The Harbinger
January 14 , 2008
Gelbke Fine Arts Center and Gallery celebrates grand opening
The Gelbke Fine Arts Center and Gallery will celebrate its grand opening with a series of lectures, workshops, and exhibits. This celebration begins 
on January 22 with artist Hui-Chu Ying presenting a workshop on silk screening.
Prayers includes the new interactive piece, Give & Share.
January 22 – February 29, 2008
Artist workshop:
Tuesday, January 22, 1 – 5 p.m.
Location: Gelbke Fine Arts Center
Artist Hui-Chu Ying will demonstrate silk screen printing techniques and collaborate with students in the creation of a large-scale mural on the interior of the new art building. The public is invited to stop by and watch the piece unfold - and even lend a hand!
Hui-Chu Ying uses her artistic interests to address the challenges of war, disasters, illness, intolerance, and loss. Marshalling a variety of media such as painting, drawing, etching, screen-printing, and collage, she creates large-scale installations that offer a space for meditation and communication. Hui-Chu is an associate professor of art at the University of Akron’s Myers School of Art.
We learn to nurture and embrace one another, to cope with the loss of loved ones, and to endure obstacles. The best medicine for healing the wounds that life throws at us is the offer of hope and courage. Helping one another to develop empathy, tolerance, patience, and humility is one of life’s greatest gifts.
- Hui-Chu Ying
Opening reception:
Friday, January 25, 5 – 7:30 p.m./artist talk at 6 p.m.
Refreshments will be served.
Location: Gelbke Fine Arts Center
In conjunction with the gallery exhibition,
Hiram College presents the symposium:
Creative Coping: Art as Sustenance
Wednesday, February 6, 6 – 8 p.m.
The Gelbke Fine Arts Center
Moderated by Lisa B. Safford, Ph.D.
Professor of art history, Hiram College
Featured speakers:
Becky Wellman ’93, Ph.D., MT-BC/DT
Board certified music therapist
Educational psychologist, developmental specialist
“One Moment in Time: Harnessing the Power of Music”
Paul Nietupski, Ph.D.
Department of religious studies, John Carroll University
Scholar of Asian religions and cultures
“Buddhism, Therapy, and Art”
Lynn Underwood, Ph.D.
Professor of biomedical humanities, Hiram College
Specialist in spirituality, disability, and end-of-life issues
“Visual Art and the Human Person in Dire Circumstances”
A remembrance and tribute for Kathy Feather
(Taken from a January 8, 2008, e-mail from President Tom Chema)
Dear Faculty and Staff:
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Kathy Feather |
Many of you have expressed an interest in gathering with the College for the tribute event for Kathy Feather in January, which has now been planned for January 24, 2008. You are invited to join in the remembrance and celebration of Kathy beginning with a formal program from 5:30 - 7 p.m. Following the tribute, please join us for a bread & soup meal, a casual and traditional Hiram weekly winter gathering that Kathy so often attended and enjoyed with friends and family. All events will take place in the Hiram College Kennedy Center.
It is our hope that stories of Kathy will be shared throughout the evening both formally during the tribute and informally at the community meal. If you are unable to participate in person, you are invited to offer your own story about Kathy. Selected stories that are received by January 15 will be read during the tribute, and all stories will be collected and shared in print that evening. Stories received after January 15 will be saved for a larger collection that will be printed and bound later in the spring.
If you are interested in sharing a story about Kathy, please forward it as follows:
alumnirel@hiram.edu or
Kathy Feather Tribute
Office of Alumni Relations & Annual Giving
P.O. Box 67
Hiram, OH 44234
We look forward to sharing our fond memories of our beloved colleague.
Tom Chema
President
Hiram graduate receives highest honor from Huntington Bank
Less than a year after she earned her bachelor’s degree from Hiram’s Weekend College, Sandy Lisko (pictured on the left next to a Huntington Bank representative) added another top honor to
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Sandy Lisko (left) |
her name. During a special awards dinner last month, Lisko received the Service Excellence Club Award from Huntington Bank. The award recognizes bank associates who perform above and beyond the very high standards set for serving customers. The Service Excellence Club Award is the most prestigious non-sales award that the bank bestows. Frank Hierro, president of Huntington’s Mahoning Valley region, nominated Lisko for the honor.
