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Back to top 1/29/2009 Watch the Kids SMILE! In this case, SMILE stands for “Science and Math Institute for Learning in E-town” – and on Saturday, February 7, there will be a lot of smiling and laughter among 135 K-5 students. This inaugural event is designed to make science and math fun, encouraging young children to explore the fields. The children (along with parents, teachers, and the Elizabethtown College students who will run the activities – a total of more than 300 little and big people), will rotate through stations using their “Adventures in Science and Math Passports.” The math activities, directly associated with the standards in mathematics, will reinforce logical reasoning, estimation, measurement, geometry, and patterns/algebra. But the kids will think they are simply playing as they toss beanbags, throw die, create cereal necklaces, design pasta patterns, and more. The science experiments are designed so that many can be easily duplicated at home and each child will receive an instructional CD. Kids will have hands-on experiences with complex chemical reactions at passport stops like the Twirly Whirly Milk station. And they can make their own version of Silly Putty at the Marvelous Mystery Matter station, while they are actually leaning about polymer chain reactions. Registration for the event has closed and there was no charge to the children or parents. Media contact for the event is Dr. Deborah Gochenaur, assistant professor of mathematics, gochenaurd@etown.edu or 717-395-1185. Saturday, February 7 Elizabethtown College Nicarry Hall 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. Back to top 1/23/2009 Elizabethtown College Presents Peace Corps Association Executive On Wednesday, Feb. 4 at 11 a.m., Elizabethtown College will welcome Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow Kevin F.F. Quigley. Quigley, who is president and chief executive officer of the National Peace Corps Association (NPCA), will present a public lecture titled, “President Obama’s Public Service Agenda: The Peace Corps.” The lecture – which will be held in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center – is open to the public and free of charge. More information is available by calling (717) 361-1410. An international advocate of civil society and expert on Asia and democratization, Quigley has more than 20 years of nonprofit experience advancing international understanding and civil society. As president of NCPA, he seeks to foster peace through service, education and advocacy. He also serves as vice president of the high-profile Asia Society, directing educational programming on a wide range of political, economic and social topics. The Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellows program, which is administered by the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) in Washington, DC, brings prominent artists, diplomats, journalists, business leaders, and other professionals to campuses across the United States for a week-long residential program of classes, seminars, workshops, lectures, and informal discussions. For 35 years, the Visiting Fellows have been introducing students and faculty members at liberal arts colleges to a wide range of perspectives on life, society, community, and achievement. The Visiting Fellows program is available to all four-year colleges and universities. For more information, visit CIC’s website at www.cic.edu/visitingfellows.Back to top 1/23/2009 Monday Series Concert by Award-Winning Pianist Ilan Levin As part of its Monday Series, the Music Division of Elizabethtown College’s Ilan Levin is a performing artist and piano teacher. Currently, he holds a faculty position at Elizabethtown College, where he teaches piano and music theory. Levin graduated from the Eastman School of Music, where he studied under the guidance of Rebecca Penneys and was granted an award in piano studio teaching. Born in Israel, Levin studied under Pnina Salzman at the Rubin Academy of the Tel-Aviv University and was a Rubin Academy Piano Competition prize winner in 1993. He won the Certificate of Excellence award from the American-Israel Cultural Foundation in 1994, was a prize winner at the Chautauqua International Piano Competition in 1998 and 2001, and the SAI concerto competition in 2002. Levin has given solo recitals and chamber music performances in Israel, the Netherlands, Poland, Hungary, Italy and the United States. He gave a live radio recital for Radio Noord Holland in 1995 and was invited to give a number of live radio recitals for WBFO radio in Buffalo, N.Y., in the Opus Classic series from 1999 until 2001. This past year, Levin’s performances have covered seven states: New York, Wisconsin, Alabama, Utah, Florida, Texas and Pennsylvania. While living in Rochester, N.Y., Levin