News released by Earlham after July 1, 2008 may now be found at our new online Press Room.
News released from January, 2004 to June, 2008 may still be found in this archival site.
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.
The residents of Co-op Hall, an intentional community on the lower level of Barrett Residence Hall, are learning how to live and learn together. Some of the amenities they do without are what excite them the most.
Earlham College kicked off an ambitious fundraising campaign during Homecoming and Reunion Weekend. The campaign will raise money for new buildings, renovation of existing facilities, faculty professional development and scholarship opportunities.
Two Earlham students have had their photographs professionally recognized in recent months. Second-year Rosie Nevins saw her work appear on a billboard for Girls, Inc., and senior Coleman Yunger sold out a solo show in his hometown of Washington, D.C.
To honor Earlham's Bonner Scholars and to recognize the support of the Corella and Bertram F. Bonner Foundation, the College has renamed its service learning center as the Bonner Center for Service and Vocation. The dedication ceremonies were held on Tuesday, October 14, 2008.
The U.S. Campaign to Ban Landmines and Cluster Bombs will stop at Earlham College on Monday, Oct. 13 at 6:45 p.m., at the invitation of President Douglas C. Bennett. The Cluster Bomb Survivors Tour is making its way across the Midwest to draw attention to the significant harm caused by these weapons. Additionally, the tour, coordinated by the Friends Committee for National Legislation (Quakers), hopes to gain support for Senate legislation which would effectively ban the U.S. from using or exporting cluster bombs. The presentation will occur in the Richmond Room in the Landrum Bolling Center and is open to the public.
A grant from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations to expand and reconfigure the backstage space in Carpenter Hall's Goddard Auditorium will greatly reduce the amount of work involved in hosting events in the College's primary performance space.
Earlham College first-year student Tory Smith completed hike of the entire Appalachian Trail days before classes began. The five month long trek was "the hardest thing I've ever done," says Smith. Only about a quarter of those who begin a thru-hike actually complete the trail.
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.
The hard work of Earlham students on projects related to peace and implemented throughout the world this summer highlights the importance and passion of young people. Two of the projects were funded by the Kathryn Wasserman Davis 100 Projects for Peace program and the third was funded by Earlham President Douglas C. Bennett. This is the second consecutive year that Earlham has participated in the peace projects program.
After a year of helping lead the charge for a change in the American Psychological Association's (APA) stance on allowing members to participate in certain interrogations, the Earlham College Psychology Department and associate professor Michael R. Jackson can claim victory. This week APA announced that its membership has voted in favor of a petition resolution to specifically bar members from working where "persons are held outside of, or in violation of, either International Law or the U.S. Constitution."
Last year, the psychology department at Earlham passed a resolution calling for a change in the interrogations policy of APA. Breaking new ground by taking this national leadership role, Earlham's Resolution Regarding Participation by Psychologists in Interrogations in Military Detention Centers was the first of its kind issued by an American college or university academic unit. Nearly a dozen additional colleges have since signed onto the Earlham resolution.
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.
Director of Admissions Nancy Sinex shares her observations about the Class of 2012. Sinex's annual address has become one of the highlights of New Student Orientation at Earlham.
Students from all over the world soon will be arriving on campus for the start of Earlham College's 162nd academic year. The year promises growth and improvements in internationalism and diversity, in financial support for and recognition of faculty/student scholarship, in physical facilities and even in highways. For the 2008-09 academic year, the College again draws on a tradition of increasing the international flavor of the campus with 174 international students from 70 countries expected to begin classes this month, according to Associate Director of International Programs Kelley Lawson-Khalidi.
A recent national study of college students co-authored by Alan S. Bigger, director of facilities and chief environmental officer at Earlham College, has determined that there is a correlation between the cleanliness of a school's facilities and the academic achievement of students.
Earlham College students will have a chance to change how local news is reported, thanks to an innovative partnership between Earlham and Miami University and funded by the New Voices program of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
A Fulbright Scholarship will allow Colin Haywood ’08 the opportunity to contribute Japanese literature to the English-speaking world. During the yearlong project, Haywood hopes to translate Higuchi Ichiyo’s poetry. Eventually he plans to translate the author’s complete works.
Earlham College's online virtual campus tour has been recognized in two prestigious interactive media awards competitions, the Horizon Interactive Awards and the Webby Awards, the so-called "Oscars® of the Internet."
Harry Perez '08 was one of only 12 interns selected from more than 900 applicants for a prestigious internship at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Perez had applied for an internship in the Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas department, but because the lead curator of that department will be away this summer, Perez will intern in Public Relations.
Among those celebrating their academic achievements during Earlham's Baccalaureate and Commencement on Saturday, May 3 will be the College’s first graduating group of Davis United World College Scholars. Earlham's Class of 2008 is made up of students from 37 U.S. states and 24 countries, including 11 Davis Scholars. President Douglas C. Bennett will personally confer 294 Bachelor of Arts degrees and 46 master's degrees during the ceremony.
Juan Navarrete '08 is excited by the depth of the opportunity winning a prestigious Watson Fellowship has provided him to study the political cartooning tradition in Latin America.
For the second straight year, Earlham honored two Indiana high school educators with Distinguished Teacher Awards during the annual Indianapolis Star Indiana Academic All-Stars luncheon.
