		Pipeline	Week of May 10-May 16, 2008
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ANNOUNCEMENTS

EVENTS

EMPLOYEE INFORMATION

ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND HONORS

Gammi Pi chapter wins award, initiates members

Monmouth College’s Gamma Pi Chapter of Beta Beta Beta, the national biology honor society, was presented the Yokley Outstanding Chapter Activity award for 25 years of continuous membership registration at the regional Tri-Beta convention last month in Greenville, Ill.

Monmouth’s Gamma Pi chapter has been in existence for the past 62 years. Nationally, Tri-Beta was founded in 1922 with the purpose of encouraging scholarly attainment in biology and to honor its members for superior academic records in the life sciences.

The chapter also held an initiation ceremony recently, welcoming three new members: junior Sarah Christensen and sophomores Catherine Clarizio and Om Kumar Shrestha.

Tri-Beta’s purposes include cultivating intellectual interest in the natural sciences, promoting a better appreciation of the value of biological study and challenging undergraduates to begin research work and report their findings in Bios, the BBB journal.

SPORTS RESULTS/SCHEDULE

Home athletic events this week
None scheduled

Recent athletic results
Baseball split with Grinnell 2-13, 16-4, defeated Grinnell 11-7, lost to Knox 9-7, lost to St. Norbert 16-1

Softball lost to St. Norbert 7-0, lost to Lake Forest 11-6

Men's Golf placed second of nine teams at Midwest Conference Championships

Men's Track and Field placed second of 28 teams at the Butler Twilight Meet

Women's Track and Field placed first of 26 teams at the Butler Twilight Meet

Sports highlight of the week
The Fighting Scots baseball team defeated Grinnell in do-or-die games on both May 3 and May 4 to reach the postseason for the ninth consecutive year. On May 3, Tom Shaver was 3-for-4 with four RBIs, including a two-run single in the sixth that extended Monmouth's lead to 10-4 in a game the Scots would win 16-4. That helped force a four-team playoff for two postseason spots, and the Scots defeated the Pioneers again on May 4, as Jake Bice was 4-for-4 and Robbie Hinkle drove in three runs in an 11-7 victory.

MISCELLANEOUS

Knoxville trio shines at MC

Make room, McGladrey & Pullen. The hottest names in accounting could soon be Eklund, Polillo & Stansell.

That firm would be established if seniors Kari Eklund, Amy Polillo and Ashley Stansell continue their trend of doing things together. It all started in nearby Knoxville 15 years ago when the trio met in first grade. They have been together for the most part ever since, graduating from Knoxville High School in 2004 and, in just a few short days, from Monmouth College.

Location hasn’t been their only common bond. They all have fond memories of Knoxville High School teacher Lynne West and, at Monmouth, they have come to appreciate the accounting instruction of husband-and-wife faculty members Frank Gersich and Judy Peterson. None of the three entered Monmouth as accounting majors, but they all added the academic emphasis to their studies in business or, in Stansell’s case, mathematics.

All three have served as Volunteer Income Tax Assistance workers, with Polillo actually working during back-to-back tax seasons in 2007 and 2008.

At the college’s honors convocation last month, they all walked across the stage to receive prizes, including the prestigious Wall Street Journal Award, chosen by MC’s accounting, business, economics and international business faculty, which went to Eklund. Polillo received the Wallace H. and Dorothy Rifenbark Speer Memorial Prize in Business for outstanding work in business administration, while Stansell earned the Paul Cramer Prize for outstanding work in mathematics. Eklund also won the John Clay Bruner Economics Writing Contest.

Going back to their high school days, Polillo was the first of the three to choose Monmouth. Her friends, however, didn’t immediately follow suit. Stansell waited until late in her senior year before choosing MC, while Eklund actually enrolled at the University of Iowa and attended for a brief time before joining her KHS classmates at Monmouth.

Looking back, they are all pleased with their decision because, looking ahead, they have positions waiting for them at Deere and Co. (Eklund and Stansell) and State Farm (Polillo). Eklund and Stansell will be part of Deere’s Financial Development Program, which gives new employees an opportunity to work two or three “rotations” at different positions, with each rotation lasting 12-18 months.

As they looked back on their MC careers for one of the final times as students, Eklund said she appreciated the increased opportunities to be involved that Monmouth College offers. Stansell appreciated the opportunities to improve her social skills through such avenues as interaction in smaller classes, while Polillo feels she’ll be leaving campus as a more well-rounded person with a well-rounded education.

The “Knoxville trio” certainly has a lot in common, and there will be at least one more trait they will share in the future. In the commencement program, they will all be listed as summa cum laude graduates of Monmouth College.

FROM THE MESSAGE BOARD

Special delivery

Taste of the Rockies Coffee will deliver coffee, espresso drinks, hot chocolate, tea, iced coffee and Italian soda from 5 p.m. to midnight through May 13 in conjunction with final exams. Costs range from 75 cents to $2.

Hewes Library hours extended

Hewes Library will be open until 1 a.m. on May 9 through May 13 in conjunction with final exams. The library also announced that its summer hours will be 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays from May 15 to Aug. 25. The facility will not be open on Saturdays and Sundays during that time.

OFF-CAMPUS EVENTS

Reeds to present OFTA program

Galesburg-based artists Rob and Lori Reed will present the next Old Friends Talk Art (OFTA) program on May 14 at 10 a.m. at the Buchanan Center for the Arts in Monmouth.

The Reeds, who have an exhibit opening at the Buchanan Center on May 17, will discuss their artistic philosophy and their work. Entitled "Uncovered, Discovered & Manufactured," their exhibit will be on display through June 14 at the Buchanan Center, which is located on the southwest quadrant of Monmouth's Public Square.

Mom at the Pops

The Knox-Galesburg Symphony is presenting its "Celebrate Mom at the Pops" concert at Galesburg's Orpheum Theatre on May 10 at 7:30 p.m. Jazz vocalist and composer Semenya McCord will be the featured artist. Tickets can be reserved by calling the Orpheum at 309-342-2299.