Assistant Football Coach Drew Owens Takes Part in Football Camp Benefiting Cancer Research

HIRAM, OHIO  –  Hiram College Assistant Football Coach Drew Owens recently took part in the inaugual Lauren’s First and Goal Football Camp that benefited pediatric brain cancer research held on the campus of Otterbein College in Columbus on June 27.

Owens was one of several coaches to participate from all over the country that also included Ohio State Head Football Coach Jim Tressel.  Nearly 400 high school student-athletes took part in the camp and helped raise over $20,000 for pediatric brain tumor research.

Lauren´s First and Goal is a non-profit organization, a labor of love started in 2004 by John and Marianne Loose in honor of their daughter, Lauren, a 13-year-old pediatric brain tumor survivor. Since its inception, LFG has raised more than $1 million toward its mission to provide financial support for brain tumor research and cancer services, to offer financial and emotional support to families living with pediatric cancer, and to increase awareness of the disease.

For more information about the camp and pediatric brain tumor research, please click here.

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INAUGURAL FOOTBALL CAMP RAISES MORE THAN $20,000 FOR PEDIATRIC BRAIN TUMOR RESEARCH
Otterbein College Hosted Almost 400 High School Players at Lauren’s First and Goal Football Camp

WESTERVILLE, OHIO (June 28, 2010) – Ohio State head coach Jim Tressel and almost 400 high school student-athletes helped to raise more than $20,000 for pediatric brain tumor research during the inaugural Lauren’s First and Goal Football Camp at Otterbein College on Sunday, June 27.

All proceeds from the camp benefit Lauren’s First and Goal Foundation whose mission is to provide financial support for brain tumor research and cancer services, to offer financial and emotional support to families living with pediatric cancer, and to increase awareness of the disease.

“Having worked previously on the East Coast, I knew about Lauren’s First and Goal, about how big it had grown, and what it stood for,” said Otterbein head football coach Joe Loth. “It was a great privilege for our school and coaching staff to host this event at Otterbein.”

The one-day football camp welcomed players from 190 different high schools and nine states for a day of offensive and defensive instruction from more than 75 volunteer college coaches. In addition, Coach Tressel was the featured guest speaker and addressed the campers during lunch time. He also spent time visiting with several pediatric oncology patients from Nationwide Children’s Hospital and their families.

“The community at Otterbein College, especially Coach (Joe) Loth and Coach (Allan) Moore, were tremendous and went out of their way to help make this camp a success in its first year,” said John Loose, who created Lauren’s First and Goal Foundation in honor of his 13-year-old daughter Lauren, a pediatric brain tumor survivor. “Having Coach Tressel there was unbelievable, from the time he spent with the oncology patients to talking to the campers.”

Earlier this month, the foundation hosted its seventh annual camp at Lafayette College in Easton, Pa. Nearly 1,700 student-athletes donated more than $67,000 as part of that event. The camps raise money through a $30 registration fee for each student-athlete as well as non-camper donations.

For the year, Lauren’s First and Goal Foundation has received nearly $250,000 in donations, including a $100,000 gift from the Center for Special Needs Trust Administration. The foundation has now raised more than $1 million since its creation in 2004. Of every dollar received, the foundation donates 90 cents toward the fight against pediatric brain tumors.

More information about the camps and the foundation is available at www.laurensfirstandgoal.org.

Swimming and Diving Coach Jack Groselle Records Continued Success in U.S. Masters Swimming This Past Spring

HIRAM, OHIO  –  Hiram College Head Swimming and Diving Coach Jack Groselle continued his success in United States Masters Swimming this past spring that saw him win a combined 17 individual and relay events over the course of two months.

