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Bill Lowman. Photo by Marshall Smith<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bill and Carolyn to leave for Salzburg posting ...<\/h2>\n

Former Idyllwild Arts CEO and headmaster Bill Lowman is the new director of the University of Redlands (Redlands), Salzburg (Austria) Program. Lowman and his wife Carolyn leave in May for a month in Berlin for intensive German study at the Goethe Institute, and for a 2-year posting in Salzburg, beginning July 1. <\/p>\n

The Lowmans could stay longer, but the agreement with Redlands at this point is for two years. The couple will keep their home in Idyllwild.<\/p>\n

Lowman is a Redlands graduate and attended the university\u2019s overseas semester in Salzburg in the fall of his 1968-69 academic year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe weren\u2019t looking for a job,\u201d said Lowman of his new position. \u201cIt was a pleasant surprise.\u201d Lowman said Redlands officials contacted him to see if he would be interested in submitting an application for the directorship. Lowman had served as chairman of the 50th-anniversary celebration of the Salzburg Program, which began in 1960, and had stayed in touch with classmates from his Salzburg semester. Also, from his years as head Idyllwild Arts administrator, Lowman was experienced in living and learning environments, which is what the Salzburg Semester is about. <\/p>\n

As Director of the Redlands Salzburg Program, Lowman will oversee faculty, staff and the 35 students who attend each of the program\u2019s two semesters. He will also ensure Salzburg\u2019s administrative compliance with Austrian governmental regulations, compiling and filing the many required forms and reports.<\/p>\n

But it is the opportunity to teach a course each semester that Lowman said he is most anticipating. Lowman is preparing to teach \u201cAustria in Europe, from Empire to E.U.,\u201d a chronicle of the country\u2019s journey from dominance as the seat of government for a large and influential European empire to a small landlocked republic, defeated in two World Wars, and its subsequent integration into the European Union.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very exciting for me to get to teach the course,\u201d Lowman said, also mentioning the research he is conducting to build his course syllabus. Lowman, a history buff, finds the period he will teach rich with stories, encompassing two world wars, the Holocaust, the rebuilding of Europe, the fall of the Soviet Union, and the emergence of the European Union. \u201cI\u2019m going to get to become a teller of stories,\u201d he enthused. <\/p>\n

As is part of Salzburg\u2019s curriculum, students take four courses including intensive German, \u201cCulture and Nation in Contemporary Europe,\u201d \u201cThe Sights and Sounds of Salzburg,\u201d \u201cPlace and Power in Europe\u201d and (for music students) \u201cApplied Music.\u201d They also will visit historic sites including Vienna and Budapest (the dual capitals of the Austro-Hungarian Empire) and trips to the Balkans. \u201cWe get to touch the places we are studying,\u201d said Lowman.<\/p>\n

Lowman said there were two reasons that most attracted him to this opportunity. First, the chance to help young people have the same world-changing experience that he enjoyed as a student attending the Salzburg semester, and also to have this extended European adventure at this point in his and Carolyn\u2019s life.<\/p>\n

In her announcement to Redlands College of Arts and Sciences Faculty, Interim Dean Kathy Ogren said this of Lowman\u2019s selection: <\/p>\n

\u201cI am pleased to announce the appointment of Bill Lowman as Salzburg Program Director, beginning July 1, 2012 \u2026 It became clear to all of us that we needed to find an experienced program director who would contribute to the academic life in Salzburg but have as a primary responsibility the general oversight of Salzburg. This structure makes it easier for University of Redlands faculty to teach in Salzburg without the considerable demands of residential life, facilities, travel and cross cultural programming arrangements and operational matters \u2026 Bill\u2019s extensive local and international experience as an arts educator, fundraiser, and living-learning program administrator will serve us well.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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