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Elizabeth S. Goodstein awarded the annual Modern Language Association Prize for a First Book
New York, NY – 30 November 2005 –
The MLA Prize for a First Book was established in 1993. It is awarded annually for the first book-length publication of a member of the association: a literary or linguistic study, a critical edition of an important work, or a critical biography. Goodstein will receive $1,000 and a certificate.
The Prize for a First Book is one of eighteen awards that will be presented on 28 December 2005 during the association’s annual convention, held this year in Washington, DC. The members of the selection committee were Anne Cheng (Univ. of California, Berkeley), chair; Gwen Kirkpatrick (Georgetown Univ.); Timothy Murray (Cornell Univ.); Andy Orchard (Univ. of Toronto); and Abby Zanger (Tufts Univ.). The committee’s citation for Goodstein’s book reads:
It takes nerve and unfailing perception to write so engagingly about boredom. In this thoughtful and elegant treatise, Elizabeth Goodstein argues that boredom, one of the central tropes of European modernity, registers a fundamental shift in the perception of human subjectivity and in the meaning of historical experience itself in the late nineteenth century. Indeed, Goodstein argues that the evaporation of experience serves as the very condition for the possibility of historical experience in modern life. From the first to the last sentence of this book, the readers are steeped in the very opposite of the atrophy of experience from which this book takes its subject.
Elizabeth S. Goodstein received her BA in ideas and methods from the University of Chicago and her MA and PhD in rhetoric from the University of California, Berkeley. She is currently associate professor in the Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts at Emory University, where she teaches modern European thought and culture and comparative literature. Her research, situated at the intersections between literary studies, philosophy, and intellectual history, centers on the problematics of modernity; she has published in both English and German. She received an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship to do research in Germany in 2002–03. Goodstein is currently working on two book projects, "Georg Simmel and the Phenomenology of Culture” and “History in Repose: Unifying Memory in Contemporary Germany."
Before the establishment of the MLA Prize for a First Book in 1993, members who were authors of first books were eligible, along with other members, to compete for the association’s James Russell Lowell Prize, established in 1969. Apart from its limitation to members’ first books, the Prize for a First Book follows the same criteria and definitions as the Lowell prize. Previous winners of the prize have been Eric Lott (1994), Steven Justice (1995), Elaine Hadley (1996), Marc Redfield (1997), John Rogers (1997), Katie Trumpener (1998), Deidre Shauna Lynch (1999), Srinivas Aravamudan (2000), Patricia Cain (2001), Bruce W. Holsinger (2002), Paul Downes (2003), Priya Joshi (2003), and Paul K. Saint-Amour (2004). Honorable mentions have been presented to Ian Baucom (1999) and Yopie Prins (2000).
The MLA, the largest and one of the oldest American learned societies in the humanities (est. 1883), promotes the advancement of literary and linguistic studies. The 30,000 members of the association come from all fifty states and the District of Columbia, as well as from Canada, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. PMLA, the flagship journal of the association, has published distinguished scholarly articles for over one hundred years. Approximately 9,500 members of the MLA and its allied and affiliate organizations attend the association’s annual convention each December. The MLA is a constituent of the American Council of Learned Societies and the International Federation for Modern Languages and Literatures.
The MLA Prize for a First Book is awarded under the auspices of the association’s Committee onHonors and Awards. Other awards sponsored by the committee are the William Riley Parker Prize; the James Russell Lowell Prize; the Howard R. Marraro Prize; the Kenneth W. Mildenberger Prize; the Mina P. Shaughnessy Prize; the MLA Prize for Independent Scholars; the Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize; the Morton N. Cohen Award; the MLA Prizes for a Distinguished Scholarly Edition and for a Distinguished Bibliography; the Lois Roth Award; the William Sanders Scarborough Prize; the Fenia and Yaakov Leviant Memorial Prize; the MLA Prize in United States Latina and Latino and Chicana and Chicano Literary and Cultural Studies; and the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prizes for Comparative Literary Studies, for French and Francophone Studies,for Italian Studies, for Studies in Germanic Languages and Literatures, for Studies in Slavic Languages and Literatures, for a Translation of a Literary Work, for a Translation of a Scholarly Study of Literature, and for a Manuscript in Italian Literary Studies.