Groselle began his run at the 2010 YMCA Masters Nationals in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. on Apr. 15-18.  During the four-day event, he won every event he competed in that included eight individual races and five relays.  He also claimed two U.S. Masters records.  Groselle won individual titles in the 50-yard freestyle (23.03 seconds), 100-yard free (49.24 seconds), 200-yard free (1:49.76), 50-yard breaststroke (29.00 seconds), 100-yard breast (1:04.02), 200-yard breast (2:20.33), 100-yard individual medley (57.98 seconds) and the 200-yard IM (2:08.83).  His mark in the 200-yard free was a U.S. Masters record.  Groselle then teamed up to capture a combined five relays (three men’s and two mixed gender).  He was part of a winning team that posted a time of 1:35.94 in the 200-yard free relay, 3:29.84 in the 400-yard free relay and 1:48.75 in the 200-yard medley relay.  The combined time in the 400-yard free relay was also a U.S. Masters record.  Groselle then went on to capture titles in the mixed 200-yard free relay (1:46.98) and the mixed 200-yard medley relay (2:03.29).

Groselle then moved on to the  2010 U.S. Masters Swim Short Course Championships held at the Olympic Pool in Atlanta, Ga. from May 20-23.  During the the four-day event, he racked up four individual event wins, including posting one national record, and placed second in two additional events.  Groselle took home titles in the 100-yard free (49.00 seconds), 200-yard free (1:50.29), 100-yard breast (1:02.04) and 100-yard IM (57.29 seconds).  His time in the 200-yard free was a USMS national record.  In addition, Groselle went on to place second in the 50-yard breast (28.70 seconds) and 50-yard free (22.46 seconds) events.

In the month of June, Groselle competed for the first time in waterpolo at the Waterpolo Nationals in San Diego where his team finished third overall.

“This has been a very exciting couple months and a lot of fun swimming and playing waterpolo,” said Groselle.  “Each time I compete, it becomes a very memorable experience which always keeps me wanting to be successful.”

Fiske Guide to Colleges 2011 Includes Hiram College

In the life of high school seniors and their parents, finding colleges that match all their needs, including personality, location, size, and tuition, can be a daunting task with more than 2,200 four-year colleges in the United States.

For more than 25 years, students and their families have looked to The Fiske Guide to Colleges to help make the most intelligent educational investment they can. The revised and updated 2011 edition of The Fiske Guide to Colleges by Edward B. Fiske features over 300 of the country’s best and most interesting colleges and universities.

Hiram College is featured in this year’s updated edition.

The Fiske Guide to Colleges 2011 is fiercely independent. The Fiske Guide accepts no consulting, advertising, or other fees from colleges and has no outside relationship with colleges working on its behalf. The Fiske Guide’s only goal is to help future students select the best colleges to reach their own goals.

The Fiske Guide among several national publications to recognize the exemplary residential liberal arts college experience Hiram offers. Hiram College is featured in the Princeton Review’s Best Colleges, Forbes Magazine’s America’s Best Colleges, and Loren Pope’s Colleges That Change Lives.

About the Author:

Edward B. Fiske served for 17 years as Education Editor of the New York Times, during which time he realized that college-bound students and their families needed better information on which to base their educational choices. He wrote The Fiske Guide to Colleges to help them. He co-wrote, along with Bruce G. Hammond, The Fiske Guide to Nailing the SAT, as well as Fiske What to do When for College and The Fiske Guide to Getting into the Right College.

Twenty Years of Literature and Medicine Celebrated at Alumni Weekend

During Alumni Weekend, the Center for Literature, Medicine and Biomedical Humanities celebrated its 20^th anniversary by hosting a discussion and performance of E.M. Forster’s “The Machine Stops.” About 40 alumni attended the celebration.

Elizabeth (MacLeod) Walls ’96, an E.M. Forster Scholar, began the discussion with a brief history of E.M. Forster’s life and his ideals around the time he was writing “The Machine Stops” in 1909. She talked about Forster’s worries of losing human contact and interaction as the technological revolution was taking place. In many of his stories, he mentions the term “only connect” which can be found in “The Machine Stops” as well.

The introduction was then followed by a performance directed by Brittany Jackson ‘04, assistant director of the Center. Four alumni, Daniel Safko ‘09, Sarah Polly ‘10, Laura Ross ‘04, and Jackson, performed Eric Coble’s adaptation of “The Machine Stops,” with the assistance of current student Cara Battaglia ‘12.