Lisko graduated from WEC magna cum laude in 2007 with a major in business management.
Lisko attributed her ability to excel in her field to her training at Hiram. “The qualities were always there, and Hiram gave me the strength and the tools to grow in the business. The degree gives me the security to make it in a world of mergers,” she said. Plus, the program’s convenient format allows students like Lisko to continue to advance their careers and participate in community organizations while completing their degrees.
Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. day in service to Hiram House Camp
People o
f Hiram may celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day next Monday, January 21, 2008, along with students across the country by participating in a day of community service. Hiram College students, faculty, and staff are invited to celebrate this holiday by participating in community service at the Hiram House Camp.
Starting on Tuesday, January 15, you may sign up for this activity by e-mailing Jason Bricker-Thompson at brickerja@hiram.edu or sign up at the front desk in the Kennedy Center.
Vans will be leaving the Kennedy Center at 9 a.m. and returning at 1 p.m. and an afternoon shift will leave at 1 p.m. and return at 5 p.m.
Hiram House was founded by Hiram graduates seeking to address issues of economic disparity in urban Cleveland in 1896. The Hiram House was one of the first Settlement Houses in the country, and began a nationally renowned fresh air camp that still exists today. Today, Hiram House Camp continues to serve socio-economically disadvantaged youth from Cleveland and Akron and has maintained its relationship with Hiram College over the years.
For more information about Hiram House Camp go to: http://www.hiramhousecamp.org
East Central Colleges offers literary competition
Student writers of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction have an opportunity to enter the ECC Writers competition. The Literary Competition is open to all registered students of the eight ECC member colleges: Bethany College, Heidelberg College, Hiram College, Marietta College, Mount Union College, Muskingum College, Otterbein College, and Westminster College.
Prizes will be awarded in three categories: (1) poems (2) short fiction (3) creative nonfiction. A participant may enter in all categories if he or she wishes but no work may be submitted in more than one category. Each work will be judged as an individual entry and entrants may win more than one prize. Prizes in each category will be $150, $75, and $25.
The entry deadline is February 11.
For more information go to: http://home.hiram.edu/www/ecc/demo/Newsletters.htm
Library Forum features Dr. Rich Hall
Dr. Rich Hall will present the first Library Forum of 2008 on Wednesday, January 16 at 4:15 p.m. in the Pritchard Room of the Library. He will speak on "Evolution and Morality: What the Religious Right (and the rest of us) Should Really be Worried About." Refreshments will be served. Please join us!
New information Web sites now on line
AVI, our new food service, has also published a new Web site giving information of menus and food nutrition. Go to http://hiram.avifoodweb.com/ to visit AVI.
The new residence hall construction webcam is up and running. It refreshes each image every five seconds. To view the construction progress of our new residence hall go to:
http://www.hiram.edu/noteworthy/reswebcam.html
Hiram College Library book sale starts today
The Friends of the Hiram College Library book sale begins Monday, January 14 and continues until Friday, January 18. The hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily and books are still only 50 cents each. The racks and carts are refilled periodically during the day – if at first you don’t see a particular book, try again later.
Welcome to Hiram!
Kate Callahan – Assistant Director of Major Gifts (Development Office)
Monica Gerace – Softball Coaching Intern (Athletics)
This week at a glance
Monday, January 14
ATP - 4:15 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.
New Faculty Orientation January -
12:25 p.m. to - 1:10 p.m.
KCPB Movie Night at Chagrin Cinema
Tuesday, January 15
Faculty Conversations - 12 noon to 1:10 p.m.
CESC - 4:15 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.
Wednesday, January 16
Men's Basketball at The College of Wooster - 7 p.m.
Friday, January 18
Last Day to Add/Drop a Course with No Grade
HC Swimming & Diving vs John Carroll - 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Saturday, January 19
Women's Basketball vs Wooster College - 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Men's Basketball @ Denison University - 4 p.m.
Terrier Athletics
http://home.hiram.edu/athletics/index.html
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