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Published weekly for faculty and staff by the
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Phone: (309) 457-2117 • E-mail:
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Ball named new VP, to start Jan. 1
Molly Ball,
executive director of development at Kalamazoo College in Michigan, has
been named vice president for development and college relations at
Monmouth College.
“Molly’s colleagues and
supervisors from Kalamazoo provided exceptional praise for a career that
is well-begun,” said MC president Mauri Ditzler. “I look forward to
welcoming Molly to our team when she begins work on Jan. 1.”
Ball, who has held her
recent position since 2007, directs a 10-person development staff at
Kalamazoo that is responsible for $5 million in yearly fundraising. Now
in her sixth year at the national liberal arts college, she previously
served as a major gift officer and senior major gift officer. Prior to
entering the world of higher education, she worked for the Michigan Farm
Bureau, the Future Farmers of America (FFA) Foundation and the National
FFA Foundation.
At Monmouth, she will be
responsible for creating and implementing a plan for strengthening the
college’s advancement efforts in fundraising, alumni programs and
strategic communications.
Ball graduated from
Michigan State University with a bachelor’s degree in agriculture and
natural resources communications. Her emphasis was agribusiness
management and marketing. She also was certified as a fundraising
manager through coursework at the Indiana University Center of
Philanthropy.
Ball and her husband,
Kevin, who live in Vicksburg, Mich., have two children.
Monmouth College was
assisted in its search by the Boston-based executive search firm of
Isaacson, Miller, which “recruited a superb field of well-qualified
candidates,” according to Ditzler.
EVENTS
Kieft tribute to follow Monmouth-Knox
game
A memorial tribute to longtime
chemistry professor Richard “Doc” Kieft, who died in September, will be
held Saturday, Nov. 7, at the college, following the annual
Knox-Monmouth football game.
The informal celebration will begin at 4:45
p.m. in Dahl Chapel and Auditorium. The public is invited.
Speakers will include former students and
colleagues, spanning his 35-year career at Monmouth. In addition to his
teaching, Kieft was well known for his leadership and participation
throughout the campus and local communities, serving as a fraternity
adviser, athletic representative, college trustee, church elder and
volunteer.
Music will be provided by The Scotsmen, an a
cappella student ensemble, and by Steve Richter, a clarinetist who
directs the college’s instrumental activities.
Kieft, who was 64 and semi-retired at the
time of his death on Sept. 16 from pancreatic cancer, was a devoted
follower of Fighting Scots athletics. The tribute was scheduled to
correspond with the Knox football game, because he was a fixture on the
sidelines and did not miss a single contest in the rivalry series during
his long career.
Immediately following the program, the
public is invited to a reception at the Rivoli Theatre, 219 S. Main St.,
Monmouth. Appetizers will be provided and a cash bar will be available.
Freelance author to speak on 'Common
Threads'
Kelsey Timmerman, author of “Where Am I Wearing? A Global Tour to the
Countries, Factories, and People Who Make Our Clothes,” will present a
lecture on Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 11 a.m. in the Dahl Chapel and
Auditorium.
Free and open to the
public, Timmerman’s talk is titled “Common Threads: Searching for
Community in Our Globalized World.” A 30-year-old freelance writer from
Muncie, Ind., Timmerman will be on campus for two days, speaking to a
variety of classes about his experiences, which were summarized by
associate professor of sociology and anthropology, Judi Kessler.
“I hope that Kelsey’s
age and the fact that he set out around the world to find the workers
who made his favorite clothes as soon as he received his undergraduate
degree and on his own dime – and that he has a published book – might
serve as an inspiration to our students,” she said.
At Timmerman’s Web site,
whereamiwearing.com, he summarizes his career neatly: “I go places. I
write stuff. I talk about it.” He elaborated further in his mission
section, stating, “I seek to connect people through words and pictures.
I believe that if we reduce global issues to the stories of individual
people, we can better see ourselves, our parents, our sons and daughters
and our hopes and struggles in one another.”
Admission office to host open house
The office of
admission will host an open house for prospective students on Wednesday,
Nov. 11. The event was scheduled to coincide with the Veterans Day
holiday, as most high schools throughout the area will not be in
session.
Prospective students
will have the opportunity to meet with students, faculty and coaches and
will be led on guided campus tours. Visitors will also be able to attend
sessions where they can learn more about the admission and financial aid
process and student life.
