April 26, 2011, Greencastle, Ind. — Larry C. Spears, a 1978 graduate of DePauw University, is co-editor of The Spirit of Servant-Leadership. In the book, published by Paulist Press, Spears and Shann Ray Ferch "present an elegant and powerful approach to the nature of the leader-follower dynamic, with a specific focus on many of the most radical, life-affirming, and transformative facets of the servant-leader," according to a synopsis.

"The staunchest of all advocates of servant-leadership has done it again," states Barbara Kellerman, James MacGregor Burns Lecturer in Leadership at Harvard's Kennedy School.  "Larry Spears, this time in collaboration with Shann Ferch, has edited a collection of writings that drills deep down into the seminal work of Robert Greenleaf.  The theories that underlie servant-leadership and the practices that transform them into collective collaborations are all explored here with integrity, intelligence, and yes, with inspiration."

Learn more, and order the book, at Amazon.com.

Spears is president and CEO of the Indianapolis-based Larry C. Spears Center for Servant-Leadership, Inc., founded in 2008. He served for 17 years (1990-2007) as president and CEO of the Robert K. Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership. He has authored more than 10 other  books on servant-leadership, including the bestseller Insights on Leadership.

An English (literature) major at DePauw, he received a Community Leadership Award from his alma mater in 2008.

Learn more in this previous story.

April 26, 2011, Greencastle, Ind. — "With spring championships in softball, women's tennis and women's golf -- in addition to second-place finishes in men's tennis and women's track and field -- DePauw University earned a comfortable 105-point victory in the race for the 2010-11 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference President's Trophy," the SCAC announces today. "In their final year in the SCAC, the Tigers will leave having won six consecutive all-sports trophies."

The conference notes that DePauw wound up with 797.5 points, nearly 100 points ahead of runner-up Trinity University (692.5). The announcement notes, "After 13 years as a member of the SCAC, DePauw exits the conference with six consecutive and seven total all-sports trophies."

Read more here.

DePauw University will join the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC), effective July 1, 2011. Details can be found in this June 2010 article.

For comprehensive coverage of Tiger athletics -- with rosters, statistics and historical information on the 21 intercollegiate teams -- click here.

April 27, 2011, Greencastle, Ind. — David A. Morris, a 1983 graduate of DePauw University, has joined Grubb & Ellis Company (NYSE: GBE) as senior vice president and is leading the real estate services and investment firm's new St. Louis office. Morris will be responsible for serving real estate clients in the St. Louis area, as well as leading Grubb & Ellis' business development and recruiting efforts in the market. 

"David has a tremendous reputation in the St. Louis market and was our top choice to lead the office in what we consider to be a very important market," says Shawn Mobley, president, brokerage services. "I am confident that his knowledge of Grubb & Ellis, combined with his industry expertise, will help us quickly establish a strong presence in St. Louis and enhance the service we provide to multi-market clients that operate in the region."

Morris comes to his new post from Gundaker Commercial, where he was a senior vice president and leader of the firm's brokerage division. He began his real estate career in Grubb & Ellis' Denver office in 1987 and also spent 15 years as a brokerage professional with Colliers Turley Martin Tucker. 

"I've worked with Grubb & Ellis professionals throughout the country, and I'm pleased to become a part of the team by opening a company-owned office in St. Louis," Morris says.  "I look forward to establishing Grubb & Ellis as a dominant player in the region’s commercial real estate market, as well as leveraging the company's deep resources and full platform to better serve my clients.”

Morris is a member and a past president of CCIM's St. Louis chapter and president of the St. Louis Association of Realtors' Commercial Division.  He is also a member of the executive committee and board of directors of SIOR's St. Louis chapter, of which he is president-elect for 2012.