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Emory Senior Named 2006-08 Marshall Scholar
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| Adam Berry is one of only 40 students nationwide to receive the competitive award. |
Competition for Marshall Scholarships is extremely rigorous, and more than 800 candidates in the United States are interviewed each year for the exclusive awards. The scholarships finance young Americans of high ability to study for a degree in the United Kingdom for two years.
"I'm still having a hard time believing it's real; I don't think it will really sink in until a year from now, when I'm on a plane to England," says Berry. "I'm deeply honored by the fact that as a Marshall scholar, I play a quasi-ambassadorial role, in both representing the United States to the United Kingdom, and in bringing that experience back home once I return. It's been both a humbling and thrilling experience, and I expect that the next two years in Birmingham and Oxford will be no less exciting."
Berry has maintained a perfect 4.0 grade point average while pursuing a double major in political science and Middle Eastern studies, with minors in Arabic, linguistics and Persian. He plans to use his scholarship the first year to earn a master of arts in applied corpus linguistics at the University of Birmingham, followed by a year of study at Oxford University to pursue a master of studies degree in modern Middle Eastern studies with a concentration on Iran.
He intends to study specifically the impact of technology on democracy and discourse within Iran, and develop a more detailed understanding of the social and political power structures as a result. He later plans to get a doctorate in the field and teach or work in public policy.
"On behalf of Emory University, I congratulate Adam on this distinctive recognition of his academic achievements. Adam embodies the ideal of an engaged citizen-scholar. His keen intellect, compassionate commitment to building community, and outstanding leadership abilities will serve him well in England and beyond," says Emory President James Wagner.
Many faculty who have worked with him say Berry is among the most dedicated and intellectually gifted students they have ever encountered.
"Adam is a brilliant linguist and could easily be the top Arabist of his generation. We in Middle Eastern Studies are thrilled that a young scholar of his talents has chosen this field. I have no doubt he will bring new life to Iranian studies in the United States," says Kristen Brustad, associate professor of Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies at Emory and a renowned scholar of Arabic.
Berry's linguistic talents were fostered while growing up in an international household (his mother is from the Czech Republic) and extensive travel with his family in Eastern Europe. Berry says that when he started college he initially had carefully mapped out plans that included a degree in political science and philosophy, and then law school.
"I fell in to this field by accident. I took a couple of courses in Middle Eastern studies my freshman year and it was amazing. It sucked me in and wouldn't let me go," he says. "What has most attracted me to Middle Eastern Studies is the sheer dynamism of the field. Perhaps more so than any other region in the world, the Middle East is a constantly shifting mix of cross-cultural influences, where religion, politics, language and all other facets of society interact and affect each other, irrespective of borders. There's simply an endlessly complex body of knowledge to examine in a host of different ways -- it's a field which never gets boring."
Berry's academic pursuits also spurred him into activism on campus. He is the founder of the Emory chapter of Americans for an Informed Democracy (AID), a nonprofit, non-partisan organization that promotes global understanding. He was motivated to bring the organization to Emory after studying abroad in Europe last year and witnessing first hand the strain in relations between Europe and the United States.
"While certainly not a panacea, a little knowledge and perspective in my personal interactions often went a long way toward alleviating tensions and misunderstandings. I felt it was important to find an approach that would work for the larger body politic," Berry says. This past year, he has helped AID at Emory organize several lectures, debates and town hall meetings on a variety of international issues, including U.S.-Islamic relations.
Berry has been heavily involved in residence life at Emory as well. Interested in mentoring and supporting other students, he has served as a resident advisor for the past three years in a freshman dorm. He is also currently vice president of Emory's Young Democrats, and worked with College Republicans earlier this fall on a membership drive for both organizations.
"While I've been at Emory, the most profound thing I've learned, whether it's been through politics or residence life, is that you can make a positive difference and change people's lives," Berry says. "Going to college is not about just getting a degree and moving on with your life, but also about making a difference in the community while you are here."
