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Guest Poet, Juan Morales presents, “Zombie Wave Conversations and Investigations of the Undead.” This event will be Monday, March 19th @ 6pm in WZ 132. This event is sponsored by Mindful Explorations, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, and The Writers Club. Check out the poster for information on this event and other Zombie Events!

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Our Art Gallery was featured in he latest edition of Homepages. Click here to read the article.

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Fine Arts Adjunct, Pam Bliss has created a mural for the Arts Council of Indianapolis. Bliss was commissioned by the Arts Council to create the mural for the Superbowl. Read the full article here: Super Bowl’s a good excuse for public art

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Duane Lundy, assistant professor of psychology, recently had his manuscript entitled “Critiquing the Critics: Statistical Analysis of Music Critics’ Rating Distributions as a Measure of Individual Refinement” selected for publication in Empirical Studies of the Arts, expected to be published in 2012.

In the manuscript, Lundy evaluates rating behavior among modern music critics, using a previously compiled database that randomly sampled 352 different critics’ ratings of more than 15,000 albums. He used potential quantitative markers of rating refinement by analyzing frequency distributions of album ratings.

Lundy found critics’ ratings as a group to be roughly normally distributed, but individual critics varied widely in rating behavior, as evidenced by both visual inspection of histograms and related statistics, such as skewness, kurtosis, z-score ranges, and Kolmogorov-Smirnov calculations. Precision remains an area in need of improvement among all critics, with the rating scales varying between only 10-20 percent precision, and ceiling effects with somewhat negatively skewed distributions occurring among some critics.

Jerome Mahaffey, associate professor of communication studies, has a new book, The Accidental Revolutionary: George Whitefield and the Creation of America, by Baylor University Press. The book is a biography on George Whitefield, an influential minister in America from 1740 to 1770.

Previously, Mahaffey compiled 15 years of research on George Whitefield into his book, Preaching Politics: The Religious Rhetoric of George Whitefield and the Founding of a New Nation, released in October 2007.

This new book, The Accidental Revolutionary, discusses Whitefield’s participation and preaching during the Great Awakening, particularly on gospel conversion. In this biography, Mahaffey moves beyond Whitefield’s colonial celebrity to show how his rhetoric and ministry worked for freedom, situating Whitefield alongside the most revolutionary founders. As this Anglican revivalist traveled among the colonies, he delivered exhilarating sermons deeply saturated with political implications – freedom from oppression, civil justice, and communal cooperation. Whitefield helped to encourage in his listeners a longing for a new, uniquely American nationalism.

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Indiana University East hosted its Annual High School Speech Tournament on December 10 in Whitewater Hall. Warren Central High School was the team sweepstakes champion. Over 200 students from 14 Indiana regional high schools competed in 14 events.

High schools competing in the speech tournament included:

•    Anderson High School
•    Ben Davis High School
•    Burris Laboratory School
•    Centerville High School
•    Connersville High School
•    Greensburg High School
•    Lakeland High School
•    New Castle High School
•    Perry Meridian High School
•    Richmond High School
•    South Side High School
•    Southport High School
•    Tri Junior-Senior High School
•    Warren Central/Walker Career Center High School

Warren Central High School was awarded the first place trophy in team sweepstakes followed by Ben Davis in second; Southport in third; South Side in fourth; and New Castle in fifth. Results for each category are listed below.

IU East offered 16 students $800 Red Wolves Scholarships for placing first in each of 14 different speech events. Students also won IU East t-shirts as door prizes.

“The IU East Annual High School Speech Tournament was a huge success for the Communication Studies Department, School of Humanities and Social Sciences and IU East campus. We doubled the number of schools participating since our rescheduled tournament in February 2011. The number of high school student competitors grew from around 80 to over 200,” said Elvinet Piard, assistant professor of Communication Studies at IU East. Piard, event chair, and area coaches, Susie Hittson and Holly Hathaway, organized the tournament.

A video recorded by IU East communication major Seth Bumbalough showed the high school competitors practicing in hallways and introducing themselves. The video played during the awards ceremony.

“I am grateful for the support of Dean Katherine Frank, Chris Hardie, Rob Zinkan, Holly Hathaway, Susan Hittson, Kathy Shroyer, Michelle King, Molly Vanderpool, Sarah Soper, Martina Chomel and her staff at the Den, the Campus Police Department, Physical Facilities staff, and still others who collaborated to help make this event a success. I hope that we can continue to host this major event as a way to enrich the campus and our surrounding communities through the power of voice,” Piard said.

