The Harbinger

January 8, 2007

 


Tuesday convocation with Susan Kleiner, Ph.D. ’79

Best-selling author and nutritionist to Seattle’s Seahawks and SuperSonics

Are you looking for some tips on how to make good on that New Year’s resolution to lose weight and exercise more? Then don’t miss Tuesday’s convocation with Susan Kleiner, Ph.D. ’79. The convocation will be held at 12:30 p.m. in the Kennedy Center Ballroom. A reception with Dr. Kleiner, featuring a selection of healthful snacks, will begin at noon in the ballroom.

 

Dr. Kleiner (pictured at left) is the nutrition consultant for the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks and the NBA’s Seattle SuperSonics. She has shared her research into the effects of nutrition on strength training with professional athletes in a number of sports, including dance, football, basketball, and ice skating. She’s also a best-selling author in the nutrition category.

Her most recent book, The Good Mood Diet: Feel Great While You Lose Weight, outlines a two-week regimen of meals and snacks designed to help dieters shed pounds while boosting mood and energy levels. Kleiner couples information about the science of nutrition, food consumption, and exercise with recipes and food recommendations that include coffee, chocolate, and red wine.

 

After earning a bachelor’s degree in biology, Dr. Kleiner earned a Ph.D. in nutrition from Case Western Reserve University. She is a certified nutritionist and in 1988 was appointed by Duke University as administrative director of the Sarah W. Stedman Center for Nutritional Studies, a post she held until 1990. Currently, she lives on Mercer Island, Washington, with her husband and two daughters.

 

The Good Mood Diet will be available for purchase at the convocation. Cost of the hardcover publication is $23.99.

 

Learn more about Dr. Kleiner at her website: www.powereating.com.

 

 

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday events

Activist Ms. Joan Southgate to speak Thursday, January 11; Day of Service & Reflection Monday, January 15

In commemoration of the national holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the American civil rights movement, Hiram College will host two major events. On Thursday, January 11, Ms. Joan Southgate, a nationally renowned civil rights activist, will speak to the campus community at 7 p.m. in the Kennedy Center Ballroom. The second event will be a day of service and reflection held on Monday January 15, 2007.

 

In 2002 at the age of 73, Joan Southgate set out to raise awareness of race issues in America. A native of Cleveland, she walked more than 500 miles along a route of the Underground Railroad from the southern border of Ohio to Canada. Her well-publicized journey, which has been captured in various print media and as a television documentary, is a reminder of the tremendous impact one individual can make to effect social change.

 

On Thursday, Ms. Southgate will reflect on her experiences from this remarkable journey. Ms. Southgate, who has been to Hiram in the past and is fond of this community, looks forward to engaging with students about the issue of individual activism. Learn more about her at www.intheirpath.org.

 

Monday, January 15, members of the Hiram community are encouraged to participate in service projects that will benefit residents of Portage County. The deadline to sign up to participate in a service project is Wednesday, January 10 at 5 p.m. Sign-up sheets and detailed project descriptions are located at the Welcome Center in the KC.

 

Following is a schedule of the day’s events:

 

8:30 a.m.
 Volunteer check-in (Kennedy Center)
9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Off-site service projects (transportation provided)

Special events at the Fisher Chapel

 

10 a.m., 1 p.m., & 9 p.m. Quiet reflection & community mural project
(The chapel will be open for quiet reflection.
A mural and supplies will be available on which
expressions of hope, peace, or remembrance may
be written. The completed mural will be placed on
display in the Hinsdale Arch. Also available in the
chapel will be audio and videotapes of Dr. King’s
speeches.
6 p.m.
 Chapel service featuring readings, music, and poetry
followed by a candlelight vigil.

   

MLK Day events are jointly sponsored by the Hiram College Office of the Chaplain, Career Center and Community Service, Campus Involvement, International Student Services, and Ethnic Diversity Affairs. Please contact representatives from any of those offices for more information.