Following the performance, Walls and Colleen Fried, professor of chemistry, director of the Center, and the Herbert L. and Pauline Wentz Chair of Biomedical Humanities, led those in attendance in discussion about the nuances and implications of the story and play and what bearing it has on today’s society that is focused on cell phones, texting and Facebook.

Photos from this event can be found here.

For more information about this performance or the Center for Literature, Medicine and Biomedical Humanities, please contact Brittany Jackson at 330.569.5380 or JacksonB1@hiram.edu.

Football Welcomes New Faces to 2010 Squad

HIRAM, OHIO  –  The Hiram College football coaching staff welcomes the newest members of its 2010 football squad.  Below is a list of newcoming players that have committed to the program this fall.  The list of players is accurate as of 6/23/10 and will be updated as new players are added.

2010 Newcomers

No.	Name	Yr	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	Hometown (High School)
	Michael Arnold	FR	WR	6-3	180	Fairview Park (Fairview)
	Eric Barrow	FR	FB	5-9	205	Philadelphia, Pa. (Olney West)
	Darrio Bivens	FR	RB/DB	5-9	175	Youngstown (Campbell Memorial)
	Maxwell Bohon	JR	QB	5-9	175	Worthington (Thomas Worthington)
	Matthew Bryan	FR	WR	5-8	170	Painesville (Lake Catholic)
	Jesse Burns	FR	LB	5-9	195	Windham
	Joshua Colo	FR	WR	5-10	180	Painesville (Thomas Harvey)
	Eric Deal	FR	LB	5-11	190	Berlin Center (Western Reserve)
	Anthony Dutton	FR	QB/LB	5-8	170	Girard (Liberty)
	Daniel Fanzo	FR	OL	5-11	265	Boardman (Chaney)
	William Fowler	FR	DE	6-1	215	Leavittsburg (Lebrae Local)
	Robert Garnes	FR	RB	5-8	170	Washington, D.C. (Chelsea)
	Vincent Gerace	JR	QB	5-10	170	Lorain (Southview)
	Jacob Guzzetti	FR	DE	6-0	225	East Palestine
	Isaiah Gwynn	FR	WR/DB	5-10	165	Painesville (Thomas Harvey)
	Bradley Hager	FR	DL	6-0	260	Ravenna
	Rico Hinton	FR	WR/DB	5-11	165	Akron (Buchtel)
	Brendon James	FR	WR	6-2	180	Brunswick
	Caleb Jones	FR	RB	5-9	170	Lake Placid, Fla. (Lake Placid)
	William Kelly	FR	WR	6-1	170	Youngstown (Canfield)
	Chase Laudato	FR	DB	5-10	180	Brunswick
	Raymond Leek	SO	DL	6-1	265	Alliance
	Jonathan Lightell	FR	DL	6-1	230	Naples, Fla. (Golden Gate)
	Christopher Limperos	FR	OL	6-3	270	Warren (Harding)
	Gabriel Lister	FR	WR	5-9	170	Kingsville (Edgewood)
	Nicholas Lucariello	FR	DB	5-10	170	Niles (McKinley)
	Jeremy Madden	FR	OL	6-1	260	Ravenna (Roosevelt)
	Zachary Martin	FR	TE/DE	6-2	225	El Dorado Hills, Calif. (Oak Ridge)
	Sean McBean	FR	OL	6-1	275	Geneva on the Lake (Geneva)
	Jared Milne	FR	OL/DL	6-0	220	Middleburg Heights (Midpark)
	Joshua Miranda	FR	DB	6-1	175	McAllen, Texas (Memorial)
	Joshua Peacock	FR	DB	6-2	175	Carson City, Nev. (Carson)
	Paul Pountney	FR	QB	5-10	170	Chesterland (West Geauga)
	Tanner Redden	FR	WR	5-11	175	Cape Coral, Fla. (Bishop Verot)
	Joseph Richissin	FR	OL	6-3	265	Brunswick
	Jacob Rumberger	FR	LB	5-11	180	Sebring (West Branch)
	Matthew Russell	FR	OL	6-3	270	Cape Coral, Fla. (Cape Coral)
	Nayef Shean	FR	LB	6-1	215	Lakewood
	Richard Simpson	FR	WR	5-11	180	Kissimmee, Fla. (Gateway)
	Clark Thompson	FR	DL	5-10	275	Warren (Harding)
	Andrej Vogel	FR	LB	5-10	180	Willoughby (Lake Catholic)
	Robert Warth	FR	LB	6-2	190	Gallipolis Ferry, W. Va. (Hannan)
	Kyle Watts	FR	TE	6-2	190	Naples, Fla. (Golden Gate)
	Michael White	FR	WR/DB	5-10	175	Atwater (Waterloo)
	Zachery Whitmore	FR	LB	5-11	180	Cuyahoga Falls
	Tyler Williams	FR	RB/DB	6-1	195	Ravenna (Rootstown)

