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4 Hood Magazine www.hood.edu/magazine Tischer Scholars Recognized Fourteen students from seven academic departments presented the results of their yearlong research projects to faculty, students, family members and members of the community April 23, 2005, in the Hodson Science and Technology Center. The departmental honors project allows Hood’s best undergraduate students to engage in serious and sustained scholarship at a master’s degree level, according to honors program directors Anne Derbes, professor of art, and Hoda Zaki, professor of political science. The students selected for these honors are designated Christine P. Tischer Scholars in recognition of the 1965 alumna of the College and a former member of the Board of Trustees who helps fund the program. The honors presentations this year were dedicated to the memory of Rebecca Sullivan, a former Tischer scholar in the department of art and archaeology who died earlier this year. Front row Valerie Hobbs, Kristin Kennedy; Middle row: Hoda Zaki, Christine P. Tischer, Patricia Stevenson, Evelyn Halcomb; Back row, Joseph Tischer, Danielle Kahler. Pirates of Penzance The Gilbert and Sullivan operetta “The Pirates of Penzance,” featuring Hood students, faculty and staff performers, played to sellout crowds in Brodbeck Music Hall in April. Acclaimed baritone and stage director Edward Crafts of the Metropolitan Opera, directed the production. Heather Ross, professor of music, served as associate director and Noel Lester, professor of music, was music director. Subtitled “The Slave of Duty,” “The Pirates of Penzance” is the comic story of the coming-of-age of Frederick, whose hard-of-hearing nursemaid mistakenly apprentices him to pirates rather than to a pilot. Set in England in the 1880s, the operetta is replete with a bevy of beauties, pirates, bumbling policemen and an eccentric major general. A cast recording of the show is available. For more information or to purchase the recording, contact Noel Lester at (301) 696-3429 or nlester@hood.edu. Hood’s Music Department Receives Gift Kate Whalin, of Middletown, Md., donated six guitars to the College’s music department during a ceremony on campus April 8, 2005. The guitars belonged to her late husband, Michael Whalin, who was an avid guitar player and collector. William Simms, instructor of guitar; Taylor DiClemente, sophomore music major; Ms. Whalin; Rebecca Dupont, sophomore music minor; and Wayne Wold, chair of the music department. Math Grants The department of mathematics has been awarded three grants totaling $3,550 that will be used to fund programs for students and the department. The Tensor Foundation and the Mathematical Association of America allocated $3,000 to Hood, and Pi Mu Epsilon, the national honorary mathematics society, awarded the College grants totaling $550. The Tensor Foundation, working through the M.A.A., develops projects designed to encourage girls and women to study math. The grant will allow Hood to host a math day for high school girls in the spring of 2006, as the College has done twice in the past. A $500 Pi Mu Epsilon National Lectureship and Chapter Enhancement Program grant will be used to sponsor a lecture by a national P.M.E. counselor at Hood; only three colleges in the United States were awarded this grant. A $50 grant will be used to award mathematical achievement prizes to the College’s top graduating seniors.
Summer 2005 Hood Magazine 5 $6.4 Million in Gifts Received in Fiscal 2005 A record number of alumnae and alumni, friends, parents, businesses, faculty and staff made gifts to the College totaling $6.4 million in the fiscal year that ended June 30. More than 4,500 contributors made gifts to the College this year and the number of donors to the Annual Funds increased by eight percent over the previous year, said Mort Gamble, vice president for institutional advancement. Support for the Annual Funds, which provides funding for critical College programs, totaled more than $1.6 million. “Supporters of the College are excited about the direction Hood is taking and have made it clear that they want to be a part of the team that makes it happen,” explained Gamble. “It costs us about $70,000 a day to operate the College,” Gamble said. “With about $50,000 of that coming from tuition and fees, it’s clear where the balance comes from—the generous support of our alums and friends.” “We are very grateful for the continuing support of Hood College by graduates, friends, faculty, staff, students, parents, businesses, foundations and organizations,” said President Ronald J. Volpe. “Gifts to Hood show confidence in our mission, our programs and our strategic plans for the future. It’s an exciting time to invest in Hood College. Hood’s donors contribute to a variety of purposes, from scholarships to library publications, Gamble said. Plans are underway to increase the fundraising capability of Hood. “We are planning a comprehensive major gifts campaign to support scholarships, academic programs and facility needs. In the meantime, we thank everyone who helped to make this a significant and exciting year for giving to Hood.” Digital Anglo-Saxon Map Assistant Professor of English Martin Foys, who is creating a digital edition of the oldest detailed English map of the world, received a $5,000 grant to work on the project this summer in England. Foys wants to provide a common resource for scholars and students to examine this Anglo-Saxon artifact, also known as the Cotton Map. The grant he received from the National Endowment for the Humanities helped pay for his trip abroad to study early medieval maps at the British Library in London. Counselor of the Year Congratulations to Kim Barlet Long M.A.’86, who was named the National Middle School Counselor of the Year by the American School Counselor Association. Kim, who lives in Walkersville, has 22 years experience as a school counselor at Gov. Thomas Johnson Middle School, in Frederick. This was the first time a Maryland counselor received this prestigious honor. Pictured with Kim Long (center) clockwise from top left are students Brandon Smith, Tyler DeWitt, Melanie Rice, Allie Bennett and Bonnie Simon. College Internet Radio Station Ready for Broadcasting Blazer Radio Thanks to a gift from the area’s newest radio station, Hood College now has its first-ever broadcast studio that by the fall semester will be a student-run Internet radio station. “Students have yearned to program their own station,” said Hood journalism professor and director of Hood’s communication arts program Al Weinberg. “I am delighted that we can now give them that opportunity and explore additional ways our station can benefit the college. A campus radio station has been a goal of the college since I joined the faculty in 1985,” said Weinberg, who has accepted an invitation to serve on the WYPR Board of Directors. Engineers from Baltimore-based WYPR/WYPF 88.1 FM this month finished the installation of a complete radio broadcast studio on the ground floor of Alumnae Hall. The new equipment was donated by the National Public Radio affiliate, which was formerly WJHU, the Johns Hopkins University-owned radio station. Communications majors Amanda Jimenez ’08 and Scott McKinney ’07
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