The Harbinger
February 6, 2006
Sparrow Village representative will speak in KC Tuesday night
The
Sparrow Village Hospice, South Africa's first hospice for people dying
of HIV/AIDS, was founded on February 14, 1992, by Rev. Corine
McClintock. Since its opening, the reality of AIDS challenges the
hospice workers daily.
From hopeless, helpless individuals who stand outside the doors to the
children with their brave smiles looking for someone to love - these
hospice workers are surrounded by one of the biggest tragedies in human
history.
On February 7 at 7:00 p.m. in the Kennedy Center Ballroom, Carol
Ruggie, (pictured
left holding spear) a United States representative of Sparrow Village,
will be
speaking about this remarkable African Hospice started to offer a few
months of comfort and dignity for abandoned African children dying from
AIDS.
This presentation will include graphic images and sensitive content which may not be appropriate for young children.
For more information, go to:
Jan Hopkins '69 to visit with students
Jan Hopkins '69, president of her own consulting firm and a former
CNN correspondent and anchor, will return to Hiram College on Wednesday,
February 8, for an informal conversation with students.
Hopkins,
who served from 1988 through 1995 as a trustee of the College, will
meet with students at 2 p.m. outside of the Hiram Café in the Kennedy
Center.
Winner of Emmy and Peabody awards, Hopkins now specializes in
marketing and communications strategies for deepening relationships
with high net worth clients. She also has served as managing director
and head of client communications for Citigroup Private Bank.
When she was a financial journalist, Hopkins explained what helped
her succeed: "It's a collection of skills that’s honed over time –
skills that began as a psychology major at Hiram College. Knowing
what's relevant, being able to dissect personalities, and having the
knowledge to research stories quickly are skills I learned at Hiram and
put to use everyday. One of the many things about Hiram College that
has helped me in my work has been the emphasis a Hiram education places
on thinking, questioning, and exploring global venues."
All members of the Hiram community are invited to attend this conversation.
No/Low Fat Thursday…only at Hiram College
Fat Tuesday, the last day before Lent, is February 28. No/Low Fat Thursday is February 23.
That's the day Hiram College will present its annual Health Fair, this year in cooperation with University Hospitals Health System's Geauga Regional Hospital.
Since the Health Fair occurs during the Mardi Gras season, this year's theme is: A Celebration of Good Health. (Beads are optional.) The fair begins at 11 a.m. in the Kennedy Center and continues until 2 p.m.
Ray Horner, WAKR AM-1590's morning show host, will appear between noon and 1 p.m., and there will be numerous Portage County health-related organizations and vendors present.
There even will be free food – healthy choices, of course.
The highlight of the fair will be a chance for attendees to visit with health care experts from Geauga Regional Hospital. Here's who will be at the fair:
• Kelly Buchanan, M.D., Obstetrics/Gynecology – Women's health and gynecologic care
• Anthony F. DiMarco, M.D., Pulmonary/Critical Care – Smoking cessation and sleep disorders
• Jean Friedman, R.N., M.S.N, W.H.N.P., Obstetrics/Gynecology – Women's health
• Alan R. Graham, certified occupational therapy assistant and ergonomic compliance director - Ergonomics
• Adam A. Levine, M.D., Internal Medicine/Podiatry – General primary care and bone density analysis
• Michael A. Maschek, D.P.M., Podiatry – Arthritis and foot care
• Mark J. Meneszoon, D.P.M., Podiatry – Gait analysis
• Gregory C. Sarkisian, D.O., Orthopedics – Minimally invasive surgery and sports medicine
• Jeffrey F. Shall, M.D., Orthopedics – Minimally invasive surgery and sports medicine
• Paula B. Usis, M.D., Obstetrics/Gynecology – Women’s health care and gynecologic care
• Scott M. Zimmer, M.D., Orthopedics – Minimally invasive surgery (upper extremity)
The doctors and nurse will be available to discuss the above topics and other medical matters for up to five minutes with individual Health Fair attendees.
Phillips' manuscript accepted for publication
The Laboratory of Neurobehavioral Investigations, the research lab
of Kimberley A. Phillips, associate professor of psychology and
biology, has produced a manuscript that will be published in Applied
Animal
Behavior Science.The title of the accepted manuscript is "The effects of predictable and unpredictable feeding schedules on the behavior and physiology of captive brown capuchins (Cebus apella)."
In addition to Phillips, the authors of the manuscript were Courtney Buzzell, a Hiram teaching research associate in biology and psychology, two Hiram student authors, Marjie Ulyan '04 (psychobiology) and Anne Burrows '05 (psychology) and Mary Ann Raghanti and Jennifer Marcinkiewicz from Kent State University.
Hiram Genomics Initiative is a big deal in Big D
Brad Goodner, associate professor of biology, continues to draw attention to the Hiram Genomics Initiative.
At the request of the National Science Foundation's Microbial Genome Sequencing Program, which supports two of Hiram College's current grants, and at the invitation of colleagues at the University of Texas at Dallas, Goodner made a presentation this past Saturday at a workshop for gifted, talented, and advanced placement high school teachers.
The workshop, titled "Understanding Microbes at the Genome Level," was put on by scientists from UTD and University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. They also have a current NSF Microbial Genome Sequencing Program grant.
Goodner's presentation was "Putting Your Students on the Cutting Edge: Experiences of the Hiram Genomics Initiative."
It was, Goodner said, very well received by high school teachers, students at UTD, and scientific colleagues.
