Laura Strickling (MM ā06) won third place in the National Association of Teachers of Singing Artist Awards vocal competition, held at the NATS 51st National Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, on July 1 and 2. As the third place winner, Strickling was given the Irma Cooper Award from the NATS Foundation and a scholarship to AIMS (American Institute of Musical Studies) in Graz, Austria.