjeans @evazarovas @extremely-unstraight @lisbugrph @loriisms @lunars-heart @mbenoistwrites @mistyyygoode @onenighttofuckupmylife @rabexxpaulson @raleigh-ocean @shineestark @sarah-paulson-is-supreme @thesarahtomypaulson @tessi0411 @venablism @remuspolaris @starrlightwolf @cheerocracyx @tantrumtape @welshdragonrawr @whiskeyxfluent @sapphistically-yellow @therainbowtink

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Too Hot To Handle

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/3BOXUdy

by MissSparklingWriter

Crackfic! Too Hot To Handle wizarding style! One fabulous private island. Six dashing wizards. Six mesmerising witches. 1,000,000 galleons at stake and a ban on everything lusty for an entire month. What could possibly go wrong? James Potter, Lily Evans, Sirius Black, Erica Snowdrop, Remus Lupin, Marlene McKinnon, Peter Pettigrew, Phoenix Raleigh, Gilderoy Lockhart, Mary Macdonald, Frank Longbottom and Alice Barnes are about to find out! Bonus twists and turns not from the show will come into it later as well.

Words: 14120, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/F, F/M, Multi

Characters: Original Female Character(s), James Potter, Sirius Black, Lily Evans Potter, Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, Gilderoy Lockhart, Mary Macdonald, Marlene McKinnon, Frank Longbottom, Alice Longbottom

Relationships: Sirius Black/Original Female Character(s), James Potter/Lily Evans Potter

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/3BOXUdy

[offtherecordseries]

Some very important character development exercises.

[tashizweig]

me: look at this character! i love him! i’m obsessed with writing about him!

this character: does not appear in any of my chapters until chapter 7!

me: fuck!

[alluringvoices]

I made a post the other day about how many muses I have and I know none of you asked for a list but here it is.

Below is a comprehensive list of all of the muses I have. Most are usually available to roleplay with in IM, on k.ik, or via texting. Be warned, there’s a fair few. And this isn’t even the whole list. Those that are missing are the ones that I’m not willing to roleplay.

Be warned again, some of these characters are single-ship or not open to romantic relationships. Those that aren’t open to shipping are marked with an asterisk (*). 

A

Adam Milligan (Supernatural) - FC: Jake Abel

Arthur (Inception) - FC: Joseph Gordon-Levitt

B

Black Hat (Priest) - FC: Karl Urban

*Bloom (The Brothers Bloom) - FC: Adrien Brody

Bucky Barnes/The Winter Soldier (MCU) - FC: Sebastian Stan

C

Cal Lightman (Lie To Me) - FC: Tim Roth

Clint Barton/Hawkeye (MCU) - FC: Jeremy Renner

*Cole (Dragon Age: Inquisition) - FC: None

Cressida Lavellan (Dragon Age: Inquisition - OC) - FC: None

D

Darren “Mother” Roskow (Sneakers) - FC: Dan Aykroyd

*Dean Winchester (Supernatural) - FC: Jensen Ackles

E

Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist) - FC: None

Egon Spengler (Ghostbusters) - FC: Harold Ramis

Elessar Lavellan (Dragon Age: Inquisition - OC) - FC: None

Eliot Spencer (Leverage) - FC: Christian Kane

*Éomer (Lord of the Rings) - FC: Karl Urban

F

Fenris (Dragon Age 2) - FC: None

Ferra Cousland (Dragon Age: Origins - OC) - FC: None

G

Garrett Shepard (Fandomless OC) - FC: Richard Armitage

H

Halima Adaar (Dragon Age: Inquisition - OC) - FC: None

Hera Hawke (Dragon Age 2 - OC) - FC: None

Herc Hanson (Pacific Rim) - FC: Max Martini

Himerope (Greek Mythology) - FC: Emily Blunt

*Howl Pendragon (Howl’s Moving Castle) - FC: None

J

Jillian Holtzmann (Ghostbusters: Answer The Call) - FC: Kate McKinnon

John Mitchell (Being Human UK) - FC: Aidan Turner

K

*Karou/Madrigal Kirin (Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy) - FC: None

Kyra Hawke (Dragon Age 2 - OC) - FC: None

L

Leucosia (Greek Mythology) - FC: Kate Hudson

Ligeia (Greek Mythology) - FC: Famke Janssen

*Loki (MCU) - FC: Tom Hiddleston

*Luke Skywalker (Star Wars) - FC: Mark Hamill

M

*Maes Hughes (Fullmetal Alchemist) - FC: None

Mako Mori (Pacific Rim) - FC: Rinko Kikuchi

Mark Watney (The Martian) - FC: Matt Damon

Maven Lavellan (Dragon Age: Inquisition - OC) - FC: None

N

Newt Scamander (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them) - FC: Eddie Redmayne

*Nikolai Laska (Fandomless OC) - FC: Noel Fisher

O

Ophelia Talbot (Supernatural OC) - FC: Zoe Kravitz

The Outsider (Dishonored) - FC: None

Owen Chase (Fandomless OC) - FC: Lee Pace

P

Pennywise (IT 2017) - FC: Bill Skarsgard

Peter Vincent (Fright Night 2011) - FC: David Tennant

R

Raleigh Becket (Pacific Rim) - FC: Charlie Hunnam 

Raidne (Greek Mythology) - FC: Zooey Deschanel

*Remus Lupin (Harry Potter) - FC: David Thewlis

Rey Tabris (Dragon Age: Origins - OC) - FC: None

Roy Mustang (Fullmetal Alchemist) - FC: None

S

*Sarah Miller (Supernatural OC) - FC: Blake Lively

*Saoirse Joen (Star Wars OC) - FC: Alona Tal

Sebryne Hawke (Dragon Age 2 - OC) - FC: None

Sulahn Surana (Dragon Age: Origins - OC) - FC: None

T

Teles (Greek Mythology) - FC: Emmy Rossum

Thomas Sharpe (Crimson Peak) - FC: Tom Hiddleston

[charlesjening]

Promotion Watch ’19: PwC Admits 249 New Partners and Principals

The most prestigiest firm in all the land unveiled its 2019 class of new partners and principals on May 31, and it’s another big one:

I am thrilled to welcome 249 new partners to our @PwCUS family! These leaders have led by example and I'm excited to see what the future holds for them and their teams. https://t.co/LuVupQFNS6 #PwCProud pic.twitter.com/rEeit1jRLW

— Tim Ryan (@Timothy_F_Ryan) May 31, 2019

And it’s probably the biggest crop of new partners and principals in the firm’s history. Except for 2017, the size of each class has grown every year since we started covering partner and principal promotions in 2010: 233 in 2018, 212 in 2017, 226 in 2016 class, 201 in 2015, 180 in 2014, 157 in 2013, 165 in 2012, 136 in 2011, and 83 in 2010.