The schedule begins with
an early-bird session for student-athletes and registration at the
college’s Dahl Chapel and Auditorium, both at 9:30 a.m. Registration
continues through 10:15 a.m., when a welcome session will be held in the
chapel. Prospective students will be treated to a lunch in the Stockdale
Center, and the rest of their day includes tours and informational
sessions.
For more information
about the open houses, call 800-74-SCOTS or e-mail
admit@monm.edu.
EMPLOYEE INFORMATION
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND HONORS
Jakoubek
to receive CIC award
Jane Jakoubek, vice president for
academic affairs and dean of the faculty, has been
selected as the 2009 recipient of the Council of
Independent Colleges Chief Academic Officer Award, in
recognition of her contributions to colleagues at
private colleges and universities.
The award will be
presented Saturday, Nov. 7, at the CIC’s annual Institute for Chief
Academic Officers in Santa Fe, N.M. Other CIC awards presented that day
will be the Academic Leadership Award and the Award for Academic
Excellence.
The CIC cited Jakoubek
for being instrumental in preparing new chief academic officers for
their work through her service to the CIC New Chief Academic Officers
Workshop and her work as a mentor. She has helped strengthen private
institutions around the country through her leadership of CIC Department
Chair Workshops.
Prior to coming to
Monmouth College in 2006, Jakoubek was vice president and dean of
academic affairs at Hanover College, where she developed and implemented
an academic vision plan, initiated off-campus programs and promoted
staff professional growth. Earlier in her career, she was professor of
psychology, department head, associate dean and academic grants officer
at Luther College.
Jakoubek is in her 13th
year as a consultant-evaluator for the Higher Learning Commission of the
North Central Association. She has made presentations on academic and
administrative topics to the Annapolis Group Deans meeting, the
Associated Colleges of the Midwest, the American Conference of Academic
Deans, the Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts and the CIC Institute
for Chief Academic Officers
A 1973 summa cum laude
graduate of Franklin College in Indiana, Jakoubek earned both her
master’s degree and Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of
Arkansas.
THE BUZZ
Saturday, Nov. 7
Music Department
Panel Discussion – Tartan Room, 3 p.m.
Newman Center Mass –
Dahl Chapel, 4 p.m.
Monday, Nov.
9
SAAC: Ticket Sales –
Stockdale Center Lobby, Lunch Hour (all week)
Space for Grace –
Dahl Chapel, 12:10 p.m.
Tuesday,
Nov. 10
Gallery Opening:
Annual Student Juried Exhibition
Guest Lecture:
Kelsey Timmerman, "Common Threads" – Dahl
Chapel, 11 a.m.
Free H1N1 Flu
Vaccination Clinic – Huff Athletic Center, 2 to
6 p.m.
Wackerle Center:
Etiquette Dinner – Highlander Room, 5 p.m.
Comedian Jeff Dye –
Scotland Yard, 8 p.m.
Wednesday,
Nov. 11
Admission Open House
MC Employee Luncheon
– Private Dining Room, 12 noon
Wackerle Wednesday –
Stockdale Center Lobby, 12 noon
The F Word Lecture
Series – Morgan Room, 7 p.m.
After Hours –
Scotland Yard, 9:30 p.m.
Thursday,
Nov. 12
Mock Interviews for
Student Teachers – Wallace Hall, 5 p.m.
National
Scholarships: "Aim High" Informational Meeting –
7 p.m.
MLCCS: Brass Roots
Trio – Dahl Chapel, 7:30 p.m.
Veterans Day
Discussion Panel – Tartan Room, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Nov.
13
MLCCS Workshop:
Brass Roots Trio – Dahl Chapel, 8 a.m.
Music Department
Convocation – Dahl Chapel, 3 p.m.
Wackerle Center:
College to Career Conference Networking Dinner –
Highlander Room, 6 p.m.
SPORTS RESULTS/SCHEDULE
Home (or nearby) athletic events
Football at Knox, 1 p.m.,
Nov. 7
Swimming vs. Knox, 6 p.m., Nov.
