Longman Professor Emeritus of English and Creative Writing David Young Dies at 88</h1> <article> <h1>Longman Professor Emeritus of English and Creative Writing David Young Dies at 88</h1> <p>azaleski — Tue, 06 May 2025 15:25:25 +0000</p> <span>Longman Professor Emeritus of English and Creative Writing David Young Dies at 88</span> <span><span>azaleski</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-05-06T11:25:25-04:00" title="Tuesday, May 6, 2025 - 11:25">Tue, 05/06/2025 - 11:25</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Longman Professor Emeritus of English and Creative Writing <a href="http://www.davidyoungpoet.com/index.html" target="_blank">David Young</a> died on Saturday, May 3. He was 88.<br> <br> An esteemed poet, translator, editor, and scholar, Young taught at �鶹��Ƶ between 1961 and 2003, leaving an indelible mark on students with his courses on English Renaissance literature, poetry, and creative writing. He cofounded the biannual poetry journal <a href="https://digitalcommons.oberlin.edu/field/" target="_blank"><em>FIELD</em></a> and served as the publication’s editor for 50 years; additionally, he was the cofounder of �鶹��Ƶ College Press and founder of �鶹��Ƶ’s London Program (now known as the <a href="/oberlin-in-london" target="_blank">Danenberg �鶹��Ƶ-in-London Program</a>).<br> <br> Young was the author of more than 40 books of poetry, translation, and literary criticism, including the career-spanning poetry collection <em>Field of Light and Shadow: Selected and New Poems</em> (Knopf), which was released in an expanded edition in 2023. He received multiple prestigious awards for his work, including a Pushcart Prize, a Witter Bynner Translation Fellowship, the Ohioana Book Award in Poetry, and a Cleveland Arts Prize. Young was also a 1979 Guggenheim Fellow in poetry and in 1982 received an NEA Fellowship in Poetry.</p> <p>As celebrated as he was in the literary world, Young was principally known in �鶹��Ƶ as a teacher, says David Walker ’72, Emeritus Professor of English. “David had a profound influence on countless students, many of whom have gone on to major careers as poets and teachers. In the 24 hours since I posted the news of his death on Facebook, alumni have posted literally hundreds of expressions of love and gratitude for his teaching. I met him as an 18-year-old �鶹��Ƶ freshman, and he never stopped teaching me. What an amazing life.”</p> <p>Young earned a bachelor’s degree at Carleton College and both a master’s degree and doctorate at Yale University. <br> <br> A celebration of Young’s life will be held at a later date; <a href="https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/42375888/david-p-young/oberlin/ohio/cowling-funeral-home">learn more and share tributes here</a>.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-subhead field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Award-winning poet, translator, editor, and scholar influenced generations of �鶹��Ƶ writers.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2025-05-06T12:00:00Z">Tue, 05/06/2025 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Office of Communications</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2412">Obituaries</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2414">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Longman Professor Emeritus of English and Creative Writing David Young was an esteemed poet, translator, and teacher.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Yevhen Gulenko</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Who is Candice Raynor?</h1> <p>ygay — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 15:33:48 +0000</p> <span>Who is Candice Raynor?</span> <span><span>ygay</span></span> <span><time datetime="2021-04-12T11:33:48-04:00" title="Monday, April 12, 2021 - 11:33">Mon, 04/12/2021 - 11:33</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><strong>Name:</strong> Candice N. Raynor</p> <p><strong>Department and location on campus:</strong> I am a member of the <a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/africana-studies" target="_blank">Africana Studies Department</a>. You can usually find me in the <a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/africana-studies/house" target="_blank">Afrikan Heritage House</a>, and sometimes in my office in Rice Hall. </p> <p><strong>Job title:</strong> Director and Faculty-in-Residence of the Afrikan Heritage House</p> <p><strong>What does your job entail?</strong> Mainly developing co-curricular programming that focuses on building community and deepening students' understanding of the artistic, political, historical, cultural, and theoretical expressions of Africa and the African Diaspora. I also teach courses in African American education, and work with entities across campus to recruit and retain Black students. </p> <p><strong>How many years at �鶹��Ƶ?</strong> Four years and four months.</p> <p><strong>What are your hobbies?</strong> Traveling, going to the spa, reading, watching movies, shopping, and trying new restaurants. </p> <p><strong>Nickname(s)?</strong> Candy is the main one. I was named Candice partially because my great grandmother wanted a "Candy" in the family. </p> <p><strong>Favorite food?</strong> Cheese, hot wings, collard greens with cornbread, and German chocolate cake. It's too hard to choose one. </p> <p><strong>Favorite Quote?</strong> "I learned that if I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive," by Audre Lorde.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2021-04-12T12:00:00Z">Mon, 04/12/2021 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Yvonne Gay</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>You may know that Candice Raynor is a member of the Africana Studies Department, but did you know that her nickname pays tribute to her great grandmother’s wish? Find out how in this installment of Who Am I?</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2414">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=4821">Africana Studies</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/africana-studies" hreflang="und">Africana Studies</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Candice Raynor, director and faculty-in-residence of the Afrikan Heritage House.