Here’s a look at PwC’s class of 2019 by the numbers:

131: The number of new partners; there are 118 new principals.

86: The number of new partners and principals in advisory, the most of any service line, followed by 79 in assurance, 78 in tax, and six in internal firm services.

72: The number of new partners and principals who are women, or 29% of the class of 2019.

42: The number of new partners and principals in New York City, the most of any location, followed by 19 in Chicago, 18 in Boston, 15 in Dallas, and 14 in McLean, VA.

9: The number of new partners and principals with the first name of Brian or Bryan.

2: The number of new partners and principals with the last name of Gonz��lez, Kennedy, O’Connor, Schmitt, or Stark.

1: The number of new principals with the last name of Thor.

Here are the 249 new partners and principals in the PwC class of 2019. Congratulations! The first round’s on you:

Partners

Noel Abdur-Rahim, Assurance, Atlanta

Chris Alabi, Assurance, San Jose, CA

Scott Almassy, Assurance, San Jose, CA

Ranan Amster, Assurance, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Meera Banerjee, Advisory, San Francisco

Jamie Barakat, Advisory, Chicago

Shannon Baran, Tax, Los Angeles

Vanessa Salinas Beckstrom, Advisory, Dallas

Michael Bey, Assurance, Florham Park, NJ

Tim Bodner, Assurance, McLean, VA

Brian Boggs, Assurance, Philadelphia

Justin Bono, Tax, Los Angeles

Kevin Brasch, Assurance, Dallas

Nicole Brigati, Tax, Philadelphia

Lisa Brown, Tax, San Jose, CA

Priscilla Bullock, Tax, McLean, VA

Calen Byers, Assurance, New York City

John Charters, Assurance, Boston

Kristan Chesnut, Advisory, Los Angeles

Jackson Chou, Tax, San Jose, CA

Ginny Chow, Assurance, New York City

Tiffany Chu, Tax, San Francisco

Brian Ciszczon, Tax, Washington, DC

Jesse Claypool, Assurance, Toledo, OH

Robyn Conlon, Assurance, Florham Park, NJ

A.J. Conti, Assurance, Philadelphia

John Crossman, Assurance, Atlanta

Eric Cullers, Advisory, Los Angeles

Rajeeb Das, Advisory, Jacksonville, FL

Sarika Davis, Assurance, Atlanta

Michael Devlin, Assurance, Los Angeles

Ghansham Dhanak, Tax, New York City

Jamal Douglas, Assurance, Chicago

Emily Ellis, Assurance, San Jose, CA

Lynsey Eppeneder, Assurance, Dallas

Lee Eslyn, Assurance, Bratislava, Slovakia

Roxanne Fattahi, Assurance, Los Angeles

Christina Figueroa, Tax, Los Angeles

Sam Fishman, Assurance, New York City

William Floyd, Tax, Atlanta

James Gargas, Advisory, Washington, DC

Brian Garvin, Assurance, Philadelphia

Amanda Giordano, Advisory, Philadelphia

David Goldberg, Tax, Charlotte, NC

Jonathan Hatton, Assurance, San Francisco

Edward A. Herald, Tax, New York City

Michael Hernandez, Assurance, Dallas

LeeAnn Hinkle, Tax, Dallas

Sheila Holt, Tax, Minneapolis

Katy Hook, Assurance, Milwaukee

Jason Hyman, Advisory, Atlanta

Carolyn Iacobelli, Tax, Phoenix

Andrew S. Jensen, Tax, Seattle

Doyt Jones, Assurance, New York City

Carrie Jostes, Assurance, St. Louis

Michael Kammann, Tax, Detroit

Chris Kean, Assurance, Florham Park, NJ

Crystal Kennedy, Tax, Boston

Steven Kennedy, Tax, Boston

Christine Annette Kowal, Tax, McLean, VA

Daniel Kraut, Assurance, New York City

Kimberly Krueger, Tax, New York City

Smitha Kumar, Tax, San Jose, CA

Christopher S. LaGrone, Tax, Dallas

Steven Lanza, Advisory, New York City

Heather Lombardo, Assurance, Boston

Andrea C. Lowenberg, Tax, Stamford, CT

David Mack, Tax, New York City

Clint Maddox, Assurance, Charlotte, NC

Stephen Mahadeo, Tax, New York City

Shilpa Manaktala, Assurance, Hartford, CT

Matthew Manza, Tax, San Francisco

Rafael Maya, Assurance, Dallas

Michael McCallion, Assurance, Stamford, CT

Adam McCarty, Assurance, Houston

Pat McGettigan, Assurance, Philadelphia

Maura McKinnon, Tax, Boston

Laura McNeil, Tax, Boston

Sushant Mehta, Tax, New York City

Matthew Michaelangelo, Tax, McLean, VA

Scott G. Migliori, Tax, Boston

Walter D. Moore III, Tax, Detroit

Chris Morgan, Assurance, McLean, VA

Stephanie Morrissey, Assurance, Miami

Seth Nicholson, Advisory, Boston

Yoshi Nomura, Assurance, Minneapolis

Vikram Oak, Assurance, Tokyo

Michael O’Connor, Assurance, San Francisco

