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Rickert-Ziebold Trust Award Winners Announced

Each year SIU Carbondale's School of Art and Design awards the Rickert-Ziebold Trust Award to outstanding seniors in the College.

This years' winners of the award are: 

  • Ileana Quezada a Senior in Sculpture and Ceramics  from  Firebaugh California,
  • Dallas LaCassa, Ceramics, from Lake in the Hills Illinois
  • Industrial Design Major, Caleb Clausing from Crete Illinois 

Their work is on display through April 9th at the Surplus Gallery, 432 south Washington Street, Carbondale Illinois.

Born in Newport, Rhode Island to a military family, Kevin Boucher traveled the country and the world at a young age before his family settled in Murphysboro, Illinois in 1976. He earned a Bachelor's degree in Radio-Television at Southern Illinois University (SIU) in Carbondale and worked in commercial radio before becoming the Traffic Manager at WSIU Public Television. Boucher has since earned a Master's degree in Professional Media & Media Management Studies from SIU's College of Mass Communication & Media Arts. He is an outdoor enthusiast who enjoys gardening and exploring the flora and fauna of the Shawnee National Forest and other beautiful natural areas across southern Illinois. Kevin is embarking on a new path with WSIU as the Community Engagement Producer for WSIU Radio. Look for Kevin's work on air and on line.
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