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Tanya Rosen-Jones ’97</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>This Week in Photos: Spring Semester Begins</h1> <p>ygay — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 20:55:10 +0000</p> <span>This Week in Photos: Spring Semester Begins</span> <span><span>ygay</span></span> <span><time datetime="2021-02-12T15:55:10-05:00" title="Friday, February 12, 2021 - 15:55">Fri, 02/12/2021 - 15:55</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>An ice tower, fire pits, music, hot beverages, snacks, and a skating rink greeted members of the �鶹��Ƶ College community in Wilder Bowl in early February. The TGIF event is an effort to create a space for the campus to safely gather. <a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHsmUaZVH3" target="_blank">Winter Oberland</a> will continue through mid-March and is open to those in �鶹��Ƶ’s testing protocol.</p> <p>View more early spring semester photos in this week’s photo series.</p> <hr> <p> </p> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Professor of Music Theory <a href="/jared-hartt" target="_blank">Jared Hartt</a> instructs students in his Counterpoints class located this semester in Kulas Recital Hall. Photo credit: Jonathan Clark ’25</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption><a href="/ami-dang" target="_blank">Ami Dang ’06</a> gave a <a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHsmUfgzrR" target="_blank">live-streamed concert</a> at the <a href="/cat" target="_blank">Cat in the Cream Coffeehouse</a> at the start of the spring semester. Dang performed ambient music with sitar, Ableton Push and computer. Associate Professor of Computer Music and Digital Arts Chair <a href="/tom-lopez" target="_blank">Tom Lopez ’89</a> opened for Dang. Lopez performed a short set with a hammer dulcimer and laptop. Dang, joined the <a href="/timara" target="_blank">TIMARA</a> faculty this year. Photo credit: Tanya Rosen-Jones ’97</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Many businesses in downtown �鶹��Ƶ have found creative ways to continue operating under social distancing guidelines. Large wood partitions separate guests in the downstairs dining area in the Feve. Photo credit: Yvonne Gay</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Coffee and baked goods draw customers to Slow Train Cafe in downtown �鶹��Ƶ. Photo credit: Yvonne Gay</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="obj-center"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <figcaption>Fabrication Lab Supervisor <a href="/rachel-smith" target="_blank">Rachel Smith</a> encourages visitors to take a dab of hand sanitizer. Photo credit: Yvonne Gay</figcaption> </figure> </div> <p> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>This Week in Photos is a selection of images and is not meant to represent a weekly timeline. Images highlight campus, community, people, and events related to �鶹��Ƶ College.</em></p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2021-02-12T12:00:00Z">Fri, 02/12/2021 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Yvonne Gay</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Outdoor activities, live-streamed concerts, and socially distanced classes are underway for the spring semester.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2356">Conservatory</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2379">Student Life</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2551">Staff</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2414">Faculty</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2546">Photo Feature</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=33031">TIMARA</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-faculty field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/jared-hartt" hreflang="und">Jared Hartt</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/art" hreflang="und">Studio Art</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/music-theory" hreflang="und">Music Theory</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Students at Winter Oberland ice skate in a rink near Mudd Center.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Mike Crupi</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Teaching in the New Normal: The Study of Medieval Medical Manuscripts in the Time of COVID-19</h1> <p>hhempste — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 14:20:35 +0000</p> <span>Teaching in the New Normal: The Study of Medieval Medical Manuscripts in the Time of COVID-19</span> <span><span>hhempste</span></span> <span><time datetime="2020-07-16T10:20:35-04:00" title="Thursday, July 16, 2020 - 10:20">Thu, 07/16/2020 - 10:20</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="/ben-lee">Ben Lee</a>, professor of classics, describes how a group of faculty and students from �鶹��Ƶ, Duke University, and Coastal Carolina University, have been able to conduct collaborative research on pre-modern medical history, despite the current circumstances that have made typical methods of studying medieval texts—international travel to archives and libraries—impossible. Through the heavy use of technology, the group has studied the Arabic scholar Constantine the African who translated more than two dozen medical treatises from Arabic into Latin. His undertaking made medical knowledge available in Europe that was previously unknown.</p> <hr> <p>For most academics who study ancient and medieval texts and the manuscripts that preserve them, summer is the primary season for traveling internationally to archives and libraries around the world. However, with the COVID-19 pandemic shutting down those libraries in March and grounding scholars in their homes, most research has been put on hold. Starting June 1, a small group of faculty and students at �鶹��Ƶ College, Duke University, and Coastal Carolina University decided to develop new methods to move ahead with crucial research in the history of medicine, the manuscripts of Southern Italy, and the 11th century’s earliest translations of Arabic medical authorities into Latin. These manuscripts illuminate a little-known but absolutely crucial moment in history, described by Professor Michael McVaugh, one of the world’s foremost authorities on the history of medicine, as “<a href="http://www.brepols.net/Pages/ShowProduct.aspx?prod_id=IS-9782503579214-1">One of the turning points in the history of Western civilization: the moment when Greco-Arabic medicine was introduced into the Latin European world</a>.” </p> <p>The Virtual Scriptorium Project studies the earliest manuscripts and translations generated in that incredible historical moment between 1075-1100, when the Arabic scholar Constantine the African, a medical man from Tunis, traveled first to the port city of Salerno and then to the Abbey at Monte Cassino. Over a period of roughly 25 years, Constantine translated from Arabic into Latin more than two dozen medical treatises. It was a stunning flood of medical knowledge unknown in Europe before Constantine.