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The work of the Earlham College Public Affairs staff was honored with three awards at the 2008 Pride of CASE V Awards ceremony in Chicago last week. The awards, given by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, District V, honor institutions and individuals from six states for outstanding achievement in the concept and execution of advancement programs and communications.
Earlham seniors Katie Delbecq and Wesley Nutter, along with Assistant Professor of Geology Andy Moore, spent a portion of their summer on one of Japan's northernmost islands researching historic tsunami size and frequency.
Singer/songwriter Carrie Newcomer joins author/musician Bill Harley for an evening of story, song, truth and tall tales on Wednesday, Dec. 3, in Earlham College's Goddard Auditorium. "An Evening with Carrie Newcomer and Bill Harley" is part of the College's Artist and Lecture Series and begins at 7 p.m. Tickets cost $5 for adults and $3 for seniors and students and are available by calling 765/983-1373.
Lively chamber music from the Carmina Quartet will fill Goddard Auditorium on Tuesday, Nov. 11, as part of the College’s Artist and Lecture Series. Tickets are available at Runyan Center Desk and cost $5 for adults and $3 for seniors and students.
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College Compare, a Web site dedicated to providing information about various colleges across the country selected Earlham as one of America's Top 10 schools for study abroad. The Web site's editors used the criteria of studying outside of the U.S. for at least one semester for inclusion on the list.
Earlham College Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Jeff Rickey is one of a group of leading admissions officials quoted in today's Chronicle of Higher Education on the apparent attempt by Baylor University to raise its profile by giving admitted freshman financial incentives to retake the SAT. Rickey calls Baylor's actions a "totally inappropriate way to use test scores because there's absolutely no learning or education attached to it."
Among those sitting on a blue ribbon panel to study the use of standardized tests in the college admissions process was Earlham College Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Jeff Rickey. The report of the panel's year-long study was released at the annual gathering of the National Association of College Admission Counseling (NACAC) in Seattle. Will Earlham elect to make the SAT and ACT exams optional for admissions in the future? "Stay tuned," says Rickey.
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The New York Times (excerpted in The Tampa Tribune)
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Inside Higher Ed
Earlham College Assistant Professor of Geology Andrew Moore and senior geology major Wesley Nutter were among a group of researchers studying the soil of the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido this summer. The researchers took soil samples to study the island's history of tsunami activity, which Nutter says show that enormous waves, at least 33 feet high, battered the island before the dawn of civilization there, according to Discovery News and MSNBC.
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Campus events information may now be found at our new online Press Room or by visiting our Community Events page.
News released from January, 2004 to June, 2008 may still be found in this archival site.
Singer/songwriter Carrie Newcomer joins author/musician Bill Harley for an evening of story, song, truth and tall tales on Wednesday, Dec. 3, in Earlham College's Goddard Auditorium. "An Evening with Carrie Newcomer and Bill Harley" is part of the College's Artist and Lecture Series and begins at 7 p.m. Tickets cost $5 for adults and $3 for seniors and students and are available by calling 765/983-1373.
Lively chamber music from the Carmina Quartet will fill Goddard Auditorium on Tuesday, Nov. 11, as part of the College’s Artist and Lecture Series. Tickets are available at Runyan Center Desk and cost $5 for adults and $3 for seniors and students.
Sweet Honey in the Rock® sings songs of peace, justice, love and hope during two Homecoming and Reunion Weekend concerts on Friday, Oct. 17, 2008. Founded in 1973, Sweet Honey is a world-renowned all-female a cappella vocal ensemble committed to creating music out of the rich textures of African American legacy and traditions, including blues, spirituals, gospel, reggae, African chants, hip hop, ancient lullabies and jazz improvisation.
Speaking on immigration, class and social engagement, internationally acclaimed author Dinaw Mengestu opens Earlham's fall Convocation series on Wednesday, Sept. 10. Mengestu's novel, The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears, was selected as required summer reading for Earlham's first-year students.
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Michelle Crane is the North Coast Athletic Conference's "Athlete of the Week" for women's cross country. She placed 12th in the Indiana Intercollegiates on Sept. 19.
Two Earlham athletes, Sara Bohall (women's 400-meter hurdles) and Chris Shaw (men's discus), will compete at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships beginning on May 22.
Sara Bohall '08 made history as the first Earlham woman to win the same event at a conference meet in four consecutive years with a first-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles at the 2008 NCAC Outdoor Track Championships on May 2.
Eric Sturgeon '08 became Earlham's all-time hits leader during the final weekend of his collegiate baseball career. The Logansport, Ind., native also set school career records in batting average and doubles.
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(Length - 7:53) As our semester winds down and exams begin, reporter Mark Brim treks around the campus to find out what folks are doing for the holidays and how they're preparing for exams. Holiday music courtesy of the band Lift.
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(Length - 14:00) In this episode, we visit with John Iverson, professor of biology and director of the Joseph Moore Museum at Earlham. One of the nation's most-respected herpetologists, Iverson describes his nearly 30 year long field studies of turtles in the sandhills of Nebraska and of rare iguanas in the Bahamas. Each year, Iverson takes Earlham students on these field expeditions and these exceptional hands-on experiences have become one of the hallmarks of an Earlham education in the sciences. Junior Erika Phelps joins us to give her impressions of her fieldwork experience in the Bahamas and Polly Wilde lets us in on a few events happening "around the heart."
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(Length - 15:24) In this episode, we look at conservation, sustainability and how the College is going green. Our guests include Mic Jackson, professor of mathematics and director of environmental programs, who gives us a long-term overview of sustainability at Earlham, students Carmen Black and Katie Delbecq, who talk about living green and why it is important, and Alan Bigger, director of facilities, gives us some easy ways to live a more sustainable lifestyle.
The easiest way to make sure you get the Earlham College podcast each month is to subscribe. There is no cost and the program will come to you automatically. Use the XML feed to subscribe using the feed aggregator of your choice or, if you use iTunes, simply click the iTunes link. The iTunes program will check for new podcasts automatically each time you open the program.
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(Length - 12:38) –– Just in time for an exciting Homecoming and Reunion Weekend, we examine the origins of collegiate Homecoming celebrations. Mark Brim talks with Alumni Relations Director Gail Clark about the weekend's campus activities. He also chats with Athletics Director Frank Carr about the many exciting home games taking place over the weekend. Polly Wilde checks in with events from "Around The Heart."
The easiest way to make sure you get the Earlham College podcast each month is to subscribe. There is no cost and the program will come to you automatically. Use the XML feed to subscribe using the feed aggregator of your choice or, if you use iTunes, simply click the iTunes link. The iTunes program will check for new podcasts automatically each time you open the program.
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