The Harbinger
March 31, 2008
Hiram College's Garfield Institute for Public Leadership presents "Focus on the Media"
On Tuesday, April 22, 2008, the Garfield Institute for Public Leadership will present its spring seminar. Keynote speaker Geneva Overholser, a journalism professor
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Geneva Overholser |
at the School of Journalism at the University of Missouri, will examine issues faced by today's media.
Overholser's talk raises tough questions for contemporary journalism. Does the contemporary news media profession contribute to the quality of our democracy? Does it encourage us to become better informed, more sober, and responsible? Does the news media foster more hysterical, shallow, impatient, ideological mindsets? What are journalistic moral, ethical, and educational responsibilities?
Overholser, Professor of Journalism Studies, Curtis B. Hurley Chair in Public Affairs Reporting, Missouri School of Journalism, is former editor of the Des Moines Register, which won a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service under her direction. She wrote national-security editorials for The New York Times and served as ombudsman for The Washington Post. She spent five years overseas, freelancing from Kinshasa of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Paris. A former Nieman fellow, she chaired the Pulitzer Prize Board and was an officer of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the Society of Professional Journalists, and serves on the boards of the Committee of Concerned Journalists, the Knight Fellowships at Stanford and the American Academy of Poets. She chairs the board of the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit investigative journalism organization in Washington.
Panelists will include Jason Johnson, assistant professor of political science and communication, Hiram College; Gerald Austin, president, Gerald J. Austin & Associates, Inc.; Elizabeth Sullivan, associate editor and columnist, the Cleveland Plain Dealer; and Stephen Brooks, associate director, the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics, and associate professor of political science, University of Akron.
Schedule of events:
4:15 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. Panel discussion, Kennedy Center Ballroom
6:30 p.m. – 7:15 p.m. Reception, Kennedy Center
7:15 p.m. – 9 p.m. Dinner and keynote address, Kennedy Center, Dix Dining Hall
Register by April 17 to Kathy Luschek, luschekk@hiram.edu or 330.569.6118. The Garfield Institute is one of six Centers of Excellence in which teaching and learning occur collaboratively, capitalizing on Hiram College's longstanding strength of applying interdisciplinary approaches to complex, multi-faceted questions that do not lend themselves to straightforward solutions.
Why giving is so good
On Monday, March 24, featured guest speaker Stephen Post met with students,
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Stephen Post |
faculty, and staff during the eighth annual Howard S. Bissell Symposium on March 24 and 25. During informal discussions, his keynote address, and in the classroom, Post discussed the “ten ways of giving,” defined as celebration, generativity, forgiveness, courage and confrontation, humor, respect, compassion, loyalty, listening, and creativity.
Post is professor, department of bioethics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, as well as senior research scholar in the Becket Institute at St. Hugh’s College, Oxford University. Post is serving as president of the Institute for Research on Unlimited Love, which focuses on the scientific study of phenomena such as altruism, compassion, and service.
On Tuesday, March 25, Hiram faculty and students responded to Post’s discussions and keynote address. Student responders included Carol Denzinger ’96, Veronica Watson ’09, and Nana Yaw Okyere-Agyekum ’11. Faculty responders were Colin Anderson (philosophy), Michelle Nario-Redmond (psychology), and Lynn Underwood (biomedical humanities).
As holder of the Howard S. Bissell Chair in Liberal Studies, Professor of Communication Linda Rea organized this year’s symposium.
Hiram softball and baseball teams see action in Florida
The Hiram College softball and baseball teams saw their first action this past week since returning north from Florida nearly two weeks ago. Poor weather and unplayable field conditions have resulted in numerous postponements and cancellations.
“It’s frustrating at times getting ready to start the season then coming back from our seasonal Florida trip to wait two or three weeks for the weather to improve,” said second-year Head Coach Kristin Tassey. “But we’re still working hard and once the weather does improve and we have more consistent conditions, we’ll be ready to play.”
“It was good to get out and play again,” said veteran Head Coach Howard Jenter. “We go through this two-to-three week span of not playing games every year and it is sometimes hard to keep the guys focused. But this is the typical spring season in northeast Ohio and we just have to be ready for when the time comes to play.”
Both the baseball and softball teams are scheduled to be in action on Wednesday, April 5 with a pair of home doubleheaders. The softball team will open North Coast Athletic Conference play against The College of Wooster at 3:30 p.m. and the baseball team will host NCAC-opponent Oberlin College in a rescheduled conference doubleheader at 1 p.m.
Other News at Hiram College
Hiram College senior art exhibition opens April 16
Hiram College music events for April include major spring concerts
Upcoming Events
Monday, March 31, 2008
Juried Student Art Show – Gelbke Fine Arts Center – 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Senior Spotlight Admission Event – all day
Class Registration – all day
ATP – 3rd Hinsdale – 4:15 p.m.
Senior Seminar
Charles Eppley - 7:30 pm - Frohring Recital Hall
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Juried Student Art Show – Gelbke Fine Arts Center – 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Class Registration – all day
RTA Recruiter – contact the Career Center at x5131 for more information
Faculty Meeting – Kennedy Center Ballroom – 12 p.m.
CESC – 3rd Hinsdale – 4:15 p.m.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Juried Student Art Show – Gelbke Fine Arts Center – 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Class Registration – all day
Softball vs. College of Wooster – 3:30 p.m.
Baseball @ Grove City College – 2 p.m.
Library Forum – Pritchard Room, Library – 4:15 p.m.
Band Concert – Hayden Auditorium – 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Juried Student Art Show – Gelbke Fine Arts Center – 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Class Registration – all day
NOTED Job Fair – Cleveland IX Center – all day
Friday, April 4, 2008
Spring 12-Week ends
Juried Student Art Show – Gelbke Fine Arts Center – 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Energizing Education with Genomics – Kennedy Student Center – 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Softball @ Penn State Behrend – 3:30 p.m.
Choir Concert – Hayden Auditorium – 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Track and Field @ Mount Union Invitational – all day
Baseball vs. Case Western Reserve University – 12 p.m.
Jazz Ensemble – Frohring Recital Hall – 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Irish Music Session – Frohring Recital Hall – 3 p.m.
Monday, April 7, 2008
ATP – 3rd Hinsdale – 4:15 p.m.
Opera/Musical Theatre Workshop – Frohring Recital Hall – 7:30 p.m.
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