The Harbinger
May 7, 2007
E.D. Hill, anchor of FOX News Live, to deliver Commencement address
E.D. Hill (pictured left), anchor of FOX News Live, will deliver the Hiram
College Commencement address on Saturday, May 12, at 2 p.m. on the Campus
Green.
Hill anchors the daily national FOX News Live segment from 11 a.m. to noon. Prior to her current position, she was co-anchor on FOX & Friends, the network’s weekday morning program.
Before joining FOX in 1998, Hill was a contributing reporter on ABC’s Good Morning America (1995-96) and the business anchor on CBS Morning News (1989-90). She also has been a reporter and news anchor in New York, Boston, and Pittsburgh.
A graduate of the University of Texas with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and mother of eight children, Hill has received a Golden Quill award for her live news reporting, as well as an EMMY. She is pursuing a master’s degree in liberal arts at Harvard University.
Hill has served as the Chair of Gala for Greenwich (Conn.) Hospital, is a former board member of the Children’s Museum of Manhattan and the Big Apple Circus, and has been active in the Austin (Texas) Women’s Symphony League and the Junior League.
Auditions for summer production of The Music Man
This summer, the Hiram College Department of Music is
sponsoring a community production of Meredith Willson’s musical theatre
classic, The Music Man. Performances will be July 13, 14, and 15 in Hayden
Auditorium. All members of the Hiram community are invited to audition for the
play.
Auditions will be held on Saturday, May 19, between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. and on Sunday, May 20, between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. in the Frohring Music Building, 11746 Dean Street.
This will be a college/community production (no professional or Equity contracts available), and performers are invited to audition, regardless of talent level. All roles are available, and Hiram alumni who live in Northeast Ohio are particularly encouraged to audition.
The production will be directed by Hiram College alumnus James Lucas ’51 of New York City, an internationally known opera and musical theatre stage director. Music direction will be by Professor Emerita of Music Damaris Peters Pike, and a professional-quality orchestra will be directed by Paul Dreisbach, a member of Hiram’s music faculty.
Those who audition are encouraged to prepare an up-tempo song, preferably from the Broadway/musical theatre repertoire. Performers may also sing or sight-read from the show score, which will be provided, as well as an accompanist. Cold readings from the script will be conducted for speaking roles.
There are several principal roles, and many minor character and chorus roles for townspeople of all ages. Boys and girls ages 11 to 14 are particularly encouraged to audition for two speaking/singing roles.
To schedule an audition, please call 330.569.5294. (Walk-ins will only be accommodated, as possible, during a break in the schedule.)
Volunteers also are sought to serve in non-performing functions, including assisting with set construction, costuming, scene-shifting, box office work and ushering. To volunteer, or for more information, call co-producer Don Bernardo, director of major gifts at Hiram College, at 330.569.5280 or e-mail bernardode@hiram.edu.
Huehner’s show at Seiberling Gallery receives praise
Martin K. Huehner (pictured left), professor of art and environment studies,
continues to draw attention for his
show, Ecosystems: Visual Echoes, at the Cuyahoga National Park’s
Hines Road Seiberling Gallery.
In the May issue of Northern Ohio Live magazine, writer Brooke Willis notes that Huehner’s “artwork draws from both sides of the brain to produce artwork that is at once organic and scientific, ancient yet synthetic.”
Huehner also was interviewed on Saturday by Kathy DeLong on the “My Beautiful Home” show WAKR 1590-AM in Akron, and his show was previously the subject of a complimentary review by Akron Beacon Journal Art Critic Dorothy Shinn.
The show continues at the Seiberling Gallery, 1403 W. Hines Hill Road, Peninsula, Ohio, 44264, through May 25.
Baker, Cucuringu present research results at computing conference
Computer science majors Cody Baker ’08 and Mihai Cucuringu
’07 presented the results of their Independent Research Components at the thirteenth
annual Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges, Northeastern Region
(CCSCNE), held April 20 – 21 on the campus of the Rochester Institute of
Technology in Rochester, New York.
Baker’s research focused on a method for distributing data
among users of a local computer network. Cucuringu’s work was in the field of
artificial intelligence and explored automated mathematical tools. Ellen Walker,
professor of computer science, also attended and participated in a panel about
undergraduate research.