Music of Paul Dreisbach contributed to holiday joy

 
Paul Dreisbach, instructor of woodwinds, was a busy freelance musician during the holiday season. He played bassoon for gala concerts in Medina and Chagrin Falls and for Handel’s Messiah at Notre Dame College in Cleveland. He was oboist for the Western Reserve Choral Union performance at Hawken School. In addition, he played recorder and shawm (Renaissance oboe) for the Boar’s Head Festival at Heights Christian Church in Shaker Heights and for the Brownbag Concert Series and Medieval Feasts at Trinity Cathedral in downtown Cleveland. His past performances at Trinity were again featured on the Food Network program, “The Secret Life of Christmas.”  

 

 


Women’s soccer earns Team Academic Award for 8th-consecutive year


The Hiram College women’s soccer team earned the National Soccer Coaches Association of America’s (NSCAA) NSCAA/Adidas Team Academic Award for the 2005–06 academic year. A total of 316 soccer teams (81 men, 235 women) posted a team grade point average of 3.0 or higher, thereby earning the NSCAA Team Academic Award for the 2005-06 academic year.

The Hiram College Women’s Soccer Team achieved a 3.17 GPA for the academic year. The NSCAA considers this its most prestigious award for collegiate teams. This is the eighth straight year the women have earned this recognition.

 

“I could not be prouder of the efforts the players have put forth in the classroom,” said Women’s Soccer Coach Bob Dean. “The commitment by our student-athletes to the incredible academic rigor here at Hiram College is hard to measure. This is one way that they can see their efforts pay off.”

 

Dean stated that his players feel this is one of their most important team goals on an annual basis. “It is now a part of their core values,” he added. “It is first and foremost in their minds to earn a ninth-consecutive award and they are well on their way to doing that based on their grades from the first semester of this academic year.”

 

The Terrier Women’s Soccer Team posted a 3.23 team GPA for the first semester of the 2006-07 academic year.

 

 

January 18: Installation ceremony honoring endowed chairs

 

On January 18, 2007, three members of the Hiram College professoriate will be installed as holders of endowed chairs. A special ceremony commemorating the transition of these chairs will begin at 11:45 a.m. in Hayden Auditorium.

 

On behalf of Hiram College President Thomas V. Chema, all members of the Hiram College community are invited to attend this special event and the reception that will follow in the Kennedy Center Lounge.

 

Professor of English Joyce Dyer will be installed as the John S. Kenyon Chair in English. Outgoing chair is Professor Emeritus of English David Anderson.

 

Associate Professor of Biology Brad Goodner will be installed as the Edward J. Smerek Chair in Mathematic, the Sciences, and Technology. Outgoing chair is Professor Emeritus of Mathematics Ed Smerek.

 

Professor of Religious Studies Jonathan Moody will be installed as the George & Arlene Foote Chair in Ethics. Former chair is Kenneth Alpern.

 

Hiram College faculty should meet in Drury Hall to process into Hayden Auditorium.

 

 

Mike Staley named NCAC Player of the Week

Hiram College freshman guard Mike Staley (Perry/Mentor Lake Catholic) has been named this week’s North Coast Athletic Conference men’s basketball player of the week.

Staley (pictured here) has helped lead the Terriers to a 4–9 overall record and 3–1 in the NCAC.

 

Staley earned the honor for his performance in a 67–65 victory against Earlham (Ind.) College on Saturday (January 6). In that game, he matched his career-high of 16 points, including shooting a perfect 11 of 11 from the free-throw line. Staley also dished out a game-high 10 assists.

 

For the season, Staley is fourth on the team in scoring, averaging 7.9 points per game. He leads the team and the NCAC in assists with 70 and is averaging 5.83 assists per game. Staley has recorded 10 or more assists in three games this season. He is also one of the top free-throw shooters on the team and in the conference at 87.5 percent (28 of 32).

 

Hiram returns to the court on Wednesday, January 10, and will be looking to extend its winning streak to three games when it travels to Gambier for an NCAC game against Kenyon College at 6 p.m.

 

Dean Scarborough ’77 elected to OFIC Hall of Excellence


Hiram College Trustee Dean A. Scarborough ’77 has been elected to the Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges’ Hall of Excellence. The picture here was taken at his induction into the Hiram College Garfield Society.