Kristine Pappa, Assurance, Florham Park, NJ

Josh Parks, Assurance, Dallas

Justin Partlo, Assurance, Peoria, IL

Amit Patel, Assurance, Atlanta

Robert Pauze, Tax, Boston

Jil Phinicharomna Lee, Assurance, San Diego

Kyle Quigley, Tax, Hartford, CT

Scott Ramage, Assurance, Houston

Ryan J. Rate, Assurance, New York City

Derek Reed, Assurance, New York City

Kevin Richardson, Assurance, New York City

Colleen Roney, Assurance, Stamford, CT

Brian Sabedra, Tax, Buffalo, NY

Travis Salha, Assurance, San Jose, CA

Jennifer Savard, Tax, Boston

Douglas Schmitt, Assurance, Kansas City, MO

Brian Schramm, Assurance, Chicago

Allison Warshaw Shearman, Tax, Florham Park, NJ

Nicholas A. Sirianni, Assurance, Boston

Justin Soares, Tax, Boston

Jon D. Spivey, Assurance, New York City

Matthew Stark, Tax, Chicago

Eric Suplee, Tax, Tampa, FL

Scott Swetz, Tax, Boston

Hayato Takenoshita, Assurance, New York City

Alyona Teeter, Assurance, McLean, VA

James Terry, IFS, Denver

Theresa Thompson, Tax, Los Angeles

Sarah Treese, Tax, Hartford, CT

Ryan Trzasko, Assurance, Jacksonville, FL

Andy Udell, Assurance, McLean, VA

Laura Valestin, Tax, Washington, DC

Sergey Volkov, Advisory, Tokyo

Kristen Wallace, Tax, Raleigh, NC

Jeffrey S. Westerberg, Tax, New York City

Adam Widlak, Tax, Detroit

Britt E. Williamson, Assurance, Portland, OR

Yannie Wong, Tax, San Jose, CA

Yin Yang, Tax, New York City

Sheri York, Assurance, Florham Park, NJ

Stephen Zackrison, Tax, Philadelphia

Brad Zastoupil, Assurance, Minneapolis

Jonathan Zinno, Advisory, New York City

Principals

Doug Allcorn, Assurance, Philadelphia

Amee Appel, Tax, Chicago

Elissa Arkinstall, Advisory, New York City

Shafeeq Banthanavasi, Advisory, San Jose, CA

Luis Beaumier, IFS, Tampa, FL

Scott Berkley, Tax, Denver

Sahil Chander Bhardwaj, Advisory, San Jose, CA

Karim Bibawi, Advisory, Boston

Stephen J. Bochanski, Assurance, Philadelphia

Ian Bonnet, Advisory, Columbia, SC

Thomas Brogan, Tax, Los Angeles

Roslyn Brooks, IFS, Washington, DC

Matthew Cregg Bruce, Advisory, McLean, VA

Christopher Cairns, Tax, New York City

Eric Caliendo, Assurance, Philadelphia

Sowvik Chakrabarty, Advisory, Dallas

Kenneth W. Chan, Advisory, Boston

Michael Chapman, Advisory, San Francisco

Juan José Chávez Bernabé, Tax, Mexico City

Bryan Coleman, Assurance, Oklahoma City

Chris Cook, Advisory, San Diego

Jeffrey Coseo, Advisory, New York City

Ethan Dameron, Advisory, Raleigh, NC

Raffaele De Leonardis, Advisory, Florham Park, NJ

Peter Domanko, Advisory, Chicago

Sebastien Drevet, Tax, New York City

Joseph Dubbs, Advisory, Seattle

Kurt Ewen, Advisory, Chicago

Christopher Farwell, Tax, Chicago

Adam Furst, Tax, McLean, VA

Brandon Gabel, Advisory, Toledo, OH

Srinivasa Gabu, Advisory, Dallas

Mira Gaddy, Tax, New York City

Jade Gentry, Advisory, Atlanta

Gus Giacoman, Advisory, New York City

Kara Gillette, Assurance, New York City

Brett Glowacki, Tax, Philadelphia

Brad Goehle, Advisory, Arlington, VA

Jorge González Gómez, Tax, Monterrey, Mexico

Othoniel Iván González González, Assurance, Monterrey, Mexico

Guadalupe González Vargas, Tax, Mexico City

Matthew Grieco, Advisory, Boston

Joseph Harrington, Assurance, New York City

Michael Hauswirth, Tax, Washington, DC

Mackenzie Heal, Advisory, Hartford, CT

Anika Heard, IFS, New York City

Jessica Heidman, Advisory, Seattle

Giri Hosalli, Advisory, Dallas

Sam Hwang, Tax, New York City

Jeanelle J. Johnson, Assurance, McLean, VA

Noaman Khan, Advisory, Chicago

Langdon King, Assurance, Dallas

Ron Klein, Advisory, New York City

Jennifer Kodat, Assurance, Basel, Switzerland

TJ Kozy, Advisory, Chicago

Brian Krall, Advisory, Detroit

Ken Kryst, Advisory, Philadelphia

Julia Lamm, Advisory, New York City

J.C. Lapierre, IFS, Boston

Yeon Lee, Advisory, New York City

Jimmy Lesko, Assurance, Chicago

Bruno Lopes, Advisory, New York City

Scott MacDonald, Advisory, Detroit

Anup Madampath, Advisory, Austin, TX

Joe Mahimainathan, Tax, Seattle

Derek Manville, Advisory, Atlanta

Erin March, Tax, McLean, VA

Christopher Menyhart, Advisory, Chicago

Gerald Metzger, Advisory, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Pierre Monperrus, Advisory, Chicago

