The Harbinger

April 23, 2007


Inaugural John M. Watson memorial concert to be held this Friday
Recipient of the Watson Senior Prize in Music to be announced

 
The Hiram College Music Department will present the Inaugural John M. Watson Memorial Concert on Friday, April 27, at 7:30 p.m. in Hayden Auditorium. The recipient of the Watson Senior Prize in Music will be announced at the concert.

 
The featured artist will be José Gotera (pictured left) baritone, adjunct professor of voice at Hiram College. He will be assisted by Paul Dreisbach, recorder; Randall Fusco, piano; Daniel Hathaway, harpsichord; Christine Babich, baroque cello; and Stephen Toombs, theorbo.


José Gotera is a graduate of Case Western Reserve University with a Master’s degree in early music performance practice. He has performed with Toronto’s Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and as soloist with Apollo’s Fire. Gotera performed the roles of Brom van Brunt in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Cottontail in A Tale of Peter Rabbit with Cleveland Opera on Tour. He also performs regularly with Cleveland Opera Chorus, West Shore Chorale, and Music and Performing Arts at Trinity Cathedral.

 
The Watson Senior Prize in Music will assist a Hiram College student with graduate school expenses. It will be awarded each spring semester when there is a suitable candidate.

 
The Watson Concerts are annual events funded by a generous endowment established at Hiram College in memory of gifted musician John M. Watson by his family. John Watson (pictured right) came to Hiram as a two-year-old when his father accepted an appointment to the College faculty in the religion department. John’s love for all types of music, including classical, blues, jazz, world, and modern, was nurtured at Hiram, and later, at Kenyon College which he attended as an undergraduate. At the New England Conservatory of Music, where John matriculated in the master’s program, he again majored in early music performance. His mentor and recorder instructor encouraged him to plan for a career in recorder performance, as a soloist and with ensembles.

 
John was a gifted, gentle, caring, feisty, and creative young man. In 1991, at the age of twenty-six, his life was tragically taken in an accident. He lives vibrantly in the hearts and minds of his family and friends.


This event is free and open to the public. A reception in the Kennedy Center lounge will follow the concert.


Tonight: Professor Fusco to present solo recital

 
Professor of Music Randall Fusco will present a solo piano recital on Monday, April 23, at 7:30 p.m. in Hayden Auditorium. The program will consist of the Sonata in B-flat, D. 960 by Schubert, Three Piano Pieces by Brahms, Lyric Pieces by Grieg, and Rhapsody in Blue by Gershwin. The concert will be dedicated to the memory of Fusco’s brother Gary L. Fusco, who died October 2, 2005. The concert is free and open to the public.

 
Randall Fusco is an active piano soloist and collaborative artist. He has performed solo and chamber music concerts in Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Michigan, and New Jersey. He has also appeared as soloist with the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra, Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra, Alliance Symphony Orchestra, Hiram College Concert Band, W. D. Packard Band of Warren, Ohio, Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Festival Band, the West Shore Chorale of Cleveland, and Winds on the Lake in Erie, Pennsylvania. Fusco has recorded vocal music with various artists in Northeast Ohio, including members of the Cleveland Orchestra and Youngstown State University. He has made two recordings with Barrick Stees, assistant principal bassoonist with the Cleveland Orchestra. They are Opera Transcriptions and Paraphrases, available on the Claves label, and Nostalgica, available on Centaur.


At Hiram, Fusco teaches piano, music theory, music history, and introductory courses. He was also conductor of the Hiram Chamber Orchestra from 1998 – 2005. 

 

SEAC receives accolades from Portage County

 
At the ninth annual Portage County Environmental Conservation Awards Benefit Dinner held on April 14, members of Hiram’s Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC) received commendations from Portage County for their efforts on behalf of the environment. Joe Overton and David Weber attended the dinner and accepted the awards. 


SEAC was presented with a silver plated rake, a bird house, and a plaque in honor of their work. 


Kissell gears up for spring three-week at the Boston Marathon

 
Mental discipline. Physical stamina. The will to succeed. These are the characteristics Hiram students and faculty need to excel in the spring three-week.

