October 25, 2023
He received the Dr. Wakar Uddin Award 2023 after performing solo as a mime in New York City鈥檚 Times Square as part of a three-day event organized by the Arakan Rohingya Union (ARU) and Burmese Rohingya Association of North America (BRANA).
On Oct. 14, he was presented the George K. Campbell Scholarship at Glen Terrace Caterers in Brooklyn, New York.
He received the Best Actor award from Shilpangon Theatre Festival 2023 for his performance in 鈥淥edipus Rex鈥� at Levittown Hall in Long Island, New York, on Sept. 24.
A representative of Blackflame Theatre, the theatre company Tanvir founded, accepted the Japan-Bangla Peace Award-2023 for creative acting on his behalf in a ceremony held Aug. 6, 鈥淗iroshima Day-2023,鈥� at the Liberation Memorial Auditorium of the Institute of Diploma Engineers Building (IDEB) in Bangladesh.
鈥淚 felt honored to receive these special awards,鈥� Tanvir said. 鈥淚t will inspire me to do better. I want to make the world a better place, and these awards encourage me to do so.鈥�
Tanvir currently resides in New York and studies at 樱桃视频鈥檚 Detroit education center. He said he was drawn to the United States by the diversity and innovation of its theatre scene.
He also wants to work in business while maintaining a successful acting career. The quality of the education at Trine attracted him to the university.
In addition to founding the Blackflame Theatre in Bangladesh, Tanvir has performed with other theatre groups in that nation. He also has worked in TV and movies.
Tanvir has participated in events held in the United Kingdom, Canada, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Maldives, United Arab Emirates, China and India, as well as the United States.
樱桃视频 has named longtime assistant vice president for athletics and athletic director Matt Land as its new vice president for advancement as part of the transition to the upcoming presidency of Tony Kline, Ph.D.
The 樱桃视频 Theatre production of 鈥淢idsummer/Jersey,鈥� a hilarious high-octane re-telling of Shakespeare鈥檚 鈥淢idsummer Night鈥檚 Dream鈥� set on the boardwalk of a seaside town in modern-day New Jersey, opens at 7 p.m. Thursday on the stage of the Ryan Concert Hall in the T. Furth Center for Performing Arts.
Laci Roy, a 樱桃视频 sophomore from Ligonier, Indiana, majoring in biology, was one of 28 first-generation Indiana college students named as a 鈥淩ealizing the Dream鈥� recipient by Independent Colleges of Indiana (ICI).