Several of the faculty from the School of Humanities and Social Sciences volunteered to be informal reviewers, providing written critiques of students’ speech performances in several rounds including Dean Katherine Frank, Julien Simon, assistant professor of World Languages and Cultures, and Denise Bullock, associate professor of Sociology. Communication Studies faculty Jerome Mahaffey, associate professor, Natalia Rybas, assistant professor, and Joe Kaiser, adjunct professor, served as formal judges during the event.

Sponsors for the 2011 High School Speech Tournament included Summersault, the IU East School of Humanities and Social Sciences, IU East Office of External Affairs, Office of Admissions, and Office of Financial Aid.

To explore sponsorship needs or to receive information about the 2012 High School Speech tournament, contact Elvinet Piard, IU East assistant professor of Communication Studies, at (765) 973-8425 or elsawils@iue.edu.

Tournament Results Listed by Category
Team Sweepstakes
Warren Central High School, 194 points
Ben Davis High School, 132 points
Southport High School, 75 points
South Side High School, 75 points *Place based on number of 3rd place rankings overall
New Castle High School, 56 points

Original Oratory
Emily Hancock, Warren Central, First Place, $800 Red Wolves Scholarship
Frank Bonner, Ben Davis, Second Place
Laura Norris, New Castle, Third Place
Johnny Young, Warren Central, Fourth Place
Zach Gay, Ben Davis, Fifth Place
Sean Moore, Ben Davis, Sixth Place
Kayla Williamson, Warren Central, Seventh Place
Caitlin Kee, Ben Davis, Eighth Place
Dani Young, Perry Meridian, Ninth Place

Duo Interpretation (Memorized)
Luke Brahm and Frank Bonner, Ben Davis, First Place, $800 Red Wolves Scholarships
Chica Ketterman and Jasmin Ketterman, Warren Central, Second Place
Michael Whiteside and Staja Jones, Ben Davis, Third Place
Christopher Spalding and Gabey Walburn, South Side, Fourth Place
Tabith Espiritu and L. Grace Espiritu, New Castle, Fifth Place
Amanda Koger and Emily Richey, New Castle, Sixth Place
Harshil Patel and Hannah Sullivan, Southport, Seventh Place
Brittany Crist and Olivia Butz, Greensburg, Eighth Place
Rhiannon Sheridan and Maria Mancourt, Perry Meridian, Ninth Place
Gabby Sandefer and Bailey Norris, Perry Meridian, Tenth Place

Radio Broadcasting
Christian Suau, Tri Junior-Senior High, $800 Red Wolves Scholarship
Brett Roll, Warren Central, Second Place
Cody Foster, Southport, Third Place
Logan Hunt, Warren Central, Fourth Place
Chad Rowe, New Castle, Fifth Place
Jenna Casale, Ben Davis, Sixth Place
Harshil Patel, Southport, Seventh Place
Madeleine Schulenberg, South Side, Eighth Place
Justin Newhall, Connersville, Ninth Place
Allison Bryant, Centerville, Tenth Place

International Extemporaneous Speaking
Adrian Wolanski, Warren Central, First Place, $800 Red Wolves Scholarship
Alanna Heath, Southport, Second Place
Molly Moore, Warren Central, Third Place
Austin Lewellen, South Side, Fourth Place
Sam Robinson, Perry Meridian, Fifth Place
Abiola Awosanya, Southport, Sixth Place
Kaitlin Wells, Walker Career, Seventh Place
Emily Cash, Perry Meridian, Eighth Place
Megan Blottie, Perry Meridian, Nine Place
Megan Clecak, Warren Central, Tenth Place

Original Performance
L. Grace Espiritu, New Castle, First Place, $800 Red Wolves Scholarship
Jacob Bullock and Rebekah Hodge, Warren Central, Second Place
Addie Runkel and Clay Walker, Warren Central, Third Place
Sean Moore, Ben Davis, Fourth Place
Jenna Klinedinst, South Side, Fifth Place
Ayanna Sanders, Warren Central, Sixth Place
Hannah Williams, Perry Meridian, Seventh Place
Jennifer Stickney, Perry Meridian, Eighth Place
Scott Brown and Trevor Sowder, Greensburg, Ninth Place
Aubrey Mackprang and Cheyenee Duncan-Stricker, Greensburg, Tenth Place