integrated well into the city’s musical scene. He served as the musical director of the theater production “Old Wicked Songs,” was a guest artist in “Live from the Hart” at the Alfred & Ida Hart Theater, and gave a recital program dedicated to Israeli composers at the JCC. In 2008, Levin founded a concert series in one of Rochester’s historic landmarks, the Hervey Ely House, and served as the director of its first season. The series provided a rare opportunity for Eastman students and faculty to collaborate in musical performances, revived a historic tradition of “Salon” concerts, and created a personalized and accessible encounter between artists and audience. Among the artists with whom Levin collaborated on the series were violinist Lynn Blakeslee, violist George Taylor, pianist Rebecca Penneys, mezzo-soprano Kathryn Cowdrick and tenor Robert Swensen.Back to top 1/23/2009 Elizabethtown College Presents a Recital by the Nelson-Sessler Duo The Music Division of Elizabethtown College’s Department of Fine and Performing Arts will present the Nelson-Sessler Duo in recital on Thursday, Feb. 5 at 7:30 p.m. in Zug Recital Hall. The recital is open to the public and free of charge. For more information call 717-361-1212. Established in 1998, the Nelson-Sessler Duo has a varied repertoire, including selections from the Renaissance through the Modern eras, music of Spanish and South American composers, and newly composed works by guitarist Eric Sessler. The Feb. 5 recital will feature works by Merlin, Caliendo, Giuliani, Ibert and Sessler. Flutist Paula Nelson is on the faculty of Elizabethtown College, Immaculata University  composer as well. His Organ Concerto was premiered in February 2007 by Alan Morrison and the Curtis Symphony Orchestra at Verizon Hall. His other works have been performed throughout the United States, and he has received numerous awards, including the ASCAP Foundation Award, the Charles E. Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts & Letters, the Theodore Presser Music Foundation Award, and a Meet the Composer Grant. His music is published by Silver Sun Press and Les Productions d’Oz. Sessler earned a bachelor’s degree from the Manhattan School of Music, a diploma from the Curtis Institute of Music, and a master’s degree and doctorate from the Julliard School. He studied composition with Samuel Adler, David Diamond and Ned Rorem. Sessler is on the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music, the Juilliard School Pre-College and Chestnut Hill College.Back to top 1/23/2009 Elizabethtown College to Present Ware Seminar on Global Citizenship On Thursday, Feb. 19 at 4:30 p.m., Elizabethtown College will welcome community William Astore is the author of “Hindenburg: Icon of German Militarism.” Formerly an instructor at the U.S. Air Force Academy and the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, he currently teaches at the Pennsylvania College of Technology. His lecture will focus on the intersections between military, society and citizenship. What connections – and disconnections – are there today between the U.S. military and American society? What should these relationships look like? How should we, as citizens, relate to the military, and what should the role of the military – and the structures and industries that support it – be in our broader society and economy? The Ware Seminars on Global Citizenship are part of the multi-faceted Ware Colloquium on Peacemaking and Global Citizenship, which is creating a distinctive educational experience for Elizabethtown’s students and for its neighboring communities by marrying the College’s pivotal mission areas of international education and purposeful life work with its Brethren heritage commitment to peace, non-violence and human dignity. Delivered annually under the auspices of the Center for Global Citizenship, the Ware Colloquium consists of the Ware Lecture on Peacemaking, Ware Practicum in Conflict Resolution, in addition to the Ware Seminars on Global Citizenship. The colloquium was created through the generous sponsorship of Judy S. ’68 and Paul W. Ware.Back to top 1/13/2009 College Celebrates the Life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elizabethtown College will celebrate the life and accomplishments of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a series of events the week of January 18. The lectures, discussions and concerts are open to the public and free of charge. No tickets are required, and seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. More information is available by calling 717-361-1983. On Sunday, Jan. 18 at 8 p.m., the College will host a showing of “The Ernest Green Story,” which focuses on the 1957 integration of Little Rock Central High School. The event will be held in Gibble Auditorium of Esbenshade Hall. On Monday, Jan. 19, the College will host the following public events:
