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*While conducting research at the site of a former coal mine, a DePauw student took the initiative to collect some interesting crystal samples near the drainage water. As a result, senior Brandon M. Chapman discovered only the second known deposit of a mineral, called xitieshanite, just some 40 miles from the campus. The brilliant lime-green mineral was previously found in Xitieshan, China, in 1983; thus, it’s name. With a chemical formula of Fe³⁺(SO₄)Cl·6H₂O, it is a combination of iron, sulphur and chlorine.

*Through a Student-Faculty Collaborative Research Grant, Chapman, a sociology and anthropology major, worked last summer with Erik B. Melchiorre, assistant professor of geology and geography, to collect water samples at the site of the former Green Valley underground coal mine, located north of Terre Haute, Ind. Chapman brought the crystal samples back to campus in the fall and pursued further study with help from James G. Mills, associate professor of geology and geography, who tested the samples using the geology department’s x-ray diffraction machine.

Visitors coming to campus in 2002-03

*Harry Belafonte, legendary singer/entertainer, will give The Timothy and Sharon Ubben Lecture on Sept. 7 in conjunction with Coming Together 2002.

*Martin Bernal, author of Black Athena, will be the keynote speaker for the Crimmel Colloquium on Black Studies and Classical Studies on Nov. 7.

*Jack Gill, founder and general partner of Vanguard Venture Partners, will deliver The Robert C. McDermond Honorary Lecture on Oct. 4.

*Mike Krzyzewski, Duke University basketball coach, will give The Timothy and Sharon Ubben Lecture on Sept. 12.

*Ray Kurzweil, author of the best-selling book The Age of Spiritual Machines, When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence, will give The Timothy and Sharon Ubben Lecure on Oct. 5 in conjunction with the DePauw 361° Symposium on Information Technology.

*John Lame, vice president for investments at Fitzgerald Lame Torbeck UBS Paine Webber, will give the McDermond Center Lecture on Sept. 12.

*Manning Marable, professor of history and political science at Columbia University and founding director of the Institute for Research in African-American Studies, will speak on Oct. 1.

*Tom Porter ’65, general partner of EDF Ventures, will give the McDermond Center Lecture on Oct. 11.

*Robert Sapolsky, author of A Primate’s Memoir: A Neuroscientist’s Unconventional Life Among Baboons and called “one of the best scientist-writers of our time,” will speak on Sept. 23.

*Doug Smith ’68, CEO and founder of Value Creation Partners, will give the McDermond Center Lecture on Nov. 6

*Jane Smith, professor of Islamic studies and co-director of the Macdonald Center for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, will give the Mendenhall Lecture on Nov. 4.

*John Shelby Spong, Episcopal Bishop emeritus of Newark, N.J., will give the Mendenhall Lecture on April 8, 2003.

Junior Nicole Hallett receives a prestigious 2002 Truman Scholarship

*Junior A. Nicole Hallett, a philosophy and English literature major, is DePauw’s second-ever recipient of a Truman Scholarship. More than 800 college students across the country were nominated by their institutions. The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation selected Hallett among about 70 students nationwide to receive the prestigious scholarship. The Truman Scholarship, a federal memorial to America’s 33rd president, is a highly competitive, merit-based award presented to outstanding students who plan to attend graduate school in preparation for a career in public service. It includes a $30,000 grant, of which $27,000 is for graduate study in the U.S. or abroad.

Some of the visitors to campus in 2001-02

*Elaine L. Chao, the 24th U.S. Secretary of Labor, delivered the address at DePauw’s 163rd Commencement on May 19.

*Albert Chong, installation/performance artist, had an exhibition and spoke on Sept. 12-13.

*Angela Davis, activist, political philosopher, former member of the Black Panthers and one-time vice presidential candidate on the Communist Party ticket, spoke on Nov. 12.

*Robert Gates, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, gave The Timothy and Sharon Ubben Lecture on Dec. 3.

*Ira Glass, NPR producer and on-air personality, gave a Working Press convocation on April 22.

*Mark Goebel ’79, partner in Accenture, gave the McDermond Center Lecture on Sept. 18.

*Rev. Peter Gomes, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals at Harvard University Memorial Church, gave the Mendenhall Lecture on Nov. 13.

*Lani Guinier, Harvard University law professor and author who was nominated by President Clinton to be U.S. assistant attorney general in 1993, gave a Black Studies Lecture on Sept. 24 and participated in a Black Studies Conference on African-Americans and Law Sept. 24-25.

*Garrett Hongo, poet, read from his works on Oct. 24.

*Allan Johnson, sociologist and author of The Gender Knot, was in residence Sept. 18-21.

*Vernon E. Jordan Jr. ’57, attorney, civil rights leader, chair of the transition team for President Clinton and author of Vernon Can Read!, gave the Old Gold Weekend convocation on Oct. 27.