In addition to the Marshall Scholarship, Berry's academic accolades are numerous. Last year, a paper he wrote as a sophomore was published in the peer-reviewed journal "International Social Science Review," a rare achievement for an undergraduate. He also is a member of the Emory Scholars Program and recipient of the full-tuition David M. Potter Scholarship. He was a Phi Beta Kappa inductee his junior year, and is a member of the Pi Sigma Alpha, Phi Eta Sigma and Phi Sigma Iota honor societies as well as the National Society of Collegiate Scholars.
Berry also has completed internships at the Middle East Institute in Washington, D.C., and at a law firm in Maryland researching immigration and labor law. He has been involved with the Emory Fencing Club as well, helping others to learn the sport.
"I simply couldn't have made it here without the encouragement of my parents, teachers and a few close friends," Berry says. "They've always believed I could accomplish this, even when I haven't. This is as much their accomplishment as it is mine. I'm just honored to represent both Emory and the good people of Salisbury, and I hope that I can live up to their expectations."
Berry is the son of Robert and Dagmar Berry of Salisbury, Md., both of whom are professors at Salisbury University. He graduated from Parkside High School in 2002. His brother, Steve Berry, graduated from Emory in 1995.
The British Parliament instituted the Marshall Scholarship program in 1953, named in honor of Gen. George C. Marshall, as a thank you to the American people for the assistance given to Europe in the aftermath of World War II. At least 40 scholars are selected each year to study either at the graduate or occasionally undergraduate level at any U.K. institution in any field of study. Each scholarship is held for two years. The selection process in the U.S. is managed by the British Council, on behalf of the British Embassy in Washington, D.C., and the regional Consulates-General in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco.
Berry was selected by the committee in the Atlanta Region, and the committee is comprised of four former Marshall Scholars together with Her Majesty's Consul-General.
Funds for the scholarships, which are provided by the British Government, include university fees, cost of living expenses, annual book grant, thesis grant, research and daily travel grants, fares to and from the United States and, where applicable, a contribution toward the support of a dependent spouse.
For more on the Marshall Scholarship, go to www.marshallscholarship.org.
From Office of University Media Relations, November 28 , 2005
Class of 2005 gives high marks to Emory experience
By Eric Rangus & Jessica Gearing
"The survey gives outgoing seniors the opportunity to improve the lives of future students at Emory," said Daniel Teodorescu, director of the Office of Institutional Research, which conducted the study.
Data from the responses of 363 students (37 percent of the graduating class) who graduated from Emory College in May were collected through an online survey between Feb. 1 and April 30, 2005.
Satisfaction is high in other areas, as well, particularly relationships with faculty. Some 97 percent of respondents said faculty had challenged them intellectually and had provided prompt feedback about their work. Three-quarters said they had the opportunity to work with faculty on a research project. About 43 percent report having had frequent conversations or discussions with faculty outside the classroom—up slightly from 2004.
Students were most satisfied with library services and facilities (4.24 on a five-point scale), computer services (4.17), and campus safety and security (3.94). They were least satisfied with parking (2.94) and financial aid services (3.00), although financial aid satisfaction has been on a steady upswing after the Class of 2003 rated it just 2.69 on a scale of one to five.
Interest in the liberal arts is increasing. Of all the students working toward another degree following graduation, 24 percent were seeking an M.A. or M.S. (up 2 percent). Those seeking law degrees rose points to 22 percent, while students working toward a medical degree dropped three points to 25 percent (in 2003, that rate was 31 percent).
Regarding community engagement, 87 percent of students said they had participated in community service or volunteer work at Emory, and 79 percent belonged to an academic club or organization. They were most satisfied with opportunities to attend lectures featuring faculty, students or guest speakers (82 percent) and intramural athletic opportunities (69 percent). Satisfaction with the mutual respect and good will among students from different backgrounds was graded much higher by the Class of 2005 (3.63 on a scale of 1 to 5) than the Class of 2004 (3.39).
