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The Harbinger

May 2, 2005

More from Women in Computing conference

Two weeks ago an article appeared in the Harbinger highlighting two computer science students (Yowa Kimura and Jaina Sangtani) presenting their work at the Ohio Celebration of Women in Computing (OCWIC).  Also attending the conference were Ellen Walker (computer science faculty) and Dawn Sechler (sophomore biology major, computer science minor, pictured in center with the other two student attendees).  Ellen Walker was the Program Chair of the conference and moderated one of the career panels.  Over 100 women attended the conference.  Sessions included career panels, poster presentations, oral technical presentations by graduate students and faculty and a keynote speech by Janis Mitchell, president of Precise Resource, Inc.

OCWIC is a small regional conference modeled after the international Grace Hopper Celebration of women in computing.  Attendees ranged from freshmen to graduate students, from faculty to women working in IT jobs in industry.  There were thirteen colleges and universities from Ohio represented.  The OCWIC conference represented a rare opportunity for women in computing to interact and share experiences in a collegial and non-competitive environment. 

Hobo Minstrel Returns

Back by popular demand, hobo minstrel Fred Starner returns to campus on Tuesday, May 3rd at 7:30 pm in the KC Cafe (Old Grind area).  Fred plays the 12 string guitar and 5 string banjo.  A typical program might include some stories of Wisconsin insects, mountain men, hobos, combined with lots of traditional tunes, and the invitation to join in a chorus. Fred's songs range from a song about a chiropractic visit, the battle of Stalingrad, the Mississippi River, an account of Julia Butterfly the activist living in a redwood tree, exhortations of community uniting for a better world, and of course several songs celebrating the Hobo Experience.

The event is free and open to the public.  Coffee and cookies will be served.

Special  Election for Local Schools

Students and staff who are registered to vote in the Hiram and Mantua areas are reminded about the special election on Tuesday, May 3.  The Crestwood School District has an emergency levy for 4.87 mills on the ballot. For more information about this issue, voters can go to the Crestwood School District web site at http://crestwood.sparcc.org.

Faculty Focus: Christopher Ryan

Recently Assistant Professor of Art Christopher Ryan was invited to serve as juror for two Ohio art exhibitions.  Ryan served as sole juror for Lakeland Community College’s Annual Student Exhibition.  In addition to jurying works to be included in the show, he was responsible for awarding nearly $1,000 in merit awards and scholarships.

In collaboration with an art professor from Miami University, Ryan also juried the Black Swamp Arts Festival Fine Art Competition in Bowling Green, Ohio.  The jurors are responsible for selecting 100 exhibitors from thousands of entries from across the United States.  Jurors also have the honor of awarding nearly $3,000 in prizes for the strongest works in several media.  The Black Swamp Festival takes place in early September and is a highlight in Northwest Ohio’s arts calendar.

Reminder: Buddhist Scholar on Campus

Khenpo Tsewang Gyatso Rinpoche, recognized by Tibetan Buddhists around the world as both a brilliant scholar and skillful spiritual master, will present "Finding Freedom (part 2)."  This incredible opportunity is free and open to the public, and will be held at the Fisher All-Faith Chapel and Meeting House.

Khenpo Tsewang Gyatso Rinpoche entered the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan studies at Sarnath, near Varanasi, in 1969. There he followed a nine-year curriculum in Buddhist studies and general education under his principal teacher, Khenpo Palden Sherab, and other masters. His class work included Sanskrit, English and intensive studies in the textual traditions of Indian and Tibetan Buddhism. He graduated with the degree of Acharya in 1978, ranking first overall among the four schools of Tibetan Buddhism represented at Sarnath.  His Holiness the Dalai Lama honored his achievement with the award of a silver medal.

This event is part of the Bhutan Studies program led by Kerry Skora which includes taking Hiram College students on a pilgrimage to Bhutan where students receive college credit.  Hiram presently has one Bhutanese student and hopes to have several more over the next few years.  Professors Skora and Alpern are planning to lead a group of 15-20 students to Bhutan in 2006.  Khenpo Tsewang Gyatso Rinpoche will also be a visiting scholar on campus for the 3-week.  He will be co-teaching a course with Kerry Skora on Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy.  For more information, contact Kerry Skora.

Senior Celebration 2005!

Sports Update

• The baseball team made the NCAC tournament for the first time.

• The women’s track & field team placed 4th in the NCAC Championship meet, the highest place ever.

• The men’s golf team placed 7th in the NCAC tournament, two places better than last year.

• Two student-athletes were named NCAC Athlete of the Week during the same week, for the second time this year.

• The first-annual Senior Student-Athlete Awards Banquet was held on Sunday night, with great success.

The baseball team set a milestone last week as they finished second in the NCAC East division. This was the first trip to the NCAC Tournament for the Terriers since joining in the league in 1999-2000. As you may remember, snow during the weekend before last kept the Terriers from playing a four-game series with Wooster, which would have given them the necessary 12 conference games and allowed them to be in the race for the tournament. Hiram appealed to the NCAC and a conference-wide waiver was issued to make up those four missed games prior to Thursday at midnight. Because of how Hiram had competed against Allegheny and Kenyon, all Hiram had to do was play Wooster four times and they would be in the tournament. The Terriers lost all four games last week and earned the #2 spot in the East division. Mike Protiva was named SAAC Student-Athlete of the Week last week. The team traveled to Denison University, the #1 seed in the West Division, on Saturday to play a best-of-three series in the semi-final round, winning game one 8-1 and losing game two 12-3. They stayed overnight and played the tiebreaker game on Sunday, jumping ahead to a 4-0 lead before allowing the Big Red to tie it at the bottom of the 7th. Denison then scored eight runs in the 8th inning and Hiram couldn’t catch up, losing 12-4 to finish the season 17-17 overall and 6-6 in the NCAC East.