6; vs. Lake Forest, 1 p.m., Nov. 7
Athletic results
Football defeated Illinois
College 44-17
Men's Cross Country placed third
of 10 teams at Midwest Conference Championships
Women's Cross Country placed third of 10 teams at Midwest
Conference Championships
Women's
Soccer defeated Beloit 2-0, lost 3-0 to Lake Forest
Men's Soccer lost 3-2 to Beloit (2 OT), lost 1-0 to Lake
Forest
Volleyball lost 3-0 to Grinnell, lost 3-0 to Benedictine,
lost 3-1 to North Central, lost 3-0 to Wheaton
Sports highlight of the week ... to the third
power
Those
looking for a quick recap of the Fighting Scots men's and women's
cross country seasons can simply remember the number 3. Both teams
placed third at the Midwest Conference Championships last weekend in
Rockford. For the men, it was their third straight third-place
finish.
Three men ran to All-MWC
finishes on the 8K course, led by Geoff Bird (eighth place, 27:57)
and also including Jon Welty and Connor Shields. It was the first
all-conference honors for all three runners.
Monmouth's highest individual
finisher placed
– you guessed it – third, as
Mary Kate Beyer accomplished the feat in 23:28 on the 6K course, one
spot ahead of teammate Katie Staab (24:06). The women did break the
pattern of threes by having two more runners, Rachel Bowden and Amy
Aghababian, earn all-conference honors. Staab was an all-conference
runner in all four of her seasons, improving each year from 19th to
ninth to fifth to fourth. Beyer earned her third consecutive All-MWC
honor, and it was Aghababian's second. The women's team competition
was very tight, with just 12 points separating the top four teams.
On the men's side, Monmouth was five points out of second place.
MISCELLANEOUS
NBA's Ainge speaks to business
class
Lester Hudson, a rookie point guard on
the NBA’s Boston Celtics, probably thinks that his
biggest moment last week was an appearance on national
television during his team’s 118-90 victory over the
Chicago Bulls. Hudson played 10 minutes and scored the
first three points of his NBA career.
But little did Hudson
know of another highlight a day earlier, when he was the central point
of discussion during a class at MC. Students in “Business in Context,” a
political economy and commerce course that is team-taught by professors
Mike Connell and Don Capener, learned about the Celtics’ business
concerns and were treated to a half-hour conference call with the team’s
general manager, former NCAA and NBA star Danny Ainge.
“Conference-call
capabilities in the class allow our students to talk directly with
business leaders, alumni and entrepreneurs,” said Capener. “We feel it’s
a unique and innovative learning tool.”
Earlier in the semester,
the class heard from Dave Babcock, director of player personnel of the
NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks, a low- to mid-level team in terms of spending and
on-court performance. Learning about the Celtics from Ainge – which was
facilitated in part by Capener’s time at the NBA star’s alma mater,
Brigham Young University – allowed the students to contrast the Bucks to
the Celtics, one of the major spenders in the current NBA market.
“We’ve found students
successfully learn more important and complex theories about business if
we put them into the context of sports,” said Capener.
Hudson became a topic of
discussion when a list of the Celtics’ player salaries was displayed.
The NBA has a cap in place, allowing its teams to spend $57.7 million
for player salaries. Additionally, it has a higher cap of $69.9 million,
and teams that exceed that figure are charged a $1 tax for each $1
they’re over. While the Bucks came in below the tax cap, the Celtics
blew past it, spending more than $84 million to sign its players for the
2009-10 season. Players such as Paul Pierce and Ray Allen (both $19.8
million) and Kevin Garnett ($16.4 million) helped the Celtics win the
2007-08 NBA championship, but their high contracts have also resulted in
the Celtics paying more than $14 million in taxes this season.
When it came time to
make their final roster cuts recently, the Celtics found Hudson to be a
more attractive option than NBA veteran Mike Sweetney, a former
first-round draft choice (No. 9 overall) of the New York Knicks.
Sweetney was set to earn more than $2 million, while Hudson is paid the
rookie minimum.
“The rookie has the
advantage of value, because the rookie minimum is half of the veteran
minimum,” explained Ainge, who added that finances weren’t the sole
factor in the decision to keep Hudson.
“We evaluated him and
made the determination that we want to take time to develop him,
understanding that he won’t get much playing time right away,” Ainge
said of the former Tennessee-Martin standout. “We like who he is as a
person. Mike Sweetney is a better NBA player right now than Lester
Hudson, but we needed to keep another point guard.”