 Assistant Professor of Management Earl Kissell prepared for Hiram’s academic version of a test of human endurance by running in the 111th Boston Marathon during term break. This year marked the third time Kissell ran the Boston and was his fifteenth overall marathon.

 
Kissell, who also serves as the men’s and women’s cross country coach at Hiram, completed the 26-mile course in a time of four hours, five minutes, and 54 seconds placing him 14,008 among 20,000 runners.

 
“As you approach the last three miles and the crowd roars with every step, your time means nothing, he said. “You are solely concentrating on the joy of finishing. Completing Boston is so much different than completing any other Marathon. I was proud, exhausted, hurting, excited, happy, and looking forward to conquering Boston next year.”

 

Dragga receives prestigious scholarship

 
Sophomore Katie Dragga, a French major, has been awarded the Goddard, Indovina and Krakowski Alpha Mu Gamma scholarship for 2007 – 2008. This scholarship is the highest award given by Alpha Mu Gamma, the national foreign language honorary society. Dragga is a member of Hiram’s chapter of the society, Mu Zeta.


She also placed second in the annual concours de la Maison francaise de Cleveland this spring, a highly competitive oral and written exam between college and university students majoring in French. Dragga was honored at a brunch April 22 in Cleveland along with other area winners from the College of Wooster, Cleveland State, the University of Akron, and Case Western Reserve University.


Five students to be inducted into Phi Alpha Theta

 
On Wednesday, April 25, five Hiram College students will be inducted into Alpha Iota Pi, the Hiram College chapter of the national history honor society Phi Alpha Theta. Those five are:

  • Justin DeCristofaro
  • Zachary Holzworth
  • Lisa Roubic
  • Jennifer Scott
  • Rachel Unsinger

Phi Alpha Theta is “a professional society whose mission is to promote the study of history through the encouragement of research, good teaching, publication and the exchange of learning and ideas among historians.” The group sponsors a biennial convention, numerous awards, scholarships, and prizes, and local and regional activities.  They also publish a journal titled The Historian. 

 

Gospel celebration on Wednesday


United Voices of Hiram, the Hiram College gospel choir, will perform on Wednesday, April 25, in the Kennedy Center Ballroom. This tribute concert is dedicated to the memories of Hiram College students Grace Chamberlain and Andy Hopkins and is part of the senior recognition events. The concert begins at 7 p.m. A reception with refreshments will follow.

 

Act locally: Meeting to launch community environmental conservation efforts this Wednesday


If you were spurred to action by this weekend’s Earth Day events, please consider joining a community-based effort to improve the environment. Hiram Community Resource Share, a group of students and local community members, will gather on Wednesday evening, April 25, to share practical ideas about energy conservation. The group will also discuss ideas like energy audits, composting programs, and more.

 
The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. in the education building of the Hiram Christian Church (on the corner of 82 and 700 across from the Hiram Inn).


Garfield Institute Seminar to feature Robert Pape

 
Robert Pape (pictured left), a professor of political science at the University of Chicago, is known for his study of social behavior patterns as a basis for solving matters of international security affairs. He will present a lecture on Thursday, April 26, titled “Why the War on Terrorism is Heading South.” Pape’s lecture will draw in part from his most recent book, Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism. The lecture will begin at 7 p.m. in the Kennedy Center Ballroom. This event is free and open to the public.


Pape’s visit is sponsored by the Garfield Institute for Public Leadership at Hiram College. The Garfield Institute is one of six Centers of Excellence at Hiram College and offers an interdisciplinary minor, internship opportunities, a scholars program, visiting fellows, and an academic seminar series.

 

Thursday: Dahlberg to present at Hiram Historical Society

 
On Thursday, April 26, Will Dahlberg (pictured left) will present a talk at the meeting of the Hiram Historical Society in Hiram. The title of Dahlberg’s talk is “Unburying the Hatchet – Traditions and Customs in Student Life at Hiram College.” Dahlberg’s presentation begins at 7:30 p.m. at the Historical Society’s Century House located by the Hiram Village Hall. This talk is free and open to the public, and refreshments will be served.


 


Senior Student-Athlete Awards Banquet this Sunday


A reminder: the Senior Student-Athlete Awards Banquet will be held this Sunday, April 29, at 6 p.m. in Dix Dining Hall. Semi-formal attire is required, as were RSVPs (by this past Friday).

