Sewanee Enews
June 2005
In this issue:
Pearigen to Succeed Bonner as VP for University Relations
Chaplain Ward to Retire at Year’s End
Sewanee Featured in DEEP Report
Student Named Udall Scholar
Andrew Doak Receives Fulbright Grant
Class of 2005 Athletic Hall of Fame Members Elected
Freshmen Summer Reading
Time is Running Out for Sewanee Fund: Help Make It a Success
Danaher will Speak on National Radio Broadcast
Armentrout Edits New Book on Religion in South
Theology Faculty Creates Alard Prize
Support the School of Theology Through 1% Giving
Changes in Giving Societies
In the Next Sewanee Magazine
Sewanee Golf Classic for Alumni and Friends Set for July 29 and 30
Wanted: Webmaster
Sewanee Swimmer Named Academic All America
PEARIGEN TO SUCCEED BONNER AS VP FOR UNIVERSITY RELATIONS
Dean of Students Rob Pearigen has been appointed by Vice Chancellor
Joel Cunningham to be Sewanee’s next vice president for university
relations. Pearigen succeeds Tommy Bonner, who is leaving the
University after 14 years to accept a similar post at Macalester
College in St. Paul, Minnesota. Plans call for Pearigen to assume his
new responsibilities by late July.
“Dean Pearigen’s rich Sewanee experience and great personal strengths
make his appointment the clear choice for the University,” said
Cunningham. “He has served this institution with distinction; he is
enthusiastic about this personal and professional opportunity; and his
ability to move directly into the new role will serve the University
well at this critical point in the Sewanee Call Campaign.” To read
more, please go to:
http://www2.sewanee.edu/communications/news?id=12797.
Ward Announces Retirement
After more than eleven years of service to the University, Chaplain Tom
Ward has announced his intention to retire at year’s end. Father Ward
plans to remain in the Sewanee area and hopes to participate in the
ministry of contemplative prayer as well as in the life of St. Mary’s
Conference Center after leaving the University. Ward’s retirement in
December will mark his completion of 30 years in the priesthood.
“We are thankful to Tom for his service and wish all
the best to him and Peggy,” according to Vice Chancellor Joel
Cunningham.
The vice chancellor has named a search committee, to
be chaired by Provost Linda Lankewicz and School of Theology Dean
William Stafford, to begin the task of finding a successor to Ward.
Those with nominations are welcome to submit names to either Provost
Lankewicz, provost@sewanee.edu, or Dean Stafford, wstaffor@sewanee.edu.
SEWANEE FEATURED IN DEEP REPORT
Sewanee is one of 20 colleges and universities featured in “Student
Success in College: Creating Conditions That Matter,” by George D. Kuh,
Jillian Kinzie, et al (Jossey-Bass, 2005). The book is based on a
two-year study, Documenting Effective Educational Practice (DEEP), and
describes the schools’ policies, programs, and practices that enhance
student achievement. The project is an outgrowth of the National Survey
of Student Engagement (NSSE), in which Sewanee annually receives high
marks. To learn more about the NSSE and DEEP projects, go to:
http://webdb.iu.edu/Nsse/?view=deep/index.
STUDENT NAMED UDALL SCHOLAR
Natasha Cowie, a member of the University of the South’s Class of 2007
has been named one of 81 students from 64 colleges and universities who
have been selected as 2005 Udall Scholars. They were selected by a
12-member independent review committee on the basis of commitment to
careers in the environment, health care or tribal public policy,
leadership potential, and academic achievement.
More on Natasha’s award is at http://www2.sewanee.edu/communications/news?id=12726.
ANDREW DOAK RECEIVES FULBRIGHT GRANT
Andrew Doak, C’05, of Nashville, Tenn., has received a Fulbright grant
that will allow him to pursue his interests in art, language and
cultural exchange during the next year in Dusseldorf, Germany.
