The Harbinger

October 9, 2006



Learn how to navigate corporate waters

 
On Tuesday, October 17, Jim Gould, vice president of internal and external communications for Hartford Financial Services Group, will give students insider tips about how to advance up the corporate ladder. Gould, who holds a bachelor’s degree in English and a Master of Fine Arts, will be speaking in the Alumni Heritage Room from 9:40 to 11:40 a.m.

 

The Hartford is one of the largest investment and insurance companies in the United States with offices in Japan, Brazil, Ireland, and England. Hartford Financial Services Group has almost 30,000 employees and had $2.3 billion in income in 2005. The company ranked 78 on the 2006 Fortune 100 list of U.S.-based companies with the largest annual revenue. 

 

Assistant Professor of Management Arul Thirunavukkarasu (a.k.a. "Dr. T") arranged for Gould’s visit as part of his course, Management 301: Marketing Management. The visit is sponsored by the Hiram College Department of Management, and the presentation is open to all members of the Hiram College community.


Photograph exhibit explores HIV in America

 

Don’t miss the touring photograph and text exhibit titled “Focus on Living: Portraits of Americans with HIV and AIDS.” The exhibit currently is on view in the second floor Hinsdale archway and will be displayed through October 12.

 

“Focus on Living” showcases 16 Americans living with HIV and AIDS. It is the work of acclaimed photographer/writer Roslyn Banish, author of four books exploring human issues by combining text and photos. The exhibit is based on a book by the same title, Focus on Living (U. Mass Press), with an introduction by Paul A. Volberding, M.D., vice chair of the department of medicine of the University of California, San Francisco.

 

The subjects of “Focus on Living” speak candidly about their lives, relationships, and how they have come to terms with the presence of a chronic and potentially fatal disease.

 

For more information, visit www.focusonliving.org.

 

Free, anonymous HIV testing

 
Free, anonymous HIV testing will be available in the Health Center on Thursday, October 26, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Testing will be done by Jim Chillemi from CAN (Community Aids Network). The test is administered by mouth swab. Call the Health Center at x5418 and make your appointment by birth date. Jim will be back the following Thursday, November 2, with test results. 

 

Professor Emerita Prudy Hall discovers link between herbicides and damage to crop root systems

 
Professor Emerita of Biology and Chemistry Prudy Hall (pictured left) is the co-author of an article recently published in the Journal of Proteome Research, vol. 5, no. 9, 2006. The article is titled “Proteomic Analysis of Root Meristems and the Effects of Acetohydroxyacid Synthase-Inhibiting Herbicides in the Root of Medicago Truncatula” and is the result of research Hall conducted while on sabbatical in the Research School of Biological Sciences at the Australian National University.

 
Working with two graduate students, Hall discovered that certain weed killers have a harmful effect on the root systems of legumes. These initial studies are a call for farmers to learn about the potential effects of certain herbicides on crop development.  The research team is conducting additional investigations into their findings.

 

 


Get your flu shot/flumist at the Health Center

 
Beginning October 16, flu shots will be available at the Health Center. Cost of the shot is $20. (Students may put this charge on their student bill.) Shots will be given by appointment only, so please call the Health Center at x5418 to make an appointment.  Flumist also will be available for those who do not like needles. Flumist can be used only by adults between the ages of 18 and 49 who have no history of asthma or reactive airway disease. The charge for Flumist will be $30.


Two from Hiram join AICUO Board

 
Hiram College President Thomas V. Chema has been elected to a one-year replacement term on the Board of the Association of Independent College and Universities of Ohio (AICUO). The president will serve through 2007.

 

Also elected to the AICUO Board was Hiram College Trustee Tahlman “Tally” Krumm Jr. of Bexley, Ohio. Tally will serve through 2008.

 



This Week at Hiram

 

Monday, October 9

  • Photograph exhibit: “Focus on Living: Portraits of Americans with HIV and AIDS”
    All day, Second floor Hinsdale archway

 

Tuesday, October 10

  • Photograph exhibit: “Focus on Living: Portraits of Americans with HIV and AIDS”
    All day, Second floor Hinsdale archway
     
  • Men’s Soccer v. Denison
    4:30 p.m., Hiram Soccer Complex


Wednesday, October 11

  • Photograph exhibit: “Focus on Living: Portraits of Americans with HIV and AIDS”
    All day, Second floor Hinsdale archway
     
  • Women’s Soccer v. Allegheny
    4 p.m., Hiram Soccer Complex


Thursday, October 12
FALL WEEKEND, No Classes

  • Photograph exhibit: “Focus on Living: Portraits of Americans with HIV and AIDS”
    All day, Second floor Hinsdale archway


Friday, October 13
FALL WEEKEND, No Classes

  • Cross Country @ College of Wooster Jim Beam Twilight
    4 p.m., Wooster, Ohio
     
  • Women’s Soccer @ Wittenberg
    8 p.m., Springfield, Ohio


Saturday, October 14

  • Volleyball @ Oberlin Tri-Match (v. Oberlin)
    12 p.m., Oberlin, Ohio

  • Football v. Wooster
    1 p.m., Henry Field
     
  • Men’s Soccer v. Kenyon
    1 p.m., Hiram Soccer Complex

  • Volleyball @ Oberlin Tri-Match (v. John Carroll)
    2 p.m., Oberlin, Ohio 


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