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Lyon College students can now relax while studying at the Mabee-Simpson Library. The library has replaced some of its traditional study desks for a new study lounge area complete with couch, chairs, end tables and plants. Many students have said the new study lounge is by far the most comfortable place to study on campus. Photo
Lyon
students tour London theaters Twelve Lyon College students recently returned from a trip to London, England, where they saw some of the best theater the city has to offer. The students traveled to London with Lyon College Theatre Professor Michael L. Counts as part of the Nichols International Studies Program.
Sen. Lincoln meets with Dr. Roettger U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) met with Lyon College President Walter Roettger in her Senate office in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 5. Dr. Roettger was in Washington to attend the annual meeting of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities. Dr. Bube presented professorship chair Dr. Paul Bube, the W. Lewis McColgan Professor of Religion, was presented with an official Lyon College chair at the Faculty Assembly meeting Tuesday. The College began the tradition of awarded the custom-made chairs to endowed professors upon their installation in recent years and retroactively presented one to Dr. Bube, who was appointed to the professorship in 2001. Photo
General Presbyter Branch retiring Lyon President Walter Roettger presents a gift to the Rev. Dr. Bill Branch at a "roast and toast" in the Rev. Branch's honor Friday night in Edwards Commons. The Rev. Branch is retiring as general presbyter of the Presbytery of Arkansas. Lyon College hosted the Presbytery's annual meeting Friday and Saturday. Presbytery helps out Habitat chapter Lyon College students created a cardboard house for the annual meeting of the Presbytery of Arkansas. The Presbytery members brought gifts to help with the construction of the first house by Habitat for Humanity of Independence County. Lyon College students were instrumental in establishing the the Habitat chapter and also will help build the house. Photo
Visiting
writer says telling the truth M. Elaine Mar isn’t afraid to tell the truth. Though personal and painful, it is exactly what she did in her 1999 memoir “Paper Daughter” and her essay “Bi Bi Hua,” which earned a Pushcart Prize in 2003. But it was that truth that cost her a family. Mar is spending six weeks at Lyon College as part of the college’s Visiting Fellowship in Creative Nonfiction winner and sharing her story with students, faculty, staff and the Batesville community. Mar will have a public reading at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19, in Bevens Music Room on the Lyon College campus. The event is free.
Controversial
biologist Tyrone Hayes
Chamber music
concert by Mariposa Lyon College will host a chamber music concert by Mariposa & Friends at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24. The Mariposa duo, Sandra McDonald on violin and Linda Holzer on piano, will present a concert in Bevens Music Room featuring music by Dvorak, Robert Schumann and Clara Schumann. Guest musicians include Susan Brummel Belcher, soprano, and Rafael Leon, cello. Admission is free.
Blevins to
talk about strange murder trial A Stone County murder will be the topic of discussion at a library lecture this month. Dr. Brooks Blevins, Lyon College assistant professor of history, will speak at noon Feb. 27 at the Mabee-Simpson Library. Blevins’ lecture will be “The ‘Arkansas Ghost’ Trial: The Strange Story of the Murder of Connie Franklin.”
Convocation on
academic cheating An expert on academic cheating will share his research on the subject with Lyon College students this month. Dr. Don McCabe, professor of management and global business at Rutgers University, will speak about academic cheating at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 28 in Nucor Auditorium on the Lyon College campus. The event, sponsored by the Convocations Committee, is free and open to the public.
Japan Lecture
Series guest speaker Hello Kitty is an unlikely success story. Launched 30 years ago with no fanfare, the cartoon cat has almost no story or media exposure. Yet with almost no advertising, the two-dimensional cat now churns out half a billion dollars in revenue and is sold in more than 40 countries. Ken Belson, co-author of “Hello Kitty: The Remarkable Story of Sanrio and the Billion Dollar Feline Phenomenon,” will explain how Hello Kitty grew into one of the most recognizable characters in the world in a lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 6, at Sanders Lecture Hall in the Derby Center on the Lyon College campus.
Heasley
Prize winner Lewis Nordan Lewis Nordan, winner of the 2008 Leila Lenore Heasley Prize, will visit Lyon College March 11 for two events. He will participate in a "Writer's Life" interview at 11 a.m. that day in Bevens Music Room. At 7:30 p.m., he will read from his work, also in Bevens. A book signing will follow. Both events are free and open to the public. |
February 18, 2008
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Biologist
Dr. Tyrone Hayes, dubbed "Frog Man" because of his research involving
frogs, will be the guest speaker at a convocation at 7:30 p.m. March 10
in Sanders Lecture Hall in the Derby Center. The program is sponsored by
the College's Convocations Committee. It is open to the public and
admission is free.