Gettysburg News http://www.gettysburg.edu/ Gettysburg News <![CDATA[Former Supreme Court Justice O'Connor to speak May 18 at Commencement]]> http://www.gettysburg.edu/news_events/press_release_detail.dot?id=1387091 GETTYSBURG, Pa. - Former United States Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor will speak May 18 at Gettysburg College's 173rd Commencement.

The 11 a.m. ceremony will take place on the north side of Pennsylvania Hall. O'Connor will receive an honorary degree from Gettysburg College, as will Rev. Dr. Rudolph Featherstone, who became the college's first African-American graduate in 1956, and Dr. Paul Muchinsky, a 1969 Gettysburg College graduate and professor of business. Paul Roedel, parent of a 1986 Gettysburg College graduate, will receive the Lavern H. Brenneman Award for Exemplary Volunteer Service, which was established to honor the 1936 graduate. Nicole Puza, a senior majoring in biology from Stamford, Conn., will deliver the Senior Address.

O'Connor was the first woman to serve on the United States Supreme Court. Growing up on a cattle ranch in southeastern Arizona and then in Texas, she attended Stanford University where she majored in economics and graduated magna cum laude in 1950. O'Connor completed her law degree in only two years at Stanford Law School, where she was appointed to the legal honor society Order of the Coif and served on the editorial board of the Stanford Law Review. In 1952, O'Connor was offered only one job - and it was as a legal secretary rather than as an attorney. She turned to the public sector and began her career as deputy county attorney in San Mateo, Calif., and then as assistant attorney general in Arizona. She was an Arizona state senator for six years, including a term as senate majority leader, the first woman to hold such a position in the U.S.

In 1975, O'Connor was elected judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix and then appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals in 1979. In 1981, President Ronald Reagan nominated her to the Supreme Court, where she served until her retirement in 2006. Her record on the court reflects an effort to keep decisions narrowly focused, not making sweeping changes to the law. She was seen as centrist and cast the deciding vote in several important cases related to abortion rights and discrimination. Since her retirement, O'Connor has worked to promote an independent judiciary. She has also become chancellor of the College of William and Mary and received honorary degrees from Yale University and Elon University.

Featherstone has spent his life advocating justice for all people and serving as a visionary leader in the Lutheran ministry. He touched thousands of lives as a well-known and respected lecturer, author, theologian and churchman. He has written and lectured in the U.S. and internationally on Lutheran heritage and issues of social justice. He served parishes in New York, Detroit and Jamaica, where his ties with the local African-American churches strengthened relations with the African-American Lutheran community. Featherstone also served in the campus ministry at Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a mentor for students of color. He recently retired as a professor of cross-cultural theological studies and mission at Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus, Ohio. Featherstone received his bachelor's degree majoring in history from Gettysburg College in 1956 and graduated from the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg in 1960 and Harvard Divinity School in 1972.

A prominent industrial and organizational psychologist, Muchinsky is the Joseph M. Bryan Distinguished Professor of Business at the University of North Carolina. He was appointed by North Carolina Governor James Hunt to serve on the Commission on Workforce Preparedness, whose mandate was to improve the competitiveness of North Carolina businesses and enhance economic development. He has written more than 100 journal articles and book chapters as well as "Psychology Applied to Work," the most widely read textbook in the discipline. Muchinsky has been granted fellowship status in four divisions of the American Psychological Association for his meritorious contributions to the profession. In 1998, he received a Distinguished Alumni Award from Gettysburg College and in 2004, he was honored as the inaugural recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Contributions Award by the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Muchinsky received his bachelor's degree majoring in psychology from Gettysburg College in 1969, master's in psychology from Kansas State University in 1970 and doctorate in industrial/organizational psychology from Purdue University in 1973. He credits former Gettysburg College psychology professor Samuel Mudd as a life-long mentor. Muchinsky is also an enthusiastic amateur scholar of baseball and author of "Baseball Pinback Buttons," which was accepted into the registry of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y.

Roedel's loyalty and support for Gettysburg College has continued long past his daughter's graduation more than two decades ago. He served 12 years on the Board of Trustees (1987-1999), including five years as chairman and oversaw the Commission on the Future, a group that laid the groundwork for the $100-million campaign "The Unfinished Work," which was completed in 2004. Roedel was also involved in the leadership committee for "The Campaign for Gettysburg," Parents Advisory Board and National Major Gifts Committee. He was named Trustee Emeritus in 2000. Roedel is the treasurer of the Berks Business and Education Coalition and the Wyomissing Foundation. He started as an accountant at Carpenter Technology Corp., a specialty metals and structural ceramics company, and rose to chairman and CEO in 1987, retiring in 1992. He has served on numerous non-profit and social service organizations in the Reading-Wyomissing area.

