Different Strokes</h1> <article> <h1>Different Strokes</h1> <p>eburnett — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 17:38:16 +0000</p> <span>Different Strokes</span> <span><span>eburnett</span></span> <span><time datetime="2021-01-12T12:38:16-05:00" title="Tuesday, January 12, 2021 - 12:38">Tue, 01/12/2021 - 12:38</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p></p> <p>In his final year of studies at �鶹��Ƶ, Joshua Rhodes of North Carolina developed a new passion through a chance meeting at the campus rec center.</p> <p><a href="https://goyeo.com/news/2021/1/11/mens-swimming-and-diving-goyeo-storytellers-joshua-rhodes-21.aspx">Learn how the bassist and swimmer</a> followed his dream to �鶹��Ƶ in this profile on goyeo.com.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Story</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2021-01-12T12:00:00Z">Tue, 01/12/2021 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Tara Draper '23</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Conservatory bassist Joshua Rhodes ’21 pools his efforts with the �鶹��Ƶ swim team.</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=2411">Athletics & Wellness</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=36156">Double Bass</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="/conservatory/divisions/strings" hreflang="und">Strings</a></div> </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 Joshua Rhodes</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Bold and Cold: Cultivating Leadership Skills</h1> <p>anagy — Fri, 31 Jan 2020 21:26:38 +0000</p> <span>Bold and Cold: Cultivating Leadership Skills</span> <span><span>anagy</span></span> <span><time datetime="2020-01-31T16:26:38-05:00" title="Friday, January 31, 2020 - 16:26">Fri, 01/31/2020 - 16:26</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Bold and Cold, a new Winter Term 2020 workshop series sponsored by the Heisman Club, is designed to cultivate leadership skills and learn how to build a strong team culture.</p> <p>The goal of the sessions is to enhance individual strengths and learn how to leverage them for success in the real world. The idea is to create a mind-body connection through mindfulness and exercise.</p> <p>Class participants were instructed by Alan Kolp, a professor of religion at Baldwin Wallace University, in the areas of culture, engagement, and performance. Lisa Thuer, who works as �鶹��Ƶ’s director of annual giving, conducted a series of “fit to lead” sessions covering exercise, mindfulness, and nutrition.</p> <p><a href="/node/169106">Katie Schrader</a>, assistant director of career development, led students through an array of topics regarding value, team building, and planning; while former women’s basketball player and current vice president at oXYGen Financial, Cristina Briboneria ’05, talked about the importance of budgeting and negotiating in the workplace.</p> <p>Melissa Donohue ’87 provided valuable professional skills through her presentation of “Bringing the Obie into the Corporate World.”</p> <p>“Leadership isn’t about a title, it takes a dedicated person to achieve effective leadership and empower others to reach their highest potential,” Thuer says. “This course offered students the opportunity to learn, gather resources, develop and expand their holistic leadership philosophies, ultimately cultivating a collective energy to inspire and motivate others.”</p> <p>After four weeks of a variety of workshops, each Bold and Cold participant walked away with the knowledge needed to enhance their leadership roles on campus as well as the empowerment to take risks, try new things, and go boldly into the real world.</p> <p>“I really enjoyed the Bold and Cold leadership program,” says law and society major Ambia Elias ’21. “It taught me valuable skills that are applicable to my daily life and helped me prepare for my future. Through workshops and various forms of exercise, I learned mindfulness and how to be self-motivated to achieve my goals.”</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Story</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2020-01-31T12:00:00Z">Fri, 01/31/2020 - 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=2402">Winter Term</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2411">Athletics & Wellness</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=25396">Law and Society</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/law-and-society" hreflang="und">Law and Society</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Melissa Donohue ’87 provided valuable professional skills through her presentation of “Bringing the Obie into the Corporate 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-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Yvonne Gay</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Women and Nonbinary Athletes Partner with Colombian NGO</h1> <p>eulrich — Mon, 20 May 2019 16:22:36 +0000</p> <span>Women and Nonbinary Athletes Partner with Colombian NGO</span> <span><span>eulrich</span></span> <span><time datetime="2019-05-20T12:22:36-04:00" title="Monday, May 20, 2019 - 12:22">Mon, 05/20/2019 - 12:22</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Spearheaded by Dylan Mehri ’18, the alliance between the groups has led to on-campus internships for current students, as well as winter term and summer break opportunities in Colombia.