</p> <p>One of the shortest but more influential of Constantine’s translations stands out in two particular ways:</p> <ul> <li>As an introduction (<em>Isagoge</em>) to medicine, it became the first treatise of between five and seven original texts in a basic syllabus known as the <em>Articella</em> or <em>Little Art of Medicine</em>, and it was used as the opening text in medical schools across Europe for some 500 years.</li> <li>Amazingly, two early draft manuscripts of the <em>Isagoge</em> survive today that were produced in Constantine’s lifetime and under his direction. They have not been studied, nor have these early draft versions of the text been published.</li> </ul> <figure class="captioned-image obj-right"> <figcaption>The beginning of the <em>Liber isagogarum</em> in the manuscript Monte Cassino 225, c. 1075-1080. The text here shows corrections made under Constantine’s guidance. The original text Constantine translated was a version of Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq’s Arabic <em>Medicine for Beginners</em>. Courtesy of Eliza Glaze and used with permission.</figcaption> </figure> <p>It has been the long-time dream of Francis Newton, emeritus professor of Latin at Duke University, and his former student Eliza Glaze, professor of history at Coastal Carolina University, to investigate and publish these earliest versions of the seminal work of Constantine the African. Newton first studied one early manuscript of the <em>Isagoge</em> 31 years ago. It was clear such a study would require a team of scholars and serious Latinists. With research travel plans scuppered by COVID-19, Professor Ben Lee raised funds to support two �鶹��Ƶ classics students, Emma Glen '22 and Han Yang '23, as research assistants for the project. In fewer than three weeks, these assistants became skilled in the study of the difficult and highly calligraphic script of medieval Southern Italy, the Beneventan minuscule, and they are today full partners in the project of preparing an online transcription of the earliest manuscripts of Constantine’s <em>Isagoge.</em></p> <p>The Virtual Scriptorium’s group work focusing on Constantine’s drafts of the Isagoge has been made possible by a convergence of new technologies. Above all, the recent digitization of manuscript images allows the team to study the original documents without traveling to Europe. Zoom’s screen-sharing function allows the five scholars to all see and discuss both the manuscript images and their ongoing transcriptions simultaneously. The two draft manuscripts are both imperfect early versions of the text, so discussing the translator’s and his scribes’ decisions paragraph by paragraph is critical to an emerging understanding of Constantine’s choices. Additionally, Google Docs allows all five to see and edit the transcription document at the same time. That saves a tremendous amount of time circulating drafts, renaming draft versions, and inputting edits.</p> <p>The transcription and analysis of the first manuscript (Paris, BnF n.a.l. 1628) is complete, and the group has just now completed the transcription of the second (Monte Cassino, Archivio della Badia 225). Already a wealth of new information about these earliest surviving witnesses to the text of the Isagoge has been amassed. Neither manuscript is very distant from the wax tablets on which Constantine’s dictated translation was first recorded, but the group now believes the Monte Cassino manuscript to be the earlier version. It is the group’s goal to have transcriptions of three or four of the palaeographically dated earliest manuscripts presented in online format on an �鶹��Ƶ open website; this will be useful to scholars interested in the study of this astounding revolution in the culture of mediaeval Europe and the Mediterranean. Those interested might include historians of medicine, students of mediaeval Latin, art historians, and cultural historians, among others.</p> <p>Junior Emma Glen says she’s expanded her knowledge and skills through this project. “In addition to the obvious benefit to my Latin skills, this research in tracking the spread of Greek and Arabic medical knowledge within mediaeval Europe provides me with a greater understanding of the preservation, transformation, and transfer of knowledge from the classical world, while also allowing me to learn about the history of medicine in Europe and its interactions with the Arabic world.”</p> <p>For Han Yang, a rising sophomore, the experience has been enriching. “We have been working with three wonderful historians, palaeographers, philologists, and—most influential to me—teachers. I would like to compare this experience to the likeness of an apprenticeship, where we get to learn about the basics of reading, editing, and thinking about manuscripts from hands-on exercises. This experience has been quite special for me for a few reasons. First, prior to attending �鶹��Ƶ, I spent months in North Africa, learning classical Arabic culture and thought. I now get to see what I learned from a totally different lens that is the <em>Nachleben</em> of mediaeval Arabic scholarship. Second, as a learner of English, I can feel the hardship Constantine may have endured while producing the Latin translations, along with seeing brilliance in his ambitious undertaking.”</p> <figure class="captioned-image obj-right"> <figcaption>The Monte Cassino manuscript, where the Isagoge makes up the final text in a collection of 13 medical texts in all, includes some decorated initials, like this “B” of the remedy known as “Blanca major.” Courtesy of Eliza Glaze; used with permission.</figcaption> </figure> <p>The group is grateful for the generous support of Tom Cooper ’78 and the Cooper Fund for Faculty Development, as well as the Office of Undergraduate Research that are sponsoring this project and research assistants. Coastal Carolina University and Duke University have also contributed materials to support the project, for which the group is grateful. The team plans to continue their studies through the fall semester and publish their findings not just online but also in a scholarly journal.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2020-07-16T12:00:00Z">Thu, 07/16/2020 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Communications Staff</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>These days, the classroom has taken on new meaning for both faculty and students at �鶹��Ƶ. In this series we are sharing stories from faculty on how they are navigating this new normal.