*Rob Kennedy, vice president and CEO of C-SPAN, gave a joint Media Fellows and McDermond Center Lecture on Nov. 8.

*Paul Loeb, author of Soul of a Citizen: Living with Conviction in a Cynical Time and an associated editor at Seattle’s Center for Ethical Leadership, gave the Civic Education Convocation on April 17.

*James Loewen, author of Lies My Teachers Told Me and Lies Across America, spoke on Oct. 10.

*John Major, former British prime minister, gave The Timothy and Sharon Ubben Lecture on Oct. 29.

*Bobbie Ann Mason, novelist, was a guest in the James and Marilou Kelly Writer Series on April 17.

*David McCullough, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Truman and John Adams, and host of television documentaries, gave The Timothy and Sharon Ubben Lecture on March 18.

*Craig Menne Jr. ’98, founder of Burlington Press, gave the McDermond Center Lecture on March 5.

*Ralph Nader, activist, social critic and Green Party presidential candidate in 2000, gave the Civic Education Convocation on March 13.

*Elizabeth Hentze Owens ’89, director of marketing for American IronHorse Motorcycles, gave a McDermond Center Lecture in February.

*Parker Palmer, Quaker educator and author, gave the Mendenhall Lecture on Feb. 14.

*Judith Plaskow, religion scholar and past president of the American Academy of Religion, was in residence from March 10-12.

*Janet Risi ’81, president and CEO of Independent Purchasing Cooperative, gave the McDermond Center Lecture on Oct. 4.

*muMs da Schemer, a slam poet from the Bronx who plays the character Poet in the HBO prison drama Oz, spoke on Nov. 29.

*Jeffrey Smulyan, CEO, chairman and president of Emmis Communications, gave the Robert C. McDermond Honorary Lecture on Oct. 5. The University awarded Smulyan the Robert C. McDermond Medal for Excellence in Entrepreneurship.

*Art Spiegelman, creator of Maus and illustration editor at The New Yorker, spoke on Oct. 3.

*Rufus Wainwright, singer-songwriter and Rolling Stone magazine’s new artist for 1998, brought his North American concert tour to campus on Feb. 24.

*Robert Waterston, one of the leaders of the Human Genome Project, gave The Timothy and Sharon Ubben Lecture on Nov. 15.

The DePauw does it again this year: named best college newspaper

*Indiana’s oldest college newspaper, The DePauw, is also the state’s best college newspaper – for the eighth time in the last nine years. The Indiana Collegiate Press Association honored The DePauw as Newspaper of the Year, one of 27 awards the publication received while it coincidentally celebrated its 150th anniversary in April.

*The Midwestern Review, a semi-annual literary magazine of DePauw arts and issues, received nine ICPA awards.

Student radio journalists receive SPJ first-place awards

*DePauw’s student-managed and operated WGRE-FM, consistently ranked as one of America’s top college radio stations by Princeton Review, received two first-place awards from the Indiana professional chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Senior Lindsay A. Cornelius, junior Ashley E. Hedges, sophomore Meredith A. Miles, junior Kara B. Smith and junior Jacob J. Wissing were awarded a first-place award for Best Radio Documentary or Series for “US 231.” Sophomore Christopher R. May, senior Todd E. Morgan and sophomore Nicholas A. Shawver won first for Best Radio Feature for their “Monon Bell Pregame” coverage. The Society of Professional Journalists, the largest professional organization for journalists and formerly known as Sigma Delta Chi, was founded on the DePauw campus in 1909.

Student news highlights

*A sophomore Science Research Fellow, Benjamin A. Betz, was awarded first prize in an international computer science undergraduate research competition, The Association for Computing Machinery Student Research Competition. A paper describing Betz’s work, “v-VIS: New Methods of Passive Information Grouping in a Classroom Tool for Low Vision Students,” has been accepted for presentation and publication in the refereed conference proceedings of Ed Media 2002: The World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications, which is scheduled June 24-29 in Denver.

*Two DePauw seniors are among eight recipients statewide of a new fellowship named to honor a former Indiana governor. The Governor Bob Orr Entrepreneurial Fellowship recognizes top graduates from Indiana colleges and universities and provides them an opportunity to work with top companies in the state. Mary K. Huse will work with Rose-Hulman Ventures, and R. J. Talyor with Conseco, Incorporated.

*First-year student Amy E. Hayes, soprano, and junior April M. Scholten, mezzo-soprano, were finalists in the Orpheus National Vocal Competition. Hayes received the Beethoven Award and Scholten the Handel Award, and both received prize money. Two other DePauw singers reached the semifinal round: sophomore Stephanie D. Harris, soprano, and Amanda L. Grooms ’01, opera.

*The cover story of the March 2002 Journal of Chemical Education is the work of three DePauw undergraduates and their professors. “A Novel and Innovative Biochemistry Laboratory: Crystal Growth of Hen Egg White Lysozyme” was researched and written by Elizabeth K. Garrett ’01 and seniors Rebecca J. Hedge and Audrey M. Wehr in collaboration with Jacqueline R. Roberts, assistant professor of chemistry, and David L. Roberts, chemistry laboratory manager and part-time assistant professor of chemistry.