Jesús Roberto Morquecho López, Tax, Mexico City

Sandrine Mottin, Advisory, Phoenix

Valerie Mulrooney, Tax, Chicago

Harish Nalinakshan, Advisory, Washington, DC

Justin O’Connor, Advisory, San Francisco

Walter A. Okpych IV, Advisory, McLean, VA

Chijioke Onyewuchi, Advisory, Chicago

Cesar Orellana, Tax, Miami

Darren Orf, Advisory, Chicago

Ron Otocki, Advisory, Chicago

Kathryn Burg Plaza, Advisory, Philadelphia

Satyen Popat, Advisory, San Jose, CA

Michael Proppe, Advisory, San Jose, CA

Ashish Punjabi, Advisory, Dallas

Nicole Quick, Assurance, Florham Park, NJ

Swaminathan Ramkumar, Tax, McLean, VA

James Randall, IFS, Chicago

Jon-Paul Regit, Advisory, Orlando, FL

José Reyes, Advisory, Hallandale Beach, FL

John Rich, Advisory, Dallas

Barry Rickert, Tax, Stamford, CT

Matthew Ritter, Advisory, Los Angeles

Belinda Rowsell, Tax, New York City

Nikhil Rupani, Assurance, New York City

Bill Schmitt, Advisory, Charlotte, NC

Richard Schweiger, Advisory, Hallandale Beach, FL

Jan Seele, Advisory, New York City

Aaron Shapiro, Advisory, Atlanta

Courtney Showell, Advisory, Atlanta

Evan Siegal, Advisory, New York City

Scott Sikorski, Advisory, Chicago

Scott Singer, Tax, New York City

Akshay Singh, Advisory, Cleveland

Rattan I. Singh, Advisory, Florham Park, NJ

Shannon Smith, Advisory, Kansas City, MO

Gregg Stark, Advisory, Cleveland

Scott M. Stein, Tax, New York City

Scott Strean, Advisory, Atlanta

Niru Suryanarayanan, Advisory, New York City

Lindsey Thor, Tax, New York City

Deepak Tilani, Advisory, Florham Park, NJ

Matthew Tsiaras, Tax, Boston

Brian Updike, Advisory, Dallas

Charles von Althann, Advisory, McLean, VA

Matthew Wilson, Advisory, San Diego

Carrie Wisher, Advisory, Denver

Keri Zader, Assurance, Baltimore

Steven Zaki, Advisory, Florham Park, NJ

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Building for the future: Five trends in higher education projects

The University of New Mexico in Albuquerque is engaged in construction and renovation projects that represent the second-highest capital outlay—$180 million—in its 128-year history.

Three projects in progress there are the $25.6 million renovation of the 67,000-sf, 1970s-era Farris Engineering Center; phase three of the $27.3 million Health Education Building; and the 65,000-sf, $25 million McKinnon Center for Management. Future projects include a $65.7 million building for physics, astronomy, and interdisciplinary sciences.

Each of these hits upon building typologies—STEM, health sciences, and business—that colleges and universities across the country continue to showcase to entice students, faculty, and research dollars.

Right now, with student debt averaging $37,171 for 2016 graduates (according to Student Loan Hero), colleges and universities are under intense pressure to get students ready for the job market. Boston’s Bunker Hill Community College, for example, has created a media room where students can watch video of themselves to practice their presentations to potential employers.

College curriculums that focus on the professions with the most fertile employment opportunities are also shaping institutions’ construction and renovation strategies.

Last August, Johnson & Wales University, Providence, R.I., completed its John J. Bowen Center for Science and Innovation, a 71,000-sf STEM building that supports the school’s engineering and science program. Its design centerpiece is a street-level maker space equipped with 3D printers, laser cutters, and computers.

“Science is evolving from an elective to a prerequisite,” says Robert Quigley, Principal, Architectural Resources Cambridge (ARC), Boston, which designed the Bowen Center. “Science is being integrated into schools that traditionally weren’t science oriented.”

The gravitational pull of science and technology on college campuses often competes with the equally strong movement toward building designs that stimulate collaboration and socialization. ARC’s recent renovation of the 85,000-sf Jennison Hall at Bentley University, Waltham, Mass., combines interdisciplinary labs, classrooms, offices, spaces wired for A/V technology, and places where students can work together.

“It seems like every building that is built on campus has an atrium, a gathering space, an academic incubator,” quips David Broz, AIA, LEED AP, Principal in Gensler’s Chicago office.

AEC firms are being asked to add more flexibility into projects so they can keep pace with technological change that has become so rapid “there’s a shorter ��shelf life’ for what’s considered state of the art,” says Chris Brasier, FAIA, LEED AP BD+C, Principal, Design Director, and Chief Practice and Culture Officer with Clark Nexsen.

BD+C interviewed 15 AEC firms about what their higher-ed clients are asking for and are willing to invest in. We tracked five trends, some new, some which have been ongoing. (For the purposes of this article, we’ve excluded student housing and athletic facilities.)

The 9,700-sf Research Commons, on the third floor of Ohio State University’s 18th Avenue Library, is a highly flexible environment set up to encourage discovery and innovation. BHDP Architecture’s compartmentalized design allows for exploration through high-tech and interactive tools to present and share ideas. Courtesy BHDP Architectur.

1. Single-purpose buildings are going the way of the dinosaurs

Universities are still adding buildings that serve one department, college, or service. SmithGroupJJR designed three law schools that opened last year, and is currently designing dental schools for the University of Michigan and Boston University.

Clark Nexsen’s design of the 220,000-sf, $106 million Engineering Oval at North Carolina State University, which is scheduled to open in 2020 in Raleigh, will include 100 classrooms and labs for the school’s myriad engineering programs.

But the single-purpose building is fast becoming obsolete. In its place are buildings that allow for interaction among various departments and faculty. As a bonus, they bring organization and cohesion to campuses.

The $52.8 million, 96,000-sf PACCAR Environmental Technology Building on the Pullman campus of Washington State University is set up to be a hub for interdisciplinary research and education in renewable materials, sustainable design, water quality, and atmospheric research. The project team included LMN Architects and Skanska.

When the 58,000-sf O’Reilly Clinical Health Center was completed in the fall of 2015 on the Springfield campus of Missouri State University, it became part of a trio of buildings—along with a medical office building the university acquired in the 1980s, and another building for the school’s physical therapy department—that formed their own “micro-campus,” in the words of David Polzin, Executive Director of Design for CannonDesign, which worked on two of those buildings.

Doug Sampson, AIA, LEED AP, MSU’s Architect and Director of Planning and Construction, notes that by consulting with various colleges that would be housed inside O’Reilly, such as nursing and anesthesiology, CannonDesign brought what he termed “consistency” to that building’s design, programming, and shared equipment. 

The 128,350-sf, $70 million addition to the College of Visual Arts and Design at the University of North Texas, Denton, which broke ground in January, will consolidate one of the institution’s most important and expanding programs, which is currently spread out over eight buildings, says David Zatopek, AIA, Principal with Corgan, who is working with Ned Goodall, a Principal with the design firm Machado Silvetti, on the project.  

The recent renovation of the 27,800-sf Douglas D. Schumann Library and Learning Commons, on the Boston campus of Wentworth Institute of Technology, reduced the space for its print collection with higher-density shelving, to make more room for a learning commons, reading room, and café. Large group study rooms were replaced with eight small-group study rooms. Courtesy Chuck Choi Photography.