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2414">Faculty</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2377">Arts & Humanities</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25261">Classical Civilization</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-faculty field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/ben-lee" hreflang="und">Benjamin (Ben) Lee</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/classics" hreflang="und">Classics</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">The beginning of the Liber isagogarum in the manuscript Monte Cassino 225, c. 1075-1080.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Courtesy of Eliza Glaze and used with permission.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Creative Writing Program Founder Stuart Friebert Dies</h1> <p>hhempste — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 21:39:52 +0000</p> <span>Creative Writing Program Founder Stuart Friebert Dies</span> <span><span>hhempste</span></span> <span><time datetime="2020-07-01T17:39:52-04:00" title="Wednesday, July 1, 2020 - 17:39">Wed, 07/01/2020 - 17:39</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Stuart Friebert, poet, translator, emeritus professor, and founder of the �鶹��Ƶ College Creative Writing Program, died on June 23, 2020.<br> <br> Friebert began his �鶹��Ƶ College career in 1961, first teaching German. In 1975, he founded �鶹��Ƶ’s <a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/creative-writing">Creative Writing Program</a>, which he directed until his retirement in 1997. Friebert also co-founded the poetry periodical <a href="https://www2.oberlin.edu/ocpress/field.html"><em>FIELD</em></a>, the FIELD Translation Series, and <a href="https://www2.oberlin.edu/ocpress/default.html" target="_blank">�鶹��Ƶ College Press</a>. During his career, he published 15 books of poems, 16 volumes of translations, and four books of prose. </p> <p>A celebration of life in honor of Friebert will happen Saturday, June 28, 2025, from 1 to 4:30 p.m. at �鶹��Ƶ Community Services (500 East Lorain Street in �鶹��Ƶ). All are welcome, food will be served, no RSVP is necessary, and guests are encouraged to bring memories to share. Photos may be shared in advance with daughter Sarah Friebert at <a href="mailto:sfriebert@akronchildrens.org?subject=Stuart%20Friebert%20celebration%20of%20life">sfriebert@akronchildrens.org</a>.</p> <p>Read Friebert’s obituary in the <em><a href="https://chroniclet.com/news/217015/stuart-friebert/">Chronicle-Telegram</a></em>. </p> <hr> <p><em>This story was updated April 25, 2025, to included information about the memorial celebration.</em></p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-subhead field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">The prolific poet, translator, and emeritus professor began his �鶹��Ƶ career teaching German.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2020-07-01T12:00:00Z">Wed, 07/01/2020 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Communications Staff</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2414">Faculty</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2544">In Memoriam</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25326">Creative Writing</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/creative-writing" hreflang="und">Creative Writing</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">The exterior of Peters Hall.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Matthew Lester</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Teaching in the New Normal: Epics, Puppets and Music with Jennifer Fraser</h1> <p>hhempste — Mon, 01 Jun 2020 21:42:37 +0000</p> <span>Teaching in the New Normal: Epics, Puppets and Music with Jennifer Fraser</span> <span><span>hhempste</span></span> <span><time datetime="2020-06-01T17:42:37-04:00" title="Monday, June 1, 2020 - 17:42">Mon, 06/01/2020 - 17:42</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="/jennifer-fraser">Jennifer Fraser</a>, associate professor of <a href="/ethnomusicology">ethnomusicology</a> and <a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/anthropology">anthropology</a>, describes how students in her course, Epics, Puppets and Music, successfully transformed what would have been an in-person final project into a highly creative, socially-distanced version. While working in different locations, students created a virtual wayang, an intricate Indonesian performance practice that uses handmade puppets and incorporates live gamelan music.</p> <p>According to rising senior and musical studies major Olivia Fink, her experience creating the piece was a collaborative and creative endeavor. </p> <p>“I think my other classmates share the same sentiment—our socially-distant wayang was a fun, creative outlet for all of us,” she says. “Each student had skills that were utilized in different ways; student Lexie Pratt is a visual artist and made individual puppets and sent them across the country to our classmates; audio-editors reworked the dialogue tracks to fit over gamelan music, editors edited, and of course our professor, Jennifer Fraser, helped in every way possible. My favorite part was the overwhelming sense of collaboration and community that I hadn't felt since I left �鶹��Ƶ. I think our wayang performance really was something for us all to look forward to and know we accomplished it together.”</p> <p>Fraser shares the story of the original piece. Watch the full presentation below, and <a href="https://tinyurl.com/ybnmdw3o">read the program notes</a>. </p> <p>From Fraser: </p> <p>This semester, students in the course Epics, Puppets and Music (ETHN 202) were challenged to design their own wayang performance. The course took an interesting turn when in-person classes were suspended in March, and we switched to online learning. Through this all, students created something truly unique: a socially-distanced wayang. </p> <p>Not only does the final product speak to their creativity, but it speaks to the depths of their learning in truly internalizing and embodying the principles of the Ramayana, a Sanskrit epic of ancient India, and its adaptation to the wayang format in Indonesia. The script they wrote embraces the ability of the art form to be responsive to the times, and it uses the Ramayana as the basis to talk about the spread of an infectious greed that traps the population inside. The only creature immune is Anoman, the monkey