April 27, 2011, Greencastle, Ind. — The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, DePauw University and the City of Greencastle will partner to host an informal and interactive "Meet the Artist" program featuring ISO concertmaster Zach De Pue and principal violist Michael Isaac Strauss on Tuesday, May 3, at 6 p.m. The Indianapolis Symphony will then present a free concert featuring these artists as soloists on Thursday, May 12, at 8 p.m. at the Green Center for the Performing Arts on the DePauw campus.

These two events will kick off a multi-year education and community outreach partnership between the ISO, the University and the city as a result of Greencastle being designated a Stellar Community by the State of Indiana last month.  This collaboration will evolve to include more free concerts and master classes, the potential formation of a youth orchestra and other educational programs. 

Held in the Great Hall of the Judson and Joyce Green Center for the Performing Arts, "Meet the Artist" on May 3 will feature De Pue and Strauss exploring two classical masterpieces -- Vivaldi's The Four Seasons and Mozart's Sinfonia concertante for Violin and Viola -- that they will perform in the May 12 concert with the Orchestra. The artists also will perform selected passages from these pieces to illustrate their points and will answer questions from the audience. This is a free event and the general public is welcome to attend.

The Orchestra's concert on May 12, which will be led by De Pue, will open with De Pue and Strauss as soloists in the Mozart Sinfonia concertante, an emotional and expressive work that features a buoyant and lyrical first movement highlighted by alternating passages between the soloists and the orchestra.  The final movement starkly contrasts from the first via a subdued yet passionate tone that spotlights the musical voices of the violin and viola. Following intermission, De Pue and the Indianapolis Symphony will perform Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, considered to be one of the greatest works and the composer's best known. Each of the four movements' distinctive themes musically represent the sounds of a particular season (birds in spring or a warm crackling fire in winter), as well as the beautiful and the inclement qualities that define them. It has remained a popular staple in the concerto repertoire since its creation in 1723. The concert will take place in the Kresge Auditorium at the Green Center for the Performing Arts and is free and open to the public.

Zach De Pue (pictured at left) was appointed concertmaster of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and began his tenure in September 2007. Previously, he was a violinist in the Philadelphia Orchestra. Since 1985, he and his three violin-playing brothers have performed together as The De Pue Brothers, and he is a founding member of the chamber group Time for Three, which currently serves as the ISO's ensemble-in-residence. A native of Bowling Green, Ohio, De Pue graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music in 2002, where his mentors included Jaime Laredo and Ida Kavafian. Prior to that, he studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music with William Preucil. In 1998, he received third prize in both the International Stulberg String Competition and the senior division of the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition.  An avid chamber musician, De Pue has performed across the United States and in Israel.  

Michael Isaac Strauss has served as principal viola of the Indianapolis Symphony since 1994 and has appeared on numerous occasions as a soloist, including his acclaimed performances of Harold in Italy in 1999 with Raymond Leppard conducting.  Prior to his arrival, he was principal violist for the Charleston Symphony Orchestra and the Philly Pops, as well as co-principal of the Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra.  In addition to his symphonic work, he performs regularly as a soloist and as a chamber musician in other cities and annually appears on chamber music series throughout the United States. He has received numerous honors both here and in other parts of America for his artistry, served on numerous university and college faculties as a teacher and is an advisor to the American Viola Society. Strauss also is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music.

For more information, visit the websites of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra or the DePauw University School of Music.  Founded in 1884, the DePauw University School of Music is one of the nation's oldest private institutions for post-secondary music instruction and the longest-running in Indiana.

April 27, 2011, Greencastle, Ind. — William H. Tucker, a senior partner in the Aiken, South Carolina office of Hull Barrett PC and 1974 graduate of DePauw University, has been honored with the University of South Carolina Aiken Distinguished Citizen Award. Tucker, a 1978 graduate of the University of South Carolina School of Law, was recognized on April 21 at USCA's academic convocation.

"Support from the Aiken community is vital to the success of USCA," noted Chancellor Thomas L. Hallman.  Each year, "the University honors a citizen who has a history of distinguished service to our campus and community. Mr. Tucker is the recipient of the 2011 Distinguished Citizen Award for his continuing support of the University of South Carolina Aiken, his outstanding service to the University and the Aiken community, and his deep concern for meeting the education needs of citizens of this area."