Puza is a member of Omicron Delta Kappa leadership honors society, Women's Center Associate Board, Equestrian Team, Pre-Veterinary club, Biosphere and Gettysburg College-Community Orchestra. She is also a swing dance choreographer and instructor in the dance ensemble. While at Gettysburg, Puza volunteered at the East Coast Exotic Animal Rescue and was a student teaching assistant for the biology department. She was awarded a Mellon Grant for student-faculty summer research in 2006 and her independent research took her to Nicaragua where she analyzed DNA of tropical marine snails. Puza has also worked as a technician's assistant at Emmitsburg Veterinary Hospital. After graduation, she will attend the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine.

Gettysburg College is a highly selective four-year residential college of liberal arts and sciences with approximately 2,600 students. It is located on a 200-acre campus adjacent to Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania. The college was founded in 1832.

Issued: 4/9/08
By: Kendra Martin

]]> <![CDATA[Jazz Ensemble to perform May 18 before traveling to Greece, Italy]]> http://www.gettysburg.edu/news_events/press_release_detail.dot?id=1509770 GETTYSBURG, Pa. - A precursor to a ten-day performance trip to Greece and Italy, Gettysburg College's Jazz Ensemble will perform a farewell concert May 18 on campus.

The 7 p.m. performance will take place on the lawn outside Schmucker Hall on the west side of the building. The ensemble will play jazz favorites including Fats Waller's "Jitterbug Waltz" and Neil Hefti's "Splanky" in preparation for five performances while traveling through Athens, Delphi and Venice. The Jazz Ensemble is directed by Dr. John "Buzz" Jones. Admission is free and the concert is open to public.

This will be the fourth trip abroad in the history of the Jazz Ensemble. The group held fundraising concerts throughout the academic year to assist with travel costs. In addition to performing, students will have the opportunity to sight-see and network with several Gettysburg College and Jazz Ensemble alumni who will be traveling with them, such as Nick Boire, a 2007 graduate who is working for the Peace Corps in Africa and is a former vibraphone player. Jones said the connections that students make with one another and people abroad are the main reasons he offers this type of trip every few years.

"The students experience a real sense of community and camaraderie when they are traveling together," Jones said. "It carries over into the next performance year and serves as a source for great musical energy."

The Gettysburg College Jazz Ensemble is an auditioned ensemble of 18 to 22 students. All styles of jazz are studied encompassing swing, Latin, fusion, bop and American popular standards of the Big Band Era. The group has performed at the Montreux, Vienné and North Sea jazz festivals, opened for Ray Brown, Phil Woods and Kenny Baron and participated in the Villanova and George Mason intercollegiate jazz festivals.

Jones is a professor of music and director of Gettysburg College's Sunderman Conservatory of Music. He coordinates the theory program and teaches jazz history, counterpoint and composition. During his tenure as director of bands from 1989 to 2002, the program grew in size from 35 to 90 musicians performing more than 20 concerts annually. Moreover, the number of music majors and minors doubled while he served as department chair from 1999 to 2005. Jones is an 11-time ASCAP Standard Award winner in composition and has been the recipient of numerous commissions for wind, jazz ensemble and chamber orchestra. He founded and directs The Buzz Jones Big Band, central Pennsylvania's leading jazz orchestra. The group performed more than 200 concerts and dances, toured five European countries and produced four CDs during its 29-year history. Jones received his bachelor's degree from Lebanon Valley College, master's degree from Towson University and doctorate from Temple University.

The Sunderman Conservatory of Music at Gettysburg College combines Gettysburg's superb music tradition and its strengths as one of the nation's leading liberal arts colleges. Established in 2005 through a $15.7 million gift from 1919 graduate Dr. F. William Sunderman Sr., the conservatory offers three degrees -- bachelor of music in performance, bachelor of arts in music, and bachelor of science in music education -- as well as a minor in music.

Gettysburg College is a highly selective four-year residential college of liberal arts and sciences with approximately 2,600 students. It is located on a 200-acre campus adjacent to Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania. The college was founded in 1832.