The celebration will conclude on Wednesday, Jan. 21 with an 11 a.m. faculty forum, titled “From Fatalism to Freedom: The Prophetic Theology of Martin Luther King Jr.,” which will be presented by Dr. Michael Long, associate professor of religious studies and peace and conflict studies. Long has published several books on King’s legacy, including “Martin Luther King Jr. on Creative Living” (2004) and “Against Us, But for Us: Martin Luther King Jr. and the State” (2002). The forum will be held in the James B. Hoover Center for Business, Room 110. Back to top 1/13/2009 Ware Seminar on Global Citizenship to be held Jan. 22 On Thursday, Jan. 22 at 4:30 p.m., Elizabethtown College will welcome community members to the next event in its signature series, the Ware Seminars on Global Citizenship. The upcoming seminar will feature a panel discussion, titled “Beyond Voting: A Citizen’s Role in Ongoing Government.” The event – which will be held in the Brinser Lecture Room in Steinman Hall – is open to the public and free of charge. More information is available by calling the College’s Office of Marketing and Communication at 717-361-1410. This panel discussion will focus on the often-ignored side of citizenship in America: what do citizens do when they're not voting? How can and should people be involved in government? Are there effective ways to do so? What does it mean to be a government “of the people, by the people, and for the people”? Panel members will include E. Fletcher McClellan, professor and department chair of the Department of Political Science; W. Wesley McDonald, professor of political science; and Scott Hendrickson, assistant professor of public law and director of the College’s Pre-Law Program. Join these faculty members of Elizabethtown College’s Department of Political Science for a lively discussion on “all the time” citizenship. The Ware Seminars on Global Citizenships are part of the multi-faceted Ware Colloquium on Peacemaking and Global Citizenship, which is creating a distinctive educational experience for Elizabethtown’s students and for its neighboring communities by marrying the College’s pivotal mission areas of international education and purposeful life work with its Brethren heritage commitment to peace, non-violence and human dignity. Delivered annually under the auspices of the Center for Global Citizenship, the Ware Colloquium consists of the Ware Lecture on Peacemaking, Ware Practicum in Conflict Resolution, in addition to the Ware Seminars on Global Citizenship. The colloquium was created through the generous sponsorship of Judy S. ’68 and Paul W. Ware.Back to top 1/13/2009 Event Series Featuring Award-Winning Playwright Curt Tofteland The Theatre and Dance Division of Elizabethtown College’s Department of Fine and Performing Arts will host a series of events featuring the work of Curt Tofteland, founder of “Shakespeare Behind Bars.” The Tofteland series is open to the public and free of charge. Seating in the venues is limited and available on a first-come, first-serve basis. More information is available by calling 717-361-1212. Elizabethtown College is presenting this series as a prelude to its spring 2009 theatrical production, Shakespeare’s “The Tempest.” The production will be performed at 8 p.m. on Feb. 12 – 14, 2009, and Feb. 19 – 21, 2009 in Tempest Theatre in Baugher Student Center. More information on “The Tempest” will be released by the College in the coming weeks. Tickets are $5 and are now available by calling 717-361-1170 or e-mailing boxoffice@etown.edu. On Tuesday, Jan. 27 at 7 p.m. in Gibble Auditorium in Esbenshade Hall, the College will show Tofteland’s award-winning documentary, titled “Shakespeare Behind Bars.” Take “The Tempest” – with its violent seas, windswept island, crucial connection to nature, and underlying theme of forgiveness – and bring it into a prison, the ultimate venue of confinement. The result is an extraordinary story about the creative process and the power of art to heal and redeem – in a place where the very act of participation in theatre is a human triumph and a means of personal liberation. Led by Tofteland, the prisoners cast themselves in roles reflecting their personal history and fate. Their individual stories, including information about their crimes, are interwoven with the plot of “The Tempest” as the inmates delve deeply into the characters they portray while confronting their personal demons. “Shakespeare Behind Bars” won the Crystal Heart Award at the Heartland Film Festival in 2005 and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival that year. On Wednesday, Jan. 28 at 11 a.m., Tofteland will present a public lecture, titled “Behind Bard-Wire. Reflection, Responsibility, Forgiveness and Redemption: The Transformative Power of Art, Theatre and Shakespeare.” Tofteland