Tucker is completing his eighth year of service, including a two-year term as president, on the University of South Carolina Aiken Partnership Board. His community involvement includes being a member and past president of the Rotary Club of Aiken, a Paul Harris Fellow of Rotary International, a member of the Aiken Businessmen's Club, a trustee of the Phelps Foundation and the Whitney Trust, and a director of the Community Foundation for the CSRA.  He has previously served on the boards of the Aiken Red Cross, United Way, Tri-Development Center of Aiken County, and Junior Achievement.

At Hull Barrett, Tucker practices in the areas of estate planning, probate administration, real estate, and small business transfers. He is admitted to state and federal courts in South Carolina and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America.

Also: 2011 Putnam County Relay For Life Information

April 27, 2011, Greencastle, Ind. — "Mayor Sue Murray signs a proclamation declaring April 25 to May 1 as Relay For Life Week," notes a caption to a photo published in today's edition of Greencastle's Banner Graphic. Pictured with the mayor are Relay organizers (wearing green t-shirts, left to right) DePauw University students Roddrea Smith and Tyler Archer, Mayor Murray, Dick Shuck (director of business services at DePauw) and Rachel Romas.

Relay For Life -- which brings together the Putnam County and DePauw University communties for an event on the DePauw campus benefitting the American Cancer Society -- is set for April 30 - May 1 at Blackstock Stadium.  The proceedings begin at noon Saturday.

Access the photo at the newspaper's website and visit the official online page for Putnam County Relay For Life to learn more or register.

The DePauw-hosted Relay has won several awards for being among the best of its kind among American colleges and universities. The fundraiser was first held in 1996 and raised nearly $15,000. The total grew to approximately $20,000 by 1998, $30,000 by 1999, and $42,000 in 2000. Then, 2001 brought in $80,000; followed by $127,000 in 2002; more than $162,000 in 2003; 2004's $208,735; and a 2005 total of more than $230,000. The 2006 and 2007 Relays each raised approximately $220,000 for the cancer fight. The recession kept donations to about $160,000 in both 2008 and 2009 and $152,000 last year.

Learn more in this previous story.

A video shot and edited by Ken Owen '82, executive director of media relations for DePauw, provides a glimpse at the opening of the 2010 event, which was moved indoors to DePauw's tennis and track center because of inclement weather: [Download Video: "2010 Relay For Life Video" - 6003kb] or via YouTube.

April 27, 2011, Greencastle, Ind. — DePauw University sophomore Janelle C. Thixton has been awarded a U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to studyArabic in Oman during the summer of 2011. The CLS program provides fully-funded, group-based intensive language instruction and structured cultural enrichment experiences.

Thixton is among the approximately 575 U.S. undergraduate and graduate students who received a scholarship from the U.S. Department of State's CLS program in 2011 to study Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bangla/Bengali, Chinese, Hindi, Korean, Indonesian, Japanese, Persian, Punjabi, Russian, Turkish, or Urdu languages.  U.S. students will spend seven to ten weeks in intensive language institutes this summer in 14 countries where these languages are spoken.   CLS program participants are expected to continue their language study beyond the scholarship and apply their critical language skills in their future professional careers.  

The 2011 CLS program received over 5,200 applications.  Representing all 50 states, students from a range of academic disciplines and U.S. colleges and universities were selected for scholarships in 2011 through a merit-based selection process. 

The U.S. Department of State launched the Critical Language Scholarships for Intensive Summer Institutes in 2006 to increase opportunities for American students to study critical-need languages overseas.  The program is part of a wider U.S. government effort to expand the number of Americans studying and mastering critical languages.

CLS program participants are among the more than 40,000 academic and professional exchange program participants supported annually by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) to promote mutual understanding and respect between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.  The CLS program is administered by the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) and American Councils for International Education.

