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Marcos Napa, a native of Peru, presented a program of Afro-Peruvian music and dance Jan. 22 as part of Diversity Week at Lyon College. View photos from the event. ***
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January 28, 2008 Lyon to host annual West Endowed Concert Jan. 31 in Bevens Music Room The sound of music will echo throughout Lyon College as the school hosts its annual West Endowed Concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, in Bevens Music Room. In a program titled "The Magic of Sixty-Nine Strings," harpist Elisabeth Chardonet, double bassist John Dahlstrand and the Rockefeller String Quartet will play works of Bottesini, Brahms, Caplet and Ravel.
2008 Visiting Fellow
in Creative Writing, M. Elaine Mar, winner of the 2008 Lyon College Visiting Fellowship in Creative Nonfiction, will visit Lyon in February for a public lecture and reading. She also will present a workshop on writing memoir. Mar has lived an ever-changing life. She went from living in a crowded Hong Kong tenement to attending college at Harvard to becoming a professor and an accomplished author. The public lecture begins at 11 a.m. Feb. 12 in Bevens Music Room. The public reading will be at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 19 in Bevens. Successful Preview Day held Saturday Lyon College hosted abut 75 prospective students and a total of 175 guests Saturday for the final Preview Day of the academic year. The Enrollment Services Staff extends its appreciation to all faculty, staff and students for their assistance with the event. More photos from Preview Day.
Mary Evans is
retiring after 27 years For 27 years, Mary Evans has rarely strayed from her meticulously thought out routine. Vacuum three stories of carpeted floors, clean a handful of sinks and drinking fountains until they shine, mop several sticky, and often stinky, bathrooms and dust shelves containing thousands of precariously perched books, magazines, videos and other publications. But during the first week in February, Evans' time tested routine will drastically change. She will not begin her day with the usual custom. She is retiring from her longtime housekeeping job at Lyon College, with her last day slated for Feb. 1. Little Rock church celebrates Scottish roots with three Kirkin' services Sunday Second Presbyterian Church of Little Rock held three
Kirkin' O' The Tartans worship services Sunday, Jan. 27. Special guests
helping lead the worship included Lyon College President Dr. Walter B.
Roettger, who preached at the 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. services, Lyon
College Chaplain Rev. Nancy McSpadden, who preached at the 9 a.m.
service, and Jimmy Bell, director of the Scottish Heritage Program
and the Lyon Pipe Band. The Pipe Band was on hand to provide traditional
Scottish music.
Photo nominations for Professor of the Year Institutional Advancement is now accepting nominations of deserving faculty for the 2008 Professor of the Year Award. Lyon College may nominate up to three outstanding faculty members for the award, presented annually by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and directed by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).
Artwork by John
Chiaromonte will be An exhibit of recent work by John Chiaromonte, titled "Thorns," will be displayed in Kresge Gallery from Feb. 1-26. An opening reception, performance and artist talk will be at 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8, in the gallery, located in the Alphin Building on campus. Free mental health screenings available for students either in person or online Lyon College is offering a free mental health screening for students for a range of common emotional conditions that often go undiagnosed and misunderstood. Counseling and Health & Wellness will be offering free, confidential screenings for depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder. The screenings and information sessions are being held from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Jan. 31 in the Morrow Building. Students also can call Diane Ellis, director of counseling, at 307-7284 for more information. |
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