Dramatic Interpretation
Emily Jetmore, Richmond, First Place, $800 Red Wolves Scholarship
Christopher Spalding, South Side, Second Place
Joseph Ridenour, Ben Davis, Third Place
Mary Donnelly, South Side, Fourth Place
Gabby Sandefer, Perry Meridian, Fifth Place
Abby Oliver, Tri Junior-Senior High School, Sixth Place
Robert Van Dyke, South Side, Seventh Place
Chelsea Woody, New Castle, Eighth Place
Alaina Page, Ben Davis, Ninth Place
Tyler King, Richmond, Tenth Place

Oratorical Declamation
Jacob Bullock, Warren Central, First Place, $800 Red Wolves Scholarship
Dyrek Chowning,Warren Central, Second Place
Jocelyn Teliz, Warren Central, Third Place
Rebekah Hodge, Warren Central, Fourth Place
Damon Horn, Warren Central, Fifth Place
Laura Norris, New Castle, Sixth Place
Evangaline Wolanski, Walker Career, Seventh Place
Shawn Scott, Ben Davis, Eighth Place
Monica Guzman, Ben Davis, Ninth Place

Humorous Interpretation
Isaac Beauchamp, Warren Central, First Place, $800 Red Wolves Scholarship
Jess Weyrauch, Warren Central, Second Place
Michael Whiteside, Ben Davis, Third Place
Stephen Lentz, Connersville, Fourth Place
Ann Schnabel, Perry Meridian, Fifth Place
Allison Downing, Warren Central, Sixth Place
Robert Van Dyke, South Side, Seventh Place
Gina Milano, Connersville, Eighth Place
Emily Lambert, Perry Meridian, Ninth Place
Sarah Martin, Greensburg, Tenth Place

Duo Interpretation (Scripted)
Morgan Doucleff and Christa Szilagyi, Warren Central, First Place, $800 Red Wolves Scholarships
Elias Atkinson and Jordan McGraw, Connersville, Second Place
Hayden Weisinger and Kyle Johnson, Warren Central, Third Place
Imani Rameses and Rachel Daugherty, Walker Career, Fourth Place
Brittany Davis and Shaquoan Kelley, Ben Davis, Fifth Place
Codee Wallace and Shelbi Thomas, Lakeland, Sixth Place
Kerri Bowman and Madison Long, South Side, Seventh Place
Alexis Doddridge and Samie Olive, Centerville, Eighth Place
Abby O’Neal and Kady Betts, Centerville, Ninth Place
Alexis Sheets and Madelyn Kinyon, Richmond, Tenth Place

Discussion
Breanna Dobbins, Ben Davis, First Place, $800 Red Wolves Scholarship
Eddie Barnes, Warren Central, Second Place
Michael Brand, Richmond, Third Place
Danielle Graves, Warren Central, Fourth Place
Karly Hicke, Perry Meridian, Fifth Place
Sydney Johnson, Ben Davis, Sixth Place
Brice Koetter, Southport, Seventh Place
Conlin Durbin, Greensburg, Eighth Place
Nick Douglas, Warren Central, Ninth Place
Taylor Martin, Anderson, Tenth Place

U.S. Extemporaneous Speaking
Riley Gonya, Burris, First Place, $800 Red Wolves Scholarship
Joseph Marquardt, Warren Central, Second Place
Tanner Musser, Southport, Third Place
Rachael Samm, Southport, Fourth Place
Mitchel Lewis, Southport, Fifth Place
Chad Rowe, New Castle, Sixth Place
Adam Miller, South Side, Seventh Place
Ismael Aldave, South Side, Eighth Place
Jared Beatley, Southport, Ninth Place
Ben Bailey, New Castle, Tenth Place

Prose
Michael Grady, Lakeland, First Place, $800 Red Wolves Scholarship
Ben Hynds, Warren Central, Second Place
Briana Weaver, Walker Central, Third Place
Sunny Atwal, Ben Davis, Fourth Place
Chelsea Woody, New Castle, Fifth Place
Rachel Daugherty, Walker Central, Sixth Place
Felicia Nicholson, Connersville, Seventh Place
Chris Adkins, Warren Central, Eighth Place
William Patterson, Warren Central, Ninth Place
Jordan McGraw, Connersville, Tenth Place

Impromptu Speaking
Riley Gonya, Burris, First Place, $800 Red Wolves Scholarship
Tucker Hime, Greensburg, Second Place
Alanna Heath, Southport, Third Place
Austin Lewellen, South Side, Fourth Place
Rachael Samm, Southport, Fifth Place
Kaleb Morris, Burris, Sixth Place
Tanner Musser, Southport, Seventh Place
Emily Maier, Tri Junior-Senior High School, Eighth Place
Autumn Ault, South Side, Ninth Place
Johnny Young, Warren Central, Tenth Place