For further information about the CLS program, click here.

April 27, 2011, Greencastle, Ind. — The work of Kathy Hubbard to break down cultural barriers through her non-profit, non-partisan organization, the Bridges of Understanding Foundation, is featured in the Spring 2011 edition of The Lyre, the magazine of Alpha Chi Omega sorority.  Hubbard, a 1974 graduate of DePauw University, is featured on the cover of the issue.

"Amid an international politically charged environment and civil unrest, bridging the cultural gap between the American people and the Arab world is an extraordinary goal that many would not aspire to achieve," begins the story. "Kathryn 'Kathy' Fortune Hubbard, a 1971 initiate of the Alpha chapter DePauw University, however, has made it one of her life’s missions to not only provide a two-way cultural awareness, but break down and eradicate the misunderstandings that exist."

The text notes that Hubbard spent her junior year studying at the University of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. "While there, she took it upon herself to spend as much time among the Swiss, rather than her American counterparts." 

After graduating from DePauw, Hubbard worked in the international trade division of the Indiana Department of Commerce, assisted fellow DePauw alumnus Dan Quayle '69, President George H.W. Bush and President George W. Bush, and worked to raise funds for the Hudson Institute's international and domestic policy research. (at right: Hubbard and Bridges of Understanding board member Marlene Malek visit a girls' school in rural Jordan)

"In 2006, while working on a project for the U.S. Department of State that related American and Arab businesswomen, Kathy met Karim Kawar, Jordan's former ambassador to the U.S., and his wife, Luma. The couple shared with Kathy that they were well aware of the misunderstandings and curiosities between the American and Arab worlds -- a view long since held by Kathy as well. The Kawars and the Hubbards began discussing and meeting in order to address the need for cultural awareness across the two very different worlds. The couples spoke to their political counterparts and this need of awareness was of much interest, particularly among women and those already seeking an understanding. Funds were raised, along with their own contributions, and the Bridges of Understanding Foundation was founded."

You'll find the complete article at the magazine's website.

A member of DePauw's Board of Trustees, Kathy Hubbard was featured on the cover of the April 2008 edition of Indianapolis Woman magazine.  Learn more in this previous story.

Alpha Chi Omega sorority was founded at DePauw on October 15, 1885.

April 28, 2011, Greencastle, Ind. — Carla G. Edwards, professor of music at DePauw University, has released a new compact disc, Homage. The CD features Professor Edwards, who serves as University organist, playing the 2002 Hellmuth Wolff organ at DePauw. The disc is dedicated to Edwards' former teacher, Larry Smith, who retired in 2008 as chair of the organ department at Indiana University - Bloomington.

Repertoire recorded includes, from the 20th century, Petr Eben's Hommage à Dietrich Buxtehude, Czech violinist Miloš Sokola's organ composition Passacaglia quasi Toccata na tema B-A-C-H, Samuel Adler's Festive Proclamation, Joel Martinson's Litany, Peter Planyavsky's Toccata alla Rumba, and the Prélude et Fugue sur le nom d’Alain, Op. 7, by Maurice Duruflé. Earlier composers are represented by the Buxtehude Passacaglia, BuxWV 161, and the J. S. Bach Concerto in A, BWV 593.

Carla Edwards has also studied organ with Delores Bruch, James Moeser, Catharine Crozier, Robert Noehren, Michael Schneider, Mary Lou Nowicki and Warren Hutton. She has performed in the United States, England, Finland, and Italy, and her performances have been broadcast nationally on the radio program Pipedreams. She received a Bachelor of Music degree with highest distinction from the University of Kansas, a Master of Music degree from the University of Alabama, and a Doctor of Music degree in organ performance from Indiana University. 

Homage is available online by clicking here.

Learn more about Dr. Edwards in this previous article.