 

FOR MORE INFORMATION, please contact Hiram College Sports Information Director Jeff Hoedt by phone at (330) 569-5495, by FAX at (330) 569-5495, or by email at hoedtjm@hiram.edu.

Symposium to Honor 20th Anniversary of the Center for Literature, Medicine and Biomedical Humanities

Hiram College’s Center for Literature, Medicine and Biomedical Humanities will be celebrating its 20th anniversary and its founders, Dr. Carol Donley and Dr. Martin Kohn, at a symposium on July 16 and 17, 2010. The symposium, titled “The Role of Narrative in Science and Medicine: 1990 – 2010,” will feature two days of discussion, writing workshops, entertainment, lectures and more.

Events include:

• A workshop on creative writing in clinical settings with Rita Charon, professor of clinical medicine at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University and director of the program in narrative medicine,
• Dinner, a lecture and a book signing by Richard Preston, author of “The Hot Zone,”
• A keynote address given by Charon,
• A performance of “Luis” by Verb Ballets,
• And a dinner to honor Donley and Kohn.

Registration is required for most events. Interested participants can register online until July 9, 2010. Other symposium details can also be read on the Center’s website, including a full schedule of events, a list of event costs, biographies of the speakers and anniversary honorees and information on the Carol Donley Scholarship in Literature and Medicine.

The Center was originally founded as The Center for Literature, Medicine and Health Care Professions, a collaborative project of Hiram and the Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy (NEOUCOM), in 1990.

For more information about the symposium, contact Brittany Jackson at 330.569.5380 or JacksonB1@hiram.edu.

Vote for Hiram Farm – $50,000 Grant From Pepsi

Only one week left to vote!!

Hiram Farm Living and Learning Community Hiram Farm needs to build a program/administration building to support its farm-based vocational programs for adults with autism. With your help, a big chunk of that funding might come from Pepsi. Hiram Farm’s Pepsi Refresh Grant Request is online – and the farm needs your vote!

Go to www.refresheverything.com/hiramfarm to vote. If you haven’t already, create a profile (don’t worry, it’s free), then vote for Hiram Farm’s project. You can vote once daily through June 30,2010. So please vote, and spread the word to others, as well. If Hiram Farm gets enough votes, Pepsi will donate $50,000 for the farm to construct its building.

Hiram Farm Living and Learning Community is a nonprofit organization that provides opportunities for people with autism spectrum disorder to grow, learn, work, and live in a setting focused on respect and support for individuals and the environment. The farm’s mission centers on farm activities such as animal care, vegetable gardening, crop harvesting, and general farm maintenance. It involves the entire community in meeting its mission.

To view a Youtube video on Hiram Farm and its hopeful building project, click here.

For more information on Hiram Farm, click here.

“Hiram Reads” About All Kinds of Books

Looking for some summer reading? Not sure if you’ll like a certain book? Why not find out what other Hiram community members think?

Simply visit “Hiram Reads,” a blog where Hiram community members write and share book reviews.

The blog was recently resurrected by Jessica Olin, information literacy/instruction librarian, as a place for Hiram students, alumni, faculty, staff and community members to talk about books.