Doak plans not only to teach English at a high
school but also to study how German identity is changing and to develop
a multimedia documentary exhibit of his findings. As a Fulbright
scholar, Doak joins the ranks of more than 265,000 alumni of the
program. Fulbright alumni have become heads of state, judges,
ambassadors, cabinet ministers, CEOs, university presidents,
journalists, artists, professors and teachers. They have been awarded
35 Nobel Prizes.
CLASS OF 2005 ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME MEMBERS ELECTED
The selection committee for the Athletic Hall of Fame has chosen 14
former Sewanee athletes to be inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame.
The induction ceremonies will take place during the weekend of
September 16-17, with the awards dinner on Friday night and recognition
at half time during the football game against Washington and Lee. After
the game, there will be a campus wide reception honoring the new
inductees. To see the names of those selected for induction, go to
http://www.sewaneeonline.com/halloffame.html.
All alumni are invited to attend the awards dinner on Friday night as
space is available. The cost for the dinner is $40 per person. If you
would like to reserve a seat for the dinner, please contact Liz Yates
at lyates@sewanee.edu or 1.888.867.6884.
FRESHMEN SUMMER READING
This year’s freshmen summer book is Jared Diamond’s “Collapse: How
Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed.” If you would like to learn more
about this book and the summer reading assignment, just go to:
http://www2.sewanee.edu/sewaneescene/thebook.
TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR SEWANEE FUND: HELP MAKE IT A SUCCESS
The University needs 1,864 more alumni to make a gift to the Sewanee
Fund before June 30 in order to reach 50% participation for the year.
This is an important milestone, because it shows foundations and other
giving and ranking organizations that alumni value their Sewanee
education. Giving by alumni from every generation is crucial, but the
young alumni group (1990-2005) comprises about 40% of the total alumni
population. Show your Sewanee spirit and make your Sewanee Fund gift
today by going on-line at http://ur.sewanee.edu/sewaneefund, or you can
call 1-800-367-1179 to make a credit card gift 24 hours a day, or you
can fax your gift to our gift fax line at 931-598-1899. Thanks for
taking a few minutes, now, to show your support for Sewanee! For good
reasons to support the Sewanee Fund, go to:
http://www.sewanee.edu/sewaneefund/sewanee_movie.html.
DANAHER WILL SPEAK ON NATIONAL RADIO BROADCAST
The Rev. Dr. William J. Danaher Jr. will speak on discipleship June 19
on "Day 1," a nationally broadcast radio program produced by the
Episcopal Media Center, Atlanta, Ga. Dr. Danaher is associate professor
of theology and Christian ethics at the School of Theology.
"Day 1" is broadcast on more than 160 participating radio stations. For
more, go to http://theology.sewanee.edu/seminary/news?id=12777
ARMENTROUT EDITS NEW BOOK ON RELIGION IN SOUTH
“Religion in the Contemporary South: Changes, Continuities, and
Contexts,” is a new book edited by the Rev. Dr. Don S. Armentrout and
Dr. Corrie E. Norman and published by the University of Tennessee
Press. Armentrout is the Bishop Quintard Professor of Dogmatic
Theology, associate dean for academic affairs, and director of the
advanced degrees program at the School of Theology. Norman is chair of
the Southeast Commission on the Study of Religion and on the board of
Directors of the American Academy of Religion. For more, go to
http://theology.sewanee.edu/seminary/news?id=12779.
THEOLOGY FACULTY CREATES ALARD PRIZE
The School of Theology faculty has established the Bishop Leo Alard
Prize for Excellence in Liturgical Reading in Spanish. The prize will
be awarded to a senior seminarian, who through diligence and study, has
excelled in liturgical reading in Spanish language services. The
University of the South honored Bishop Alard with an honorary Doctor of
Divinity degree in 2000. For more, go to
http://theology.sewanee.edu/seminary/news?id=12776
SUPPORT THE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY THROUGH 1% GIVING
Support for Sewanee’s School of Theology this fiscal year, through the
1% Gift for Theological Education Program of the Episcopal Church, has
come from parishes, including St. George’s-Nashville, St.