April 28, 2011, Greencastle, Ind. — "His approach to problems is very pragmatic," Lee Hamilton says of Leon Panetta, President Barack Obama's choice to serve as the nation's next Secretary of Defense.  The Associated Press notes that Hamilton, a Democrat who served 34 years in the U.S. House of Representatives, "served with Panetta in the House and worked with him on the Iraq Study Group in 2006." Hamilton, a 1952 graduate of DePauw University, tells AP, "He's not hung up on ego or ideology. He doesn't die on his sword if others disagree with him."

You'll find the full story here.

First elected to Congress in 1964, Lee H. Hamilton has worked with nine presidents and led some of America's most important inquiries and investigations. He served as vice chair of the 9/11 Commission and co-chair of the Iraq Study Group. As longtime president and director of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and director of The Center on Congress at Indiana University, Hamilton promotes non-partisan dialogue on public policy. He advises the CIA, FBI, Homeland Security and President Obama.

On March 15 the veteran statesman returned to DePauw to address "The U.S. Role in the World After Afghanistan and Iraq" in a Timothy and Sharon Ubben Lecture.  A summary including video clips can be accessed here.

Earlier this month, Hamilton spoke at  Indiana's Manchester College and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree. Details can be found in this article.

The current defense secretary, Robert M. Gates, visited DePauw in December 2001 and presented an Ubben Lecture on the war on terrorism.

April 28, 2011, Greencastle, Ind. — Norman H. Leonard, environmental science teacher at Pike High School in Indianapolis and 1978 graduate of DePauw University, is the recipient of a 2011 Lilly Teacher Creativity Fellowship Award. The $8,000 fellowship will allow him to study neotropical herpetology in Panama, and then return to study reptiles and amphibians in central Indiana and at Pike High School.

From June 15-30, Leonard -- who studied botany and bacteriology at DePauw -- will study at the Institute for Tropical Ecology and Conservation on Isla Colon, an island off the east coast of Panama, at the Bocas del Toro Biological Field Station.

One of the longest-standing programs of Lilly Endowment, the Teacher Creativity Fellowship Program is designed to support teachers' creative projects that are personally renewing and intellectually revitalizing while benefiting their students' engagement in the learning process.

Last summer, Leonard was selected a fellow of the Toyota International Teacher Program, which allowed him to spend 17 days traveling to Miami and Costa Rica.

In April 2010, Leonard coordinated efforts of 120 community volunteers to remodel the inside and outside of the high school’s greenhouse as well as replant its outdoor lab.  The efforts were made possible by a Lowe's Hero Award Grant of $17,000 for Pike Township Schools.

Leonard, who holds master's degrees from Indiana University and Washington University (St. Louis), also was honored with several awards in 2010, including the IPL Golden Apple Award for science teaching excellence, Pike High School Teach of the Year and MSD Pike Township Schools Teacher of the Year.

April 29, 2011, Greencastle, Ind. — David Gellman, associate professor of history at DePauw University and interim chair of the department, contributes an essay to the new book, Bruce Springsteen and the American Soul: Essays on the Songs and Influence of a Cultural Icon. Edited by David Garrett Izzo, the title is published by McFarland. Dr. Gellman authored the chapter, "Going Nowhere: Bruce, the Beatles, Neil Young, Talking Heads and Others."

"For 40 years Bruce Springsteen has been making music on his way to becoming an icon, the conscience of rock ’n’ roll, and one of the greatest live performers of his generation," notes the publisher's synopsis. "This critical work examines the man, his music, the cultural importance of his narrative songs and the singular experience of his live performances. Particular attention is paid to his political consciousness, including his alignment with the working poor, the unemployed, and Americans simply down on their luck. It also explores his role in politics in America, especially his endorsement of various politicians."

Order the book at the publisher's website or Amazon.com.

David N. Gellman is author of Emancipating New York: The Politics of Slavery and Freedom, 1777-1827 and co-editor of Jim Crow New York: A Documentary History of Race and Citizenship, 1777-1877.

Learn more about the professor in this previous article.

