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LWC Group Performs at Carnegie Hall A group of Lindsey Wilson College students, faculty and staff participated in the equivalent of the choral Final Four June 29 at Carnegie Hall. The eight LWC students, alumna and faculty member were part of a performance of Antonio Vivaldi’s Gloria on in New York City’s Carnegie Hall. The performance – which merged more than 175 vocalists – was accompanied by the New England Symphonic Ensemble. “The honor of being selected to perform at Carnegie Hall is to the classical musician what winning the Final Four is to a college basketball team,” said LWC Associate Professor of Music and

Religion and Director of Choral Programs Gerald Chafin. “I’m incredibly proud of the hard work and dedication of our choral students to perform at this level of musicianship.” Chafin took six stuGerald Chafin dents to the concert: Molly Atkinson of Louisville, Ky.; Jenny Burdine of Pine Knot, Ky.; Allison Chafin of Columbia; Katelin Frederick of Hustonville, Ky.; Tyler McCubbins of Magnolia, Ky.; and

Josh Stephens of Stearns, Ky. Also performing was alumna Sara Hargis. Currently an LWC admissions counselor, Hargis was a member of the Singers and she participated in the college’s inaugural Carnegie Hall appearance.This was the third time LWC students have performed at Carnegie Hall concert – the other two were in 2002 and ’06. “It is a great deal of work to prepare for this concert, but students discover that it is worth the effort,” Chafin. “It’s an experience they will cherish and remember for the rest of their lives.”

Professor’s book explores 1830 debate

HONORING 60 YEARS OF SERVICE: The LWC community honored four colleagues at a June 16 retirement reception. The four – who gave more than 60 years of service to LWC – retired at the end of the 2008-09 fiscal year. From left: Controller Curtis Slinker, Director of Institutional of Research Steve Sargent, Associate Professor of English Carolyn Keefe and Dining Services Cashier Gladys Baker.

Blue Raider Shuttle Saves Gas, Students Steps International Student Campus Activities Coordinator Dustin Harris (left) and Catie Bilz of the residence life office operate the Blue Raider Shuttle, which was made possible by a gift from Walmart. The 15-passenger van shuttles students twice daily on weekdays and once daily on weekends to the Walmart store in Adair County.

A Lindsey Wilson College professor has published a book about an historic debate in the U.S. Senate that offers a 30-year preview into the causes of the Civil War. In The Webster-Hayne Debate: An Inquiry into the Nature of the Union (University Press of America), Assistant Professor of Das Political Buch Science Stefan M. Brooks explores a January 1830 debate in the U.S. Senate between Robert Hayne of South Carolina and Daniel Webster of Massachusetts. Brooks concludes that the debate reveals the failure of James Madison’s characterization of the Constitution as a “partly federal, partly national” union and the futility of dividing sovereignty between the U.S. government and the states.

Former Professor Honored Students from the Lindsey Wilson College Hazard Community Campus raised money to support a scholarship for one of their campus’ beloved professors. The students sold to special t-shirts to raise money for the Mary Kloth Memorial Scholarship. Kloth taught at LWC’s Hazard Community Campus until her death in 2008; the college’s Mary A. Kloth Center for Professional Counseling Services in Hazard is named in her memory. Students from the Hazard Community Campus presented LWC Alumni Director Randy Burns one of the special t-shirts June 27 in Robert D. Cranmer

Dining & Conference Center. From left: Whitney Lowe of Red Fox, Ky.; Sheila Cornett of Beattyville, Ky.; Burns; Freda Wiseman of Hazard, Ky.; Billie Adams of Hyden, Ky.; and Debra Godsey of Bulan, Ky. They were part of a group of 55 students from the Southern Appalachian Region’s five community campuses who visited the A.P. White Campus on June 27.

Freshmen Read ‘This I Believe’ TOP: Award-winning journalist Dan Gediman (right) displays a Lindsey Wilson College mug and tshirt given to him Aug. 17 by LWC Director of Library Services Phil Hanna. BOTTOM: Gediman speaks to an crowd of more than 250 people in the Norma and Glen Hodge Center for Discipleship about This I Believe series. Gediman revived the classic radio series, started by legendary journalist Edward R. Murrow, in 2004. The program has been aired on NPR and on Bob Edwards’ satellite and public radio show. This school year, LWC freshmen are reading This I Believe as part of a shared experience in the “Freshman Seminar” class. For more information about This I Believe go to: thisibelieve.org.

Four named Begley Scholars

New John B. Begley Scholars pose with LWC Chancellor John B. Begley. From left: Rachel Carr of Danville, Ky.; Kendall Sewell of Somerset, Ky.; Begley; Lorna Heaton of Liverpool, England; and Katie Easton of Crestwood, Ky.

Three incoming freshmen and one returning senior have been named John B. Begley Scholars. The scholarship – worth more than $25,000 a year – is the Lindsey Wilson College’s most prestigious. The three freshmen named to the program are: Rachel McKenzie Carr of Danville, Ky., Katie Easton of Crestwood, Ky., and William Kendall Sewell of Somerset, Ky. Lorna Heaton of Liverpool, England, is the returning student. Carr, Easton and Sewell were chosen from more than 85 high school seniors from Kentucky, Indiana and Tennessee who were invited to compete for the scholarship last winter. Heaton was chosen from among more than 1,000 returning students. Carr, a 2009 graduate of Boyle County High School, plans to major at secondary education. Easton, a 2009 South Oldham High School graduate, plans to major at biology to prepare for pharmacy school. Sewell, a 2009 Southwestern High School graduate, plans to major in secondary education in English. Heaton is a mathematics senior and a member of the women’s soccer team, where she is a defender.

More on YouTube … To watch interviews with the new Begley Scholars, go to the LWC YouTube page: www.youtube.com/lwcpublicrelations. Search: “Begley Scholars.”