October 29, 2007
HILLARY CARTER'S HISTORY-MAKING KICK
Hillary Carter split the uprights for an extra point in the Quakers' 31-14 victory at Hiram on Oct. 27. The junior from Middletown, Ohio, is the first female student-athlete to play in a football game for Earlham. For more information on Hillary, see our original profile.
October 23, 2007
EC: IMPROVING EDUCATION ONE CLASSROOM AT A TIME
Earlham's Graduate Programs in Education work to shift the emphasis in teacher education from the adult to the student. These programs are having a significant impact in our local school system, according to Debbie Rickey, director of the graduate programs. "In trying to be a good neighbor, we are making an impact locally," she says. "A good teacher is a good teacher for all students. We emphasize becoming a teacher for your students and teaching for learning."
October 17, 2007
EARLHAM GRADS SOW SEEDS OF PEACE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
Upon their graduation from Earlham in May, Jamie-Rose Rothenberg, Behar Xharra and Bethany Rochelle Leeman, launched peace projects this summer in various parts of the world using $10,000 in grant funds, their time, energy and the help of volunteers and workers. All three graduates have detailed their experiences in a report, including the roadblocks they faced and the successes they enjoyed.
October 12, 2007
EARLHAM PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT CONDEMNS APA
Earlham College has been joined by Guilford College as their Psychology departments pass resolutions condemning the American Psychological Association's policy on interrogations. The story has appeared in Inside Higher Ed, The Chronicle of Higher Education, on the Democracy Now program as well as in the blogosphere. Our original story is here.
October 04, 2007
CAPITOL STEPS BRING HILARIOUS POLITICAL PARODY TO EARLHAM
The renowned political comedy troupe, The Capitol Steps, will entertain audiences with two shows in Earlham's Goddard Auditorium during Homecoming Weekend.
EC PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT SAYS APA IS "ETHICALLY COMPROMISED"
Psychology professors at Earlham, concerned over the American Psychological Association’s recent resolution which allows psychologists to participate in military interrogations, have passed a resolution of their own. The Earlham professors are calling the APA's stance "ethically compromised." Their objections grow out of Earlham's Quaker traditions of seeking "peaceful management and resolution of conflicts, affirming the equality of all persons, and maintaining high moral standards of personal conduct.”
October 01, 2007
EC ATHLETES IN THE PINK
Whether it's field hockey bandanas, football helmet stickers, cross country wristbands, soccer warm-ups or volleyball uniforms, Earlham's sports teams are recognizing National Breast Cancer Awareness Month by wearing some pink at home events this week.
THE WAR AND THE RELIGIOUS LEFT
Earlham's Joanna Swanger, director of peace and global studies, has been quoted in The American Prospect in a new article about the response of the religious left to the wars American troops are currently participating in. Progressive Protestants are struggling, says the article, to reconcile their support for the troops and a moral opposition to war.