April 29, 2011, Greencastle, Ind. — A story in today's Los Angeles Times, detailing criticism leveled against NBC by an MSNBC commentator over the handling of Donald Trump, includes comments from a DePauw University professor.

"MSNBC commentator Lawrence O'Donnell escalated attacks on NBC executives this week," write Greg Braxton and Meg James. "On his MSNBC show The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell Wednesday night, he accused NBC (another division of his own company) of allowing The Celebrity Apprentice host Donald Trump to spread 'racist' lies against President Obama in demanding that Obama produce his long-form birth certificate. The blast by O'Donnell raises the question of how the network will proceed with Trump, who has said he is considering running for president, as he continues to host one of NBC's highest-rated shows."

Bob Steele, Distinguished Visiting Professor of Journalism Ethics at DePauw and Phyllis W. Nicholas Director of the University's Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics, tells the Times, "The news division has to be completely independent. They must be as rigorous and vigorous about going after the Trump story as they would be going after anyone else who doesn't have a show on NBC."

Access the article at the newspaper's website.

A 1969 graduate of DePauw, and one of America's leading experts on media ethics, Robert M. Steele was recently quoted in the New York Times and Washington Post and chaired a task force that reviewed the ethics policy of NPR, as noted in this article.

April 29, 2011, Greencastle, Ind. — R. David Hoover, chairman of Ball Corporation and 1967 graduate of DePauw University, is among six people inducted this week into the Boulder County Business Hall of Fame.  The Daily Times-Call of Longmont, Colorado notes, "The Business Hall of Fame's mission is to honor individuals whose business-related efforts and community involvement have been instrumental in providing direction, energy and support to the shaping of Boulder County."

John Fryar reports, "R. David Hoover, who retired as Ball Corp.'s CEO in January, was unable to attend Wednesday's ceremony. Hoover, who's still Ball's board chairman, had to attend a shareholders' meeting in Broomfield. Standing in for Hoover was his wife, Suzanne ['67], who said she wasn't familiar with the Boulder County Business Hall of Fame until recently but had come away impressed by her first exposure to the pictures and descriptions of past honorees. Suzanne Hoover urged everyone attending the luncheon to examine that Wall of Fame, also in the Plaza Conference Center, for themselves."

You'll find the story at the newspaper's website.

David Hoover is a member and former chair of DePauw's Board of Trustees. Learn more about him in this previous article.

April 30, 2011, Greencastle, Ind. — Kathi (Harland) Harp, a second year doctoral student at the University of Kentucky and 2007 graduate of DePauw University, is the recipient of a highly competitive grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for Individual Predoctoral Fellows, which is presented by the NIH National Research Training Award program, will allow Harp to conduct sociological field research on substance abuse treatment programs for women and children.

With the award, Harp "will focus on understanding how custody loss is related to substance use and criminal behaviors among African-American mothers," note an announcement from UK. "While there is an abundance of research addressing health disparities and vulnerabilities among minority populations, there is limited scientific data available to help understand the effect of custody loss on a woman's subsequent substance use and crime. Harp's proposed project will examine custody loss as a predictor of increased substance use and criminal behavior among African-American women."
 
"I am focusing on African-American women specifically because the child welfare system in the United States is disproportionately made up of African-American children," she says.  "I want to look at what effect losing custody has on a woman’s subsequent criminal behavior and substance use. While around 90 percent of state funds given to the child welfare system are used to fund foster care and adoption services, only a small percentage is used to fund reunification programs to keep families together. Knowing the dismal outcomes of children in the child welfare system, I'd like to do future research that shows the benefits to both women and children of programs that seek to rehabilitate women so that they can eventually regain custody of their children if they so desire."
 
Read more here.

Also: Putnam County Relay For Life Web Site

April 30, 2011, Greencastle, Ind. — The wet weather of the past week has cleared out in time for the opening of 2011 Putnam County Relay For Life, which started today at noon at DePauw University's Blackstock Stadium.  A collaborative effort by the college and the community to benefit the American Cancer Society, the event hopes to raise more than $157,000 by the time it ends at noon tomorrow.