Issued: 5/9/08

]]> <![CDATA[Study abroad gives Gettysburg College students a global education]]> http://www.gettysburg.edu/news_events/press_release_detail.dot?id=1509815 Nationally, only about two percent of all undergraduates study overseas, but at Gettysburg College, that figure is a whopping 50 percent.

Nearly 90 programs help prepare students for today’s global workface, offering enough geographic and academic variety to tempt even the most reluctant armchair traveler, from music in Austria and student teaching in London to computer science in Hungary and gender and the environment in Mexico.

And there are plenty of opportunities for service to others. Shaina Wright ’08 volunteered in a South African health clinic, and Stephanie Bonnes ’08 taught English to refugee women in
Cairo.

Meanwhile, back on campus, the College has introduced a new multidisciplinary major, globalization studies, which examines different geographic regions through integrated perspectives from the humanities, arts, social sciences, and natural sciences.

The winter issue of Gettysburg, the College’s magazine, profiles how off-campus studies help students gain A Global Education.

Study Abroad video  

]]> <![CDATA[Gettysburg College wins fifth straight men's lacrosse conference title]]> http://www.gettysburg.edu/news_events/press_release_detail.dot?id=1505084 Gettysburg College won its fifth consecutive Centennial Conference men's lacrosse championship Sunday, defeating Washington (Md.) College 12-7 at a sunny, breezy Clark Field.

With the win, the Bullets (15-2) earned an automatic bid in the NCAA Division III Tournament and will host a second-round game on Saturday. At a time to be announced, Gettysburg will take on the winner of the first-round game between Denison University and Widener University.

Gettysburg has now won the Centennial Conference title 12 times during the league's 15-year existence and is headed to the NCAA Tournament for the 18th time. The Bullets prevoiusly won five consecutive conference titles between 1998 and 2002.

Complete coverage

]]> <![CDATA[Springtime enlivens Gettysburg College campus]]> http://www.gettysburg.edu/news_events/press_release_detail.dot?id=1504618 From classes meeting outdoors to students relaxing beneath blossoming trees to an outdoor performance of a medieval morality play, spring has cast its spell on Gettysburg College.

Follow the link below for a photo gallery of life on campus as the weather warms up and the academic year draws to a close.

Spring gallery

Posted May 2, 2008

Photos by Jim Hale 

 

]]> <![CDATA[Gettysburg College students win Mellon grants for summer research]]> http://www.gettysburg.edu/news_events/press_release_detail.dot?id=1479561
Chido Munangagwa plans a three-week field study in her homeland of Zimbabwe, where an annual inflation rate exceeding 100,000 percent has led people to use a system of barter rather than nearly valueless currency.

"The goal of my education is to produce work that contributes to the improvement of my country," said Munangagwa, who will survey urban and rural residents, interview academic and government authorities, and examine potential price and wage stabilization policies in light of comparative research of hyperinflation in Latin America.

Munangagwa, who just completed her first year at Gettysburg, said her work will also give her "a great chance to share this knowledge in many of my classes, giving other students who have never lived through such an economic crisis a firsthand, in-depth perspective of hyperinflation and its social effects," including long-term impacts on health and education. Her faculty mentor will be economics professor Charles Weise.

    • Closer to campus, Madeline Shepherd will interview participants in a trial that drew international attention to Dover, Pa. in 2005, when Judge John E. Jones III ruled that intelligent design is rooted in religious teachings and therefore unconstitutional to include in public schools' biology classes.

Last year, Shepherd brought Jones to Gettysburg for a panel discussion. This summer, she said, "I would like to explore more thoroughly the relevance of Judge Jones' decision in the contemporary culture war that challenges the predominance of Darwin's theory of natural selection, and examine the likely strength of the opinion as proponents of creationism and intelligent design seek to incorporate their religious tenets into the public sphere of education."

Shepherd, who created her own interdisciplinary major in religion in American political history, plans to write a paper in collaboration with political science professor Ken Mott. A member of the Class of 2009, Shepherd is from Irvington, N.Y.

    • Meanwhile, biology major Maggie Buell, Class of 2009, will journey to Nicaragua to dive for sea-slugs on the Pacific coast and bring them back to Gettysburg.

"Cytotoxins isolated from various marine species, like tunicates and sponges, have shown incredible promise in anti-tumor treatments," said Buell, of Appleton, Maine. Working with biology professors Istvan Urcuyo and Ralph Sorenson, she will determine the slugs' species, isolate toxins from their tissues, and test the toxins' effects on human cancer cells that she will culture in the lab.

