GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN EDUCATION HOSTS DIVERSITY SEMINAR

Influential Earlham alumni with careers in education come together to raise awareness of the problem of declining percentages of minority educators in secondary schools on March 8.

AHN TRIO BRINGS MULTICULTURAL CLASSICS TO RICHMOND

The Ahn Trio’s “Classical Music in the Digital Age” energetically explores the boundaries of chamber music With a multicultural assortment of composers and musicians on Wednesday, March 5, at Richmond's Civic Hall Performing Arts Center. The event is a part of Earlham's Artist and Lecture Series.

PROFILES@EARLHAM - NATHAN ROCKWOOD: RULE MAKER

(Length 07:14) In our first in our occasional series Profiles@Earlham, we introduce you to Nathan Rockwood, an Earlham senior whose interests lie in the world of role-playing. Not merely a casual player, Rockwood, an English major, has co-written four role playing guidebooks during his time at Earlham. The latest addition to the Rockwood canon is "The Battlestar Galactica Role Playing Game," published in the Fall of 2007. Rockwood explains the genesis of his interest in the genre and how he's focused his Earlham education around writing in this genre.

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ALUM PRESENTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LECTURE AT EARLHAM

Mark Drabenstott '77, founding director of the Rural Policy Research Institute's National Center for Regional Competitiveness, returns to Earlham and offers economic development advice to the Richmond area during a lecture on Monday, Feb. 25, 2008.

EARLHAM DEBUTS PODCAST SERIES

In addition to brochures and guidebooks, information about Earlham is now available on demand on any computer or MP3 player as the College launches its podcasting series.

TEST OF EARLHAM CAMPUS NOTIFICATION SYSTEM A SUCCESS

Earlham has conducted the first test of its new system to notify the campus in the event of an emergency. The multi-modal system allows the College to send text messages, e-mails, and to call registered users.

RELATIONSHIP TO COLLEGE DOESN'T END AT GRADUATION

According to a USA Today/Gannett News Service story focusing on alumni giving, colleges and universities across the country are trying to build a bond with students before they graduate from the institution. Earlham Vice President for Institutional Advancement Jim McKey notes in the story that the College has found that continuing to connect alumni to the school yields results when soliciting contributions but that diligence is the key in keeping up with tech-savvy mobile grads.

LUNAR ECLIPSE ARTICLE NOTES WORK OF EC PROFESSOR HIVELY

The Columbus Dispatch reported on the week's upcoming lunar eclipse which, if the skies are clear on Wednesday evening, February 20, will be the first such lunar event visible in the region since 2004. Lunar eclipses have fascinated mankind since prehistoric times. One group, the Hopewell people, created earthworks, "moon mounds," in Ohio which turned out to be a highly accurate lunar observatory. The purpose of the earthworks and their lunar alignment was first discovered, as the article points out, by EC Physics professor Ray Hively and retired prof Ray Horn.

GRADS INTERACT WITH NOBEL LAUREATES IN ROME

Two Earlham graduates were among the group of eight young people selected by the American Friends Service Committee for the Next Generation of Peacemakers program held at the Nobel Peace Summit in Rome in December. Behar Xharra '07 and Greg Woods '07 interacted with such past Nobel laureates as Mikhail Gorbachev, Lech Walesa and the Dalai Lama. Read more in our alumni spotlight in Earlhamite Extras.

THE EARLHAM COLLEGE PODCAST - EPISODE 1 "WILDERNESS PROGRAMS"

(Length: 12:00) -- Earlham begins its podcasting series with a look at the College's Wilderness Programs. Jay Roberts, director of wilderness programs at Earlham, tells us about the varied offerings available throughout the year, focusing on August Wilderness, one of the oldest outdoor orientation programs of its kind. We look at "Water Wilderness," a 24-day canoeing adventure in the back country of Ontario, Canada. Director of Alumni Relations Gail Clark also shares her experience of participating in August Wilderness as a faculty leader.

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EC RECEIVES HIGHEST NATIONAL HONOR FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE

The thousands of hours Earlham students contribute to community service each year have earned the College a spot on the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.

FRUGALITY FOR THE MASSES IS THE MESSAGE FROM EC'S ALAN BIGGER

Earlham's frugal facilities director Alan Bigger is the subject of a profile on NewsLink Indiana. Bigger also relates a few of his frugal living tips from the recently-published book Frugalisms. A video clip, broadcast on Indiana Public Broadcasting accompanies the story above. Read our original story on Alan Bigger.

PEACE CORPS CAN IMPROVE U.S. IMAGE SAYS EARLHAM SPEAKER

The next president should use an expanded Peace Corps to impede negative perception of the United States, says Kevin Quigley. The president and chief executive officer of the National Peace Corps Association is Earlham's next convocation speaker on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008.

EC ALUM LEADS PREP TEAM TO STATE FOOTBALL TITLE

Attributing much of his gridiron coaching success to his Earlham experiences on and off the field, Steve Specht '90 has guided St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati to Ohio Division I football championships in 2005 and 2007.

ESSAY NOTES PASSING OF BELOVED EARLHAM PROFESSOR BOB SOUTHARD

Wayne State University history professor Denver Brunsman contributes a moving essay on self-reflection and unfulfilled career goals in today's Inside Higher Ed. Brunsman tells of two recent deaths which affected him profoundly -- those of his father and Earlham's Bob Southard, a colleague at Chicago's Newberry Library. The article also provides a link to Earlham's online memorial to Southard.