</p> <p>When <a href="/node/32541" target="_blank">Natalie Winkelfoos</a>, Delta Lodge director of athletics and physical education and <a href="/node/31931" target="_blank">Erica Rau</a>, head volleyball coach and deputy Title IX coordinator for athletics, were approached by Johnson and Ross about the idea for Stronger Together, they had already been wanting to create similar programming.</p> <p>Stronger Together is an athletics initiative that aims to bring together �鶹��Ƶ’s women’s athletics teams while leveraging the connections between women and nonbinary athletes and alumni to create an environment of mutual support, engagement, and opportunities for professional development.</p> <p>In addition to Stronger Together’s inaugural Get to Know You mixer, the initiative has hosted other events, including a Power Panel that included athletics alumnae in the professional world, as well as a five-minute clinic that created a space for the women’s athletics teams to bond and show each other what they do in their respective sports.</p> <p>Rau says that she’s already noticed a difference in the women’s athletics community since the program began.</p> <p>“I work with SAAC (Student-Athlete Advisory Committee), and I’ve definitely noticed that our women have been taking the lead more on community initiatives and have been having a stronger voice. The program is barely two years old, but I’ve already seen it have such a big impact on our athletes.”</p> <p>The work Stronger Together has done extends beyond �鶹��Ƶ’s campus. The initiative has recently partnered with Niñas Sin Miedo, a Colombian NGO advancing the lives of young women and girls through education and wellness initiatives. The two organizations united when Mehri returned to campus in fall 2018 to recruit volunteers for Niñas Sin Miedo, and spoke to classes and <a href="/node/52361" target="_blank">Bonner Scholars</a> about the nonprofit.</p> <p>With the aid of the <a href="/node/75486" target="_blank">Susan Phillips ’76 Social Justice Internship Fund</a>, Mehri began working with Niñas Sin Miedo shortly after graduating from �鶹��Ƶ. She was soon promoted to international fundraising coordinator. Thanks to Mehri’s networking efforts, Niñas Sin Miedo now has four interns based in �鶹��Ƶ: Zoe Guiney ’21 and Rachel Serna-Brown ’22, both of whom promote the organization’s digital media presence in the United States; and Naeisha McClain ’20 and Eliza Braverman ’21, who coordinate on-campus events in conjunction with Stronger Together.</p> <p>Mehri says the overlapping values of both organizations, as well as those of an �鶹��Ƶ education, make �鶹��Ƶ students a good fit.. “Social justice is at the heart of the work many Obies want to accomplish, so being able to connect with a young international nonprofit is a great experience for them to have when they want to begin a career in the field,” he says.</p> <p>Braverman, who completed her winter term in Colombia with Niñas Sin Miedo this past January, shares Mehri’s sentiment. “Niñas Sin Miedo is all about education and physical empowerment through sport, and it falls very much in line with what Stronger Together is committed to,” she says.</p> <p>From �鶹��Ƶ, Stronger Together has fundraised for Niñas Sin Miedo at men’s and women’s basketball games as well as at a Stronger Together potluck event. Third-year McClain became involved with Niñas Sin Miedo through the Bonner Center, and says she is looking forward to continuing the partnership between the two organizations in the future.</p> <p>“Our hope for the future is that Stronger Together and Niñas Sin Miedo can collaborate, since we are empowering our women athletes here at �鶹��Ƶ and that’s what is happening in Colombia with the young girls at Niñas Sin Miedo,” she says. “I just hope we can all empower each other.”</p> <p>This summer, Niñas Sin Miedo will be joined by the four �鶹��Ƶ interns: Zoe Guiney ’21, Santiago Roman ’20, Joy Castro-Wehr ’20, and Bethany Gen ’21. The student interns will work to further the organization’s mission of empowering young women and girls through sports programming, psychosocial support, and violence prevention initiatives.</p> <p><a class="view-more" href="https://www.instagram.com/ocstrongertogether/" target="_blank">Follow Stronger Together on Instagram</a></p> <p><a class="view-more" href="https://www.instagram.com/ninassinmiedo/" target="_blank">Visit Niñas Sin Miedo on Instagram</a></p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Story</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2019-05-20T12:00:00Z">Mon, 05/20/2019 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Erin Ulrich ’18</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Stronger Together, an athletics initiative founded in 2018 by student athletes Lilah-Drafts Johnson ’18 and Leo Ross ’21, has joined forces with Niñas Sin Miedo (Fearless Girls)<span aria-hidden="true" class="fa fa-external-link"></span>, a nonprofit organization based in Soacha, Colombia. </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=2355">Student Organizations</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2418">Student-Athlete</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2771">Athletics</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2381">Bonner Center</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2411">Athletics & Wellness</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="/natalie-winkelfoos" hreflang="und">Natalie Winkelfoos</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Members of Stronger Together, an athletics initiative created by women and nonbinary athletes</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">Julie Gulenko ’15</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Beyond Athletics: New Health and Wellness Center Pushes Campus to “Be Bold”</h1> <p>eulrich — Mon, 23 Jul 2018 18:58:21 +0000</p> <span>Beyond Athletics: New Health and Wellness Center Pushes Campus to “Be Bold”</span> <span><span>eulrich</span></span> <span><time datetime="2018-07-23T14:58:21-04:00" title="Monday, July 23, 2018 - 14:58">Mon, 07/23/2018 - 14:58</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Since her appointment as president in 2017, President Carmen Twillie Ambar has advocated for demonstrating the value of liberal arts more clearly. She says that this is possible by “tapping into �鶹��Ƶ’s DNA of being bold.” Delta Lodge Director of Athletics and Physical Education Natalie Winkelfoos says that the new health and wellness center is all about the �鶹��Ƶ community coming together and being bold.