will discuss the implications of his work with theatre in prison from broader psychological and sociological perspectives. The event will be held in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. Also on Wednesday, Jan. 28 at 7 p.m., the award-winning director will present a Master Class in Shakespearean Acting. The class will be held in Tempest Theatre in Baugher Student Center. Curt Tofteland brings 30 years of professional theatre experience to his roles of artistic director, producer, director, Equity actor, award-winning playwright, academic educator, conference panelist and presenter, workshop facilitator, professional development trainer, and drama artist-in-residence. From 1989 to 2008, Tofteland was the producing artistic director of Kentucky Shakespeare Festival. As a director and an Equity actor, he has more than 200 professional productions to his credit. Additionally, he has presented more than 400 performances of his one man show “Shakespeare’s Clownes: A Foole’s Guide to Shakespeare.” Tofteland conducts residencies, workshops and master classes at theatres and universities throughout country. He is the founder and artistic director of the internationally acclaimed “Shakespeare Behind Bars” (SBB) program. Philomath Films chronicled SBB in a documentary that premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival and more than 40 other film festivals around the world, winning a total of 11 film awards. Tofteland is a published poet and essayist. His latest essay is published in the new Sourcebooks edition of “The Tempest.” He designed, wrote and hosted the award-winning creative thinking series, “Imagine That,” for Kentucky Educational Television. Tofteland was awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters from Bellarmine University, the Fleur-de-lis Award from the Louisville Forum, the Petra Foundation Fellowship, the Al Smith Fellowship in playwrighting from the Kentucky Arts Council, the Mildred A. Dougherty Award for communication from the Greater Louisville English Council, and a Distinguished Theatre Alumni Award from the University of Minnesota, where he earned his master’s of fine arts degree in acting. Back to top 1/13/2009 Professor receives National Science Foundation grant The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $135,712 in grant funding to Elizabethtown College Professor of Psychology Catherine Lemley, who is co-principal investigator for “Mental Imagery and the Mere Exposure Effect.” Along with co-principal investigator and colleague, Professor Robert F. Bornstein of Adelphi University in Garden City, New York, she will explore the psychological and neurological processes that underlie the exposure effect by examining the role of mental imagery in shaping reaction to merely exposed visual stimuli. The goal is to apply mere exposure methods to real-world problems and issues such as fear acquisition and reduction, attitude formation and change, and stereotype reduction. Dr. Lemley teaches General Psychology, Introduction to Neuroscience, Sensation and Perception, Human Cognition, and Research in Perception. She also teaches honors sections of General Psychology and Introduction to Neuroscience. Her area of expertise is in visual perception. Dr. Lemley’s research focuses on the relation between visual mental imagery and visual perception with an emphasis on how what you imagine can interfere with what you actually perceive. Recently, she and her students have been investigating the way in which cognitive processes, namely mental imagery, can moderate the mere exposure effect, which occurs when very brief exposures to stimuli increase the degree to which a person likes such stimuli. Dr. Lemley previously was awarded funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Education for two projects she is conducting with students, faculty and staff in the biology and occupational therapy departments and Center for Student Success at Etown. These projects also involve faculty at the Penn State Hershey Medical Center and the Kessler Medical Rehabilitation center in New Jersey. Dr. Lemley has mentored a number of students who have won regional and national awards for their research projects. In the past nine years, she has collaborated with 60 students on at least 40 different professional research presentations. Catherine Lemley earned a bachelor’s of science degree from Columbus College in Georgia, and her doctorate in experimental psychology from Northeastern University, specializing in visual perception. She taught for two years at Gettysburg College before joining the faculty at Elizabethtown College, where she has supervised research and participated in dozens of professional presentations with psychology majors. Lemley also holds an appointment at the Pennsylvania State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, where