More than 1,000 participants had pre-registered for the event, representing 92 teams. When the 2010 event kicked off, $44,0000 had been collected.  "We have been even more impressed by the generosity in the community this year," Tyler Archer, a DePauw senior and event co-chair said today as Relay began, noting that contributions were at $92,000 before the first walker took to the track.

"Today is an important day where we recognize courage, we celebrate lives, and most importantly we try and raise more money to get rid of a disease that has affected too many for far too long," Greencastle Mayor Sue Murray told the crowd in her welcoming remarks.

DePauw President Brian W. Casey stated, "It's such an honor for DePauw to host this.  I believe firmly that an education is only as good as how it influences the world.  This is a moment when this really happens on this campus."

Learn more about the event and contribute online here.

First hosted by DePauw in 1996, Putnam County RelayFor Life has won several awards for being among the best of its kind among American colleges and universities. The first fundraiser raised nearly $15,000. The total grew to approximately $20,000 by 1998, $30,000 by 1999, and $42,000 in 2000. Then, 2001 brought in $80,000; followed by $127,000 in 2002; more than $162,000 in 2003; 2004's $208,735; and a 2005 total of more than $230,000. The 2006 and 2007 Relays each raised approximately $220,000 for the cancer fight. The recession kept donations to about $160,000 in both 2008 and 2009 and about that same amount last year.

A video shot and edited by Ken Owen '82, executive director of media relations for DePauw, provides a glimpse at the opening of the 2011 event: [Download Video: "2011 Relay For Life Begins" - 5812kb].

May1, 2011, Greencastle, Ind. — James B. Stewart, Pulitzer Prize-winning financial reporter and author and 1973 graduate of DePauw University, will discuss his new book, Tangled Webs: How False Statements are Undermining America -- From Bernie Madoff to Martha Stewart, at an event on Friday, May 6, in St. Louis. Presented by the "Buzz" Westfall Favorite Author Series and sponsored by the St. Louis County Library Foundation, the program will feature Stewart being interviewed by St. Louis Public Radio host Don Marsh.

You'll find details here.

As previously noted here, Stewart will also make a May 3 appearance in Columbus, Ohio on May 3 as part of Thurber House's 2011 Winter/Spring "Evenings with Authors" series. 

Tangled Webs, released on April 19, is described as a "newsbreaking investigation of our era's most high-profile perjurers, revealing the alarming extent of this national epidemic." It was featured on NBC's Today Show and lauded by Business Week magazine. 

A member of DePauw's Board of Trustees and former chair of the group, James B. Stewart received a Pulitzer Prize for Wall Street Journal articles on the 1987 stock market crash and the insider-trading scandal. Stewart's books include Blood Sport, DisneyWar: The Battle for the Magic Kingdom; as well as Den of Thieves; Blind Eye; and Follow the Story. In 2006, he won the Loeb Award, the highest honor in business journalism.

The San Francisco Opera has commissioned Heart of a Soldier, a new opera based on Stewart's critically acclaimed nonfiction book of the same name.  Details can be found in this recent story.

May 2, 2011, Greencastle, Ind. — Time Series Analysis with Applications in R, which is co-authored by Jonathan D. Cryer, a 1961 graduate of DePauw University, has been translated into Chinese and is available here. Originally published in 2008 by Springer, the book is a collaboration with Kung-Sik Chan.

Cryer, who was a mathematics major at DePauw and earned his Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina, is professor emeritus in the University of Iowa's department of statistics and actuarial science. is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association and received a Collegiate Teaching Award from the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

He is also the author of Statistics for Business: Data Analysis and Modeling, Second Edition, (with Robert B. Miller), the Minitab Handbook, Fifth Edition, (with Barbara Ryan and Brian Joiner), the Electronic Companion to Statistics (with George Cobb), Electronic Companion to Business Statistics (with George Cobb) and numerous research papers.