</p> <p>“I have lots of respect for President Ambar—her boldness and willingness to jump out and inspire the community. To be bold, it takes physical strength and emotional stability, which is where the center comes into play,” says Winkelfoos. For her, boldness is about “making self-care a priority,” and advocating for “the marriage of physical health and emotional wellbeing.”</p> <p>Winkelfoos says that the process of developing programming in the new facility has been both calculated and natural. “It fits our needs, not just our wants, which is perfect modest thinking for a place like �鶹��Ƶ,” she says.</p> <p>Rather than building an ostentatious facility with little value to the community as a whole, the center was born out of a response to needs voiced by campus members.</p> <p>Head Women’s Softball Coach Sara Schoenhoft has been instrumental in wellness programming efforts and says that the new facilities will allow her to instill in her players an attitude of “wellness for life,” not just during the season. But, she says that transforming narratives around wellness is an effort aimed at the entire campus, not just student athletes.</p> <p>Winkelfoos considers wellness a need, one she says nurtures sound minds and bodies. “We go to school, work, and play in a high level academic environment—a place that’s going to challenge you personally, professionally, and academically. When you have that type of pressure, it builds up and the more you feel tight, the less you’re able to focus and think clearly.”</p> <p>Winkelfoos explains that, to carry out �鶹��Ƶ’s commitment not just to higher learning, but to social justice work as well, the interconnectedness of mental and physical wellness must be at the forefront of the conversation. By recognizing the pressure on students not only to perform academically, but to constantly think critically and thoughtfully about the world they live in, the center provides both a nexus and safe haven for students to prioritize taking care of themselves.</p> <p>“Stress should not be a badge of honor, self-care should be,” Winkelfoos says. “The greatest gifts we can give our students is an education of how to care for yourself after you leave �鶹��Ƶ.”</p> <p>From programming for introverts (“Podcast Cardio”) to monthly self-care seminars, the center makes what Winkelfoos calls “that hard connection” between physical and emotional wellbeing. A conference room in the facility will serve as a drop-in space for Counseling Center office hours as well as a resource hub for the Office of Disability Resources and the Center for Student Success.</p> <p>By offering an accessible one-stop shop for mental health resources, Winkelfoos says that the center is working to “break down the stigma of going to the Counseling Center and asking for help.”</p> <p>Winkelfoos and Schoenhoft say that the wellness center programming has been designed to make introverts and lay people alike feel more comfortable working out in an environment that is not so athlete-centric.</p> <p>Students can expect free or low-cost programming available to them, including instructor-guided spinning and yoga classes as well as a TRX room (body weight exercises). In addition, the new facility will offer counseling center drop-in hours and cocurricular nutrition classes offered through the Athletics and Physical Education Program.</p> <p>The health and wellness center will open its doors at the beginning of the fall semester. During Orientation, incoming first-year students will be able to take part in group fitness classes and even snag some free Yeomen swag.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Story</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2018-07-23T12:00:00Z">Mon, 07/23/2018 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Erin Ulrich ’18</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The Patricia ’63 & Merrill ’61 Shanks Health and Wellness Center is about more than revamping the existing athletics facilities. The center was built with the intent of bringing the campus community together by fostering healthy connections between body and mind.