king, who sports a facemask for extra protection as he roams about, protected from the Covid Ogres who speak in rhyming verse. Rather than opting for recording individual scenes and stitching them together, the students decided to coordinate a performance over Zoom where the puppets meet in boxed-in screens. </p> <p>The script is not only original, but collaboratively produced. Students all took on different tasks for the final production from editing the script, to making the puppets, narrating, speaking, moving the puppets, editing the soundtrack, and editing the whole thing. We collectively wrote the program notes and most of the music comes from former �鶹��Ƶ students during Winter Term intensives in �鶹��Ƶ or Indonesia. What they have produced is a brilliant piece of creative work in response to the current crisis, and truly exemplifies deep learning through experiential pedagogies. In some ways, I doubt the production would have been quite as creative had we proceeded with an on campus performance as planned. This is all their work. I had very little to do with it, and I would love to share it with the world.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2020-06-01T12:00:00Z">Mon, 06/01/2020 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Communications Staff</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>These days, the classroom has taken on new meaning for both faculty and students at �鶹��Ƶ. In this series we are sharing stories from faculty on how they are navigating this new normal. </p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2410">Students</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2414">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=35766">Ethnomusicology</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=24656">Anthropology</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-faculty field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/jennifer-fraser" hreflang="und">Jennifer Fraser</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/anthropology" hreflang="und">Anthropology</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Students were challenged to design their own wayang, Indonesian performance practice that uses handmade puppets.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-flex-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden vertical-spacing--basic field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div id class="o-flex--video-embed"> <div class="video-embed-field-provider-youtube video-embed-field-responsive-video"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="field field--name-field-bio-card-el-biography field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <div class="biography-card"> <figure> </figure> <div class="biography-card__content"> <h2><span>Jennifer Fraser</span> </h2> <ul class="item-list list--clean" style="margin-top: 0px;"> <li class="professional-title">Professor of Ethnomusicology and Anthropology</li> </ul> <a class="view-more" href="/jennifer-fraser">View Jennifer Fraser’s biography</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>2018-2019 Excellence in Teaching Award Winners</h1> <p>ygay — Fri, 22 May 2020 17:31:22 +0000</p> <span>2018-2019 Excellence in Teaching Award Winners</span> <span><span>ygay</span></span> <span><time datetime="2020-05-22T13:31:22-04:00" title="Friday, May 22, 2020 - 13:31">Fri, 05/22/2020 - 13:31</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Six faculty members from the College of Arts and Sciences and the Conservatory of Music received Excellence in Teaching Awards for the 2018-2019 academic year. The recipients are La Tanya Hall, teacher of jazz voice; Catharina Meints, associate professor of viola da gamba and cello; Albert Matlin, professor of chemistry and biochemistry; Cindy Chapman, Adelia A.F. Johnston and Harry Thomas Frank Professor and chair of Jewish Studies; Alexa Still, associate professor of flute; and Cindy Frantz, professor of psychology and environmental studies.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Alexa Still, Associate Professor of Flute</strong></p> <figure class="captioned-image obj-right"> <figcaption>Photo credit: Jennifer Manna</figcaption> </figure> <p><a href="/alexa-still">Alexa Still</a> is known internationally for her many recordings on the Koch International Classics label. A New Zealander, she took up graduate studies in New York (SUNY Stony Brook), where she also won competitions including the New York Flute Club Young Artist Competition and the East and West Artists Competition. Still returned home to be principal flute of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Increasing solo engagements eventually led her to the more flexible schedule of a teaching position at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She moved to Sydney in 2006, where she became professor of flute and director of performance research at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. In June 2011, Still was appointed associate professor of flute at the �鶹��Ƶ Conservatory of Music.</p> <hr> <p><strong>Albert Matlin, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry</strong></p> <figure class="captioned-image obj-left"> <figcaption>Photo credit: Tanya Rosen-Jones '97</figcaption> </figure> <p>Albert Matlin's research interests include mechanistic and synthetic organic photochemistry; metalloenzyme mimics. Matlin’s research has been published in several scientific journals, including the <em>Journal of Organic Chemistry</em>, the <em>Journal of Physical Chemistry</em>, and the international <em>Journal of Organic Chemistry</em>. Articles have included “Weak Acidity of Vinyl CH Bonds Enhanced by Halogen Substitution” and “Hydroxylamine catalyzed Nazarov cyclizations of divinyl ketones.”</p> <hr> <p><strong>Cindy Chapman, Adelia A.F. Johnston and Harry Thomas Frank Professor and Chair of Jewish Studies</strong></p> <figure class="captioned-image obj-right"> <figcaption>Photo credit: Courtesy of Cindy Chapman</figcaption> </figure> <p><a href="/cindy-chapman">Cynthia “Cindy” Chapman</a> was awarded Best Book Relating to the Hebrew Bible for 2017 by the Biblical Archaeology Society for her recently published book, <em>The House of the Mother: The Social Roles of Maternal Kin in Biblical Hebrew Narrative and Poetry</em> (Yale University Press, 2016). This year, Chapman also presented a paper entitled, ‘‘The Hebrew Mother of Seven: An Ingathering of Antecedents,’’ on October 13, 2017, for the Biblical Studies Seminar at New College, University of Edinburgh, and she coauthored with Michael Coogan the fourth edition of <em>The Old Testament: A Historical and Literary Introduction to the Hebrew Scriptures</em> (Oxford University Press, 2017).