Process and Progress through the Liberal Arts - Hartwick College
Process and Progress through the Liberal Arts - Hartwick College
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The<br />
ExECuTIVE EDIToR<br />
David Conway<br />
Co-EDIToR AND FEATuRES WRITER<br />
Elizabeth Steele P’12<br />
Co-EDIToR AND SENIoR DESIGNER<br />
Jennifer Nichols-Stewart<br />
CoNTRIBuTING WRITERS<br />
Alicia Fish ’91, Chris Gondek, Cass<strong>and</strong>ra Miller,<br />
Holly Sayman ’12, Rachel Stevenson<br />
WICK oNLINE<br />
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CoNTRIBuTING PHoToGRAPHERS<br />
Gerry Raymonda, Jamie Novak, Elizabeth Steele P’12, James<br />
Jolly, Cass<strong>and</strong>ra Miller, <strong>and</strong> submitted<br />
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Dr. Margaret L. Drugovich, President<br />
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Summer 2012 | Volume LV: No. 1<br />
In this issue:<br />
2 President’s Perspective:<br />
Let’s Call it Priceless<br />
3 Ahead of <strong>the</strong> Curve:<br />
First Three-Year Class Graduates<br />
4 Leadership in Action:<br />
<strong>Hartwick</strong> Honors Great Friends<br />
6 A Week in Review:<br />
Getting to Commencement<br />
8 Adding Knowledge:<br />
Student Showcase 2012<br />
10 Faculty in <strong>the</strong> Role of<br />
Teacher-Scholars<br />
Philosophy Professor Wins Award<br />
Faculty as Authors<br />
14 Commentary:<br />
Making <strong>Progress</strong> in Politics<br />
16 In Good Company:<br />
<strong>Hartwick</strong>’s Latest Fulbright Scholar<br />
<strong>and</strong> Four who Precede Him<br />
21 Philanthropy in Action:<br />
Inspiring Lecture <strong>and</strong> Luncheon<br />
The Connection Between Endowed<br />
Funds <strong>and</strong> Global Learning<br />
24 Portrait in Philanthropy:<br />
Frank Perrella ’50, H’90, P’75<br />
<strong>and</strong> Future Generations<br />
26 Break<strong>through</strong>:<br />
Science <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Art of Observation<br />
28 Getting from Here to There:<br />
Newest Alumni Put <strong>the</strong> <strong>Liberal</strong> <strong>Arts</strong><br />
to Work<br />
32 Homecoming <strong>and</strong> Reunion Schedule<br />
Alumni News:<br />
Loyalty Club Named<br />
Shoen ’99 Joins Ranks<br />
34 Athletics:<br />
Olympic Presence, Times Three<br />
35 Class Notes<br />
43 In Memorium<br />
48 Volunteer Highlight:<br />
Neal Miller ’72 Never Says No<br />
Inside Back Cover<br />
Tribute: James J. Elting,<br />
Chair of <strong>the</strong> Board<br />
On <strong>the</strong> Cover: Griffing, D. Ghost Ranch Denizen. 2001. Private collection.<br />
Artist’s statement by Dr. David Griffing, Associate Professor of Geology, <strong>Hartwick</strong> <strong>College</strong>:<br />
Ghost Ranch Denizen is an example of <strong>the</strong> geological inspiration of my artwork. one of my favorite<br />
painters, Georgia o’Keefe, lived <strong>and</strong> painted many works at Ghost Ranch in New Mexico at <strong>the</strong> same<br />
time that dozens of dinosaur fossils were being discovered on <strong>the</strong> property. Although she met <strong>the</strong><br />
young paleontologist <strong>and</strong> had him identify many cow bones that she painted, she never used <strong>the</strong><br />
fossils as subject matter. This painting attempts to use some of her techniques to render a single<br />
skeleton of Coelophysis.