    • Seven additional students will conduct research in close collaboration with faculty members. This is the third consecutive summer in which Mellon grants have supported such projects at Gettysburg. The College's scholar development program mentors students over their four years as they seek fellowships, scholarships, and grants.

Calynn Dowler, Class of 2010, will co-edit a new online journal, Accent, featuring scholarly and creative writing by Gettysburg College students in the nine foreign languages taught on campus as well as in English. Submissions must be in the context of multilingualism and multiculturalism. The German and political science major, of Latrobe, Pa., will work with Laurel Cohen-Pfister and Beatriz Trigo, professors of German and Spanish, respectively. Dowler also earned a scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service. In Heidelberg, she will study West German responses to leftist terrorism in the 1960s and 1970s. She also earned a $10,000 Eisenhower/Hilton Scholarship for Study Abroad.

Marc Fialkoff, Class of 2010, will work with professors Donald Jameson and Tim Funk to develop greener experimental procedures for the campus's organic chemistry labs. Fialkoff, of Setauket, N.Y., is a political science major and chemistry minor. "Policy decisions don't have to emanate from the legislature, but can start in the laboratory," he wrote in his grant application. "I have begun to understand the uneasy relationship between science and government. With this Mellon grant, I hope to take the first step in becoming a more educated future policymaker."

Brian Garvey, Class of 2010, will assist history professor Dina Lowy in her examination of attitudes toward marriage in imperial Japan. To help provide a global context, Garvey, a history and Japanese studies major from Larchmont, N.Y., will compile information about marriage laws and issues around the world in the early 20th century history and synthesize that information by producing an annotated bibliography and historiographic essay.

Lyndsey Piecyk, Class of 2009, will compare politicized American music from the 1960s and the 21st century. In addition to books and recordings, her research will also include attending concerts, interviewing musicians and cultural experts, and "performing" her findings at her senior vocal recital. The music major from Newfield, N.J., will work with music professor Marta Robertson.

Sneha Shrestha, Class of 2010, will work with an international development organization in her homeland of Nepal in order to learn how such groups approach gender and environmental issues in the context of developing sustainable livelihoods. "The more I learn, the more committed I am to going back to Nepal to help combat poverty," said the globalization studies major. She will work with environmental studies professor Monica Ogra.

Susan Yebei, Class of 2011, will conduct research into female genital mutilation as practiced in her homeland of Kenya. To facilitate future research in Kenya, she plans to gain knowledge of fieldwork procedures, review academic works by Western anthropologists and women's studies scholars, and survey media coverage of the topic. Her faculty mentor will be anthropology professor Donna Perry.

Ashley Zimmerman, Class of 2009, will serve on the staff of the 10-day Gettysburg Festival of visual and performing arts and create visual artworks of her own in reaction to the festival experience. She plans to document the festival with photographs and video footage and to maintain a blog during the event. Majoring in studio art and globalization studies, Zimmerman is from Leominster, Mass. and will work with art professor Mark Warwick.

Gettysburg College is a highly selective four-year residential college of liberal arts and sciences with approximately 2,600 students. It is located on a 200-acre campus adjacent to Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania. The college was founded in 1832.

Posted May 1, 2008
By Jim Hale
]]> <![CDATA[Gettysburg College's women golfers earn first-ever conference crown]]> http://www.gettysburg.edu/news_events/press_release_detail.dot?id=1478417 Gettysburg College's women golfers won their first-ever Centennial Conference championship.

First- and second-place individual finishes by senior Merrill Fortier and first-year student Leah Tuscano sparked the victory April 27 at Olde Homestead Golf Course in New Tripoli, Pa.

Fortier carded a meet-low, eight-over-par 80 on Sunday, the second-best round score in Centennial Conference Tournament history, to come away with a 36-hole total of 166 (86-80).

Gettysburg trailed McDaniel College by eight strokes after Saturday’s first round, but the Bullets roared back with a 356 on Sunday, gaining 18 strokes to win by 10 (721-731).

For complete coverage, visit the Gettysburg College Athletics website.

Posted April 28, 2008

 

]]> <![CDATA[Graduating artists to exhibit works through May 18]]> http://www.gettysburg.edu/news_events/press_release_detail.dot?id=1479431 GETTYSBURG, Pa. - Ranging in artistic media from photography, painting, sculpture, printmaking, costume design, drawing and installation, works by a dozen graduating studio art majors will be on display beginning May 2 at Gettysburg College.

