The Harbinger
January 29, 2007
Tuesday: Garfield Institute for Public Leadership inaugural
event
Meet the people who
help shape public policy
Tomorrow, influential public policy-makers will be on the
Hiram campus to talk with members of the Hiram community about how federal
policy is made and how the liberal arts prepare students for a life in public
leadership. Five individuals will participate in the inaugural symposium for
the Garfield Institute for Public Leadership. The symposium is titled, “From
Scholarship to Leadership: Liberal Arts Education and the Challenge for Public
Leaders in the 21st Century.”
The distinguished participants are experts in international and domestic policy and have held posts as Fulbright Fellows and with the Central Intelligence Agency, Los Alamos National Laboratory, the National Reconnaissance Office, the Presidential Commission on Weapons of Mass Destruction, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Institute for Defense Analysis.
The day’s activities will include a panel discussion with international security experts, a question and answer period for students interested in public leadership, a reception with special guests and members of the Hiram College community, dinner, and evening keynote address. A full schedule of events follows.
Schedule of events:
- 11:45 a.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Panel discussion: Moderated by Professor John C. Koritansky
Kennedy Center Ballroom
- Panelists:
- John C. Koritansky, Chair, Garfield Institute for Public Leadership, Professor of Political Science
- Thad A. Brown, Chairman & CEO of the Institute for Physical Sciences
- Randall S. Murch, Associate Director, Research Program Development, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Donald J. Wurzel, Director, National Security Studies and
Analysis Program, Areté Associates
(For panelist bios and titles of presentations, please go to http://www.hiram.edu/news/article.php?id=1158)
- 2 – 4 p.m.
Panelists meet informally with students
Kennedy Center Ballroom
- 4 –5 p.m.
Panel/Student Q&A
Kennedy Center Ballroom
- 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Reception
Coleman Room, Gerstacker Science Hall
- 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Dinner*
Dix Dining Hall, Kennedy Center
- 7:30 – 8:15 p.m.
Keynote Address: John Lauder ’68
Dix Dining Hall, Kennedy Center
* The dinner is complimentary, but reservations were required by January 26.
The mission of the Garfield Institute for Public Leadership is to prepare students to accept the responsibilities of public leadership by helping them develop expertise in public policy matters, international and domestic, grounded in Hiram’s traditional liberal arts education.
The Garfield program offers an interdisciplinary minor, internship opportunities, a scholars program, visiting fellows, and an academic seminar series.
Centers of Excellence pages now on hiram.edu
To learn more about the Garfield Institute for Public Leadership and Hiram’s other Centers of Excellence, please go to hiram.edu and click on “Centers of Excellence.”
Hiram’s name is up in lights
Hiram College
is up in lights. No, not on Broadway or along the Strip in Vegas. But
close.
Thanks to Debbie Abdalian-Thompson ’75, president of Cleveland
Outdoor Advertising, the College is featured on lighted billboards alongside
Interstate 480 at Valley View
Bridge (facing east) and Interstate
271 at Solon Road (facing
north). The billboards feature Hiram students and the question: Are You Hiram?
The Hiram College
web address also is provided.
“There is nothing better than having your name in bright
lights on a 672-square-foot billboard on a major expressway,” Debbie said. “As
the president of Cleveland Outdoor Advertising, I must decide what public
service advertising to accept during the year.”
This year, she has chosen her alma mater.
“I look at donating the billboard space as a long overdue
thank you to Hiram College,”
Debbie said. “During my tenure there, I was encouraged to be noticed.”
Now, she is encouraging others to notice Hiram
College.
Today: Final candidate for Vice President and Dean of the College
The final on-campus interview for the position of Vice
President and Dean of the College will be today, January 29. Curricula vitae for all three candidates are
available for review in the library (on reserve), in the faculty lounge in Hinsdale,
and in the office of Institutional Advancement in Teachout-Price.
The interview process includes an open forum and public
reception with each candidate. The open forum will begin at 4:15 p.m. in the Pritchard; the
reception will follow at 5:15 p.m.
All members of the Hiram College
community are invited and encouraged to attend these public events.