she is associate professor of neurology.Back to top 1/13/2009 College’s Accelerated Adult Degree Program opens Center in York County Elizabethtown College is pleased to announce the opening of a new Center of learning in York County. An eager group of students will be starting class tonight in brand new facilities on St. Charles Way, across from the Ruby Tuesday’s restaurant. This facility is geared for the working professional seeking to complete a bachelor’s degree on a part-time basis. Classes are offered in a five-week accelerated format and are available both in the classroom and online. The new center offers three classrooms, a student lounge, a faculty workroom and ample office space. Elizabethtown College is dedicated to providing the most adult-friendly and convenient academic programs in the region. The College also operates campuses in Harrisburg and Lancaster, as well as providing extensive online course offerings. This expansion further expands the educational options available to the residents of York County. Elizabethtown’s Adult Degree Programs are open to those age 23+ with professional work experience. The academic majors that will be available at this new site in York are Business Administration, Accounting, Corporate Communications and Criminal Justice. To obtain further information, please contact Erica Schieler, schielere@etown.edu, (717) 519-9337. Back to top 1/13/2009 Elizabethtown College Appoints Walt Legenstein The S. Dale High Center for Family Business at Elizabethtown College announced the The Executive-in-Residence program is designed to bring a senior family business executive to the Center, to provide new expertise and leadership for its programs. Legenstein, whose company has been an active member of the organization for over ten years, will work with the Center to strengthen programs to better meet family business needs, involve new businesses, and head a membership drive. Legenstein will serve concurrently with S. Dale High, who was named the first Executive-in-Residence in 2007. “Our company, and our family, have benefited from the programs at the Center,” says Legenstein. “This is my opportunity to give something back to family businesses in our region. I’m excited about what we can do here at the Center, especially in these economic times.” Legenstein has served in many roles in the Lancaster Community, including past Chair of the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce, Past Chairman of the Board of United Way of Lancaster County and Past Chairman of the Board of Lancaster Catholic High School. He also serves on the boards of A Woman’s Concern, Inc., Lancaster Catholic High School, and EDC Finance. Legenstein has been honored with a number of awards from organizations such as Hall of Fame, Business of the Year by the Central Penn Business Journal, Distinguished Citizen of the Year by the Boy Scouts and Community Service Award by the Rotary Club of Lancaster. |
Department of Fine and Performing Arts will present award-winning pianist Ilan Levin in concert on Monday, Feb. 9 at 7:30 p.m. in Zug Recital Hall. Titled “The Colors of the Piano,” the concert will feature the works of Turina, Schubert and Liszt. The recital is open to the public and free of charge. For more information call 717-361-1212. 
and the Wilmington Music School. She also has taught at West Chester University and the University of Delaware. Nelson earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland, and a master’s degree in flute performance and a doctorate of musical arts from the University of North Texas. Her teachers include Mary Karen Clardy, William Montgomery, Kathleen Chastain and James Walker. A former member of the Irving (Texas) Symphony Orchestra, Nelson has performed with the Pottstown and Allentown Symphony Orchestras and the Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra. She has appeared as a soloist with the Lansdowne Symphony Orchestra, the Wilmington Community Orchestra and the Philadelphia Classical Symphony. In addition, Nelson has performed at the National Flute Association Convention as well as in various solo and chamber music recitals in the greater Philadelphia area.
members to the next event in its signature series, the Ware Seminars on Global Citizenship. The upcoming seminar will feature a guest lecture, titled “Our Military-Societal Construct,” by retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. William Astore. The event – which will be held in the Brinser Lecture Room in Steinman Hall – is open to the public and free of charge. More information is available by calling the College’s Office of Marketing and Communication at 717-361-1410.
appointment of Walt Legenstein as the Center’s 2009 Executive-in-Residence. Legenstein is Chairman and CEO of Certified Carpet of Lancaster. Back to News Index
