March 2002
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Campus News
GERMAN MAJORS TRAVEL TO BERLIN TO MAKE DOCUMENTARY FILM
As follow up to Junior Year Abroad, seniors Danielle Taylor and Anna Venishnick weren't content to complete ho-hum senior projects. Instead, they planned all year for a spring break trip to Berlin, aiming to film a documentary on youth culture after the fall of the Berlin Wall. (The project is funded by Wheaton; Eric Denton, assistant professor of German, is advising the senior students.)
The filmmakers began taking footage March 10. Here is a clip of their work-in-progress:
http://www2.wheatonma.edu/Academic/AcademicDept/German/Projects/berlin.html
THE ANNUAL FUND CHALLENGE: YOUR DOLLARS MAKING A DIFFERENCE
Seven people who believe in Wheaton have offered $175,000 in challenge money to make this year's $3 million goal a reality. Find out how you can become a part of it--and learn why it's especially do-able for young alums who want to become leaders.
http://www.wheatoncollege.edu/Alum/
Faculy News
PROFESSOR DARLENE BOROVIAK LOOKS AT EU'S CHALLENGES
Professor Darlene Boroviak, who teaches the popular European Integration class at Wheaton, sees "significant obstacles" to the creation of a unified constitution for the European Union, a mission that began in Europe this month. Learn more about Boroviak's views at:
http://www.wheatoncollege.edu/News/Boroviak.html
PROFESSOR JOSH STENGER GEARS UP FOR OSCAR NIGHT, OFFERS ONLINE CLASS
Star Wars is the first movie that Josh Stenger, assistant professor of film studies and literature, remembers watching. But the film debuted when he was just 6 and hadn't yet honed his approach to critical theory. Now, Stenger prepares to lead an online short course on the Oscars for graduates of Wheaton and parents of students. There's still time to register for the course and delve into the Hollywood dirt. Go to: http://www.wheatoncollege.edu/Alum/OnLyon/home.html
To learn more about Stenger and his approach to film studies (and for a sample of his Oscar 2002 picks), go to: http://www.wheatoncollege.edu/facultyfocus/JoshStenger.html
FIVE FACULTY MEMBERS EARN TENURE
Five Wheaton faculty members were awarded tenure this year. Wheaton student and Wheaton Wire writer Ellen J. Hawes '02 tells you who they are--and just how the review process works:
http://www.wheatoncollege.edu/News/Tenure.html
Campus Events
WEBER THEATRE DEBUTS WITH DANCE CONCERT
On Friday, March 22, Wheaton's new Weber Theatre in Watson Fine Arts hosted its debut performance, "Breaking Bounds." The Wheaton College Dance Company performed the dance concert under the direction of Cheryl Mrozowski, assistant professor of theatre.
We captured some of the excitement of opening night and share it with you here in images:
http://www.wheatoncollege.edu/Arts/Dance/BreakingBounds/
RUBY LECTURES SLATED FOR SPRING
On Monday, March 25, Dr. E. D. Hirsch, Jr., will lecture on 'Democracy and the Curriculum Wars.' The presentation is part of the Jane E. Ruby Humanities Lecture series. Hirsch is a professor education and humanities at the University of Virginia. For more about Hirsch, go to: http://www.coreknowledge.org/
On Wednesday, April 10, 2002, Mary Catherine Bateson, a noted cultural anthropologist and linguist and the daughter of Margaret Mead, will speak on the legacy of her mother's research, especially debates over nature vs. nurture as explanations for human behavior and difference. For more about Bateson, go to:
http://www.marycatherinebateson.com/
These lectures continue the eighth year of the Ruby Lecture Series, which is supported by the Jane Ruby Humanities Fund and brings to campus lecturers such as world-renowned author and illustrator David Macaulay, jazz artist and Wheaton alumna Rose Weaver and noted evolutionary biologist Stephen J. Gould.
Athletics
WOMEN'S TRACK TEAM MAKES HISTORY
The Wheaton College women's indoor track and field team underscored its dominance of NCAA Division III competition March 9 by doing something no team has ever done: winning four consecutive national championships.
http://www.wheatoncollege.edu/Athletics/indoortrackw/News/pr20020309a.html
Media Moments
COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER FEATURED IN BOSTON GLOBE
On May 18, historian David McCullough will deliver the college's 167th commencement address. Now, McCullough shares with the Boston Globe one of his secrets of success: 'I'm trying to write the books I'd like to read,' he tells the paper:
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/064/living/Getting_to_the_heart_of_history+.shtml
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