Martin’s-Houston, St. Paul’s-Chattanooga, Church of the Holy
Family-Chapel Hill, St. Paul’s-Mobile, Trinity-Columbus, Ga., and St.
Martin’s-Lookout Mountain, along with many others within and without
the University’s owning dioceses. Because the Episcopal Church is the
only mainline denomination that provides no central, church-wide
support for seminary education, parishes are asked to commit 1% of
their net disposable budgeted income for theological education at one
of the 11 accredited seminaries. These parish gifts make it possible
for Sewanee to meet the financial and scholarship needs of students
engaged in the important formation process leading toward ordination
and to lives of service in the Church. If you want to know more how you
and your parish can help Sewanee in this important ministry, please
contact Sukey Byerly at 800-722-1974 or by email at sbyerly@sewanee.edu.
CHANGES IN GIVING SOCIETIES
On July 1 there will be changes to the Order of the Purple and the
Never Failing Succession of Benefactors. All gifts received prior to
that date will be recorded and recognized under current rules.
Beginning on July 1, The Order of the Purple will become a lifetime
giving recognition that recognizes donors of $100,000 and above (4
levels), while eligibility for inclusion in the Never Failing
Succession of Benefactors will increase from $1 million lifetime giving
to $1.5 million. The Charlotte Manigault Society will continue to
recognize those who have made provisions for Sewanee in their estate
plan. For specific information on any of these recognitions,
please contact David Spragens, director of gift planning, at
dspragens@sewanee.edu.
IN THE NEXT SEWANEE MAGAZINE
Cambridge and Oxford famously donated books for Sewanee's library when
the University was struggling to survive. Now, Sewanee is taking the
opportunity to do the same for a war-ravaged sister university in
Liberia, West Africa.
A grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation allowed faculty and
students from the four Episcopal colleges in the South to meet May
16–18 in Asheville, N.C., for a symposium on the topic of “The South.”
For more on these and other stories, look for the
summer issue of Sewanee magazine, coming to your mailbox in July.
If you’d like to submit class notes for Sewanee magazine and the
University’s web site, please send e-mail to classnotes@sewanee.edu.
Class notes received in June will appear in the winter issue of SEWANEE
magazine.
SEWANEE GOLF CLASSIC FOR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS SET FOR JULY 29 AND 30
The Sewanee Golf Classic scheduled for July 29 and 30 is quickly
filling up. Already we have over 60 golfers signed up for the event
with space for only 15 more. This is a great weekend to come back to
Sewanee to see old friends and many of your former professors and
coaches. In addition to great golf, you'll have time to visit old
haunts and to enjoy some good food and fellowship. To register or for
more information including a list of those already signed up to play,
go to this site: www.sewaneeonline.com/golf05.html.
WANTED: WEBMASTER
The Office of Communications and Marketing has an opening for a web
content developer. This position is responsible for the creation and
maintenance of Sewanee’s main web pages. For a description and
information on how to apply, go to:
http://www.sewanee.edu/Personnel/JobPostings/webcontentdeveloper.html.
Athletic News
Sewanee swimmer Matt Martelli (Senior, Winchester, Ky./Henry Clay) has
been named to the 2004-2005 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America
third team for men's college division at-large for the second
consecutive year, as selected by the College Sports Information
Directors of America (CoSIDA).
The men's at-large team for the Academic All-America program includes
the sports of fencing, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, hockey,
lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming, tennis, volleyball, water polo and
wrestling.
Martelli is a 2005 NCAA Postgraduate Scholar and was a 2004
All-American in the butterfly. At graduation in May, he was awarded the
Barron-Cravens Cup, representative of the most outstanding senior male
athlete.
Sewanee freshman tennis player Gab Carvalho (Rock Hill, S.C.) has been
selected as the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) National
Female Rookie of the Year for NCAA Division III. For more on this and
other Sewanee sports news, please go to: http://athletics.sewanee.edu.
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