Learn more about Time Series Analysis in this previous story.

May 2, 2011, Greencastle, Ind. — "This Tuesday, the Putnam County Library will host a DePauw associate professor as a part of its 'Conversation with the Author' series," begins an article in this morning's Banner Graphic. Greg Schwipps, Richard W. Peck Professor of Creative Writing and associate professor of English at DePauw University, will discuss his award-winning novel What This River Keeps during a 7 p.m. program tomorrow.

"I always say that I don't know what I'm going to say until it comes out," Schwipps, a 1995 graduate of DePauw, tells the newspaper. "I try to talk about the book but I also talk about the process." He adds, "Usually you have people in the audience who are interested in writing or writers themselves. A lot of times they're curious about the act of writing a book or the editing process or publication process."

What This River Keeps, which is Schwipps' first novel, won the 2010 Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Award for "Emerging Author." Josh Garvey writes that the book "is set in southern Indiana and deals with an elderly couple that fears their farm will be taken from them or the river near it will be dammed. Schwipps said he drew on his childhood in Milan for the story."

"Those are the stories that I know how to tell because those are the details that I've lived," the professor states. "I tell my students that when you write something you know well, you should include the details that you've earned because other peoples haven't earned those details so they can't write that story the way you can."

Read more about tomorrow's event and Professor Schwipps at the Banner Graphic's website.

Also available is this previous story.

May 2, 2011, Greencastle, Ind. — "This is a very large psychological blow to al-Qaeda because he was their leader, their symbolic leader, and they looked to him for inspiration with his periodic pronouncements," says Lee Hamilton in the wake of news Osama bin Laden has been killed by U.S. forces.  Hamilton, a 1952 DePauw University graduate who served 34 years in the U.S. House of Representatives and is a noted expert on American foreign policy, was interviewed today by Indianapolis radio station WIBC hours after the White House announced that bin Laden is dead.

Eric Berman reports that Hamilton "cautions the threat of terrorism is not over -- he warns al-Qaeda has become a more diffuse organization, with bin Laden more important symbolically than operationally." 

The report adds, "Hamilton credits U.S. forces with a shrewd move in burying bin Laden at sea -- so his remains don't become a shrine for his followers. The former congressman says American intelligence has improved in the 10 years since 9/11. But he says the intel which led to bin Laden reflects American tenacity in pursuing leads for years until they finally and literally led to bin Laden's doorstep." (at right: 9/11 Commission co-chairs Thomas Kean and Lee Hamilton deliver their panel's report to President Bush; July 22, 2004)

Access audio at the station's website.

First elected to Congress in 1964, Lee H. Hamilton has worked with nine presidents and led some of America's most important inquiries and investigations. During his tenure in the U.S. House of Representatives, Hamilton was chairman and ranking member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. He also chaired the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran. The Democrat later served as vice chair of the 9/11 Commission and co-chair of the Iraq Study Group. 

Now the director of the Center on Congress at Indiana University, Hamilton promotes non-partisan dialogue on public policy. He advises the CIA, FBI, Homeland Security and President Obama.  His many honors include the Churchill Award for Statesmanship; the Eisenhower Medal for exceptional leadership; the National Conference on Citizenship Citizen of the Year Award; the United States Capitol Historical Society Freedom Award; the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute Freedom From Fear Award; and the Indiana Historical Society Living Legends Award. (at left: Hamilton talks with DePauw students in the hallway of historic East College)

As an undergraduate, Hamilton majored in history and was a star player on the Tiger basketball team.  He was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 1982 and the DePauw Athletic Hall of Fame in 1987.

On March 15 the veteran statesman returned to DePauw to address "The U.S. Role in the World After Afghanistan and Iraq" in a Timothy and Sharon Ubben Lecture.  A summary including video clips can be accessed here.