If you’re interested in writing a book review for the blog, please contact Olin at OlinJR@hiram.edu.

Time to Eat, Drink, and be Merry

Late in the afternoon on Saturday, June 19, a crowd of several hundred gathered on the campus green for the All-Alumni Reception and Awards Ceremony, before heading off to all corners of the campus for reunion dinners.

Aside from visiting, reconnecting, eating and drinking, the event also served to honor our Alumni Award winners.

Lifelong Leadership Award: Elizabeth Cupp ’51. Elizabeth has contributed to the new recreational building, contributed monies for books for the nursing college – given in the name of her mother, who was a Hiram graduate and nurse, and her Aunt, who also was a Hiram graduate and librarian. She delivers Meals on Wheels, sings in the church choir, directs the youth hand-bell ringers at the church, volunteers at the Geauga Park District and she and her dog have been certified for pet therapy.

Alumni Achievement Award: Anne (Vainer) Najeway ’80. Anne has made a commitment to education and learning. She serves numerous organizations, including the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development; the Baldwin-Wallace College Graduate Education Alumni/Student Association; Council for Exceptional Children; Ohio Association of Pupil Services Administrators; Summit County Children Who Witness Violence Program; and is a member of Barberton Noon Kiwanis; the Barberton Red Cross board of directors; the Camp Y-Noah advisory board; the East Akron YMCA advisory board; and Junior Achievement board of directors.

Volunteer Award: Sheryl Buckley ’68. Sheryl, a retired anesthesiologist, has spent decades giving back to Hiram. She is a board of trustees member and teaches in the Weekend College. Two years ago, she offered to help chair her Hiram reunion. She endorsed multiple communication pieces that went out encouraging her classmates to attend – helping make it one of Hiram’s largest attended 40th reunions to date. Sheryl is always willing to serve as a resource for Hiram students, hosting a student for job shadowing or serving as a medical resource for the nursing program. She serves on the board of The Center for Literature, Medicine, and Biomedical Humanities, and is a member of Hiram’s Women’s Council, which provides annual scholarships to Hiram.

Recent Graduate Service to Humanity: Sandra Lisko ’07 (WEC). Sandra is involved in many community causes, including serving as the committee chair for the past 12 years for The American Cancer Society Trumbull Relay for Life. She volunteers and serves as the coordinator for several other events including The American Heart Association annual Heart Walk and Caring for Our Community’s Kids Identi-Kit program. She is a board member for Trumbull Mobile Meals, Trumbull Art Gallery and the Hiram College Alumni Executive Board. She has volunteered for Habitat for Humanity, the Walk to Cure Juvenile Diabetes and is a neighborhood volunteer for muscular dystrophy causes, the American Heart Association and the American Cancer Society.

Thrill of the Grill

Of course, Alumni Weekend is all about reunions and reconnecting and revisiting old friends. But let’s be honest. It’s also all about the food. AVI went above and beyond providing scrumptious meals for us, but they’re not alone. Our own alumna and local chef Anne Haynam ’88 not only fed the hikers at the morning’s Trail Mix gathering at the Field Station, she also prepared a grilling extravagance for lunch, accompanied by Jim Scher ’88 and his story (and samples) of his Pepper Mustard.

Anne talked about grilling, preparing meats for the grill, and proper marinating and/or brining of meat and fish before cooking. Oh, that was after she’d fed everyone a variety of appetizer pizzas from the grill.

While Anne worked at the grill, Jim and his wife shared stories of their entrepreneurial excursions with Pepper Mustard (www.unclejimsstore.com) – and passed out more samples. Sausage with mustard. Crackers with mustard. Little cups of mustard a cappella.

There’s always so much to learn (not to mention eat) when Anne’s cooking, but one of my favorites was grilling a side of salmon on a bed of lemons. THAT is something I’m going to be trying at home… in the very near future. Plus I really loved her ginger and bourbon barbeque sauce. And I want some of that mustard, too. It’s a good thing we all left the meal with booklets in hand, complete with recipes.

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