The softball team, now 12-19 overall and 4-10 in the NCAC, split a makeup doubleheader with Wittenberg on Tuesday. The games were held at Wooster due to field conditions at both Hiram and Wittenberg. The Terriers then hosted Ohio Wesleyan on Friday, losing both games in five innings and finishing conference play for the season. Sophomore Lisa Steadman was named NCAC Player of the Week. The women travel to John Carroll on Tuesday for the final contest of the season. First pitch is scheduled for 4:30PM.

The women’s track and field team competed in the NCAC Championship meet on Friday and Saturday, bringing home 4th place in the NCAC. This finish was also a milestone for the program as the women had never finished higher than 6th place in the conference prior to this season, and the Terriers were just 4.5 points behind the 3rd-place team. Several season bests were set along with a new school record in the 4x100 Relay, which took 1st place at the meet. Several athletes finished in the top 5 places in the various events, and Hiram will have a record-number of All-NCAC selections this year as a result. Senior Julie Feather-Faber was named NCAC Athlete of the Week last week. The Terriers may compete in some last-chance NCAA-qualifier meets in the next two weeks.

The men’s track and field team also competed in the NCAC Championship meet on Friday and Saturday, finishing tied for 8th place with the College of Wooster. The men recorded several strong performance, with the 4x100 Relay taking 4th place, missing 3rd by one one-hundredth of a second. Other athletes recorded 4th, 5th, and 6th place finishes in the various events. The Terriers may compete in some last-chance NCAA-qualifier meets in the next two weeks.

The men’s golf team finished 7th at the NCAC Championship tournament on Friday and Saturday at Wabash. The men also recorded a milestone in their finish, as the team improved from 9th place last year, even without a fifth player who could not travel with the team at the last minute. Senior Jack Byham posted the top score for the Terriers, shooting a 164 for the two days and tying for 27th place overall. The team finished the season with a record of 15-46-1 overall and 6-9 in the NCAC.

The men’s tennis team lost a close match to Notre Dame College last week, finishing the season 2-9 overall and 0-4 in the NCAC. Junior Nick Simon earned All-NCAC Honorable Mention honors. Long-time coach Pete Brann last week announced his retirement, effective at the end of the academic year.

The first-ever Senior Student-Athlete Awards Banquet was held on Sunday. Former student-athlete Kim Brandenburg was the featured speaker. All but seven of the 46 senior student-athletes this year were in attendance, along with parents and siblings. In addition, President Chema and members of the College’s administration, faculty, and staff attended. Each senior received a gift bag that included a plaque, a T-shirt, a photo slideshow CD, and a Hiram College Alumni window decal. Additionally, each senior took home an 11x17 action photo. President Chema was presented with an 11x17 photo of his intramural football team at Notre Dame. The event was a huge success and was a milestone in Hiram’s Celebration of Excellence.

More Student Recognition

Congratulations to the following winners and students recognized at the Excellence in Leadership & Involvement Awards held on Sunday, May 1, 2005 in the Pritchard Room:

Jaina Sangtani as the Emerging Student Leader of the Year

Melissa Brunt as the Unsung Student Leader of the Year

Muriah Newland-King as the Student Resident of the Year

Lisa Naftzger as the Resident Assistant of the Year

Isabelle Tuma as the Student Leader of the Year for Diversity

Audrey Wagstaff as the Rashal Jones Senior Female Leader of the Year

Adam Jones as the Michael Brickner Senior Male Leader of the Year

Model UN as the Most Improved Student Organization of the Year

African American Students United as the Student Organization of the Year

Anne Fisher as the Student Organization Advisor of the Year

Buzz Fest as the Residence Hall Program of the Year

Lights in the Darkness of Winter as the Multicultural Program of the Year

Walking in a Winter Wonderland as the Program of the Year

The following awards were presented on behalf of the Office of Ethnic Diversity Affairs:

MLK Scholarships:

Ronald Hill
Angelia Martin
Mary Hill
Antoine Akins
Karya Ottey
Jaenin Deskin
Antionette Johnson

Ron Mills Memorial Scholarship:

Ronald Alcorn
Geoffrey Kibler

Diana Lynn Freeman Award:

Jasmine Simmons

Who's Who

Hiram College is happy to recognize the following students as a part of Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges for 2005. The campus nominating committee and editors of the annual directory have included the names of these students based on their academic achievement, service to the community, leadership in extracurricular activities and potential for continued success.  They join an elite group of students from more than 2, 000 institutions of higher learning in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and several foreign nations.

Traditional College:

Antoine Akins
Ronald Alcorn
Della Alltop
Brooke Bertle
Patrick Boylan
Diana Bozak
Daniel Brown
Adam Busony
Lucas Chaney
Jaenin Deskin
Bryan Drost
Jessica Grayson
Elizabeth Groselle
Mary Hill
Annie Houk
Shannon Hughes
Lina Jarad
Antionette Johnson
Colleen Kardasz
Shannon Keeney
Nathaniel Koven
Jacqueline Kus
Danielle Loach
Alicia Lu
Maureen Malinowski
Marie McGuire
Lisa Naftzger
Muriah Newland-King
Karya Ottey
Anne Quick
Monika Richards
Barrie Schmidt
Santi Thompson
Meg Treco
Shana Toth
Audrey Wagstaff
Lillian Young

Weekend College:

Adrienne Leonard
Carol Ann Schneider
Jacqueline Johnson
Janine Thurman
Kathleen Ann Kraft
Lyle Tayerle
Mark Stenander
Melanie Ann Kardos
Michelle Lynee Stewart
Natalie Clark
Pat Snell
Stephen James Schults

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