</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=2771">Athletics</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2411">Athletics & Wellness</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2362">Health and Wellness</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="/natalie-winkelfoos" hreflang="und">Natalie Winkelfoos</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Exterior of health and wellness center facilities</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">Yvonne Gay</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Learning and Networking</h1> <p>anagy — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:02:04 +0000</p> <span>Learning and Networking</span> <span><span>anagy</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:02:04-05:00" title="Monday, November 7, 2016 - 13:02">Mon, 11/07/2016 - 13:02</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Third-year neuroscience major Bradley Hamilton recently seized on a major networking opportunity that included leaders in health care and therapeutics as well as investors and entrepreneurs at the <a href="http://medicalinnovationsummit.cvent.com/events/medical-innovation-summit/event-summary-ce3630135af84edd9ddbd5be9035fdc0.aspx">Cleveland Clinic 2015 Medical Innovations Summit</a>.</p> <p>Elizabeth Holmes, founder and CEO of the blood-testing company <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theranos" target="_blank">Theranos</a>—one of the most promising health care startups in the country—delivered the keynote address on the final day of the four-day conference, held in late October at the <a href="http://www.theglobalcenter.com">Global Center for Health Innovation</a> in Cleveland. This year’s theme was “Memory. Mood. Movement” and highlighted advances in neuroscience.</p> <p>Hamilton had not heard of the annual summit until this year. As an aspiring researcher and neurosurgeon, he says he couldn’t pass up an opportunity that was less than an hour away from �鶹��Ƶ, even though tickets for the summit are close to $1,000. Acting on his enterprising spirit, he contacted the event organizers to see if they could offer a price break for an undergraduate. He found that the summit is almost never attended by undergrads, and he was admitted at no cost.</p> <p>Holmes’ talk was a major draw for the summit, and Hamilton says her talk lived up to his expectations. At 31, she is the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire. She dropped out of Stanford University her sophomore year and founded Theranos in 2003 to make cheaper, easier-to-use blood tests.</p> <p>“I had already known about her phenomenal work ethic and brilliant, off-the-beaten-path methods, but seeing her in person really made me realize how morally upstanding she is. Personally, I found it inspiring to see someone who embodies success being so down to earth and humanitarian. I strongly believe that she acts for the right reasons and she encourages us all to do the same.”</p> <p>Hamilton says hearing other speakers and meeting people who forged careers in different ways made his pursuit of a medical career feel more attainable. “The things I hope to do are not as distant or mystical as I made it out to be. As I listened to speaker after speaker talk about how we had incorrect perceptions of neurodegenerative diseases, and that current treatments were fundamentally flawed, I was forced to appreciate the critical perspective that I have gained from my science courses at �鶹��Ƶ,” he says. “I was faced with real world applications of questioning why we do things the way we do. Going forward in research, I will strive to be cognizant of the fact that the way things are done is often not the best way.”</p> <p>While he was networking, Hamilton met Eugene Malinskiy, founder and CEO of DragonID, a Cleveland-based biotechnology company, and Daniel Dudley ’12, an �鶹��Ƶ graduate who is the company’s creative director. “It turns out that Daniel had not even been a science major, but his artistic background brought a needed touch to a science-heavy team. I had dinner with the two of them and was offered yet another opportunity for research projects, particularly with medical instruments.”</p> <p>A native of Clemson, South Carolina, Hamilton is working toward a minor in East Asian Studies, and he is a year-round runner in cross country and track. He also speaks German and Japanese, and he says he intends to use those languages to foster international medical communication. “My ultimate goal is to make sure that as many people as possible have access to the best care available at the lowest cost at which it can be provided.”</p> <p>After �鶹��Ƶ, Hamilton says he intends to apply to medical school with the goal of becoming a neurosurgeon.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Story</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2015-11-11T12:00:00Z">Wed, 11/11/2015 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Amanda Nagy</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=2367">Science & Math</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2411">Athletics & Wellness</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2363">Academics & Research</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=4861">Neuroscience</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/neuroscience" hreflang="und">Neuroscience</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Hamilton also met Daniel Dudley, a 2012 �鶹��Ƶ graduate who is creative director for DragonID, a Cleveland-based biotechnology company. </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> </article> <article> <h1>What I Did Over Summer Break</h1> <p>Anonymous — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:02:25 +0000</p> <span>What I Did Over Summer Break</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:02:25-05:00" title="Monday, November 7, 2016 - 13:02">Mon, 11/07/2016 - 13:02</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Classes may not be in session during the summer, but that does not mean �鶹��Ƶ students stop learning. Many students choose to spend their summers pursuing personal, creative, and professional projects that engage their interests in real-world settings. In the fall they return to campus with innovative ideas about their future plans and for the future of the �鶹��Ƶ community.