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TTSummerransylvaransylva 2012 UNIVERSITYniania MAGAZINE Classsnapshots of 2012 Kelly Hieronymus ’12 Kelsey McComas, a biology major from Ashland, Ky., has been active in community service since her high school days and con- tinued that dedication while at Transylvania. She volunteered at her community’s hospice, took a Transylvania service learning course in the Philippines, and helped raise funds for the Children’s Miracle Network. She left June 20 on a 10-week, 3,700-mile cross-country bicycle ride as part of the Bike and Build non-profit program that will take her to Vancouver, British Columbia, helping to build affordable housing for deserving citizens along the way. Joseph Rey Au Matt Durr ’14 Transylvania’s campus was home to a pair of twins the past four years who share an uncommon devotion to one another. Alyson (left in photo) and Caitlyn Vincent are from Winchester, Ky., and have been practically inseparable all through their school years, including their Transylvania time. Both majored in education, graduated with program and Latin honors, and will teach in Montgomery County, Ky., this fall, Alyson at Montgomery County Intermediate School (fifth grade) and Caitlyn at Mapleton Elementary School (first grade). Both are also national champion cloggers, as a team and as individuals. Joseph (left in photo) and Stephen Porter are from Madis- Caleb Ritchie, a music technology graduate from Corinth, Ky., onville, Ky. They roomed together during their Transylvania is a musician keeping busy working on a variety of projects years, were members of the swimming and diving team, and post-Transylvania. He is releasing a CD of pop music, playing both graduated with a biology degree, earning program and with the band Fourscore, and teaching piano. He’s also working Latin honors. Their togetherness continues this fall as both will on writing a web video series called “Rube’s Cube,” which he’s be enrolled in the University of Louisville College of Medicine. doing audio and music composition for. TransylvaniaUNIVERSITY MAGAZINE SUMMER 2012 Features 16 GRADUATION DAY / Bachelor’s degrees are conferred on 241 members of the class of 2012 19 RETURN. REMEMBER. RENEW. / Alumni return to campus to revisit Transylvania experience during Alumni Weekend 2012 Around Campus 3 Transylvania adds international affairs major 4 Yale scholar delivers John Marshall Harlan lecture 5 Cowgill, Rosenthal, Young honored for service Joseph Rey Au 6 Philosophy, politics, and economics is new major 8 Professors, staff member retire after long tenures Pioneers and Wildcats will play 12 LoMonaco heads up student life administration changes once again in Rupp Arena For the second year in a row, Transylvania’s men’s basketball team will Sports take on the University of Kentucky 13 Men’s golf finishes as NCAA national runner-up Wildcats in an exhibition game at Rupp 14 Transylvania wins HCAC Commissioner’s Cup Arena. The game will take place Monday, November 5, with tip-off tentatively set for 7 p.m. The two teams played for the Alumni News and Notes first time in 100 years last fall, and the UK victory left the series record 8-7 in favor of 22 Class Notes the Wildcats. The Pioneers used the 23 Marriages, Births excitement created by that contest as stimulus for a highly successful season 24 Distinguished Achievement Awards (see page 14) that included a 23-5 record, 25 Distinguished Service Awards a conference title, and an appearance in 29 Obituaries the NCAA Division III championship. Kentucky (38-2) went on to win its eighth NCAA Division I national championship. Photo: UK’s Marquis Teague and Transylvania’s Tate Cox in last year’s game. Associate Vice President of Communications and Public Relations: Sarah A. Emmons Director of Publications: Martha S. Baker Publications Writer/Editor: William A. Bowden Editorial Assistant: Tyler Young Publications Designer: Barbara Grinnell On the cover: Graduating seniors Ruth Kloha and Joseph Transylvania is published three times a year. Volume Underwood capture the moment while 29, No. 3, SUMMER 2012. Produced by the Office of Isabel Barr anticipates the upcoming Publications, Transylvania University, Lexington, KY graduation ceremony for the 241 members 40508-1797. Send address changes and alumni news of the class of 2012. See article on page 16. to Alumni Office, Transylvania University, 300 North Broadway, Lexington, KY 40508-1797, fax to (859) Photo by Joseph Rey Au 233-8797, or email to [email protected]. Lexington named a ‘brain hub’ Applause There’s another reason for prospective Transylvania students to love Lexington. The city recently ranked No. 9 in the nation Education professor demic research she conduct- among metro areas with the highest percentage of Angela Hurley participated ed on the social organization workers with a bachelor’s degree or higher. The in and presented a paper at of fan culture. Learn more ranking was published in The Wall Street Jour- an Oxford Round Table on about the film at www.gen- Brain nal and comes from an analysis of census and Education and Religion: An