2. Libraries move beyond just books

In a digital world, libraries are “ripe for reinvention,” says Derek Jones, Principal in Perkins+Will’s Raleigh, N.C., office. Colleges are trimming the space their libraries allocate for books and storage and are forming consortiums to share resources. Digitization is facilitating just-in-time delivery of information and materials, although, as Jones points out, “when you have a million items and no budget, digitizing can be a formidable task.”

The functions of libraries are changing, especially at schools where the line demarcating them from student centers blurs. At Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, P+W is designing a building that integrates the library and student union. Clark Nexsen recently completed a programming study for the new Academic Success Center at N.C. State’s D.H. Hill Library that looked at converting existing book stacks to accommodate student services such as academic coaching, peer tutoring, and career counseling.

In early 2016, Ohio State University’s 18th Avenue Library opened on the third floor of the $1.3 million Research Commons, a 9,700-sf campus hub for collaborative and interdisciplinary research across all fields, with a special focus on data management, digital humanities, and geographic information systems.

Ohio-based BHDP Architecture, which designed the Research Commons, visited 20 libraries last year, ranging from large state universities to small private colleges, to understand whether libraries are serving the needs of students and faculty and to identify design solutions. Among its findings: Libraries require more accessible power outlets, brighter lighting, prominent signage, greater comfort, specialized and quiet study spaces, and refreshments.

Technology is expanding what libraries can offer students, teachers, and communities. P+W’s Jones notes that N.C. State—whose Hunt Library made a splash several years ago with a robotic delivery system that manages over two million items—rents out library space monthly to the U.S. Navy for training pilots to steer aircraft carriers using 270-degree simulators. 

Jones thinks libraries can also serve as centralized venues for “digital scholarship,” where technology and Big Data allow for closer examination of topics and objects. A college in Calgary, Alb., that his firm worked on is equipped with high-definition monitors. In one case, says Jones, an image that was being projected showed the subject to be wearing a yarmulke, which was not visible to the naked eye, and which revealed more information about the person’s background. Technology like this is giving the college’s art history students the ability to delve more deeply into the subjects being portrayed.

3. campus Gates swing both ways

When the three-story, $43 million Center for Academic Success and Engagement opens in November in the heart of the University of Colorado’s Boulder campus, it will be CU’s “new front door.” Its design, by Bora Architects, splits the 104,000-sf building with a large exterior staircase “like the Spanish Steps,” says David Schafer, Principal and Higher Ed Practice Leader with OZ Architecture, the AOR on the project. The staircase leads to a circulation pathway that brings visitors to a 300-seat admissions auditorium and viewing terrace on the top floor.

More than ever, colleges and universities use new and retrofitted campus buildings to influence first impressions of their institutions among students, parents, and the community at large.

The University of North Texas is positioning its new Visual Arts building as its “gateway to the Denton campus.” It will include an 18,950-sf multipurpose courtyard, new gallery space for back-of-house research, and 181 spaces for delivery of educational programs. Its most unusual feature is a 2,267-sf rooftop dye garden, where the college’s fiber department can grow plants from which to extract their dyes.

Some colleges also view campus buildings as venues for forming closer bonds with their neighbors. A growing number now lease on-campus incubator spaces for local entrepreneurs and businesses. Colleges and universities continue their tradition of being cultural centers for their towns, as is the case for John Tyler Community College, Midlothian, Va., which in 2015 debuted its 67,680-sf, $24.5 million Academic & Performing Arts Building, with a 200-seat black-box theater.

Last fall, Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., opened William C. Buck Hall, an 18,000-sf film and media studies building on Lafayette’s Williams Arts Campus, which leads to historic downtown Easton. That campus, with two other buildings and an arts plaza, “was not just geared for students, but also serves as a grid that connects the college to the community,” says Malcolm Brand, PE, LEED AP, Vice President and Principal for The Harman Group, the structural engineer on the project.

LMN Architects and Skanska were design-build partners on the 96,000-sf PACCAR Environmental Technology Building at Washington State University, which emphasizes interdisciplinary interaction. “The whole project is essentially one giant laboratory,” notes Mark Reddington, FAIA, Partner at LMN. The building houses centers and labs for environmental research, composite materials and engineering, sustainable design, atmospheric research, renewables research, and water research. Courtesy Ed LaCasse.

4. Renovation and reconstruction still rule the capex agenda

Construction spending in the education sector rose nearly 11% last year, to $92.4 billion. That amount included renovation projects, which typically account for the bulk of many AEC firms’ higher education work.

“I don’t think the ‘arms race’ is slowing down, but it’s moving in a different direction,” says Debi McDonald, AIA, LEED AP, Science and Education Practice Leader for NBBJ in Boston. She sees colleges and universities being more intent on “capital renewal,” renovation that stabilizes the center of their campuses and allows new typologies to be placed into perfect-built buildings.

“There’s a constant need for infrastructure upgrading and system replacement,” adds Kris Cotharn, PE, LEED AP, Project Executive and Associate with IMEG, Middleton, Wis.

While some campus buildings “date back to the Sputnik era,” laughs Clark Nexsen’s Brasier, their physical condition is often in surprisingly good shape. “Older buildings on campus have generally been very well maintained,” says Pedro Sifre, PE, Senior Principal with Simpson, Gumpertz & Heger, Waltham, Mass. 

‘Everyone is still money conscious. They are also conscious of the  mistakes they made in the past being cheap.’

— Robert Quigley, Architectural Resources Cambridge

Some universities are now building for a 100-year life span, which makes sustainability essential. To achieve that goal, OZ Architecture’s Schafer says his firm’s designs prioritize what parts of buildings need to meet that standard. He says that modular interior design is one key, as are “timeless durable materials.”

The conundrum is that universities are leaning heavily toward science disciplines for which older buildings don’t have the floor-to-floor heights needed to accommodate laboratory-scale HVAC systems. Sifre notes that there can also be problems with vibration and noise that can’t be attenuated easily in older buildings.

SGH’s strategy, when combining new and old buildings, has been to shift the more demanding occupancies, such as labs, into the new building and then to renovate the older buildings for classrooms, offices, and student services.

  5. the Liberal arts: threatened, but still remarkably relevant

The design firm Kahler Slater has an extensive portfolio of higher education projects, many catering to professions like medicine, dentistry, nursing, and business. But even as STEM buildings proliferate, colleges are hardly devaluing their liberal arts programs; in fact, it’s just the opposite, says Mary Le Johnson, AIA, AISD, Principal and Higher Education Practice Leader in the firm’s Houston office.