</p> <h2>Going Green at the White House</h2> <p>This summer fourth-year Machmud Makhmudov traveled to Washington, D.C., for an internship at a famous address—1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Makhmudov served as an intern for the Office of Energy and Climate Change of the White House Domestic Policy Council. The office coordinates efforts related to the President's Climate Action Plan, the administration's comprehensive strategy for mitigating and adapting to the threat of climate change. Makhmudov, a politics major, supported the office by drafting memos on numerous executive agencies’ initiatives to lower greenhouse gas emissions across the United States, and by helping organize various public events intended to raise awareness of environmental sustainability.</p> <p>Makhmudov says this summer reinforced the importance of getting involved and speaking up. “I think for younger people in particular large institutions like the White House, or global trends like climate change, can seem daunting and beyond our reach. I've felt that way a lot during the past three years. But once I got the opportunity to sit at the same table as the policymakers who ultimately set the United States's national agenda for combating climate change, it finally sunk in that anyone can make a difference if they're willing to do what it takes to get in the room and speak up.”</p> <p>He says this summer also taught him the role patience plays in policy making. “President Obama speaks often about taking a long view on politics and history. Though I felt extremely lucky to be in the White House when same-sex marriage was recognized as legal, the Affordable Care Act was upheld, and the Clean Power Plan was released, I also heard about the experiences of staffers who had been working on these projects for decades. I knew so many others who had dedicated their lives to ensuring justice and equality for others and would never see the full fruits of their labor, which is why it's important to have your ambitions be tempered by the humility that time and history bring when working in public service.” </p> <p>Makhmudov hopes to use this experience as a springboard for a career in public service in his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia.</p> <h2>A Summer Spent Scouting</h2> <p>Tristam Osgood, a fourth-year politics and East European studies major, watched <em>a lot</em> of baseball this summer. He worked as the Major League Baseball scout liaison for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod Baseball League and an associate scout for the Baltimore Orioles. Osgood plays varsity baseball at �鶹��Ƶ and plans to pursue a career in professional baseball scouting after graduation.</p> <p>“�鶹��Ƶ has given me an opportunity to play baseball at the collegiate level, think creatively, critically, and analytically, and pursue a well-rounded education that has set me up well to pursue a career in baseball,” says Osgood. Last spring Osgood created, with institutional support, a course entitled Baseball Scouting and Sabermetrics. In the class he learned the computer database programs essential to the analytical side of baseball as well as the basics of writing scouting reports on potential professional players.</p> <p>This summer, Osgood used the skills he learned in the course to create daily stat sheets and scouting reports on every member of the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox, which were then distributed to the MLB scouts visiting the Cape Cod League in search of future stars. He also developed a temporary player database for Red Sox Head Coach Scott Pickler, which identified potential players in other collegiate leagues whose college statistics and credentials would warrant a temporary contract with the Red Sox. Additionally, Osgood assisted the Baltimore Orioles scouting operations on the Cape by providing video and scouting operations to members of the Orioles front office.</p> <p>This fall, with the support of �鶹��Ƶ and On Deck Digital, a multimedia company that captured every Cape Cod League game on film, Osgood will be continuing the Scouting and Sabermetrics class and working to use the data he collected over the summer to compile scouting reports on players from the Cape Cod League. He will then market these reports to professional teams looking to hire new players at the "Baseball Winter Meetings" held in Nashville this December.</p> <h2>Rock On</h2> <p>With funding from the <a href="http://www.stampsfoundation.org/">STAMPS Scholars</a>, second-year student Emily Stanford spent part of her summer in Phoenix helping Jack Hoehn ’14 complete his geology field research on the South Mountain Metamorphic Core Complex. The project analyzed the low-angle normal fault lines and the abundant pseudotachylite veins in the South Mountain, with the goal of improving current earthquake models and enhancing the understanding of fault mechanics.</p> <p>For three weeks in June, Stanford awoke at 4 a.m. to try and beat the 120-degree Arizona heat. She worked on the mountain marking and writing down observations, measuring the thickness of the visible veins, taking samples, and measuring the strike and dip of the rock’s surface. Once the heat became too intense around 11 a.m., the team would either rest or venture out to explore more of Phoenix.