Women’s Council seeking donations for Day in the Country fundraiser
Mark your calendars. The annual Day in the Country at Hiram College
will be held Wednesday, June 13, from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Kennedy Center.
The Day in the Country is a popular fundraising event coordinated by the Women’s Council for Hiram College. All proceeds are applied toward student scholarships and special projects sponsored by the Women’s Council for Hiram College.
The event features a silent auction, Chinese auction, jewelry sale, plant sale, country store, attic treasures, buffet luncheon, and more. The buffet luncheon begins at 11:30 a.m. and costs $15 per person. Reservations are required. Please mail checks, indicating number in your party, to:
Mary Dimick, 670 Eggleston Road Aurora, OH 44202
The Women’s Council is requesting donation items for all booths in every category.
Categories include:
- Country store (homemade cookies, cakes, pies)
- Plants (annuals, perennials, bulbs, planters)
- This ‘n’ That (crafts, buttons, yarn, fabric)
- Jewelry (including broken jewelry)
- Attic Treasures (clean and usable please)
- Silent and Chinese Auction items
Donations for the sale and auctions can be brought to the Kennedy Center Ballroom on Monday, June 11, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. or Tuesday, June 12, starting at 9 a.m.
For more information about donations, the lunch, or quilt tickets, please contact Jane Dye at 330.569.5359.
Starlin’s article published in Campus Activities Programming magazine
Campus Activities Programming, a magazine for National
Association for Campus Activities (NACA) members, has published an article by LeAnn
Starlin, coordinator of campus involvement at Hiram College.
Starlin’s article, “Us vs. Them: Changing Competition to Collaboration between Student Government and Your Program Board,” focuses on the challenges faced by student governments and programming boards as they plan student events.
Starlin addressed the issue by explaining the divide in Hiram College’s Student Senate and the Kennedy Center Programming Board (KCPB). Both groups plan events, among them Homecoming, Campus Day, and Springfest. They had not been working together, however, to produce the best executed event.
As a result, programs were not implemented properly and student turnout was poor.
In the fall of 2005, the Student Senate president proposed a structural change. This change positioned the KCPB under the Senate and made the KCPB president a member of the Senate cabinet.
The KCPB president now attends weekly Senate officer meetings, full Senate meetings, and programming board meetings.
Communication and relations between the Senate and KCPB have improved dramatically and the quality of programs and activities has increased.
Starlin offers suggestions to other institutions about how to improve student government and programming board relations, including “know what works at your school,” and “model good collaboration.”
Starlin’s advice: “When it comes to organizational change, the important part is to understand that it is just that – change. Students and administrators involved must be receptive and open to making the situation different.”
Starlin received a bachelor’s degree from Ohio University and a master’s in education from Kent State University. In 2006, she was named Advisor of the Year at Hiram College.
Mother’s Day Buffet at Hiram
Sunday, May 13, is Mother’s Day. Hiram College Catering is
now accepting reservations for their annual Mother’s Day Buffet. The buffet
costs $16.95 for adults, $7.95 for children ages 5 to 12, and children under 5
are admitted free of charge. Brunch is served in Dix Dining Hall from 11 a.m.
to 1:30 p.m.
For reservations, please call 330.569.5187.
Summer break for The Harbinger
This is the last edition of The Harbinger for the 2006 – 2007 academic year. The Harbinger will resume publication at the start of the 2007 – 2008 academic year. Have a great summer.
On behalf of the Office of College Relations, congratulations to all graduating seniors and master’s degree students.
This Week at Hiram
Monday, May 7
- Senior Music Recital, Elizabeth Over and Katelyn Massie
7:30 p.m., Frohring Music Recital Hall
Tuesday, May 8
- Spring 3-week classes end
Wednesday, May 9
- Final exams
Thursday, May 10
- Senior Celebration
Friday, May 11
- Senior Celebration
Saturday, May 12
- Baccalaureate
10:30 a.m., Hayden Auditorium
- Commencement
2 p.m., Campus Green (rain location: Martin Field House)
Sunday, May 13
- Mother’s Day Buffet
11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Dix Dining Hall
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