Other statistics include 44 percent of respondents indicating they "often" or "very often" attended an artistic event, more than twice the rate of other schools rated by the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE).
Blowing off steam is important, too. Seventy-six percent of respondents exercise (versus 55 percent for other NSSE schools), and about 25 percent indicate they spend more than 20 hours a week relaxing or socializing. Only 12 percent of students at other NSSE schools do so.
From Emory Report, November 28 , 2005
Emory residence halls get 'unplugged' for 2006
Stan Brooks is a radio-frequency engineer for Network Communications.
Donna Price is coordinator of communications and marketing services for the Office of the Vice President for Information Technology and CIO.
With wireless access high on the list of students’ expectations when they come to Emory, a plan to fast-track the service is bringing Wi-Fi to residence halls and theme houses on the main campus, the undergraduate and graduate residential centers on the Clairmont Campus, Turner Village, and the fraternity houses. Sororities will be wireless in their new building by August 2006.
Devices such as laptops, desktop computers and PDAs connect to local networks wirelessly via radio signals when those devices are within the range of network access points (APs). To do so requires computers or other devices with built-in Wi-Fi technology or a Wi-Fi network card.
Building on a network of more than 280 access points in 40 buildings and outdoor sites, the new initiative of Network Communications (NetCom), University Technology Services (UTS, formerly ITD) and Housing, with executive sponsorship from Richard Mendola, vice president for information technology and CIO, will more than double the number of APs and cover more than 46 additional buildings and sites.
The project began in September, and installation now is in full swing. Multiple crews will work throughout the fall term and, to lessen the impact on students, work doesn’t begin each day until 9 a.m. and will be halted the weeks before and during finals. As installation in each building is completed, access will be enabled for that building.
The goal is to have wireless available at the above sites by the start of spring term. While a few may not be fully functional, all work is scheduled to be completed by the end of January 2006.
Even as the service is being installed, students are demonstrating their hunger for it.
“Three users were logged in and using the system less than 10 minutes after activating just some of the APs,” said Stan Brooks, an engineer for NetCom. “I checked the system [at the Dobbs residence hall] on Saturday evening and found 20 users authenticated and on the network at 10 p.m.—Halloween weekend! Students are finding and using the wireless network almost as soon as we get the APs active. It’s a beautiful thing.”
Wireless security is a major concern. Emory’s wireless implementation requires students to log on to the system and then encrypts all wireless traffic. The new and preferred method for secure access is WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access), which allows users to set up their credentials once and then automatically connects them to the wireless network whenever they turn on their computers. Instructions for setting up WPA are posted at
http://it.emory.edu/wireless.
The other option for secure wireless access is to use Emory’s Virtual Private Network (VPN). The VPN also provides a secure mode of wireless access but requires users to log on each time they access the wireless network, which is less convenient. Both functions help ensure that personal and proprietary data transmitted through Emory’s wireless network is kept secure and protected from unauthorized eavesdropping.
To accommodate wireless access for campus visitors, a limited guest-access function went live in mid-October. This method of access is not encrypted, is limited to Internet sites outside Emory’s firewalls, and has a limited amount of bandwidth.
“The residence hall implementation marks the beginning of a new chapter in wireless access at Emory.” Mendola said. “It’s one of a number of new initiatives that we’ll be focusing on this year. Working together with our partner organizations across the Emory community, we plan to deliver a number of new or enhanced services that will make the IT experience of our students, faculty and staff better than ever.
More information is available at http://unplugged.emory.edu/.
From Emory Report, November 14 , 2005
Joel Bowman Named 2005 AAAS Fellow
Awarded to 376 members this year, the individuals were chosen because of their efforts to advance science or applications that are deemed scientifically or socially distinguished. Bowman was among 58 new fellows in the chemistry section. This year’s AAAS Fellows will be announced in the Oct. 28 issue of the journal "Science," and will be presented with an official certificate and pin Saturday, Feb. 18, at the Fellows Forum during the 2005 AAAS Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.