eraladmissionthefilm.com. Labor Department data by Edward Glaeser, Interdisciplinary Perspective. • • • # Hub professor of economics at Harvard University. The event was held at Lin- 9 “The emergence of well-educated ‘brain Wall Sreet Journal coln College, Oxford Univer- Women’s studies profes- hubs’ over the past few decades has widened sity. The international round sor Simona Fojtová was 2012 their advantage over much of the rest of the table had participants from selected as a fellow at the country, leaving them better off through the reces- Australia, Finland, Japan, School of Criticism and The- sion and primed for future growth,” said the WSJ article. “A and the United States, with ory at Cornell University this select number of high-flying places are hoarding a growing share schools such as Stanford, summer. Through seminars, of the nation’s most valuable workers, best-paying jobs and Columbia, and The Citadel public lectures, and collo- attracting a lopsided share of new investment and young compa- sending representatives. Hur- quia, the school provides an nies.” ley’s paper was titled “View- opportunity to work with Brad Goan, vice president for enrollment and dean of admis- ing Schools as ‘Problem.’” preeminent figures in critical sions, pointed out that Transylvania’s location near downtown thought and to reassess the- • • • Lexington is important when prospective students are searching oretical approaches that for a college home. “The opportunities available for internships, In recognition of his pub- have emerged over the last part-time jobs, research projects, alumni connections, entertain- lished work, English pro- 50 years. Fojtová will partici- ment, and many other urban experiences provide a benefit that fessor Anthony Vital has pate in a six-week seminar few other small liberal arts colleges can match.” been invited to participate in titled Feminisms and Post- The brain hub listing is the latest of a number of top rankings an international multidiscipli- colonialities. for Lexington that include: nary colloquium on Global- • • • No. 1 best city for finding a job (Forbes Magazine, 2011) ization, Narrative and the No. 2 best city for education (Parenting, 2010) Environment at the Rachel Senior Ruth Kloha was No. 6 best city for college graduates (The Daily Beast, 2011) Carson Center in Munich, awarded a Fulbright grant No. 7 best metro city for quality of life (Business Facilities, 2010) Germany, October 11-14. for 2012-13, which includes Top 10 college towns (Relocate America, 2010) He will join 19 other scholars service as an English teach- No. 13 top hotspots for young, talented workers (NextCities, 2009) and writers from various ing assistant in Malaysia. She 100 best communities for young people (America’s Promise countries in exploring critical will also coordinate a com- issues in the representation munity engagement project. of long-term environmental Fulbright grants are highly problems in relation to a competitive, and recipients history of globalization and are chosen for their academ- colonialism. ic and leadership potential. • • • • • • Seniors Erica Clark and The Student Government Ben Costigan were among Association hosted stu- the 20 recipients nationwide dents from Transylvania, of Juan Manuel Sampere Centre College, Georgetown Scholarships for summer College, and Berea College study abroad from Sigma for the first annual Intercol- Delta Pi National Spanish legiate Student Research Honorary. Both will study Symposium March 31. The Spanish for four weeks at symposium included oral the Estudio Internacional and poster presentations on Sampere, Clark in Spain topics including Adderall use Joseph Rey Au and Costigan in Ecuador. among college students, res- Students attend Clinton Global Initiative University idential housing patterns in • • • Sophomore Annie Wright (left), junior Jennifer Lancaster, Louisville, and the symbol of and senior J. P. Peckinpaugh, were accepted to the Clinton Glob- Anthropology professor the horse in James Joyce’s al Initiative University March 31- April 1 in Washington, D.C. The Barbara LoMonaco is fea- Ulysses. CGI-U is a conference bringing together 1,000 students and leaders tured in the new documen- from around the world focusing on pressing global issues in educa- tary film General Admission: tion, environment and climate change, peace, human rights, Layin’ it On The Line for U2, poverty alleviation, and public health. where she discusses the aca- 2 TRANSYLVANIA a grant from the William R. Kenan Jr. Nordhaus encourages students to address InternationalCharitable Trust. affairs global warming with new strategies major is created Ted Nordhaus, cofounder and chairman climate change “lie in ruins,” pointing to Transylvania will adopt international of the Breakthrough Institute, gave the specific instances in recent years where affairs as an official major beginning in the spring Kenan Lecture titled “The Long Congress rejected climate legislation that, 2012-13 academic year. Death of Environmentalism” March 7 in even if passed, he believes would not have International affairs has been a minor for Haggin Auditorium.