Gettysburg College's Visual Arts Department and Schmucker Art Gallery will host an opening reception May 2 from 5 to 7 p.m. in recognition of the students' work. The works of art will be on display through May 18. The gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will be open May 18 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The gallery is located off North Washington Street between Water and Stevens streets. The opening reception and gallery are free and open to the public.

The students exhibiting are Ashley Davis, Nelson Dyer, Rebecca Feld, Geoffrey Gaenslen, Abbey Gettler, Christine Gilbert, Jamie Hunter Pantano, Melissa Jackson, Molly Myer, Rosmery Rodriguez, Elizabeth Todd and Ming Zhou. They have worked with visual arts professor Mark Warwick.

The 1,600 sq. ft. Schmucker Art Gallery is a lively art space that displays exhibitions throughout the year. Included in the gallery calendar are shows by local, national and international contemporary artists, a faculty exhibition, a student exhibition, the annual senior art major show and traveling exhibits of works selected from public and private collections. The Schmucker Art Gallery is located on the main floor of Schmucker Hall located at the intersection of North Washington and Water streets and is fully accessible. The main entrance is through the quadrangle side of the building. Free parking is available in one of the visitor spots on campus or free, two-hour parking can be found on the streets adjacent to Schmucker Hall. The main entrance is through the quadrangle side of the building.

For further information about the exhibit, contact Schmucker Art Gallery Director Shannon Egan at 717-337-6125 or visit www.gettysburg.edu/gallery.

Gettysburg College is a highly selective four-year residential college of liberal arts and sciences with approximately 2,600 students. It is located on a 200-acre campus adjacent to Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania. The college was founded in 1832.

Issued: 4/28/08 

]]> <![CDATA[Student garden begins third year at Gettysburg College]]> http://www.gettysburg.edu/news_events/press_release_detail.dot?id=1475225 Gettysburg College’s student garden, which provides produce for the local food bank and the campus Dining Center, has begun its third year of operation.

More than 60 members of the College community volunteered their labor during April 11’s opening day festivities at the Painted Turtle Farm, located on the northwest corner of campus between the West Building and the Observatory.

“We completed a tremendous amount of work,” said environmental studies professor Randall Wilson. “We had crews working on our fencing project, as well as preparing beds for planting, transplanting a variety of herbs and salad greens from the greenhouse, planting seeds, flowers, shrubs and potatoes, and general cleaning.” Volunteers included students, faculty and staff members.

The garden includes a wide variety of vegetables and herbs, ranging from corn, peas, and tomatoes to garlic, as well as flowers. Produce is delivered weekly to the local food bank and to the campus Dining Center, much of it ending up on the latter’s salad bar. In turn, waste from the Dining Center becomes compost for the garden.

Approximately a dozen student volunteers are involved in the 4,000-square-foot garden’s ongoing maintenance during the academic year. Most are environmental studies majors. Also participating on Opening Day were student organizations such as Gettysburg Environmental Concerns Organization, Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity, the Peace Club, the RISE substance-free house, and others. In addition, three student interns tend the garden and greenhouse during the summer months.  This year the interns will be environmental studies majors Danielle Bates, Katie Gardner, both sophomores, and junior Heather Grace-Rutledge.

Wilson said the garden achieves four important objectives:
    • Community service by providing area residents in need with fresh rather than canned produce
    • Community outreach via education programs for local children on topics such as basic ecology, nutrition, and gardening
    • Enhancing the College’s sustainability efforts
    • Providing hands-on research opportunities for Gettysburg students on topics such as sustainable agriculture, environmental education, and community development

Gettysburg College is a highly selective four-year residential college of liberal arts and sciences with approximately 2,600 students. It is located on a 200-acre campus adjacent to Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania. The college was founded in 1832.

Posted April 24, 2008

By Jim Hale 

]]> <![CDATA[Spring is in full-swing at Gettysburg College this weekend]]> http://www.gettysburg.edu/news_events/press_release_detail.dot?id=1475230 Gettysburg College will host its annual three-day outdoor event Springfest this weekend.

Gettysburg will be "Going West for Springfest," hosting a Western-themed festival from April 24 to 26 with outdoor music performances from Matt Nathanson and Rahzel, an outdoor barbeque for students and a variety of outdoor activities on Saturday afternoon. This year, MTV's "Made" will film Rahzel's performance for a future episode, "I Want to be a Beat Boxer."