</p> <hr> <p><strong>Cathy Meints, Associate Professor of Viola da Gamba and Cello </strong></p> <p> </p> <figure class="captioned-image obj-left"> <figcaption>Photo credit: Tanya Rosen-Jones '97</figcaption> </figure> <p>During her distinguished career as a performer, Catharina “Cathy” Meints has played and recorded on five instruments, including bass and treble viols, modern and baroque cello, and pardessus de viole. Meints’ career on early instruments has included playing bass viol in the �鶹��Ƶ Baroque Ensemble and with the Cleveland Baroque Soloists. Meints joined the Cleveland Orchestra in 1971, and later that year established the �鶹��Ƶ Baroque Performance Institute to build a new generation of players with her husband James Caldwell, then professor of oboe at the �鶹��Ƶ Conservatory of Music. That program still thrives today. Meints retired from a 35-year career with the Cleveland Orchestra in 2006. She plays frequently with Apollo’s Fire, as well as in solo and chamber music concerts.</p> <hr> <p><strong>La Tanya Hall, Teacher of Jazz Voice</strong></p> <figure class="captioned-image obj-right"> <figcaption>Photo credit: Tanya Rosen-Jones '97</figcaption> </figure> <p>Multifaceted vocalist <a href="/la-tanya-hall">La Tanya Hall</a> has collaborated with a long list of celebrated performers across a variety of genres. She has appeared as a soloist with the American Composer’s Orchestra, the Colorado Symphony, and the St. Louis Symphony, among other ensembles. Hall has taught at the New School and at Five Towns College in Long Island, New York. She has sung at festivals around the world and teaches master classes with the National YoungArts Foundation.</p> <hr> <p><strong>Cindy Frantz, Professor of Psychology and Environmental Studies</strong></p> <figure class="captioned-image obj-left"> <figcaption>Photo credit: Jennifer Manna</figcaption> </figure> <p><a href="/cindy-frantz">Cynthia “Cindy” Frantz</a>’s research focuses broadly on humans’ relationship with the natural world, with an emphasis on promoting sustainable behavior. Past research in collaboration with Steve Mayer suggests that both individuals and the environment benefit when people feel connected to the natural world. With professors John Petersen, Rumi Shammin, and Deborah Roose, Frantz studies the potential for feedback technology (www.oberlindashboard.org ) to encourage conservation behavior, connect humans back to the natural world, and promote systems thinking. Frantz also directs the Community-Based Social Marketing Research Project, a collaborative research program among faculty, students, and staff to develop, test, and promote behavior change programs that reduce �鶹��Ƶ College’s carbon emissions.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2020-05-22T12:00:00Z">Fri, 05/22/2020 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Office of Communications</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2414">Faculty</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2576">Excellence in Teaching Award</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-faculty field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/la-tanya-hall" hreflang="und">La Tanya Hall</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/cindy-frantz" hreflang="und">Cynthia (Cindy) Frantz</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/cindy-chapman" hreflang="und">Cynthia (Cindy) Chapman</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/alexa-still" hreflang="und">Alexa Still</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/environmental-studies" hreflang="und">Environmental Studies and Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/psychology" hreflang="und">Psychology</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/jazz-studies" hreflang="und">Jazz Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/vocal-studies" hreflang="und">Vocal Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/chemistry-biochemistry" hreflang="und">Chemistry and Biochemistry</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/jewish-studies" hreflang="und">Jewish Studies</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Recipients of the 2018-2019 Excellence in Teaching Award are: Pictured top left to right: Cathy Meints, Cindy Chapman, and La Tanya Hall. Pictured bottom left to right: Alexa Still, Cindy Frantz, and Albert Matlin.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Office of Communications</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Teaching in the New Normal: Professor Drew Wilburn</h1> <p>hhempste — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 21:04:20 +0000</p> <span>Teaching in the New Normal: Professor Drew Wilburn</span> <span><span>hhempste</span></span> <span><time datetime="2020-04-14T17:04:20-04:00" title="Tuesday, April 14, 2020 - 17:04">Tue, 04/14/2020 - 17:04</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Professor of Classics <a href="/drew-wilburn">Drew Wilburn</a> explains how an activity in his course, Magic and Mystery in the Ancient World, took on new meaning for students during this time of transition. Read about his experience, below, and <a href="https://vimeo.com/407686562/38d0620902">watch the video discussion</a>. </p> <p>“In the days leading up to the closure of the campus in early March, there were signs of what was coming. On Tuesday, March 10, I decided that I should give each of the students in my Magic and Mystery in the Ancient World class an amulet. These had been intended for a class in early May, but I was not sure how many meetings we had left. </p> <p>“Amulets were (and are) important tokens—bits of string, stones with a natural hole, engraved gems, or strips of precious metal, to name a few—that individuals believe hold special power to protect, heal, or bring good luck. Amulets were ubiquitous in the ancient world, as the <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/found-pompeii-magic-treasure">recent find from Pompeii</a> attests, and I wanted my students to get a sense of what it was like to possess such an object. </p> <p>“I gave each student a Nazar—a circular Turkish glass amulet with concentric rings of blue, white, light blue, and black, intended to protect the bearer against the evil eye. I purchased the amulets for less than a dollar each. In many modern and ancient cultures, the gaze of someone who possessed the evil eye, which expressed envy, was