LU Grad Named Otterbein's First Female President
Kathy Krendl ’72 has been named president of Otterbein College, the first woman to hold the position in the Ohio school’s 161-year history. She begins her
new duties in July. Krendl, who earned a bachelor’s degree in English at Lawrence, has been provost of Ohio University since April 2005 and executive vice president since May 2007, overseeing the day-to-day academic operations of the university. Read more.
Lawrence Violinist Featured in Women Magazine
Assistant professor of Music Wen-Lei Gu is profiled in a cover story article in the November issue of Women magazine. Read the article.
Tim Troy Directs World Premiere of Holocaust Opera
Associate Professor of Theatre Arts Tim Troy directed the world premiere of the opera “The Sparks Fly Upward” Saturday, Nov. 8 at the Hoyt Sherman Place in Des Moines, Iowa. Writen by Drake University law professor Cathy Lesser Mansfield, the opera explores the lives of Jews and the righteous Christians who risked their lives to hide them at the time of the Nazi Kristallnacht in 1938 Berlin. Read more.
Lawrence Classicist Awarded "Wisdom Project" Grant
Associate Professor of Classics Randall McNeill has been awarded a $75,000 grant from the Arete Initiative at the University of Chicago for the Defining Wisdom Project. The two-year grant will support research McNeill is conducting for the book project entitled “The Price of Wisdom: Community and the Individual in Greek and Roman Poetry.” He will investigate the way wisdom influences how an individual interacts with society, exploring ancient Greek and Roman conceptions of “civic wisdom.” Read more.
Lawrence Fellow Profiled in Art Magazine
Ceramist Valerie Zimany, a Lawrence Fellow in the art department, is profiled in the November edition of Ceramics Monthly. The article, "Valerie Zimany: Recasting the Japanese Tradition," was written by department colleague and Assistant Professor of Art History Elizabeth Carlson. The article explores traditional Japanese influences on Zimany’s own work.
Campus Center Honors Former President & Mrs. Warch
As part of the public launch of Lawrence's $150 million capital campaign, William Hochkammer '66, co-chair of the "More Light" campaign, announced that Lawrence's $35 million, 107,000 square-foot campus center will be named the Richard and Margot Warch Campus Center. The name honors Lawrence's 14th president, who led the college from 1979 until his retirement in 2004, and his wife. His 25-year tenure as president is the second-longest in the college’s 161-year history. Read more.
Jerry Podair Discusses “SNL Impact” on Politics on CNN
Associate Professor of History and Robert S. French Professor of American Studies Jerald Podair recently spoke with CNN about the “Saturday Night Live” factor on political candidates careers. The CNN interview grew out of a story in the New York Post in which Podair was quoted.