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1998
News Releases
Pushcart
Prize Winner Davidson poet Alan Michael Parker was one of just 31
English-language poets named as winners of the prestigious 1999 Pushcart
Prize. (Released December 1998)
PBS
Film Advisor A PSB filmmaker used Davidson's Shelley Rigger, who specializes
in Southeast Asian politics, as an advisor on an upcoming film about Taiwan.
(Released November 1998)
Outdoor
Sculpture Commission Davidson has awarded a commission for an outdoor
sculpture to William Tucker, thanks to the Class of 1993's parting gift
to the college. (Released November 1998)
Uncovering
Afro-Moravian History Sociology professor Janet Shannon is helping
Old Salem discover and display the unique history of its African American
Moravian citizens. (Released October 1998)
President
Says "No" To Sororities Citing a detrimental effect on recruitment
of top women candidates for admission, President Bobby Vagt has concluded
an important campus debate by denying the request of some students to
establish sororities at Davidson. (Released January 1998)
Longtime
Religion Professor Retires Sandy McKelway looks back on his 32-year
career in Davidson's religion department and examines changes in campus
governance and the college's relationship with the Presbyterian Church.
(Released January 1998)
Lindsey
Closes the Books on Economics Teaching Prof. Glenn Lindsey taught
accounting to Davidson students for 40 years, and many of them proceeded
to noteworthy careers in business, law and medicine. (Released January
1998)
1997 News Releases
Duke
Endowment Grant The Duke Endowment has awarded Davidson $925,000 that
will help meet current and long-term campus. (Released December 1997)
Inauguration
Day Davidson inaugurated Bobby Vagt as its 16th president under clear
blue skies on October 3. Here are some pictures of the day's events. (Released
October 1997)
Lance
Stell, chair of the philosophy department, has received a grant from
the Liberty Foundation to convene a group of imaginative thinkers to consider
whether an individual's obligation to pay for such social services as
Medicaid also gives individuals the right to govern the potentially self-destructive
behaviors of the recipients. (Released October 1997)
Ann
Marie Costa, associate professor of theatre, has been elected Advocacy
Committee Chair for the Association of Theater in Higher Education (ATHE),
and will use that office to lobby for the importance of theatre art to
all levels of education. (Released October 1997)
Tom
Wicker, First Batten Professor Noted journalist Tom Wicker taught
two classes of Davidson students as the college's first Batten Professor.
(Released October 1997)
60th
Annual Freshman Cake Race
The freshman class ran for a record number of cakes in this year's edition
of the annual Orientation ritual. (Released September 1997)
Noted
Doctor Headlines Speas Symposium Dr. Eric Cassell spoke on "Why We
Need Real Doctors" Oct. 2, 1997, during Davidson's Speas Symposium. (Released
September 1997)
Minority
Enrichment Program Targets Souls Davidson's Love of Learning Program
is celebrating its tenth anniversary this summer, basing its success on
the belief that the path to a student's success leads through his or her
soul. (Released July 1997)
Robert
Williams, leader of Davidson1s academic enterprise since 1986, announced
to the faculty recently that he will retire from that role next July 31
to become a full-time member of its history faculty. (Released July 1997)
Ramirez
Receives NSF Research Grant
More Davidson students will experience real-world research in neuroscience,
thanks to a $225,000 NSF grant to psychology professor Julio Ramirez.
(Released July 1997)
Professor
Finds Peace Elusive During African Mission French Professor Lauren
Yoder has just returned from a two-year peace building mission in Burundi,
where he and his wife, Suzy, hoped churches would coalesce to push for
peace. (Released July 1997)
Kresge
Foundation Supports Life Sciences The Kresge Foundation has given
Davidson a $750,000 challenge grant to help complete funding for the Life
Sciences Building, which is currently under construction. (Released June
1997)
Philosopher
Wins NEH Fellowship One of Davidson's most prolific professors, Al
Mele of the philosophy department, has received an NEH Fellowship to further
his work on the psychological and philosophical aspects of self-deception.
(Released June 1997)
Graduate
Receives Fulbright Fellowship Recent graduate Sallie Permar will travel
back to Zambia to study the epidemiology of Kaposi's sarcoma, an HIV-related
cancer, before pursuing her Ph.D. back in this country.(Released June
1997)
Trustees
Select Vagt As President Davidson College trustees approved on May
2, 1997, the nomination of alumnus Robert F. Vagt as the college's 16th
president. He will succeed John W. Kuykendall in the post on July 1 following
Kuykendall's retirement. (Released June 1997)
Noted
Novelist Endows Scholarships Best selling author Patricia Cornwell
(Class of 1979) has contributed $1-million to Davidson to endow writing
scholarships she has funded since 1992. (Released May 1997)
Religion
Professor Named Humanities Center Fellow Mark Csikszentmihalyi, assistant
professor of religion, was selected by the National Humanities Center
as a Fellow for the coming year. He will study a Confucian text from the
third or second century B.C. at this prestigious institute in the Research
Triangle Park. (Released May 1997)
Professor's
Research Points Toward Safer Estrogen Biology professor Carole Lewis
has published research that may lead toward prescription of a safer form
of estrogen for women who choose the therapy. (Released May 1997)
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