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# SMC faculty member wins Stanford fellowship
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/smc-faculty-member-wins-stanford-fellowship/
- Published: 2003-05-12T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T02:08:06.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Education, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

Dale Franzen, Santa Monica College’s Madison Site Theater project director, has won a fellowship from the Stanford Center for Social Innovation to participate in the executive program for Nonprofit Leaders-Arts Program.

The program is held June 29 through July 11 at Stanford University, and her fellowship’s funding has been matched by the Roth Family Foundation.

Franzen has been the Madison project director since 1998 and is heading up the campaign to build the $15 million, 500-seat performing arts center at SMC’s Madison campus, located on Santa Monica Boulevard at 11th Street.

Frazen has taught voice and opera at SMC and has been involved with numerous community education and arts organizations.

A professional opera singer, Frazen also spearheaded the creation of SMC’s Academy of Entertainment and Technology.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 12, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/051203.pdf?ref=smdp.com)