The Harbinger

May 15, 2006

Benedict to join Hiram faculty

Michael Benedict will join the Hiram College environmental studies faculty this fall, Professor Marty Huehner, co-director of environmental studies, has announced.

Benedict will teach courses in natural resources, conservation land management, environmental mapping, and field methods, among others.
   
He comes to Hiram from the University of Toledo where he is completing his doctorate in forest ecology. Mike is originally from Brazil and did his master's work in the world-renowned Pantanal Wetlands in that country's western area.

Benedict's perspectives, according to Huehner, are very interdisciplinary.

"He will be a great fit with our academic program, with promise for some study abroad offerings to Brazil," Huehner said in an email to the campus community. "We are excited about the expertise and enthusiasm Mike will bring. In the fall, the EVST program will sponsor an evening gathering for introductions."

Mike, his wife, and his son will arrive in Hiram in early August.

Assistant Professor of Music Tina Dreisbach to participate in the 2006 Seminar in China

Assistant Professor of Music Tina Dreisbach has been selected as a participant in the 2006 Asian Studies Development Program Field Seminar in China, titled "Traditions and Modernity: Performing Arts and Cultural Representations." Dreisbach is one of 14 educators nationwide to receive a grant for residence July 3-22 in Beijing, Xian, Shanghai, and Xinjiang Province. The program will focus on how China's history and cultural heritages are represented for local and international consumption by the visual and performing arts and tourist sites. Seminar leader is Frederick Lau, ethnomusicologist at the University of Hawaii and eminent specialist in Chinese music. The Asian Studies Development Program is a joint program of the University of Hawaii and the East-West Center, initiated in 1990 to increase American understanding of the Asia-Pacific region through college and university faculty development.   
 

Dyer to speak about memoir writing

Professor of English Joyce Dyer, who directs the Hiram College Writing Center, will be speaking about memoir at a two-day conference at Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee, on June 9 and 10.

 The conference, sponsored by the Tennessee Writers Alliance, is designed for both budding and seasoned writers.

Keynote speaker will be Ann Patchett, author of the PEN/Faulkner award-winning "Bel Canto," "The Magician's Assistant," "Taft," "The Patron Saint of Liars," and, most recently, "Truth and Beauty."

Day in the Country event set for June 14

Day in the Country will be held on Wednesday, June 14, in the Kennedy Center from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Day in the Country is an annual event that features a silent auction, Chinese auction, and general sale of attic treasures, jewelry, assorted home goods, and much more. All proceeds benefit a Hiram College scholarship sponsored by the Women's Council for Hiram College.

Admission to the sale is free. A buffet luncheon will take place at 11:30 a.m. and is offered for $13 per person. RSVP for the luncheon by June 9 to: Mary Dimick, 670 Eggleston Road, Aurora, Ohio 44202. Shuttle service will be available to/from the Coleman Sports Center parking lot on the Hiram College campus.

For more information about Day in the Country, please call 330.569.7403 or 440.248.1778.

Come to the Hiram Historical Society's Next Meeting:

Hiram's Missionary Heritage in China.

Join us for a talk by Dr. Adam Cathcart and John Somerville. Drawing on the Arnold papers deposited in the Hiram College Archives, they will discuss local participation in missionary work in China, ca. 1900-1920.

Thursday, May 18, at 7:30 p.m. in the Century House (next to the Fire Station).

All are welcome! Refreshments will be served.

Say farewell to Lisa Johnson

The Hiram Library staff invites the Hiram College community to attend a farewell event for archivist Lisa Johnson in the Library on Tuesday, May 16, between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Lisa is leaving the college to move to Michigan.

Harbinger goes on summer hiatus

This is the last issue of the Harbinger until August. Everyone have a wonderful summer.