</p> <p>Stanford says she feels like she now understands the feel of geology fieldwork. “I learned what it’s like having to scramble over hot rocks while wearing a big floppy hat. I learned what it’s like trying to balance yourself precariously on a ledge while reaching outside of your comfort zone with a hammer and chisel to collect a sample. And, most importantly, I learned what it feels like to get excited when you see an irregularity in the colors or surface of a rock and try to determine the cause.” She says after this experience she is now confident when she says, “I’m majoring in geology.”</p> <h2>Investment with an Impact</h2> <p>Fourth-year Sakina Lavingia spent time designing ways to invest money profitably and responsibly. Lavingia interned for Veris Wealth Partners, a San Francisco wealth management firm operating on the principle that sustainable and impact investing are the best ways to achieve strong business performance while simultaneously benefiting future generations. Lavingia, a politics and economics major, discovered Veris Wealth Partners during a winter term she spent with the <a href="https://new.oberlin.edu/office/career-center/set/business-scholars/">�鶹��Ƶ Business Scholars</a>. The Pakistan native says she became interested in impact investing after working for several nonprofit organizations. </p> <p>“I spent my first summer working with several nonprofits in Phnom Penh and Karachi and was repeatedly frustrated by the fragility of their income streams. These organizations, existing donation to donation, were not self-reliant, and therefore not sustainable in the long run.” </p> <p>Unlike one-time donations, money in impact investing is constantly recycled and reinvested. “While I do not think impact investing is by any means the only solution, or even the superior solution," says Lavingia, “my time at Veris has highlighted its importance as a sub-field that is able to merge principles of finance with those of social justice.”</p> <p>As a research assistant, she worked with the Veris team to develop thought pieces on subjects including fossil fuel divestment and community wealth development. Additionally, she assisted with a range of projects including working with the Salesforce platform, developing proposals for potential clients, and contributing to the organization's newsletter.</p> <p>She says her internship has inspired her to pursue impact investing after graduation. In the future, Lavinia plans to attend graduate school and then return to Pakistan and use the skills she has learned this summer to pursue sustainable development.</p> <h2>Fresh Food Education</h2> <p>Molly Powers, a fourth-year biology major and sociology minor, explored the world of public health while working with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program- Education (SNAPEd), a program run by the Washington D.C. Department of Health (DOH). She says her rigorous course load at �鶹��Ƶ prepared her for full-time work and her experience as the captain of the varsity volleyball team helped her develop valuable interpersonal and professional skills. </p> <p>“My coach and teammates constantly challenge me to hold myself and others I rely on accountable, which I carried over with me into my internship. I've also learned how to take feedback from my coaches and use it constructively, which was a great skill to have in a professional setting when working with my superiors.”</p> <p>While at SNAPEd, Powers learned how to effectively educate and promote healthy behavioral changes in target populations. She also interacted with other departments in the DOH's Nutrition and Physical Fitness Bureau, such as Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and the Farmers Market Program. Through this experience, Powers gained exposure to the importance of social media sites for an organization's visibility and success.</p> <p>She says this experience has reaffirmed her desire to enter public health after graduation and pursue a master’s degree in public health with a focus on nutrition. She hopes to one day become a licensed dietitian or nutritionist.</p> <h2>Seeking an End to Depression</h2> <p>Caroline Oehlerich, a neuroscience major, spent her summer in Los Angeles contributing to the UCLA Depression Grand Challenge, a campus-wide initiative to research the cause, course, and treatment of depression, with the ultimate goal of terminating the disease by the end of the century. Oehlerich worked with the UCLA Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics to organize and interpret information from research projects concerning an array of mental illnesses—including depression, Bipolar I disorder, and schizophrenia—in ways that can help inform the UCLA Depression Grand Challenge. Using a database system known as UCrex, she computed statistical analyses and determined the significance and prevalence of certain symptoms, diseases, and treatments in the UC’s healthcare system. Additionally, Caroline observed clinical trials and attended weekly lab meetings to further understand the overall goals and progress being made in the labs.</p> <p>She says her summer has helped her choose her future career path. “This experience has helped me realize how passionate I am about understanding and assisting those with mental illnesses. Overall, my experience at UCLA has encouraged me to further understand the growing field of neuroscience, while helping others in the process through psychiatry and the Depression Grand Challenge.” </p> <p>Oehlerich, a third-year student, says she plans to return to UCLA next summer and after graduation to continue working on the Depression Grand Challenge before attending medical school.