 

Established in 1987, the Hall of Excellence, according to the OFIC website, “honors alumni of member institutions whose lifetime achievements exemplify the traditions, ideals, strengths, and values of private higher education.”

 

Scarborough is president and CEO of Avery Dennison Corporation, a Fortune 500 company with sales of $5.5 billion and facilities in 48 countries. Founded in 1935, Avery Dennison is a global leader in pressure-sensitive technology and innovative self-adhesive solutions for consumer products and label materials, including peel-and-stick postage stamps. The company is based in Pasadena, California, where Scarborough also lives.

 

Prior to joining Avery Dennison in 1984, Scarborough was president and owner of a machine company in northern Ohio. With Avery Dennison, he has served in positions of increasing responsibility in the label and tag converting business, including managing the Roll Materials Europe operation. He became a vice president in 1990, was promoted to group vice president in 1999, and elected president and chief operating officer in 2000. He was elected president and CEO in May 2005.

 

Scarborough was born in Chester, Pennsylvania. After receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Hiram College, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the Alpha Society, Scarborough earned a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Chicago in 1979. In addition to serving on the Hiram Board of Trustees, Scarborough is a member of the Board of Directors for the Los Angeles World Affairs Council.

 

He will be joined in the Hall of Excellence Class of 2007 by Robert R. Dyson, a Marietta College graduate who is Chairman and CEO of Dyson-Kissner-Moran Corporation, a privately owned, international, multi-industry holding company based in New York City, and by James M. Lawson, a Baldwin-Wallace College graduate who was a leader in the civil rights movement and served as one of Martin Luther King Jr.’s closest advisors. Lawson is retired pastor of the Holman United Methodist Church in Los Angeles.

 

Scarborough and his fellow inductees will be honored during the OFIC’s Evening of Excellence on March 28, 2007, at the Columbus Renaissance Hotel in Columbus.

 

 

Welcome to Hiram College!

 
Heather Meeker ’94 – Director of the Hiram Fund, Development Office

Melissa Nash – Admission Counselor, Admission Office

Tina Schoonover – Data Entry Assistant, Development Office

 

This Week at Hiram

 

Monday, January 8
Spring semester begins

 

Tuesday, January 9

  • Convocation with professional sports nutritionist and best-selling author Susan Kleiner, Ph.D. ’79
    Noon, Kennedy Center Ballroom

 

Wednesday, January 10
LAST DAY TO SIGN-UP FOR MLK DAY SERVICE PROJECTS

  • Men’s basketball @ Kenyon College
    6 p.m., Gambier, Ohio

  • Women’s basketball @ Oberlin College
    7:30 p.m., Oberlin, Ohio

 

Thursday, January 11

  • MLK Day speaker: Joan Southgate
    7 p.m., Kennedy Center Ballroom

 

Friday, January 12

  • Swimming & diving @ College of Wooster
    6 p.m., Wooster, Ohio

 

Saturday, January 13

 

  • Swimming & diving @ Allegheny College
    1 p.m., Allegheny, Pennsylvania
  • Men’s basketball v. Wittenberg
    4 p.m., Price Gymnasium
     
  • Women’s basketball @ College of Wooster
    7:30 p.m., Wooster, Ohio

 

Sunday, January 14

 

Monday, January 15
MLK Day – Day of Service and Reflection (no classes)

 

  • Day of Service volunteer check-in
    8:30 a.m., Kennedy Center
     
  • Off-site service projects
    9 a.m., various locations
     
  • Quiet reflection & community mural project
    10 a.m., Fisher Chapel
     
  • Quiet reflection & community mural project
    1 p.m., Fisher Chapel
     
  • Chapel service & candlelight vigil
    6 p.m., Fisher Chapel
     
  • Quiet reflection & community mural project
    9 p.m., Fisher Chapel 

In honor of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday on Monday, January 15, 2007, next week’s Harbinger will be published on Tuesday, January 16.

 

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