November 30, 2005
"International Students Find a Home and a Global Purpose"
Most Earlham students “aren’t waiting to finish their degrees before engaging the problematic world,” writes Richard Holden, the College’s recently retired director of public information, in a feature article describing some of the experiences of Earlham international students Jawad Joya, from Afghanistan, and Yvette Issar, from Kenya, for eJournalUSA.
Alumnus Sets "Joggling" World Record
Just completing a world-class marathon in 3:07:05 would thrill most amateur long-distance runners, but Earlham alumnus Zach Warren ‘03 recently posted that impressive time while also juggling several balls for the entire 26.2-mile distance of the 2005 Philadelphia Marathon. The feat established a new Guinness Book world record. Warren, currently a laughter researcher at Harvard University, plans two more world record attempts in spring 2006 as he continues his efforts to raise support for the Mini Mobile Circus for Children in Afghanistan.
November 28, 2005
The New York Times: "Hallowed Ground and a Nice Par 3"
An “eagerness to see moonrises from the mounds the way the Indians did” is energizing efforts to increase public access to the Great Circle and Octagon Earthworks near Newark, Ohio, The New York Times reported in its Nov. 28 editions. A local country club leases the land and has used it since 1933 as a golf course, severely restricting outside entry onto the grounds. The Times article describes how Earlham Professor of Astronomy and Physics Ray Hively, along with now retired Professor of Philosophy Robert Horn, discovered in 1982 the true purpose of the mounds — being that of a giant lunar observatory, and one twice as precise as its far more noted counterpart, Stonehenge, in England. The largest set of geometric earthen structures ever raised by man, the 2,000-year-old Newark Earthworks are among only three U.S. sites included in Cambridge University archeoloigst Chris Scarre’s list of the 70 wonders of the ancient world. The country club’s abrupt cancellation of a long-planned public moonrise celebration in October has added to a furor caused by some archeologists, astronomers, historians and others who question the appropriateness of “whacking little white balls across ground once hallowed to an ancient community.”
November 17, 2005
Biologist John Iverson Named Professor of the Year
Described as a “teaching legend” at the College, Professor of Biology John Iverson is the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching’s 2005 Indiana Professor of the Year.
November 07, 2005
Earlham A National Leader in Production of Fulbright Scholars
According to recently released information from the Institute of International Education (IIE), as reported in the Nov. 4 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education, Earlham’s production of Fulbright Scholars for the 2005-06 academic year places it among the nation’s top schools in that assessment of academic excellence — a list that includes such well-known national liberal arts colleges as Smith, Wellesley, Vassar, Swarthmore, Bryn Mawr, Colby, and Williams.