believed to bring misfortune. I did not think my students would believe that the amulets would actually work, but I wanted to see how they would feel about the objects after they had carried the talismans around with them. I asked them to keep the amulets with them at all times for a week. We had one more class, on Thursday, and then the campus closed. </p> <p>“On the first day back to class after our two-week Spring Break, I talked to the class about how they were feeling and adjusting to life in isolation, and then we turned to their amulet experiences. Little did I know that the small, inexpensive amulets which I had imagined would move from dorm to the gym or the Feve, would now be scattered around the world—from California to the UK and India—and that they might take on new meaning in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. The amulets now serve as tokens of the shared �鶹��Ƶ learning community that we created in the class and as a thread that links our acute experience of an unknown and poorly-understood biological threat to the lives of the ancients.”</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2020-04-14T12:00:00Z">Tue, 04/14/2020 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Communications Staff</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>These days, the classroom has taken on new meaning for both faculty and students at �鶹��Ƶ. We’re gathering stories of how faculty are navigating this new normal in this series. How have you adapted instruction to a remote learning environment? How have students shifted how they learn and participate? What’s changed, what’s stayed the same, or what has come as a pleasant surprise? Please <a href="mailto:communic@oberlin.edu">share an example or anecdote</a> that addresses one of these areas. </p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2414">Faculty</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2410">Students</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-faculty field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/drew-wilburn" hreflang="und">Andrew (Drew) Wilburn</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/classics" hreflang="und">Classics</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Professor of Classics Drew Wilburn facilitates a Zoom discussion with students in his course Magic and Mystery in the Ancient World.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-flex-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden vertical-spacing--basic field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div id class="o-flex--video-embed"> <div class="video-embed-field-provider-vimeo video-embed-field-responsive-video"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="field field--name-field-bio-card-el-biography field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <div class="biography-card"> <figure> </figure> <div class="biography-card__content"> <h2><span>Andrew (Drew) Wilburn</span> </h2> <ul class="item-list list--clean" style="margin-top: 0px;"> <li class="professional-title">Professor of Classics</li> </ul> <a class="view-more" href="/drew-wilburn">View Andrew (Drew) Wilburn’s biography</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Arriving in Fall 2020: New Tool to Enhance Students’ Academic Journey</h1> <p>hhempste — Tue, 10 Dec 2019 21:22:30 +0000</p> <span>Arriving in Fall 2020: New Tool to Enhance Students’ Academic Journey</span> <span><span>hhempste</span></span> <span><time datetime="2019-12-10T16:22:30-05:00" title="Tuesday, December 10, 2019 - 16:22">Tue, 12/10/2019 - 16:22</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>In fall 2020, the college will launch new software that will be used to communicate and manage connectivity with students. The software platform, Engage, is a communication and relationship management tool that will improve the student experience with academic advising, support student academic success, and make communications between students and the college more efficient and effective.</p> <p>Engage was selected after a year-long evaluation process with a cross-functional team of campus stakeholders who work closely with students in academic advising, course registration, and academic support services. </p> <p><strong>Who will this new software benefit, and how?</strong></p> <p><strong>Students</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>It’s easily accessible.</strong> The self-service portal gives students a quick way to interact with their personalized support team, starting with their academic advisors. </li> <li><strong>It allows students to expand their communication preferences</strong>. Students can select their preferred method of communication from a variety of options (such as: text messaging, self-service workspace, email, etc.), making it less likely a student will miss important messages or key deadlines.</li> <li><strong>It’s personalized, based on each individual’s academic needs.</strong> It provides custom information tailored to each student’s specific college journey, including to-do lists and automatic reminders when they need to take action. This means that students won’t have to sift through information that’s not applicable to their specific needs, saving them time. </li> </ul> <p><strong> Academic Advisors</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>It expands communications options.</strong> It offers a variety of methods to communicate with students, such as using the software to send a text message, providing advisors a more effective means of communication.</li> <li><strong>It displays academic advising resources in one place.</strong> It makes it easier for advisors to find resources online by linking academic advising resources in one workspace location. This replaces some paper forms, displays relevant academic advising Banner data, and links to other systems such as Degree Works and OnBase. Advisors will no longer have to track down resources in multiple locations</li> <li><strong>It makes referring students for additional support and raising early alerts easy</strong>. Advisors can easily make referrals to other student support services and view a case’s status.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Administrative Staff</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>It simplifies communications. </strong>The software will provide a means to identify a target audience and build a personalized communication plan.</li> <li><strong>It aggregates data used for decision making.