Bowman, chairman of Emory's chemistry department and the Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Theoretical Chemistry, is renowned for his work in theoretical and computational chemistry. His research examines chemical reactions and the vibration motions of molecules, with applications for atmospheric and interstellar chemistry and combustion. He was cited by AAAS "for distinguished contributions to reduced dimensionality quantum approaches to reaction rates and to the formulation and application of self-consistent field approaches to molecular vibrations."
The tradition of AAAS Fellows began in 1874. Founded in 1848, AAAS has worked to advance science for human well-being through its projects, programs and publications, in the areas of science policy, science education, and international scientific cooperation. AAAS and its journal, "Science," form the world's largest general federation of scientists.
Bowman is a resident of Atlanta (30309).
From Office of University Media Relations, October 28 , 2005
Community-building program to expand in 2006
Sam Marie Engle is director of the Kenneth Cole Fellowship in Community Building and Social Change.
The restructuring plan includes enabling increased participation in the popular program by opening its introductory course to more students, re-sequencing coursework to prepare students for more advanced community-building methods, and extending the time period for students selected as fellows to work with metro Atlanta community partners.
Beginning next fall, the fellowship program will follow an academic calendar, running fall, spring and summer semesters, rather than the calendar year as it has in the past. In order to introduce more students to the community-building paradigm, the introductory course offered during fall semester will be open to any sophomore, junior or senior. Only students enrolled in this course will be eligible to apply for the full Community Building Fellowship Program, which includes the spring and summer courses and the summer practicum, during which fellows complete collaborative community-building projects in metro Atlanta.
“Many more students apply for the program than we can accept,” said Michael Rich, associate professor of political science and director of the Office of University-Community Partnerships. “We’ve had students who aren’t selected as fellows beg us to let them take one of our courses because they want to understand how cross-sector collaboration can address important public issues like affordable housing, public school quality and community health.
“Opening up the introductory course to all sophomores, juniors and seniors allows us to meet that demand while still reserving the full fellowship for those students who demonstrate exceptional skill and passion,” Rich said.
“We are committed to expanding the opportunities for Emory students to connect their classroom studies to the real world, and the Community Building Fellowship Program is a model for preparing students to be rigorous thinkers, well equipped to tackle the toughest issues affecting communities today,” said Provost Earl Lewis.
The Kenneth Cole Foundation provided critical support for the program during its first four years. Cole, a 1976 graduate of Emory College, is founder, president and chief executive officer of Kenneth Cole Productions Inc., one of the top labels in contemporary fashion.
“We are grateful to Kenneth Cole for his seed gift, which launched the fellowship program in 2002, and we are excited about this new phase,” said Emory College Dean Bobby Paul. “We will continue to be a leader in engaged learning, setting an example for other universities to follow.”
The program has touched the lives of many students and citizens of metro Atlanta. Since its founding in 2002, 46 Emory undergraduates have completed it, and another 16 currently are finishing up their fellowship year. Participants report it has had enduring influence, with 34 percent now attending graduate school in law, medicine, public health and social work. Forty-one percent have become community builders by profession; others working in the for-profit sector volunteer in their communities.
The program’s contributions to Atlanta communities is equally significant. Working closely with community leaders, fellows have completed to date 17 collaborative community-building projects in the metropolitan area. Their work helped change policies to encourage affordable housing and mixed-use, mixed-income development. Fellows helped launch a program to provide HIV/AIDS testing and prevention services to women of color; provided a blueprint for revitalizing two neighborhoods without displacing longtime residents; and helped establish a radio station connecting Somali-speaking African refugees in Atlanta.
The program also has led to expanded opportunities and leveraged new funds for community-building. For instance, fellows helped create a program to engage parents and teachers as partners in public education, which led to a $400,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to establish Emory’s Northwest Atlanta Community Outreach Partnership Center. The grant leverages an additional $1 million in resources from Emory and the community to implement the parent-involvement plan and to address issues of affordable housing and community organizing.
Planning and preparation for the expanded program will continue over the course of the academic year. Students may register during spring 2006 for the introductory course to be offered next fall.
