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Barack Obama’s historic rise to the presidency, including winning Indiana’s 11 electoral votes, has students, faculty, and alumni reflecting on the election’s significance. more >>> Lincoln Scholar Brian Dirck to Give Lecture In celebration of Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial, Brian Dirck will give a talk on "Abraham Lincoln: The Lawyer in the White House." The talk will take place at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, November 12, in Hays Hall, Room 104. more >>> Cotterill: From Bachelor to Mayor's Office Chris Cotterill '99 says being Editor and working for the Bachelor shaped his Wabash career. Now he's corporate counsel for Indianapolis and Mayor Greg Ballard. more >>> Mavrelis ’09 Sees Link Between Obama, Hatcher As political writers envision the presidential election being decided in Indiana’s Lake County, Wabash senior George Mavrelis’s summer research with David Timmerman is more timely than ever. more >>> White Draws Audience into Inaugural Speech The first installation of Wabash’s celebration of the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth, a speech given by Professor Ronald C. White on Lincoln’s second inaugural address, was hosted in the Lovell Lecture Room Wednesday night. more >>> Morillo Puts Off Chapel Talk, Makes a Point Dr. Stephen Morillo shared with students, faculty, and staff how he put off writing his Chapel Talk until the very last moment. And the funny ramblings of a self-described egotist, made a point in the end. more >>> Warner Wraps Up Chapel Talks on Gentleman's Rule Associate Dean of Students Rick Warner implored Wabash students to defend the Gentleman’s Rule and make it stronger. Warner’s Thursday Chapel Talk was the third and final in a series designed to get students thinking about the College’s only governing rule. more >>> Warner Postpones Leave to Serve Students History Professor Rick Warner was to have been on a research sabbatical this fall. Then, late in the summer, he got a call from the president, and was later asked if he would step in to become the acting associate dean of students under new Dean of Students Mike Raters. more >>> 2008 Division III Student Honors, Awards, and Prizes Division III (The Social Sciences) has announced the following awards given at a recent Student Honors, Awards, and Prizes Chapel held at the College. more >>> Writer Black Artemis to Give Talk at Wabash Wabash College’s History Department will host Sophia Quintero (aka Black Artemis) who will give a talk on “Reclaiming Hip Hop and Keeping It Real” at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 22, in Room 101 (Lovell Lecture Room) in Baxter Hall. more >>> Herzog Examines Vietnam War Writers Professor Tobey Herzog interviewed four acclaimed authors for his book Writing Vietnam, Writing Life, and found each to have deep and very different reasons for writing their stories. more >>> Liberal Arts Inspires "Entrepreneurial Spirit" Twenty Wabash entrepreneurs who believe that their liberal arts education was the best preparation for the work they love are interviewed in the new issue of Wabash Magazine. more >>> Immersion, Mission Trips are Life Changing Over 150 Wabash students who traveled the world over Spring Break have returned to campus. Some traveled with class Immersion Learning trips, others did student-driven missionary work in Botswana and New Orleans, and some "spread the fame of her honored name" singing in San Francisco and hitting baseballs in Texas. more >>> Spring Break Means Immersion Learning "We walked down to Casa de las Americas, where we saw a fascinating art exhibit by Brazilian artist Miguel Rio Blanco," said Ivan Acebo-Choy in his blog posting from Madrid. "He insists on showing the face of marginal Brazil. Through photographs, installations and a short film, Rio Blanco disturbs, evokes, provokes and confronts his audience with bodies that bespeak of poverty, forgetfulness and marginalization." more >>> Morillo to Appear on WGN Radio Wabash history professor Stephen Morillo will appear as a guest on WGN Radio’s Extension 720 with Milt Rosenberg this Friday evening from 9 to 11:00 p.m. more >>> Tenured Faculty Get High Marks At Wabash, we have a recruiting slogan that says, “It won’t be easy… it will be worth it.” That same slogan applies to tenure-track professors early in their careers. Earning tenure at Wabash is not easy — it’s a six-year, comprehensive audition for a teaching position — but we certainly hope the process is “worth it.” more >>> Wabash College Awards Tenure to Four Four Wabash College professors have earned tenure, achieving an important milestone in any teaching career. Professors Rick Warner, William Turner, Jennifer Abbott, and Michelle Rhoades have all been granted tenure by the College. more >>> Award-Winning Publisher to Lead Getty Publications Greg Britton ’84, Director of the Minnesota Historical Society Press and recently Minnesota's Publisher of the Year, is heading West in January to become Executive Director of Getty Publications. more >>> Founder's Week: Wabash Film "Rings True" Wabash archivist Beth Swift led the audience on a “campus tour of Wabash through history” for the first half of Tuesday’s "Wabash in Pictures and Film" presentation. But the showing of the film “Wabash: A Way of Life” in the second half took her on its own journey through time. more >>> Experience Indiana: Thomas Riley Marshall Historian David Bennett spoke Thursday on the life of U.S. Vice President Thomas Riley Marshall, Wabash Class of 1873. He shared stories of Marshall’s life from his new book "He Almost Changed the World: The Life and Times of Thomas Riley Marshall." more >>> |
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