A Gettysburg College tradition, Springfest was started from an Earth Day tradition that began in the early 1970s and has grown into an outdoor festival to signify the end of the academic year.

 

Schedule of Events:

Thursday, April 24

5 to 7 p.m. - Outdoor barbeque on Specialty Dining lawn
5:30 p.m. - Outdoor concert on Stine Lake featuring Matt Nathanson

Friday, April 25

8:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. - Movie night, "3:10 to Yuma," College Union Building Junction
11 p.m. to 2 a.m. - Midnight madness, Dining Hall

Saturday, April 26

11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. - Outdoor barbeque on Specialty Dining Lawn
12 to 4 p.m. – Outdoor activities, games and food
1:30 p.m. - Outdoor concert on Stine Lake featuring Rahzel. This performance will be filmed by MTV’s “Made.”

]]> <![CDATA[Chelsea Clinton to visit Gettysburg College April 21]]> http://www.gettysburg.edu/news_events/press_release_detail.dot?id=1473104 GETTYSBURG, Pa. - Chelsea Clinton will visit Gettysburg College on the eve of the Pennsylvania primary as she campaigns for her mother and Democratic presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton.

Chelsea will be on campus April 21 at 4 p.m. in the College Union Building located along West Lincoln Avenue. She will talk about why her mother should be president and will take questions from the audience. Tickets will not be issued for the event. Admission will be on a first come, first seated basis. More information will be posted as it is confirmed.

"It will be interesting to see and hear her talk about why we should vote for her mother," said Owen Carhart, a junior majoring in political science from Pittsburgh and vice president of the College Democrats. The College Democrats are sponsoring Chelsea's visit.

Gettysburg College is a highly selective four-year residential college of liberal arts and sciences with approximately 2,600 students. It is located on a 200-acre campus adjacent to Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania. The college was founded in 1832.

Issued: 4/20/08
By: Kendra Martin

]]> <![CDATA[Prof. Shirley Anne Warshaw to appear on 'The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer' April 22]]> http://www.gettysburg.edu/news_events/press_release_detail.dot?id=1398099 GETTYSBURG, Pa. - Gettysburg College political science professor and presidential scholar Shirley Anne Warshaw is scheduled to appear on PBS's "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" on April 22 to discuss the 2008 presidential race and outcomes of the Pennsylvania primary. The show will air live from WQED-TV studios in Pittsburgh at 6 p.m. EST, with an additional segment at 9 p.m. EST for west coast viewers. This will be Warshaw's second appearance on the show.

Warshaw is the author of numerous books on the presidency including the forthcoming book on the Bush presidency, "The Copresidency of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney (Stanford University Press)." She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania, master's degree from the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce at the University of Pennsylvania and doctorate from Johns Hopkins University. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the presidency research group of the American Political Science Association, Council of Scholars of the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Council of Presidential Scholars for Reader's Digest. She is a frequent speaker on NPR and other national media outlets.

"The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" is a one-hour evening television news program that airs weeknights on PBS. The program runs longer segments with in-depth coverage of the subjects involved. More information is available at www.pbs.org/newshour.

Gettysburg College is a highly selective four-year residential college of liberal arts and sciences with approximately 2,600 students. It is located on a 200-acre campus adjacent to Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania. The college was founded in 1832.

Issued: 4/18/08
By: Kendra Martin

]]> <![CDATA[Gettysburg College-Community Orchestra to perform April 26 at Majestic Theater]]> http://www.gettysburg.edu/news_events/press_release_detail.dot?id=1473794 The Gettysburg College- Community Orchestra will perform April 26 at the Majestic Theater.

The 8 p.m. performance will take place at the Majestic Theater located at 25 Carlisle St., one block north of Lincoln Square. The orchestra is directed by music professor Daniel Levitov. The concert will feature the music of Leonard Bernstein, Gioachino Rossini and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as well as a performance by the Sunderman Strings, directed by Sunderman Conservatory of Music visiting assistant professor Yeon-Su Kim. The performance is free and open to the public.

The core of the orchestral program at Gettysburg College is the Gettysburg College-Community Orchestra. This auditioned ensemble is open to all students, as well as talented musicians from the local community. Members of the orchestra may be considered for membership in a highly selective string ensemble and contemporary music ensemble. Student soloists are also given opportunities to perform concertos with the orchestra.