“I recently read that medical students are studying art as part of their rotations,” says Johnson. The liberal arts are still seen as seminal to honing students’ critical thinking and writing skills, regardless of the discipline they pursue.

Interesting read originally from BDC Network

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32nd ANNUAL STELLAR GOSPEL MUSIC AWARDS: A COMPLETE LIST OF NOMINATIONS

Anthony Brown & Erica Campbell set to host the 2017 Stellar Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada.

       Central City Productions announced the nominees in 26 categories for the 2017 Stellar Awards. Hailed as an "epic night in gospel music," this year's Stellar Awards will return to the Las Vegas Orleans Arena on Saturday, March 25, 2017. The telecast will premiere on TV One Sunday, April 9 at 7 p.m. ET with encores at 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET. In addition, the Stellar Awards will air in national broadcast syndication on 170 stations in over 150 markets around the country from April 14 - May 7, 2017.

       Find a complete list of all 2017 Stellar Award Nominees below.

         Category #1 ARTIST OF THE YEAR

JEKALYN CARR, THE LIFE PROJECT, LUNJEAL MUSIC GROUP/eONE MUSIC

KIRK FRANKLIN, LOSING MY RELIGION, FO YO SOUL/RCA RECORDS

TAMELA MANN, ONE WAY, TILLY MANN

WILLIAM MCDOWELL, SOUNDS OF REVIVAL, DELIVERY ROOM MUSIC/ eONE MUSIC

      Category #2 SONG OF THE YEAR

ALLUNDRIA CARR & ALLEN CARR, YOU’RE BIGGER – THE LIFE PROJECT (JEKALYN CARR), LUNJEAL MUSIC GROUP/eONE MUSIC

KIRK FRANKLIN, GOD PROVIDES – ONE WAY (TAMELA MANN), TILLY MANN

TRAVIS GREENE, MADE A WAY – THE HILL (TRAVIS GREENE), RCA     INSPIRATION

DAVID BLOOM –  DAVID BLOOM PUBLISHING BMI, CORTEZ VAUGHN – VAUJOH RECORDS ASCAP, PHONTANE     DEMOND REED – DEMOND REED MUSIC BMI & JJ HAIRSTON – YELLOWBOY MUSIC     ASCAP, YOU DESERVE IT – YOU DESERVE IT - SINGLE (JJ HAIRSTON & YOUTHFUL PRAISE), JAMESTOWN MUSIC/ eONE MUSIC

          Category #3 MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

TODD DULANEY,  A WORSHIPPER’S HEART, eONE MUSIC

TRAVIS GREENE, THE HILL, RCA INSPIRATION

DONNIE MCCLURKIN, THE JOURNEY (LIVE), RCA INSPIRATION

HEZEKIAH WALKER, AZUSA THE NEXT GENERATION 2: BETTER, AZUSA INC./ eONE MUSIC

         CATEGORY #4 ALBERTINA WALKER FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

BRI (BRIANA BABINEAUX), KEYS TO MY HEART, MARQUIS BOONE/TYSCOT RECORDS

SHIRLEY CAESAR, FILL THIS HOUSE, LIGHT RECORDS/ eONE MUSIC

JEKALYN CARR, THE LIFE PROJECT, LUNJEAL MUSIC GROUP/ eONE MUSIC

TAMELA MANN, ONE WAY, TILLY MANN

              CATEGORY #5 GROUP/DUO OF THE YEAR

MYRON BUTLER & LEVI, ON PURPOSE, MOTOWN GOSPEL

LIVRE’, TRIBE OF JOSHUA, GLORY 2 GLORY/RAL A SONY COMPANY

VIRTUE, FEARLESS, MIXED BAG ENTERTAINMENT

BRYAN ANDREW WILSON FT. RODERICK GILES & GRACE, OVERFLOW, BRYAN’S SONGS/CE MUSIC/MRI/SONY RED

      CATEGORY #6 NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR

BRI (BRIANA BABINEAUX), KEYS TO MY HEART, MARQUIS BOONE/TYSCOT RECORDS

ENON TABERNACLE, DR. ALYN E. WALLER PRESENTS ENON TABERNACLE – THE EXPERIENCE, ENON MUSIC GROUP

LIVRE’, TRIBE OF JOSHUA, GLORY 2 GLORY/RAL A SONY COMPANY

DEBORAH JOY WINANS, GREENLEAF SOUNDTRACK, MALACO RECORDS

       CATEGORY #7 CD OF THE YEAR

A WORSHIPPER’S HEART, TODD DULANEY, eONE MUSIC

LOSING MY RELIGION, KIRK FRANKLIN, FO YO SOUL/RCA RECORDS

THE HILL, TRAVIS GREENE, RCA INSPIRATION

ONE WAY, TAMELA MANN, TILLY MANN

    Sherri Shephard on 2016 Stellar Awards’ red carpet arrivals. Photo by Naomi Richard.

             CATEGORY #8 CHOIR OF THE YEAR

CHARLES BUTLER & TRINITY, MAKE IT, ANOINTED SOUNDS/ eONE MUSIC

CHICAGO MASS CHOIR, WE GIVE YOU PRAISE, NEW HAVEN RECORDS

ENON TABERNACLE, DR. ALYN E. WALLER PRESENTS ENON TABERNACLE – THE EXPERIENCE, ENON MUSIC GROUP

HEZEKIAH WALKER, AZUSA THE NEXT GENERATION 2: BETTER, AZUSA INC./ eONE MUSIC    

        CATEGORY #9 PRODUCER OF THE YEAR

KIRK     FRANKLIN, RON HILL, MONICA COATES, SHAUN MARTIN & MAX STARK, LOSING MY RELIGION (KIRK FRANKLIN), FO YO SOUL/RCA RECORDS

GEO BIVINS, TRAVIS GREENE & VICTOR NAVEJAR, THE HILL (TRAVIS GREENE), RCA INSPIRATION

MYRON BUTLER, TAMELA MANN, KIRK FRANKLIN, TIMBERLAND, ERIC DAWKINS, KING LOGAN, SHAUN MARTIN & DAVID MANN, ONE WAY (TAMELA MANN), TILLY MANN