 

Author of book in Literature and Medicine series to speak at Hiram

 
On Tuesday, May 1, at 12:30 p.m., Dr. Jay Baruch will read from his new book, Fourteen Stories: Doctors, Patients, and Other Strangers. Baruch, who is an emergency physician and faculty member at Brown Medical School, explores how illness can make patients strangers to their own bodies and how medical professionals struggle with their own competence and compassion. He enters the worlds of these people and gives voice to disturbing self-discoveries as they are faced with difficult moral decisions.

 
Baruch’s book is the ninth in the Literature and Medicine series from the Kent State University Press. He will be reading from Fourteen Stories and talking about doctor-patient relationships.

 
This special convocation is sponsored by the Center for Literature, Medicine, and Biomedical Humanities and will be held in the Kennedy Center Ballroom.

 

Celebrating Excellence/Honors Convocation 2007
Schedule of Events

 
Wednesday, April 25

  • English Department Awards
    4:30 p.m., Bonney Castle

 

Thursday, April 26

  • Religious Studies Department Picnic
    Noon, Jagow Room

 

Friday, April 27

  • Computer Science Department Dinner and Awards Ceremony
    5 p.m., Colton Foyer
  • John M. Watson Concert and Senior Prize in Music
    7:30 p.m., Hayden Auditorium
    9 p.m., Reception in the Kennedy Center Lounge 

Saturday, April 28

  • Senior Music Recital by Amanda Cagle
    7:30 p.m., Hayden Auditorium

 

Sunday, April 29

  • Senior Student-Athlete Awards Banquet
    6 p.m., Dix Dining Hall

Monday, April 30

  • Student Leadership Awards
    4 p.m., Kennedy Center Ballroom 
  • Chemistry Department Awards
    4 p.m., Coleman Room of Gerstacker Science Hall 
  • Biomedical Humanities Awards
    4 p.m., Mahan House 
  • Alpha Society Dinner
    5:30 p.m., Dix Dining Hall 
  • Honors Convocation
    6:30 p.m., Hayden Auditorium 
  • Music Department Spring Honors Recital
    8 p.m., Hayden Auditorium 

Tuesday, May 1

  • Sigma Alpha Pi Awards Ceremony
    7 p.m., Kennedy Center Ballroom 

 

Welcome to Hiram!!


Nicole Gatrell – Administrative Assistant, Center for Student Engagement

 

This Week at Hiram

 

Monday, April 23

  • Author Peter Jedick, “Why I became a Conservative”
    7 p.m., Pritchard Room of the Hiram College Library
     
  • Solo piano recital by Professor of Music Randall Fusco
    7:30 p.m., Hayden Auditorium 

 

Tuesday, April 24

  • Softball v. Myers University (doubleheader)
    3:30 p.m., Myrtis E. Herndon Field

Wednesday, April 25

  • Gospel Celebration
    7 p.m., Kennedy Center Ballroom
     
  • Hiram Community Resource Share
    7 p.m., Hiram Christian Church, education building 

 

Thursday, April 26

  • Baseball v. Grove City College
    4 p.m., Robert O. Fishel Field
     
  • Softball @ Westminster College
    4 p.m., New Wilmington, Pennsylvania
     
  • Robert Pape, “Why the War on Terrorism is Heading South”
    7 p.m., Kennedy Center Ballroom
     
  • Will Dahlberg, “Unburying the Hatchet – Traditions and Customs in Student Life at Hiram College”
    7:30 p.m., Hiram Historical Society

 

Friday, April 27
SPRING FEST!

  • Inaugural John M. Watson Memorial Concert
    7:30 p.m., Hayden Auditorium

 

Saturday, April 28
SPRING FEST!

  • Track & Field @ Baldwin-Wallace Invitational
    10 a.m., Berea, Ohio

  •  Softball @ Kenyon College (doubleheader)
    1 p.m., Gambier, Ohio 

 

Sunday, April 29
SPRING FEST!

  • Softball @ Denison University (doubleheader)
    Noon, Granville, Ohio
     
  • Senior Student-Athlete Awards Banquet
    6 p.m., Dix Dining Room 

 

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