Levitov is a professor of cello at the Sunderman Conservatory of Music and the newly appointed conductor of the Gettysburg College-Community Orchestra. Levitov is also the director of the Peabody Young Artists Orchestra and coordinator of preparatory cello at the Peabody Institute. Levitov has performed as a concerto soloist with the Manhattan Virtuosi, Mendocino Festival Orchestra and Peabody Camerata. He is a cellist with the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music. Levitov earned his bachelor's degree from the Oberlin Conservatory, master's from the Manhattan School of Music and doctorate of musical arts from the City University of New York.

The Sunderman Conservatory of Music at Gettysburg College combines Gettysburg's superb music tradition and its strengths as one of the nation's leading liberal arts colleges. Established in 2005 through a $15.7 million gift from 1919 graduate Dr. F. William Sunderman Sr., the conservatory offers three degrees -- bachelor of music in performance, bachelor of arts in music, and bachelor of science in music education -- as well as a minor in music.

Gettysburg College is a highly selective four-year residential college of liberal arts and sciences with approximately 2,600 students. It is located on a 200-acre campus adjacent to Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania. The college was founded in 1832.

Issued: 4/17/08
By: Kendra Martin

]]> <![CDATA[Sunderman Woodwind Quintet to perform April 28]]> http://www.gettysburg.edu/news_events/press_release_detail.dot?id=1473790 GETTYSBURG, Pa. - The Sunderman Woodwind Quintet will perform April 28 at Gettysburg College.

The 8 p.m. performance will take place in Schmucker Hall's Paul Recital Hall located along North Washington Street. The main entrance is on the west side of the building, away from the street. The quintet will perform works by female composers such as Germaine Tailleferre, Elsa Barraine, Amy Beach, Ellen Coleman and Libby Larsen. The Sunderman Woodwind Quintet was founded in 2005 as the faculty woodwind quintet in residence for the Sunderman Conservatory of Music. Members include Teresa Bowers on flute, Ed Stanley on oboe, Colleen Hartung on clarinet, Anna Claire Ballard-Ayoub on bassoon and Mary Bisson on horn. The performance is open to the public at no charge.

Bowers is an assistant professor at the Sunderman Conservatory of Music and teaches flute, coaches chamber music and serves as coordinator for recruitment and outreach. She is a frequent recitalist and freelance musician. Bowers received a bachelor's of music from Susquehanna University, master of music in woodwind performance from Ohio State University and doctor of musical arts in choral conducting from University of Maryland.

Stanley earned a bachelor's degree in music education at Western Carolina University and master of music in oboe performance from University of Oklahoma. He has served as principal oboist with the Maryland Symphony, Millbrook Orchestra, Cumberland Valley Chamber Players, Mercersburg Community Chorus and Orchestra, Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra, Shippensburg Festival Orchestra and Hood College Chamber Players. He is a founding member of the Appalachian Wind Quintet, winners of the 1992 Baltimore Chamber Music Competition. As a freelance musician he has performed with many of the area's choral groups and churches as well as with the Harrisburg Symphony and Concert Artists of Baltimore.

Hartung has performed with the Winston-Salem Symphony Orchestra, Little Symphony of Winston-Salem, Jackson Symphony, Roanoke Symphony, Opera Roanoke, Allentown Symphony Orchestra, Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra and York Symphony Orchestra. She currently teaches at Gettysburg College, Mount St. Mary's University and Frederick Community College. Hartung received her bachelor's and master's degrees in clarinet performance at the North Carolina School of the Arts and a doctor of musical arts in clarinet performance at Michigan State University.

Bisson has played with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra for more than 25 years. Born in Kentucky, she started playing in her hometown orchestra in Owensboro at 13 and as a 19-year-old played principal horn in the Maracaibo Symphony in Venezuela and State of Mexico Symphony Orchestra. Bisson has performed with the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, Louisville Orchestra, Loudon Symphony, Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra and Baltimore Choral Arts Society and recently released a solo CD, "Evening Banquet: Music for Horn & Soprano."

Ballard-Ayoub has performed with the Fort Worth Symphony, Germantown Symphony and Delaware Symphony Orchestra. In 2004, Anna Claire was the solo bassoonist on the Washington National Cathedral's recording of Stale Kleiberg's Requiem for the victims of Nazi persecution. In addition to performing and teaching, Ballard-Ayoub owns a reed making business.