DONALD LAWRENCE FOR QUIET WATER ENTERTAINMENT & HEZEKIAH WALKER FOR HEZHOUSE ENTERTAINMENT, AZUSA THE NEXT GENERATION 2: BETTER (HEZEKIAH WALKER), AZUSA INC./ eONE MUSIC

                CATEGORY #10 CONTEMPORARY GROUP/DUO OF THE YEAR

MYRON BUTLER     & LEVI, ON PURPOSE, MOTOWN GOSPEL

GI, PRAY AND DON’T WORRY EP, BGA MUSIC GROUP

LIVRE’, TRIBE OF JOSHUA, GLORY 2 GLORY/RAL A SONY COMPANY

VIRTUE, FEARLESS, MIXED BAG ENTERTAINMENT

       CATEGORY #11 TRADITIONAL GROUP/DUO OF THE YEAR OMITTED

        CATEGORY #12 CONTEMPORARY MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

TRAVIS GREENE, THE HILL, RCA INSPIRATION

CHARLES JENKINS, THINK ABOUT THESE THINGS, INSPIRED PEOPLE

JONATHAN MCREYNOLDS, SESSIONS, eONE MUSIC

HEZEKIAH WALKER, AZUSA THE NEXT GENERATION 2: BETTER, AZUSA INC./ eONE MUSIC

         Chrystal Rucker on 2016 Stellar Awards’ red carpet arrivals.  Photo by Naomi Richard.

            CATEGORY #13 TRADITIONAL MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

REV. LUTHER BARNES, THE FAVOR OF GOD, SHANACHIE ENTERTAINMENT

FRED HAMMOND, WORSHIP JOURNAL LIVE, RCA INSPIRATION

DONNIE MCCLURKIN, THE JOURNEY (LIVE), RCA INSPIRATION

BRYAN ANDREW WILSON, OVERFLOW, BRYAN’S SONGS/CE MUSIC/MRI/SONY RED

                         CATEGORY #14 CONTEMPORARY FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

BRI (BRIANA BABINEAUX), KEYS TO MY HEART, MARQUIS BOONE/TYSCOT RECORDS

LATICE CRAWFORD, DIARY OF A CHURCH GIRL, LATICE CRAWFORD MUSIC

JANICE GAINES, GREATEST LIFE EVER, MOTOWN GOSPEL

TIFF JOY, TIFF JOY, WALWAY ENTERTAINMENT/TYSCOT RECORDS

             CATEGORY #15 TRADITIONAL FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

LEMMIE BATTLES, WE GIVE YOU PRAISE, NEW HAVEN RECORDS

SHIRLEY CAESAR, FILL THIS HOUSE, LIGHT RECORDS/ eONE MUSIC

JEKALYN CARR, THE LIFE PROJECT, LUNJEAL MUSIC GROUP/ eONE MUSIC

TAMELA MANN, ONE WAY, TILLY MANN

            CATEGORY #16 CONTEMPORARY CD OF THE YEAR

A WORSHIPPER’S HEART, TODD DULANEY, eONE MUSIC

LOSING MY RELIGION, KIRK FRANKLIN, FO YO SOUL/RCA RECORDS

THE HILL, TRAVIS GREENE, RCA INSPIRATION

MASTERPIECE, DEITRICK HADDON, eONE MUSIC

      CATEGORY #17 TRADITIONAL CD OF THE YEAR

FILL THIS HOUSE, SHIRLEY CAESAR, LIGHT RECORDS/ eONE MUSIC

WE GIVE YOU PRAISE, CHICAGO MASS CHOIR, NEW HAVEN RECORDS

WORSHIP JOURNAL LIVE, FRED HAMMOND, RCA INSPIRATION

ONE WAY, TAMELA MANN, TILLY MANN

          CATEGORY #18 URBAN/INSPIRATIONAL SINGLE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR

THE ANTHEM –A WORSHIPPER’S HEART, TODD DULANEY, eONE MUSIC

YOU DESERVE IT (SINGLE), JJ HAIRSTON & YOUTHFUL PRAISE, JAMESTOWN MUSIC/ eONE MUSIC

GOD PROVIDES – ONE WAY, TAMELA MANN, TILLY MANN

BETTER – AZUSA THE NEXT GENERATION 2: BETTER, HEZEKIAH     WALKER, AZUSA INC./ eONE MUSIC

       CATEGORY #19 MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR

ROCK JACOBS, WANNA BE HAPPY – LOSING MY RELIGION (KIRK FRANKLIN), FO YO SOUL/RCA RECORDS

WILL THOMAS OF SPACE CHERRY FILMS, INTENTIONAL – THE HILL (TRAVIS GREENE), RCA NSPIRATION

DEREK BLANKS, THE WAY THAT YOU LOVE ME– SESSIONS (JONATHAN MCREYNOLDS), eONE MUSIC

MARK CLEMENT, BETTER – AZUSA THE NEXT GENERATION 2: BETTER (HEZEKIAH WALKER), AZUSA INC./ eONE MUSIC

     CATEGORY #20 TRADITIONAL CHOIR OF THE YEAR

REV. LUTHER BARNES & THE RESTORATION WORSHIP CENTER CHOIR, THE FAVOR OF GOD, SHANACHIE ENTERTAINMENT CORP

CHICAGO MASS CHOIR, WE GIVE YOU PRAISE, NEW HAVEN RECORDS

ENON TABERNACLE, DR. ALYN E. WALLER PRESENTS ENON TABERNACLE – THE EXPERIENCE, ENON MUSIC GROUP

HOWARD GOSPEL CHOIR OF HOWARD UNIVERSITY, GLORIOUS GOD, HOWARD GOSPEL CHOIR

             Jekalyn Carr on 2016 Stellar Awards’ red carpet arrivals. Photo by Red Carpet View. Photo by Naomi Richard.    