From Emory Report, October 24 , 2005
Peruvian novelist Vargas Llosa announced as 2006 speaker
By Michael Terrazas
Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa, whose career has ranged from fiction to criticism to even a stint in politics, will deliver the 2006 Richard A. Ellmann Lectures in Modern Literature, April 2–4, 2006, series director Ron Schuchard announced.
Vargas Llosa is one of the leading figures of the Latin American literary world. He is the author of more than three dozen novels, books, plays and other works, and has been awarded numerous honors over his career, including the National Critics’ Prize (1967), the Peruvian National Prize (1967) and the Miguel Cervantes Prize (1994). His most recent novel, The Way to Paradise, was published in the U.S. by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 2003.
“He clearly gives the Ellmann Lectures an international scope,” said Schuchard, Goodrich C. White Professor of English, who directs the lecture series named for the late literary scholar and Emory Woodruff Professor Richard Ellmann. The biennial lectures last were delivered in fall 2004 by novelist Salman Rushdie.
“We’ve had Irish, English, American and Indian writers with Rushdie,” Schuchard said, “and now [the series will] have the Peruvian novelist Llosa, who really is a world-class figure and has a great world following. He is very actively involved in modern literature as a novelist, a playwright, an essayist, a literary critic and also a political figure.”
In 1990, Vargas Llosa ran for his country’s presidency against Alberto Fujimori, a Peruvian engineer of Japanese descent. Vargas Llosa lost, though 10 years later his opponent fled Peru in disgrace following a corruption scandal.
Vargas Llosa was born in Arequipa, Peru, in 1936. He studied literature and law at the University of San Marcos in Lima from 1955–57 before attending graduate school in Spain at the University of Madrid, where he received his Ph.D. in 1959. He wrote his dissertation on his soon-to-be Colombian literary peer, Gabriél García Marquéz, and his first collection of short stories, Los Jefes, appeared the same year he received his doctorate.
Vargas Llosa’s first novel, The Time of the Hero, was published three years later to instant acclaim. He went on to write The Green House (1966), The War of the End of the World (1981) and The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta (1984), among other works.
“Many people [in this country] have not read him,” Schuchard said, “but he’s really quite an extraordinary man of letters. He has the background, as a literary critic and journalist and very productive novelist, playwright, man of many genres, to step out of his writing and address something that will be of great interest to the Emory audience.”
Schuchard said he is encouraging faculty to incorporate Llosa into reading lists for their classes this semester and next, and he will try to market the 2006 Ellmann Lectures to the wider Latin American community in Atlanta.
“This is a rare opportunity,” he said.
From Emory Report, September 19, 2005
Hurricane Katrina relief efforts continue in Emory College, EHC
By Eric Rangus and Chanmi Kim
More than three weeks after the most devastating natural disaster to hit the United States in a century, Emory is continuing to assist in Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.
Emory College
Emory College hosted a Sept. 12 orientation for undergraduates displaced by the hurricane and attending Emory with transient status. The students, some of whom carried all their possessions with them, came from Louisiana’s Dillard, Loyola, Tulane and Xavier universities.
A planning team including representatives from the College, Campus Life, Emory Libraries, Information Technology and the offices of the registrar, admission and parking had less than a week to plan the event.
Students (and, in some cases, their parents) received a crash course in Emory academics, featuring academic advisers, college deans and orientation leaders who came out of “retirement” following the completion last month of their duties introducing freshmen to campus.
“We wanted them to feel connected to the University both academically and socially,” said Jason Breyan, director of academic advising.
College and Campus Life administrators took part in a panel discussion, after which the students were trained in OPUS, then registered for classes. They picked up Emory Cards and parking passes, had lunch, went on a library tour and by Tuesday, Sept. 13, were seated in Emory classrooms.
Breyan said administrators will keep an eye on these new students so resources can be provided quickly should they need a helping hand. “We heard so many personal stories of tragedy that we’ve decided to continue trying to build community through events and support groups,” he said.
Emory Healthcare
Twice a day throughout most of September, 20 representatives from across Emory Healthcare (EHC)—doctors, nurses and administrators—have met via conference call to keep each other informed on their efforts.