The WEC is turning 30! Come celebrate.
The Weekend College (WEC) is celebrating its 30 year
anniversary as one of the nation’s premier baccalaureate programs for
non-traditional students. On Tuesday afternoon, members of the Hiram community
are invited to join the staff of the WEC for a celebratory reception in
recognition of this occasion. The reception will honor members of the Hiram
staff who are alumni and/or current students of the Weekend
College program.
The reception will be held from 4 – 5:15 p.m. in the Weekend College office. Light refreshments will be served.
Intercultural Forum Dinner & Talent Show this Saturday
Experience cultures from around the globe at the annual
Intercultural Forum Dinner and Talent Show on Saturday, February 3. This event
is coordinated by Hiram College’s international student population and
showcases the cuisine and traditions of the students’ native cultures.
The delicious food (prepared by students) and excellent entertainment (performed by students) has made this event a popular campus tradition for many members of the Hiram College community.
The dinner begins at 5 p.m. in the Kennedy Center Ballroom and Dix Dining Hall. The talent show starts at 7 p.m. in Hayden Auditorium.
Tickets for the show and dinner are $10 and can be reserved by contacting Intercultural Forum at interculturalforum@hiram.edu.
Exhibition of work by Hiram College art faculty opens February 5
A new gallery exhibition by five members of the Hiram
College art faculty will open in
the Frohring Art
Gallery on Monday, February 5. The
show, titled “Working Space,” features recent work by Linda Bourassa, Jack
Carlton, Martin K. Huehner, Christopher Ryan, and George Schroeder.
On Tuesday, February 6, a reception will be held between 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. in the gallery, and the artists will talk about their work. Like the exhibition, this event is free and open to the public.
The exhibition, arranged by Ryan, demonstrates the breadth of the Hiram faculty’s talent and features:
- Silver capture digital prints made by Linda Bourassa during recent travels, including to India.
- Prints and a large-scale sculpture installation made of furniture and found industrial machine parts by Jack Carlton.
- Ceramic art that examines natural phenomena and local ecology by Martin K. Huehner.
- Recent paintings by Christopher Ryan that reference imagery from ancient Italian floor designs.
- A series of new collage pieces, as well as a 6-foot painting, titled “Jetty,” by George Schroeder.
The exhibition opens February 5 and continues through February 28 in the Frohring Art Gallery. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Ryan participates in annual 8 Hour Drawings show
Last weekend (January
20), Assistant Professor of Art Christopher Ryan participated in Allegheny
College’s annual 8 Hour Drawings show
in Meadville, Pennsylvania.
As one of twelve artists invited to create a drawing directly on the walls of
the gallery, Ryan completed a radial design piece titled “Contemporary Tondo.” Working
in acrylic paint and mediums, graphite, and wood ash, the final piece, nearly 8
feet in diameter, contrasts a clean edged symmetrical design with a gritty,
irregular, textured surface.
Ryan explained that his piece “alludes to ancient styles of patterned and interlocking design that refer to beauty and perfection, while also referring to the forms (fighter planes) and substances of destruction.” For Ryan, “this combination speaks to the difficulties of making art in today’s climate of conflict and suffering.” Ryan also noted that “creating a large-scale mural piece within the time restrictions of eight hours was an interesting challenge that required some thoughtful planning, as well as some on-site adaptability – I was fortunate to have the collaboration of my wife, Marissa, and a number of Allegheny College students.”
The twelve participating artists came from Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York. An opening reception was held on Tuesday, January 23.
Alaolmolki’s public lecture series addresses regional and international affairs
On Monday, February 5, Professor of Political Science Nozar
Alaolmolki will present a public lecture titled, “The Caucasus and Central
Asian Countries: Political and Economic Development.” The speech will be held
at Weils Senior Living Community in Bainbridge and will begin at 6:30 p.m.
This speech is the second in a series of public lectures by Alaolmolki which will explore topics in regional and international affairs. Alaolmolki delivered the inaugural lecture of the series on January 17 at Weils. The topic was, “The World Since 1990: The Collapse of Communism and Developments Thereafter.”
