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Back to top 12/20/2007 Two women named to Mid-Atlantic soccer team Elizabethtown College junior forward Jenna Russo and senior midfielder Jenny Fromuth were selected to the National Soccer Coaches  Association of America/adidas Division III All-Mid-Atlantic Region team in women's soccer, the NSCAA has announced.Russo (left) was a first-team selection while Fromuth was named to the third team after leading the Blue Jays to a 17-4-1 overall record, a berth in the Commonwealth Conference championship match and the program's second straight trip to the NCAA Division III tournament. Russo was the Commonwealth Conference Player of the Year as she led the Blue Jays with 10 goals and nine assists for 29 points in 20 matches, scored at least one point in nine straight matches from Sept. 20 through Oct. 16 and registered at least one point in 15 matches during the season.  A second-team All-Region selection last season, Russo has scored 28 goals and added 18 assists for 74 points in 59 career matches. She is the first Elizabethtown player to earn first-team All-Region honors since Dana Moyer in 2005 and the 10th in program history.Fromuth (right), a two-time first-team All-Conference selection, tallied seven goals and six assists while starting all 22 matches. Three of her goals were game-winners in 1-0 victories for the Blue Jays. She finishes her three-year career with the Blue Jays with 15 goals and 13 assists for 43 points in 63 matches. Back to top 12/19/2007 Alumnus named Valparaiso U president Mark Heckler, a 1977 graduate of Elizabethtown College, has been named the 18th president of Valparaiso University, effective July 1.  He will replace Alan F. Harre, who is retiring June 30 after 20 years as president. Heckler previously served as provost and vice chancellor for academic and student affairs at the University of Colorado Denver. A native of Pennsylvania, he has worked there since 1995, when he joined the staff as a tenured professor of theatre and director of the School of Arts. Under his leadership, the School of Arts was expanded and renamed the College of Arts and Media and he was named the new college’s founding dean in 1998. He held that position until 2003 when he served briefly as UC Denver’s acting chancellor before being appointed to his current position. Valparaiso University is a comprehensive university with a Lutheran heritage that enrolls nearly 4,000 students on its campus 55 miles southeast of Chicago. It has been identified as one of the top master’s-level institutions in the Midwest by U.S. News & World Report magazine for the past 19 years, and most recently was ranked among the top three in academic quality for the eighth consecutive year. Back to top 12/14/2007 Students manage Trostle Investment Portfolio Elizabethtown College recently established a student-managed investment fund in honor of an alumnus and emeritus finance professor.  The Trostle Investment Portfolio (TIP), named in honor of Emeritus Associate Professor of Finance Randy Trostle (right), a 1969 graduate, is designed to provide Elizabethtown students with real-world experience in the management of an investment company. Students participating in TIP have the opportunity to work with nearly $225,000 in donated funds, much of which came from the College’s alumni during a six-month period. The initiative was kicked off with a $50,000 challenge grant from 1975 graduate Jim Hoover, whose previous gift made possible the James B. Hoover Center for Business. During the fall semester, students enrolled in Investments, taught by Trostle, chose a company to analyze and evaluate. They were also required to ensure that the company met TIP’s investment policies, which mirror those used by the board of trustees’ Investment Committee to manage the College’s endowment portfolio. Students then present information on their company to the class, which serves as the TIP Investment committee, along with Trostle and Department of Business Chair Sean Melvin. A 2/3-vote is needed to move forward with the purchase of security from the company. One-half of TIP’s assets are invested during the fall semester, and the other half during the spring semester, when the work of the investment committee continues with students in Trostle’s Student Managed Investment Portfolio course. This group has the task of evaluating what was invested during the fall semester and deciding to buy, sell or hold. Back to top 12/13/2007 Power Restored to Elizabethtown College at 4 p.m. For about two hours on the afternoon of Thursday, December 13, Elizabethtown College was impacted by an area-wide power outage. As of 4 p.m. this afternoon, power has been restored to all campus buildings. Final exams slated for Thursday evening and Friday will take place as scheduled. Message Updated 12/13/2007 at 4:30 p.m. Back to top 12/11/2007 Students participate in EU Simulation Members of a European Union (EU) Simulation class taught by Assistant Professor of Political Science Oya Dursun-Ozkanca recently  participated in the European Union Simulation of the Mid-Atlantic EU Consortium of 15 colleges and universities. Teams from the colleges, each representing an EU country, met for three days to debate and decide on a resolution about a key policy question affecting the EU. Through role assignments, the students were engaged in experiential learning, and were encouraged to discuss and debate “EU Climate Change Policy: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Energy and Transport.” The approximately 200 student participants played EU institutional and national roles, actually walking through the sequence of events taken by the main EU institutions in making binding decisions for the Union. Elizabethtown College’s delegation – Bill Hamilton, Lauren O’Donnell, Caroline Risacher, Abbie Trone, Edna Zhou and Jennifer Zielinski – each successfully represented a member of the Hungarian Cabinet and the European Parliament during this year’s simulation exercise. Hamilton (representing Mr. András Gyürk, Hungarian Member of the EU Parliament) was elected as the President of the European Parliament, and Trone (representing Mr. Gábor Fodor) received the Best Minister of Environment Award. |
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