Since the call for Katrina assistance went out, some 300 EHC faculty, staff and students have given of their time and expertise. Over the past week, much of those efforts have focused on maintaining Emory’s presence at evacuee “megacenters” spread across the Atlanta area. The megacenters, one-stop service centers for Katrina evacuees, enroll hurricane victims into the American Red Cross system to help distribute to food, clothing and medical supplies, as well as provide access to 12 state and federal agencies. One of them, in College Park, closed last week, but Emory maintains its work in centers in Gwinnett and Cobb counties.
EHC also has ensured special needs patients—transplant recipients, for instance—receive the proper amount of care.
Gary Teal, senior associate vice president for health affairs, said while things remain remarkably busy, they have stabilized. “This has been perhaps our quietest day in the last two weeks,” Teal said on Wednesday, Sept. 14. “But we’re wondering if this is going to continue or if it’s just a calming period before it picks back up again.”
Teal said rumors have flown around about whether Atlanta will receive a new influx of evacuees and, if they come, how many. The only thing Emory can do, he said, is have a plan in place no matter what the future holds.
Teal said that the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing has taken on a significant role at the Salvation Army’s headquarters on North Druid Hills Road, which is serving as a shelter. The nursing school is taking the lead on recruiting and scheduling nurses and nursing students to provide round-the-clock triage for anyone who comes into the center for support. As of last Wednesday, the center housed 30 evacuees, down from a high of 42.
Volunteers include nurses, nurse practitioners and nursing students from the school’s faculty, students and alumni, as well as from EHC and other non-Emory nurses. Nurses provide triage, health assessments, first-aid and referrals to physicians or hospitals to ensure evacuees receive the medical care they need. Around 60–70 volunteers have staffed the center.
Wendy Rhein, the nursing school’s director of service learning, serves as point person for the Salvation Army effort. She said that, as far as a learning experience for students, no other service opportunity compares to working at the shelter. “It’s a learning experience for faculty, too,” she said. “This is very different from any other kind of health care setting. We are in a gym at the Salvation Army. People are literally coming in with what they can fit in their cars.”
Rhein said care is now focused on vaccinations, as hepatitis A and tetanus have become concerns because of some evacuees’ exposure to sewage.
From Emory Report, September 19, 2005
Class of 2009 greeted by Emory family
By Eric Rangus
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Emory’s annual Convocation ceremony, the University’s official welcome to its incoming freshman class, took place in Glenn Auditorium, Tuesday, Aug. 30. The Class of 2009’s first guides on their journey as Emory students were the orientation leaders pictured above, who ushered their young charges across campus for a variety of activities geared to introduce them to their new academic home. Once seated in Glenn’s pews, the Class of 2009 heard encouraging words from President Jim Wagner and faculty members Marshall Duke and Preetha Ram. Photo credit: Jon Rou |
Each year, Emory’s opening convocation serves as the University’s official welcome to the incoming freshman class. The focus is on the promise of new frontiers and excitement of new experiences.
This year’s convocation, held Tuesday, Aug. 30, in Glenn Auditorium, added a fresh focus to mix—the welcoming arms of a new family. “Emory’s stories big and small now become yours,” said Marshall Duke, Charles Howard Candler Professor of Psychology, who delivered the 2005 convocation address to the approximately 1,250 members of the Class of 2009, several of whom sat on the staircases due to the overflow.
“Transfer these memories into your own minds and hearts,” Duke continued. “They are your primary reason for being here.”
Duke took the title of his address, “You Must Remember This ...,” from a line in the song “As Time Goes By,” from the movie Casablanca. In between explaining the origin of the line to his teenage audience and urging them to take heed of memories, Duke provided them with a couple.
He told the story of William Param Brooks, who died nearly 20 years ago. Though few in the Emory community knew Brooks’ name, a crowd filled Glenn to pay their respects because they knew his face. He checked bookbags at the front door of Woodruff Library and therefore came into contact, and touched the lives, of most everyone on campus. He became part of the Emory family.
Duke also recalled the events of Feb. 4, 1983, when a group of students stowed away in the restrooms of Woodruff Library overnight. The next morning, library staff found 75,000 books on the second floor turned spine-side in—but still in proper filing order.