</strong> The software can be used to analyze data to gain new insight into processes, course and program offerings, and student outcomes, allowing for informed decision making.</li> </ul> <p>The project team will be giving frequent updates about the implementation of this software as the project progresses, including FAQs, a project timeline, and other information. If you have questions, please email <a href="mailto:engage@oberlin.edu">engage@oberlin.edu</a>.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2019-12-11T12:00:00Z">Wed, 12/11/2019 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Engage Communications</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2359">Administration</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2597">Faculty and Staff</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2401">Resources for Students</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2551">Staff</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2414">Faculty</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2577">Office of the President</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">An aerial view of the �鶹��Ƶ College campus.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">William Bradford</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Emeritus Professor Albert J. McQueen Dies</h1> <p>hhempste — Thu, 30 May 2019 13:00:40 +0000</p> <span>Emeritus Professor Albert J. McQueen Dies</span> <span><span>hhempste</span></span> <span><time datetime="2019-05-30T09:00:40-04:00" title="Thursday, May 30, 2019 - 09:00">Thu, 05/30/2019 - 09:00</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Albert J. McQueen ’52, emeritus professor of sociology, passed away on May 22, 2019. He was 91 years old.</p> <p>McQueen was born in Bennettsville, South Carolina, on August 22, 1927. He first attended Virginia State University, leaving in his sophomore year to join the United States Army which sent him to post-war Belgium. Through the GI Bill, he elected to complete his Bachelor of Arts at �鶹��Ƶ based on its long history of openness to African Americans.</p> <p>As a veteran studying at �鶹��Ƶ from 1949 to 1952, McQueen was involved in founding the �鶹��Ƶ student co-ops. He also participated in early student actions to integrate the �鶹��Ƶ barber shops and restaurants, and he was active in the local chapter of the NAACP.</p> <p>After graduating with a degree in psychology, McQueen attended the University of Michigan to earn a PhD in sociology. He joined its Institute for Social Research as a study director, producing a Flint, Michigan-based study of African American families who had moved north to work in manufacturing during the war years.</p> <p>McQueen’s social research led him to apply for grants for similar explorations in Africa during the time those nations were seeking independence from their colonial rulers. With grants from the Ford Foundation, he spent most of his time at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, studying Ibadan’s “school leavers.’’ Other grant-funded research took him to Kenya, Tanzania, and Ethiopia at a time when Africanists were first turning their attention to that continent.</p> <p>McQueen returned to the United States and held brief teaching assignments at Howard University and Brooklyn College, before Professor of Sociology and Anthropology George Simpson invited him to join the sociology department at �鶹��Ƶ in 1966. As the second tenured African American faculty member at the college, McQueen was founder and chair of the African American Studies Department and was instrumental in establishing Afrikan Heritage House. McQueen also was an active participant and mediator in faculty councils and committees.</p> <p>During his career, McQueen received appeals to join major institutions of higher education in the states. He remained at �鶹��Ƶ, however. ‘‘This is my family,” he would say.</p> <p>A string of heart attacks plagued McQueen’s later years and, after an extended medical leave, he retired in 1995. In retirement, McQueen retained ties to the African American community locally and regionally, and he served on various boards such as the �鶹��Ƶ Early Childhood Center. He continued to give talks in �鶹��Ƶ and elsewhere about the early days of the cooperative movement in the city of �鶹��Ƶ and at �鶹��Ƶ College.</p> <p>McQueen always considered himself an explorer. Whether in the national forests of Kenya or the streets of Ohio City, he was attracted to new vistas and new ways of looking at the world. He was also a builder of bridges, connecting blacks and whites in years when it could be inflammatory, and connecting professional colleagues with teaching opportunities in many institutions of higher education.</p> <p>One of McQueen’s great life passions was photography. He became a photographer during his military service in the late 1940s; some of his works appeared in a show at the Smithsonian Institution featuring military photographers. During his early years at Kendal at �鶹��Ƶ, he had several exhibits and presented photography slide shows.</p> <p>Like �鶹��Ƶ College, Kendal at �鶹��Ƶ gave McQueen a sense of community—a substitute family. He enjoyed introducing newcomers to the �鶹��Ƶ and Cleveland area through driving tours, and he served on the Kendal at �鶹��Ƶ Residents Association and in the master planning committee. He attended most events at Kendal, musical and otherwise. When asked whether he liked Kendal and was glad he had moved, he would always reply, “I don’t like it. I love it.” </p> <p>[<em>Editor’s note: Many thanks to Thelma Morris ‘54, for her many contributions to this article.</em>]</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Campus News</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2019-05-30T12:00:00Z">Thu, 05/30/2019 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Communications Staff</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 5, 2019 in the Kendal at �鶹��Ƶ auditorium. A reception will follow.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2544">In Memoriam</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2414">Faculty</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2368">Alumni</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25431">Sociology</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/sociology" hreflang="und">Sociology</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Emeritus Professor of Sociology Albert J. McQueen ’52 at Commencement/Reunion Weekend 2012. </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Dale Preston ’83</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> </main></body></html>