Poetry Reading
Staja Jones, Ben Davis, First Place, $800 Red Wolves Scholarship
Sunny Atwal, Ben Davis, Second Place
Norene Mamani, South Side, Third Place
Samantha Young, Burris, Fourth Place
Felicia Nicholson, Connersville, Fifth Place
Alaina Page, Ben Davis, Sixth Place
Justice Blakely, Ben Davis, Seventh Place
Samie Olive, Centerville, Eighth Place
Emily Ball, Centerville, Ninth Place
Caitlin Davis, New Castle, Tenth Place

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Jean Harper, associate professor of English, has been awarded a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for writing (prose). The fellowship will support work on her book, Horses and Divorces.

The fellowship is designed to give writers the time and freedom to pursue their work; the creative writing fellowships are the NEA’s most direct investment in America’s artists. Harper is the only person in Indiana to receive the fellowship in literature for this year.

“Receiving a NEA Fellowship is a huge honor, and I’m incredibly thrilled to receive this,” Harper said. “ I am very grateful to Indiana University East for all the support I’ve been given over the years to do the work of writing that enabled me to earn this fellowship.”

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Indiana University East announced the Top Eleven Award and Purchase Award recipients during the Whitewater Valley Annual Art Competition reception held October 26.

This year’s competition was juried by Katherine Sherwood, a professor at UC Berkeley in the art department and the Disability Studies Program. The competition accepts entries from artists throughout a 300-mile radius around Richmond.

The Whitewater Valley Annual Art Competition exhibit in The Gallery and Meijer Artway, located in Whitewater Hall, is open now through December 9. A full list of entrants to the exhibit is available on the IU East Media Relations website.

Visitors are welcome to view the exhibit during gallery hours, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. For more information, call Ed Thornburg, gallery curator, at (765) 973-8605 or visit iue.edu/gallery.

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Elliott McKinley, assistant professor of music and music program coordinator, knows that his work as a composer will ultimately enhance the learning experience of his students in the classroom. Active as a professional composer, he has composed music that has been performed throughout the United States, Canada and Europe.
“My experiences as a composer and a musician come back to the classroom directly, giving students an idea of what it is like to work as a professional in the field,” McKinley said. McKinley recently released a new CD recording, “String Quartets,” through Navona Records and distributed by Naxos. The CD features three string quartets composed over a 10-year period by McKinley. The Martinů String Quartet of Prague commissioned and premiered each of these quartets and is also the performing ensemble on the CD. One of these quartets, McKinley’s sixth quartet, had its recording supported by an IU East Faculty Research Support Grant in 2009.

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Three of HSS students presented at the Indiana College English Association (ICEA) annual conference, October 7, at Anderson University, in Anderson, Indiana. The students and their presentations were: Zack Bishop (“Road Not Maintained”); Hillary Cameron (“Judged, Beaten, and Loved”), and Christina Persson (“Human Recreation and its Effect on the Environment”). Zack and Christina’s presentations grew out of work supported by the Summer Research Scholars program; Hillary’s presentation is part of her current work on her honors thesis.

The theme for this year’s conference was “Spiritus Loci” (spirit of place). The conference drew presenters and attendees from four states, and featured Scott Russell Sanders, IU Bloomington Professor Emeritus, as the keynote speaker.

In addition, this year Jean Harper, Associate Professor of English, was the recipient of the Teacher/Scholar of the Year award for 2011 by ICEA. This competitive award is given annually, and recipients are selected by the Board of Directors of ICEA.

The Indiana College English Association is a professional organization equally dedicated to scholarship and to teaching. One of twenty regional affiliates of the College English Association, the ICEA welcomes faculty, students, independent scholars and creative writers who are interested in contributing to scholarship, teaching, and literary culture.

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Communication Studies faculty are proud to announce that two of their most recent graduates Bruce Morgan, and 2011 Chancellor’s Scholar, Kimbra Shoop were recently accepted into competitive graduate programs in Communication. Bruce Morgan graduated with a BA in Communication Studies in May 2011 and was recently accepted into the Master’s in Integrated Marketing Communication program at West Virginia University to begin January 2012. Kimbra Shoop who also earned her BA in Communication Studies in May 2011 was accepted and has already begun pursuing graduate studies in health communication since August 2011 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Both students were strongly supported by letters of recommendation from Communication faculty Elvinet Piard, Natalia Rybas and Jerome Mahaffey.

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