In their wake, the students left flyers with the message behind their prank: Don’t turn your backs on the human search for understanding. What happened next, Duke said, was even more memorable.
Library staff issued a campuswide call for help in turning the books back around. Students, staff and faculty from across Emory volunteered to help, and they worked together to set things straight—just like a family.
President Jim Wagner also took the stage to challenge the freshman to seek knowledge, be open to new perspectives and communicate openly. “Be a contributing member of something larger than yourself,” he said.
“Think deeply about important questions,” Wagner continued, before urging the freshman to dig even deeper. “And propose possible solutions. That’s scary, and that takes courage.”
Preetha Ram, assistant dean for science in Emory College, led off the presentation portion of the ceremony. She spoke of the “three pillars” of science education at Emory: innovation, interdisciplinarity and internationalized, then placed them in their proper context.
“We are community of scholars that nurtures connections,” she said, regarding interdisciplinarity. “We show students how science related to religion, ethics, art and other aspects of the human condition.”
Seconds after Ram stepped from the podium, dance Lecturer George Staib and Associate Professor Lori Teague emerged and, following some opening steps, sprinted up the aisles and back. When they returned to the front, they settled into their dance “Together Again for the First Time,” accompanied on acoustic guitar by Brian Luckett. Following the performance, which took the dancers to some innovative places (including the top of the Glenn railing), Duke delivered the keynote.
From Emory Report, September 6, 2005
Athletics gets a new look for 2005--06 season
By Deb Hammacher
The Emory athletics department unveiled new identity marks last week, which will enable the University’s sports teams to present a more consistent visual image that is both unique and dynamic.
Athletics Director Betsy Stephenson said the new logos are a way to create excitement and build interest in Emory athletics. Improving graphic identity is one of the ways Stephenson has changed Emory athletics since her hire in the summer of 2004.
“Our goal for the new Emory athletics identity program is to create excitement and capture the interest of the Emory community in Emory athletics,” Stephenson said. “We want to generate participation and create affinity for Emory’s dedicated student-athletes and coaches. We want to create a campus-wide connection to Emory’s Eagle, which has not existed.”
The Joe Bosack Graphic Design Co. of Philadelphia was used to develop the new identities, with the assistance of a committee composed of faculty, staff and student-athletes. The company has created identities both directly and indirectly for the National Football League, the Arena Football League, Fila, the U.S.A. National Professional Soccer League, Madison Square Garden and hundreds of individual teams and universities.
All the new logos are controlled under and administered by the Licensing Resource Group of Holland, Mich.
P.E. Center continuing renovations
The Woodruff P.E Center recently finished major renovations that included adding a fourth story to the main structure. The new fourth floor includes four competition-grade, cushioned indoor tennis courts; two recreational-grade tennis courts; an auxiliary area that can accommodate basketball, volleyball and fencing; a fitness corridor; classrooms; an aerobics studio; and a weight room. The total added space is approximately 100,000 square feet.
The new floor also contains a new, 2,900-square-foot varsity weight room for student-athletes and physical education. Eleven new varsity locker rooms also were created, complete with carpeted floors and full-length oak lockers.
In the arena below, a new floor is being laid and should be ready for use by Sept. 14. A “Bio-Channel” floor manufactured by Robbins, this type of maple wood floor can also be found in arenas at the Olympic Training Center, Duke University, the universities of North Carolina, Kentucky and Connecticut, and in those of a majority of NBA teams.
Adjacent to the P.E. Center, the soccer/track stadium is seeing a facelift that will include chair-back seats.
Stephenson said the new addition will benefit the University as a whole and adds to the excitement felt around the campus.
“The new addition allowed a significant reconfiguration and expansion of Emory’s athletic, recreation and physical education programs,” Stephenson said. “Every user of this facility has benefited from this project. The new energy and look in the Woodruff P.E. Center matches the level of excitement across campus. This fantastic facility enhances Emory’s mission of being a destination University.”
From Emory Report, September 6, 2005
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