Peace will be promoted in two foreign countries and across the United States this summer thanks to three peace projects devised by five Earlham students. Two groups were funded by the Kathryn Wasserman Davis Projects for Peace and the additional project was funded by Earlham President Doug Bennett.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
This weekend the College lost a beloved member of the faculty. Peter Cline, 66, professor of history, passed away on Saturday, March 29, 2008, at Reid Hospital.
Peter planned to retire from Earlham in May after 32 years at the College. Friends had gathered in the Richmond Room at 4:00 p.m. on Friday for a retirement reception honoring their dear colleague. When Peter did not arrive, a colleague went to his residence and found him in distress. He was taken to Reid Hospital and sadly died the following afternoon.
Peter came to Earlham in 1976 with a B.A. from University of Wisconsin and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Stanford University. Deeply committed to the power of the liberal arts to enrich students' lives, Peter read widely, deeply and thoughtfully passing his vast knowledge on to his students. Colleagues will miss his gentle good humor and wise counsel.
Funeral plans are incomplete at this time.
Earlham librarians are at the forefront of encouraging students to use the many resources available on the Web as they perform research. As Wikipedia and YouTube change the ways in which students get information, librarians who are keeping up with trends find themselves among the tech-savviest people on campus. Earlham librarians Neal Baker and Sara Penhale tell us how technology has made the library one of the coolest spots on campus.
The Earlham Equestrian Team has had one of its best show seasons ever, and members attribute part of their success to the team’s enthusiastic spirit. Eight riders have qualified for the IHSA Regionals in April.
March 13, 2008, 4:30 p.m. -- The Earlham College community was saddened to learn this afternoon of the death of 20-year-old second-year student Kai Woods of Atlanta, Georgia. Her body was found in her residence hall room. Her parents have been notified.
Dean of Student Development Deb McNish confirmed the unfortunate occurrence today. McNish said that the College’s Student Development staff is cooperating fully with the police inquiry into the death, which is standard procedure in the event of any death on campus. According to Richmond Police Department Sgt. Brad Berner, no foul play is suspected.
Student Development staff will be available to students for counseling and support in the residence halls and in the Student Development Office until 10:00 p.m. this evening.
Additionally, the Student Development Office in Carpenter Hall, Campus Ministries in Virginia Cottage and Stout Meetinghouse will be available to students from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 14, 2008.
The Earlham community also may gather between noon and 1:00 p.m. in Stout Meetinghouse for silent reflection on Friday.
An accident occurred at the entrance to Earlham College at approximately 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 5, 2008. A student pedestrian crossing National Road (U.S. 40) was struck by a vehicle. Rural/Metro Ambulance transported the student to Reid Memorial Hospital. The student's condition has not yet been released. We do not know if there are any injuries at this time. Update: The student was examined and released without serious injuries.
Earlham President Douglas C. Bennett has been advocating for traffic regulation at the College's National Road entrance for some time.
The new Virtual Tour, the Earlhamite and the "Athletics@Earlham" brochure all were honored with Merit Awards in the Admissions Advertising Awards. Sponsored by Admissions Marketing Report, the contest is nation's largest educational advertising awards competition. The Virtual Tour is one of Earlham's newest tools on an increasingly interactive Web site. The Earlhamite is the oldest continually published alumni magazine in the United States.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
Earlham’s new Director of Facilities and Chief Environmental Officer Alan Bigger realizes the end result of his work in facilities and environmental management is the education of students. Bigger is the author of the recently-published book Frugalisms, a collection of his "The Frugal Housekeeper" columns.
Internationally recognized as one of the earliest biotechnology researchers and developers, David Stump '72 returns to speak at Earlham College — the place where he first learned to put science in a global and human context. Stump, a physician and scientist who is executive vice president of Human Genome Sciences Inc., presents "Engaging Genes: At the Intersection of Biotechnology and Medicine" during an Earlham convocation beginning at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30, in Carpenter Hall's Goddard Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.
The energetic music of Cuba will fill Earlham College's Goddard Auditorium on Saturday, Jan. 26, when Tiempo Libre brings its dance-inducing sounds to town. Grammy-nominated Tiempo Libre is well known for its timba music, a relatively new style of dance music that draws from funk, jazz, classical and traditional Cuban rhythms. Tickets, which are available at the Runyan Center desk, are $5 for adults and $3 for students and seniors.
Colleges and universities nationwide are seeing increasing numbers of "stealth applicants" -- those prospective students whose first contact with the admissions office is their e-mailed application. Earlham Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Jeff Rickey is watching this trend as it increases enrollment pools and changes the traditional relationship between colleges and prospective students.
Kathryn "Kat" Bearese has a passion for serving people with special needs. This enthusiasm for service helped her to be named a Bonner Scholar at Earlham and now has helped her to win a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship of $10,000 to spend three months in Quito, Ecuador, during the fall of 2008.
The Earlham Urgency Network, a multi-modal emergency communications system, will be signing up its first users during the Enrollment Confirmation process for the Spring Semester. The network, the result of significant planning by the College's Emergency Response and Recovery Planning (ERRP) Committee during the prior semester, will allow the College to communicate with students by e-mail, text message, and voice message in the event of an emergency on campus.
Four Earlham College Computer Science students bested other entrants to take the top spot in Scientific Computing during the education program at SC07, one of the world's largest supercomputing conferences. (See related story below on EC professor Charlie Peck.)
No one bested Associate Professor of Computer Science Charlie Peck's time in the Ultimate HPC Geek Contest sponsored by chip giant Intel at the 2007 Supercomputing Conference. Peck was crowned "Ultimate Geek" at the 2006 conference.