</p> <h2>Teaching Finance for the Future</h2> <p>Annie Goodridge, a second-year student from Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, put their knowledge of statistics and finance to work while interning for NorthStar Asset Management. Goodridge used modeling and statistics in order to analyze stock performance as well as skills in communication, teaching, and organization to co-teach two financial literacy classes for young women, one for those ages 13-15, and another for those 16-21 years old. Goodridge organized games for the classes on a range of topics, including how to discuss stocks, and a “fishing” game that taught players how to protect the 16 most important pieces of personal information from phishing. </p> <p>Goodridge says their statistics class with Professor of Mathematics Jeff Witmer helped prepare them for the experience, and their time in �鶹��Ƶ’s financial literacy course taught them “a lot about how a curriculum for financial literacy should and should not be organized.”</p> <p>One key piece of financial advice Goodridge learned this summer is, “When saving for the future, you need to ensure your goals are specific, measurable (how you will know when you have achieved it), attainable, relevant to your life, and time-bound.” They hope to bring this piece of advice and many more back to �鶹��Ƶ and teach financial literacy at �鶹��Ƶ High School during the summer or over winter term.</p> <h2>Fighting for Fairness</h2> <p>Jasmine Anderson, a third-year politics and German studies major, describes her internship with the Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights Under Law as “very busy” to say the least. The Lawyers’ Committee is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that works with the private bar to bring civil rights cases to court. The Lawyers’ Committee’s Voting Rights team works specifically on defending African Americans and other minorities from discriminatory voting laws, bringing forward cases that violate the Voting Rights Act, the National Voter Registration Act, and the 14th Amendment. As an intern, Anderson worked specifically with the Voting Rights team on voting rights litigation and policy. She contributed to the team by preparing research for potential cases, as well as helping to organize and push the many initiatives of the Election Protection Project.</p> <p>Anderson says her time at �鶹��Ƶ helped think about voting rights issues with more nuance. “Voting rights are in many ways a quintessential representation of a lot of the conversations we have on campus: oppressed communities, the issue of space, the effects history has in shaping each and every one of us, and how systems of oppression manifest themselves in today’s world.”</p> <p>After this summer she plans to study urban demographics more closely and incorporate what she has learned into her future courses at �鶹��Ƶ. Looking forward, Anderson says the internship has made attending law school seem more feasible and applicable. “Seeing the work civil rights lawyers are doing convinced me to seriously investigate the idea of law school and, while I’m not entirely decided, I’m much closer to a decision than I was at the beginning of this summer.”</p> <h4></h4> <p>Makhmudov (Great Lakes Higher Education Guaranty Corporation Career Ready Grant), Osgood (Peter Goldsmith Internship Fund), Lavingia (Class of 1968 Leadership Fund and Career Development Office Fund), Oehlerich (Career Ready Grant), and Anderson (Career Ready Grant) all received funding from the Career Center’s Summer Funding Scholarships. To learn more about Career Center opportunities and summer funding please visit the <a href="http://new.oberlin.edu/office/career-center/">Career Center page</a>. </p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Story</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2015-09-08T12:00:00Z">Tue, 09/08/2015 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Kasey Cheydleur</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=2411">Athletics & Wellness</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2363">Academics & Research</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2403">Career Exploration & Development</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Yingran Zhang </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Athletics Administrator of the Year</h1> <p>Anonymous — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:02:25 +0000</p> <span>Athletics Administrator of the Year</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:02:25-05:00" title="Monday, November 7, 2016 - 13:02">Mon, 11/07/2016 - 13:02</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="http://goyeo.com/staff.aspx?staff=4">Natalie Winkelfoos</a>, Delta Lodge Director of Athletics and Physical Education, has been honored by the <a href="https://www.womenleadersincollegesports.org/" target="_blank">National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators (NACWAA)</a> as a 2015 Administrator of the Year.</p> <p>Winkelfoos is one of eight recipients of the award, which is given annually to NACWAA members for significant contributions made as athletics administrators. Read more about the <a href="/news/winkelfoos-receives-leadership-award">award</a>.