After the call ended,
Connell explained to the class a little more about the Celtics’ gamble
to exceed the salary cap. They needed to not only sell out all regular
season home games but draw revenue from seven home playoff games to
guarantee a profit. In each of the last two seasons, they were able to
do that, but an injury to Garnett last year almost cut their playoff
games to four, which would have caused them to fall far behind in their
revenue.
“It’s a high-risk,
high-reward strategy,” he said of Boston’s business model.
Connell contrasted the
Celtics’ approach to what worked for the Tampa Bay Rays in baseball. The
Rays reached the World Series in 2008 with a collection of high-value
players – players who had lower salaries but who performed close to the
level of higher paid stars.
FROM THE MESSAGE BOARD
Free H1N1 vaccinations
The Warren County
Health Department and Monmouth College will sponsor a
free H1N1 flu vaccination clinic on Tuesday, Nov. 10
from 2 to 6 p.m. in the fieldhouse at the Huff Athletic
Center. No appointment is necessary.
This clinic is only for the
following priority groups: all children and students
through 24 years of age (the clinic is NOT for children
9 years and younger needing the second dose); persons
aged 25-64 years who have chronic health conditions,
excluding high blood pressure, that increase the risk of
complications from H1N1; all faculty and staff,
including contracted services (e.g., dining service,
safety/security, bookstore and counseling; immediate
household members of all faculty and staff and
contracted services employees who fall in the following
priority groups – children
under the age of 24 years and persons aged 25-64 who
have chronic health conditions
Please contact Molly
McNamara at 309-457-2362 for additional information.
Community concert series features
brass
The 2009-2010
Maple Leaf Community Concert Series continues on
Thursday, Nov. 12, with the Brass Roots Trio.
The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Kasch Performance
Hall of Dahl Chapel and Auditorium.
A French horn, trumpet,
flugelhorn and piano sounds like a small orchestra when
the Brass Roots Trio is in concert. Their symphonic
sounds melt into sultry jazz, decadent tango and Baroque
brilliance.
Admission to this year’s Maple Leaf Community
Concert Series events on campus is free with a Monmouth College I.D.
McGillacuddy's to host pre-game
gathering
MC's
Monmouth-Galesburg Alumni Chapter will host a pre-game
gathering of alumni and friends at McGillacuddy's in
Galesburg prior to the Monmouth-Knox game on Saturday,
Nov. 7. The event begins at 11:30 a.m. at the
restaurant, which is located at 58 S. Cherry St. The
game begins at 1 p.m. To RSVP for the event, contact the
alumni office at 309-457-2316 or alumni@monm.edu.
Prescription
pill bottles needed
Senior art
major Kassi Heald-Schmelzer is collecting prescription pill bottles for
her senior art show in the spring. Persons wishing to help can send
bottles to her through campus mailbox 155 or drop them off in the
independent studio room in the art department.
OFF-CAMPUS EVENTS
Olson to speak at
next OFTA
Retired
professor George Olson will talk about
his love for the Midwestern prairie
and his devotion to the rendering of its
astoundingly diverse plant life at the
monthly Old Friends Talk Art program on
Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 10 a.m. at the
Buchanan Center for the Arts.
An exhibit of
Olson's drawings, along with the
three-dimensional work of Brian Roberts,
will formally open on Friday, Nov. 13 at
the BCA, but OFTA attendees will get a
personal sneak preview.
Olson
was on the faculty of the College of
Wooster in Ohio, where he taught art
from 1963 to 2000. His prairie plant
studies have been shown widely in the
U.S. and England, including more than 30
one-person exhibitions at such venues as
the British Museum (Natural History),
the Missouri Botanical Garden, the
Chicago Botanic Garden and the Royal
Horticultural Society. He and his wife,
Pat, now live in their farm home outside
of Woodhull.
Ballroom dance
lessons offered
A weekly ballroom dance class has
started at the Warren County YMCA on
Monday evenings at 7:15 p.m. No previous
experience or a partner is required for
the one-hour class, which costs $10. For
the rest of November, the class will
focus on the waltz, and December's focus
is the cha-cha.
Phillips' art on
display
Art by
Mary Phillips, curator of college art
collections, is on display at the new
gallery space in Q's Cafe on E. Main St.
in Galesburg.
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