The Sunderman Conservatory of Music at Gettysburg College combines Gettysburg's superb music tradition and its strengths as one of the nation's leading liberal arts colleges. Established in 2005 through a $15.7 million gift from 1919 graduate Dr. F. William Sunderman Sr., the conservatory offers three degrees -- bachelor of music in performance, bachelor of arts in music and bachelor of science in music education -- as well as a minor in music.

Gettysburg College is a highly selective four-year residential college of liberal arts and sciences with approximately 2,600 students. It is located on a 200-acre campus adjacent to Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania. The college was founded in 1832.

Issued: 4/17/08
By: Justin Brower, class of 2010

]]> <![CDATA[Gettysburg College students win Fulbright, Goldwater grants]]> http://www.gettysburg.edu/news_events/press_release_detail.dot?id=1397370
Included are two grants through the United States Department of State's Fulbright Program for research in Germany and Cameroon, two $7,500 federal Barry M. Goldwater scholarships for scientific studies, and a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship.

"Gettysburg students are more and more successful even as the competition for grants keeps ratcheting up every year," said Assistant Provost Maureen Forrestal, who mentors students over their four years in college as they seek fellowships, scholarships, and grants.

Despite competition that includes applicants with doctorates and master's degrees from elite institutions, Gettysburg students have earned Fulbrights in each of the past five years and frequently in years before that. "But this is the first time we've had two Fulbrights in one year," said Forrestal, adding that a third student is an alternate who will receive a Fulbright for study in Spain should another recipient be unable to accept his or her award.

Similarly, this year's pair of Goldwater scholarships matches the total for the entire previous history of the College.

The College's successes - such as the Rhodes Scholarship won by 2006 graduate Luke Norris - are emboldening students to seek grants, Forrestal said. "They think, ‘I know him from class,' and they realize that they could apply too."
 
Gettysburg's extensive study-abroad program is also a factor. "The strongest applicants have studied outside the United States, and our Office of Off-Campus Studies makes sure they have a substantive experience," Forrestal said.

Fulbright awardees and their projects are:

  • Anne Emerson, a senior majoring in physics and education, will observe elementary school classes in Cameroon to help determine why girls there and in the United States "tend to show a loss of interest in mathematics and science as well as a loss of confidence in their abilities as early as fourth and fifth grade." For an article to be published in a scholarly journal, she will also work with a faculty member of the University of Yaounde 1 to interview girls and boys about their attitudes toward math and science and plans for the future. She is from South Pasadena, Calif.
  • Rachel Burg, a senior political science and history major, will gauge changing attitudes toward U.S. foreign policy and German cooperation with it. She will interview focus groups comprising native-born Germans and Muslim immigrants as well as persons over 60 years old and under 30. She will also review relevant media coverage in cooperation with a University of Erfurt faculty member. "No longer can government officials and political leaders work within the bubble that is their respective country," she said. "By interacting with other students and German professors, I will broaden my understanding of the United States and our place in the world." She is from New London, Wisc.
  • The Fulbright alternate is a 2005 Gettysburg graduate who earned a master's in science writing in 2006 at Johns Hopkins University. Meagan White hopes to help Spanish researchers learn more about deadly virus outbreaks among protected Mediterranean striped dolphins and to write about the issue for general audiences in both English and Spanish.
The Goldwater and Hollings scholarships all went to students majoring in environmental studies. They are:

  • Natasha Gownaris, a junior from Bellmawr, N.J. who is also majoring in biology and plans to conduct marine ecological research to help governments better manage resources. She did research on the common blue mussel in Maine with Gettysburg College environmental studies professor John Commito.
  • Julie Markus, a junior from Greenfield Center, N.Y., who hopes to conduct research on northern glaciers to improve understanding of climate change. To measure climate change over the past approximately 11,000 years, she analyzed peat samples from Maine in collaboration with Gettysburg College environmental studies professor Sarah Principato.
  • Alexander Horning, a sophomore also majoring in political science, received the Hollings scholarship, which includes an academic scholarship of up to $8,000 and a 10-week internship at an NOAA facility. Horning is from Elizabethtown, Pa.

Gettysburg College is a highly selective four-year residential college of liberal arts and sciences. With a student body of approximately 2,600, it is located on a 200-acre campus adjacent to the Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania. The college was founded in 1832.

Posted April 17, 2008

By Jim Hale 

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