Caryl Lopez joins the Center for Adult Studies
Caryl Lopez recently joined the staff as an administrative assistant in the Center for Adult Studies. Caryl is a current Weekend College student of junior standing with a major in business management. She has been attending Hiram since spring semester, 2004.
Caryl moved to Garrettsville from Oxford, Mass., two years ago and found Hiram in her search for a college to continue her education. After taking evening and weekend classes at Nichols College, she was attracted to Hiram by the convenience of taking classes on two weekends per month.
About her new job as a staff member, Caryl tells us, "I've always loved this office and the people who work here, and when I heard about the opening, I was very excited." Working in the Center for Adult Studies provides Caryl the opportunity to learn new skills in a varied and fast-paced environment, in contrast to her job as a server at Blue Canyon Restaurant in Twinsburg, Ohio.
If she hasn't met you already, Caryl invites you to introduce yourself the next time you're near her office in Hinsdale 205.
With the inception of the Weekend College in 1977, Hiram College ignited the market for adult learners earning their Bachelor of Art degrees by attending classes on alternating weekends. The Weekend College currently offers eight majors and six minors and enrolls almost 300 students. In 2004, Hiram College established an Office of Graduate Studies for students earning the Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies and expects to confer its first MAIS degrees in May, 2006. The Weekend College and Office of Graduate Studies are serviced jointly by the Center for Adult Studies.
The community that reads together survives and prospers
What if a cabin in the woods was the last safe place and only you knew how to get there? Could you find it in time?
One Book One Community 2006 will help you make that discovery.
Hiram College Education Club has partnered with Crestwood Local Schools through a Hiram Community Trust Grant in the One Book One Community Project.
The project seeks to engage as many community members as possible in reading the same book at the same time. The kickoff will take place Thursday, February 23, at Crestwood Middle School. The book, suitable for readers grade 5 through adult, will be kept secret until the kickoff.
Participants will have one month to read the book and will return to Crestwood Middle School on Thursday, March 23, for moderator-led discussions of themes presented in the book.
Participants will purchase the book ($5) at the February 23 kickoff and designate T-shirt sizes. T-shirts will be ordered and made available at the March 23 event.
If you had to pick one item to take with you on an escape, what would it be? Bring the item to the February 23 kickoff and join in a community literacy event!
For more information, contact Roxanne Sorrick at 330.569.5273 or sorrickr@hiram.edu.
And now, the rest of the fight song story
When the Terrier Fight Song lyrics were announced in last week's Harbinger, the big winner was Don Farrell who contributed lyrics for two of the four verses.
Farrell, unlike Hiram students Katie Dragga and Lauren Sturdivant who each contributed lyrics for one verse, has no direct connection to the College. He lives in Bowling Green – and not even Bowling Green, Ohio. His Bowling Green is in Kentucky.
So what gives?
"I'm not a Hiram grad," Farrell explained, "but, Doug Gruber, one of my good friends is. I went to Penn State and Notre Dame. So we used to tease each other about big schools vs. small schools."
Gruber, a 1995 inductee to the Hiram Athletic Hall of Fame, told Farrell about the fight song contest.
"I have a hobby of putting lyrics to tunes," Farrell said, "but this is the first time I ever did it with a fight song."
Between knowledge acquired from Gruber, a former Hiram baseball player, and checking the athletic pages on the Hiram website, Farrell gleaned enough knowledge to have his lyrics – including information about the College's Victory Bell – chosen for verses three and four.
"It's quite an honor," Farrell said. "Being associated with a fight song is neat."
Here, again, is the Hiram College Fight Song, sung to the pre-selected tune "Our Director" by F.E. Bigelow:
Hooray for Hiram (Terrier Fight Song)
Hooray, hooray for Hiram
Loyal, brave, and true
Heading for battle
Terriers see us through
There's no one who can beat us,
Vic'try is here!
Fight, Win, oh Hiram
We have no fear!
Let's cheer
For Hiram Col-lege
For red and blue
Fight like a Terr-ier
Loyal, brave, and true
Go team
Of Hiram Col-lege
Play hard and well
Win
Then we’ll ring
Hiram’s vic’try bell!
Quick hits…
A representative of TIAA-CREF will be on campus Wednesday, February 8, to conduct financial seminars on "Your Income Options at Retirement" (10:30 a.m.) and "Developing an Asset Allocation Strategy" (1:30 p.m.). Both seminars will be held in the Alumni Heritage Room in Teachout-Price Hall. The TIAA-CREF representative will also offer individual counseling sessions on Thursday, February 9, with priority given to employees who are retiring at the end of this fiscal year or next. For more information, contact Lynn Kostrab in Human Resources at 330.569.5109 or kostrablm@hiram.edu.
The topic of the Thursday, February 9, Lunch and Learn will be "Google and the Implications for Libraries." Google's latest projects, Google Scholar and Google Print, will be addressed. The event will be held from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Library Instruction Room on the third floor of the Library. Seating (and pizza) is limited. Make reservations by noon, Wednesday, February 8, by calling Terri Foy at 330.569.5354 or emailing her at foytm@hiram.edu. More information about the Lunch and Learn series is available at http://library.hiram.edu/lunch.html.
College Assembly for faculty and staff will be held Thursday, February 9, at 4:15 p.m. in the Kennedy Center Ballroom. Hiram College President Thomas V. Chema will provide additional details of the January Board of Trustees meeting, and a number of other significant items will be discussed.
The Hiram College spring play has been changed from "Tartuffe" to "Learned Ladies," another work of French dramatist Moliere (Jean Baptiste de Poquelin). Performances will be held on March 17 and 18 and on March 24 and 25.