    CATEGORY #21 CONTEMPORARY CHOIR OF THE YEAR

CHARLES BUTLER & TRINITY, MAKE IT, ANOINTED SOUNDS/eONE MUSIC

BISHOP ANDREW MERRITT & STARLIGHT GATE MASS CHOIR, SATURATE US, BAJADA RECORDS

SOUNDS OF BLACKNESS FEATURING HSRA, ROYALTY, SOUNDS OF BLACKNESS/ATOMIC K RECORDS

HEZEKIAH WALKER, AZUSA THE NEXT GENERATION 2: BETTER, AZUSA INC./eONE MUSIC

        CATEGORY #22 INSTRUMENTAL CD OF THE YEAR OMITTED

        CATEGORY #23 SPECIAL EVENT CD OF THE YEAR

GLORIOUS GOD, HOWARD GOSPEL CHOIR OF HOWARD UNIVERSITY, HOWARD GOSPEL CHOIR

ROYALTY, SOUNDS OF BLACKNESS FEATURING HSRA, SOUNDS OF BLACKNESS/ATOMIC K RECORDS

GREENLEAF SOUNDTRACK, VARIOUS ARTISTS, MALACO RECORDS

WOW GOSPEL 2016, VARIOUS ARTISTS, RCA INSPIRATION

        CATEGORY #24 RAP HIP HOP GOSPEL CD OF THE YEAR

SURRENDER, BIZZLE, GOD OVER MONEY RECORDS

IT’S COMPLICATED, DA’ TRUTH, NEXT MUSIC/MIXED BAG

THE GLORY ALBUM, CHRISTON GRAY, FO YO SOUL RECORDS/RCA RECORDS

I AM JUSTICE,  CANTON JONES, CAJO INTERNATIONAL

        CATEGORY #25 YOUTH PROJECT OF THE YEAR

CHOIRBOI CAM, THE DESTINY PROJECT, INDEPENDENT

JOSHUA’S TROOP, IT’S MY TIME, NEW HAVEN RECORDS

KINGDOM KIDS WORLDWIDE, AFTERSCHOOL PARTY REMIX, HEADSTRATE ENTERTAINMENT

PURE-N-HEART, ALPHAEUS ANDERSON PRESENTS PURE-N-HEART YOUTH PSALMS HYMNS & SPIRITUAL SONGS, MUSIC2CHANGEU

      CATEGORY #26 QUARTET OF THE YEAR

DA CHOZEN BROTHAZ, THE BLUEPRINT OF D.C.B., D.C.B. INC.

KEITH “WONDERBOY” JOHNSON, TIMELESS MUSIC MOVEMENT, VOLUME 1, WONDERSPIRIT PRODUCTIONS RECORDS

SHAWN JONES AND THE BELIEVERS, VICTORY, HUMILITY MUSIC

LIL’ JAY AND THE SPIRITUAL BOYS, RATED R*, T.S.B. MUSIC GROUP

       CATEGORY #27 RECORDED MUSIC PACKAGING OF THE YEAR

JEFF GILLIGAN, LOSING MY RELIGION (KIRK FRANKLIN), FO YO SOUL/RCA RECORDS

PAUL GROSSO, FILL THIS HOUSE (SHIRLEY CAESAR), LIGHT RECORDS/eONE MUSIC

D LACEY MAYSON MINOR & KESTON MCKINNON, ONE WAY (TAMELA MANN), TILLY MANN

ANNIE STOLL, THE HILL (TRAVIS GREENE), RCA INSPIRATION

       CATEGORY #28 PRAISE AND WORSHIP CD OF THE YEAR

THE LIFE PROJECT, JEKALYN CARR, LUNJEAL MUSIC GROUP/eONE MUSIC

A WORSHIPPER’S HEART, TODD DULANEY, eONE MUSIC

THE HILL, TRAVIS GREENE, RCA INSPIRATION

SOUNDS OF REVIVAL, WILLIAM MCDOWELL, DELIVERY ROOM MUSIC/ eONE MUSIC

      Erica Campbell and Donnie McClurkin on 2016 Stellar Awards’ red carpet arrivals. Photo by Naomi Richard. 

             GOSPEL RADIO OF THE YEAR NOMINEES

   MAJOR MARKET OF THE YEAR

WNAP GOSPEL HIGHWAY ELEVEN 110 AM, PHILADELPHIA, FRED BLAIN

WGRB AM INSPIRATION 1390, CHICAGO, SONYA BLAKEY

WIGO AM 1570, ATLANTA, LARRY YOUNG

WPZE Praise 102.5 FM, ATLANTA, LORI FLOWERS & DEREK HARPER

        LARGE MARKET OF THE YEAR

95.7 HALLELUJAH FM – WHAL-FM, MEMPHIS, TRACY BETHEA

WBBP 1480, MEMPHIS, TRACY MORGAN

WFMI 100.9 FM, VIRGINIA BEACH, MIKE CHANDLER

WOKB 1680 AM,  ORLANDO, SHANTI PERSAUD

      MEDIUM MARKET OF THE YEAR

PRAISE 104.7 FM WPZZ, RICHMOND, REGINALD D. BAKER

THE LIGHT WNNL 103.9 FM, RALEIGH, JERRY SMITH

WLOU 104.7  FM/1350 AM, LOUISVILLE, BRODRIC PURVIS

WYLD AM 940,  NEW ORLEANS, DR. LORETTA PETIT

        SMALL MARKET OF THE YEAR

WBCP RADIO 1580 AM, CHAMPAIGN, LADY LYNN LIVE

WEHA GOSPEL 88.7 & 100.3 FM, ATLANTIC CITY, WILLIAM & ELAINE HAWKES

WGOK, MOBILE,  FELICIA ALLBRITTON

WIMG 1300 AM, TRENTON, NJ, ED LONG

      INTERNET STATION OF THE YEAR

AWESOME GOD     RADIO (AGRADIO), AWESOMEGODRADIO.COM, ANTOINE “AJ” JEFFERSON

GOSPEL CENTRAL RADIO, THEGOSPELCENTRAL.COM, MICHAEL STEWART

SOAR RADIO,  SOARRADIO.COM, JUSTIN FRANCIS

SPIRITCO 1, SPIRITCO1.COM, HENRY HARRIS

        GOSPEL ANNOUNCER OF THE YEAR

CARMINA BARNETT, KHVN, DALLAS, TX

LIZ BLACK, WBLS, NEW YORK, NY

MIKE CHANDLER, REJOICE MUSICAL SOULFOOD, VIRGINIA BEACH, VA

META WASHINGTON, SIRIUS XM SATELLITE, NEW YORK, NY

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raleigh, age 17: i don’t have an opinion on where we eat! whatever you guys want!

raleigh, age 24: if you fuckers go get mcdonalds instead of eating this risotto i slaved over for two hours i’m going to change the goddamn locks