Faculty and staff: Please consider a donation to the Habitat
auction
Every year during spring break, a group of Hiram
College student volunteers
participates in a Habitat for Humanity project somewhere in the United States.
This year, students will travel to High Point, North
Carolina, March 5 – 11.
The students raise funds to cover the cost of food, gas, transportation fees, lodging, and a donation to purchase supplies for the specific Habitat project through an annual Habitat Auction.
This year’s auction will take place on February 15, 2007, during Bread & Soup in Dix’s Dining Hall. Faculty and staff are asked to consider donating a good or service to be auctioned at the event. Pledges of items may be sent to Erin Hoskins by email or by campus mail to Foote Chair in Ethics and Professor of Religious Studies Jonathan Moody.
Silent film improvisation with award-winning organist Tom Trenney
Music and film lovers: experience the magnificent musical
improvisation of organist Tom Trenney next Sunday, February 11. Trenney is the
first-place winner of the American Guild of Organists’ National Pipe Organ
Improvisation Contest. He will provide improvised musical accompaniment on the
pipe organ to Buster Keaton’s silent film, The General. This one-of-a-kind
event begins at 3 p.m. in Hayden
Auditorium.
Trenney’s performance is sponsored by the Hiram Community Trust. The performance is free and is open to the public.
Cram’s Speech to Coast Guard to launch black history month
A speech by Roger Cram to members of the United States Coast Guard and other federal employees will signal the Cleveland branch of the USCG’s official recognition of the start of black history month. On Thursday, February 1, Cram will speak about the Tuskegee Airmen’s values and conflict resolution abilities. The speech will begin at 10:30 a.m. in the auditorium of Cleveland’s Federal Building, located on East 9th Street in downtown Cleveland. Three hundred people are expected at the program, including several of Cleveland’s original Tuskegee Airmen. The program is free and open to the public.
Hiram’s snow princesses
Congratulations to the winners of the KCPB Snowman Contest. Emmy
Fabich and Erin Telepak took first place with their snow sculpture, “The train
going through a mountain during an avalanche.” Kristin Miller and Hannah
Gardner (pictured here) received runner-up accolades for their icy entries
titled, “Dragon,” and “Wolf howling at the moon.”
Welcome to Hiram!!
Travis Everhart – Assistant Football Coach, Athletics
This Week at Hiram
Monday, January 29
- Open forum with candidate for Vice President and Dean of
the College
4:15 p.m., Pritchard Room
- Open Christianity chapel service
5 p.m., Fisher Chapel
- Public reception with candidate for Vice President and
Dean of the College
5:15 p.m., Pritchard Room
Tuesday, January 30
- Garfield Institute for Public Leadership inaugural event
11:45 a.m. – 8:15 p.m.
- Women’s basketball @ Allegheny
College
7:30 p.m., Meadville, Pennsylvania
Wednesday, January 31
- New Orleans
spring break interest meeting
12:30 p.m., K.C. Main Lounge
- English department candidate
4:15 p.m., Bonney Castle Seminar Room
- Psychology department candidate
4:15 p.m., Library BI Room
- Men’s basketball v. Kenyon
College
7:30 p.m., Price Gymnasium
Thursday, February 1
- Bread & Soup (guests: $4.50; students: meal swipe)
5 p.m., Dix Dining Hall
Friday, February 2
WEEKEND COLLEGE CLASSES MEET
- Track & field @ Case Western Reserve
University
6 p.m., Cleveland, Ohio
- Women’s basketball @ Wittenberg
University
6 p.m., Springfield, Ohio
Saturday, February 3
WEEKEND COLLEGE & MASTER’S CLASSES MEET
- Men’s basketball v. Oberlin
College
2 p.m., Price Gymnasium
- Women’s basketball @ Earlham
College
2 p.m., Richmond, Indiana
- IF Dinner & Talent Show
5 p.m., Dinner, Kennedy Center Ballroom & Dix Dining Room
7 p.m., Talent Show, Hayden Auditorium
Sunday, February 4
WEEKEND COLLEGE CLASSES MEET
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