*David A. Barbick, a senior music education major, was named Outstanding Future Music Educator of the Year by the Indiana State Collegiate organization of the Music Educators National Conference (MENC). The award recognizes the best and brightest in future music teachers, and it is the fifth year in a row that a DePauw student has received the award.

*The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded DePauw a $197,000 grant for the establishment of a Collaboratory for GIS and Mediterranean Archaeology (CGMA). Directed by Rebecca K. Schindler and Pedar W. Foss, assistant professors in classical studies. CGMA is an inter-institutional, interdisciplinary program of undergraduate seminars, summer research internships, student-faculty workshops and work-study grants to begin building an Internet-based Geographic Information System for archaeological field survey projects. Being the first Mediterranean-wide GIS registry of this kind, it will provide a functional framework for broad studies of the interactions of humans and their environments in antiquity.

Unprecedented three faculty members receive Tucker Award

Three DePauw faculty members – Cynthia E. Cornell, professor of English; Nafhat N. Nasr, professor and chair of political science; and Robert E. Calvert, professor of political science, received the Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Tucker Jr. Distinguished Career Award. Presented annually by the president of the University to a senior member of the faculty, the award has been historically bestowed upon one faculty member each year. The award recognizes the achievements of faculty members who have made notable contributions to DePauw through their commitments to students, teaching excellence, their chosen disciplines and University service.

Faculty news highlights

*Claudia M. Bossard, assistant professor of music, was awarded a $2,400 travel grant by the Central Europe/Russia Task Force of the Global Partners Project to support her travel to St. Petersburg, Russia. She plans to study the principles of Russian piano pedagogy and determine their effects on American students.

*Wade N. Hazel, professor of biology, is the author of the cover article, “The Environmental and Genetic Control of Seasonal Polyphenism in Larval Color and Its Adaptive Significance in a Swallowtail Butterfly,” published in the 2002 edition of the journal Evolution.

*Rickey Hill, professor of political science, wrote a paper, “Evaluating the Thought of Black Public Intellectuals,” that was selected as the winner of the Rodney Higgins Award for the Best Paper presented at the 2001 annual meeting of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists.

*Leslie R. James, assistant professor of religious studies, is the author of a new book, Toward an Ecumenical Liberation Theology: A Critical Exploration of Common Dimensions in the Theologies of Juan L. Segundo and Rubem A. Alves, published by Peter Lang.

*Michelle Y. Penner, assistant professor of mathematics, received a 2002 Global Partners East Africa Travel Grant for $2,400. She and a colleague at the University of Nairobi will travel to Kenyan villages and examine their decorative arts for mathematical content and design principles.

*Dennis A. Trinkle ’91, Tenzer Family University Professor in Instructional Technology, is co-editor of a book, History.edu, published by M.E. Sharpe. This resource book is standard reading in many graduate school seminars and other seminars on professional issues and pedagogy.

*Paul B. Watt, professor and director of Asian studies, was elected vice chair of the board of directors of ASIANetwork at the organization’s April board meeting and annual conference. ASIANetwork is a consortium of more than 150 colleges and universities that seek to develop and strengthen Asian studies in the liberal arts.

Record 75 percent of the Class of 2002 participates in Senior Gift Program

*In a record-setting effort, 75 percent of this year’s graduates participated in the Senior Gift Program. A determined Class of 2002 surpassed the 71.3 percent giving rate of the Class of 2001. Senior Gift chairs were Ashley J. Barnett, Elizabeth H. Kurfess, Alfredo “Freddy” Marrero, Justin L. McNabney and Catherine A. Modisett. During the week of April 15-19, living unit representatives collected gifts from their classmates. Seniors gave donations in honor of their parents, a favorite professor, or a staff member who had a positive impact on their four years at DePauw. The Senior Gift Program is a fundraising effort by the senior class, with the assistance of the Annual Fund Office.

Sports wrap-up

*DePauw finished second in the 2001-02 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference President’s Trophy standings. The Tigers won or shared conference championships in men’s cross country, men’s soccer, men’s and women’s basketball, women’s golf and men’s track and field.

*Entering the spring sports championships, DePauw ranked 17th in the Division III Sears Directors’ Cup standings.

*DePauw teams earned qualification into the NCAA Championships in men’s cross country, women’s soccer, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, men’s tennis

and women’s golf. Additionally, individuals qualified in men’s and women’s swimming and diving as well as men’s track and field.

*The DePauw women’s basketball team finished third in Division III. The men’s basketball team finished among the final eight. The women’s golf team is

fourth after the first of four days at the Division III Championships.

*Joe Nixon earned Second Team College Division Verizon Academic All-America honors in basketball.