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Story</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2015-07-17T12:00:00Z">Fri, 07/17/2015 - 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=2411">Athletics & Wellness</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Natalie Winkelfoos, Delta Lodge Director of Athletics and Physical Education, during the dedication ceremony for the Austin E. Knowlton Athletics Complex. </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">Ryan Baker</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Tennis Down Under</h1> <p>anagy — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:03:18 +0000</p> <span>Tennis Down Under</span> <span><span>anagy</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:03:18-05:00" title="Monday, November 7, 2016 - 13:03">Mon, 11/07/2016 - 13:03</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The men’s and women’s tennis teams traveled down under for a winter term to rival other winter terms: up-close access to the Australian Open. </p> <p>Throughout January, players experienced the best of everything in Melbourne and Sydney, including matches with Australian teams (their first time playing on red clay tennis courts), day passes to watch the Australian Open, which is held annually in Melbourne at the end of January, and a training session with tennis analyst Craig O’Shannessy. </p> <p>Off the courts, the teams enjoyed visits to sprawling street markets, sight-seeing at the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House, encounters with Australian wildlife, and beach lounging and surfing lessons on the Melbourne coast. Some took the opportunity to complete individual winter term projects or fulfill a personal quest to scuba dive in the Great Barrier Reef.</p> <p>The women’s team <a href="http://www.goyeo.com/news/2015/1/17/WTEN_0117154439.aspx">blogged</a> about their journey. Their itinerary began in Melbourne on Day 2 of tournament action at the Australian Open. Some team members were lucky enough to catch a few minutes watching Roger Federer, Andy Murray, and Maria Sharapova on the practice courts. After an exciting day at the Open, the teams played at a local club on the harbor of Williamstown. “It was a productive first practice, but it was definitely tricky getting used to the heat and the wind,” says second-year Emma Brezel. </p> <p>After a two-hour match, the teams took a bus to the beach to see a presentation on tennis strategy and the mental aspect of the game delivered by Craig O’Shannessy, the lead analyst for the Association of Tennis Professionals and Women’s Tennis Association tours. He was on site writing previews and match analysis for the Australian Open website during that time. “Craig was extremely insightful, and by breaking down tennis into numbers he helped us look at tennis from a much different perspective,” Brezel says. </p> <p>Later that day, the men’s and women’s teams played matches at another local club, this one with red clay courts. “It was really interesting to play on red clay, which is a much different surface than the hard courts we usually play on. We had an awesome time playing with and meeting local kids, many of whom are planning to play college tennis in the States,” says Brezel. “After a couple hours of matches we ended our long day with a barbecue at the club. It was a really awesome way to start off our playing in Australia.”</p> <p>In the heart of Melbourne, the locals were consumed with the Open. “We traveled to lunch at an outdoor cafe in our first visit to Federation Square in Melbourne's bustling city center. After strolling across the bridge and taking in the remarkable skyline we came upon dozens of Melbournians in the square watching the Open on a jumbotron in bean bags and beach chairs,” says first-year Jackie McDermott. “After lunch, some of us joined the locals watching afternoon matches, while others enjoyed strolls along the Yarra River.”</p> <p>Afterward, the women swapped out their street clothes for tennis whites and headed to the historic Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club, former site of the Australian Open and several Davis Cup matches. “Kooyong features clay and grass courts as far as the eye can see. �鶹��Ƶ alumnus Bob Moses ’61 and his friend Maurice Broom, who himself played in the Australian Open Juniors, were our gracious hosts for our first time playing on grass. Maurice even gave us a few serve pointers and made us serve with our eyes closed to remind us to keep our motions consistent,” McDermott says.</p> <p>Second-year Anna Treidler and third-year Alexandra Kahn traveled a week ahead of their teammates. Treidler stayed in Melbourne to explore the city’s abundant street art, which has become an internationally known tourist attraction. She used the experience for an individual winter term project to analyze the art as a way to learn about the culture and politics of the city.</p> <p>Treidler says she spent hours wandering up and down alleys filled with vibrantly colored graffiti. “I signed up for a street art tour lead by an eccentric and hilarious street artist. He took us on a three-hour walk around the city in which he showed us many of the important alleys, told us about prominent artists (many of which he knew personally), and explained to us the history and politics of much of the art. I could not have imagined how immense and impressive the body of work in Melbourne is.”</p> <p>Kahn, an environmental studies major, researched a scuba diving adventure in the Great Barrier Reef. “I’ve grown up in and around the ocean, and snorkeling through coral reefs is one of my favorite things to do in the universe. The idea of coming half-way around the world and being so close to the biggest reef but not being able to see it would have driven me absolutely crazy.”</p> <p>So, before she embarked on her trip, Kahn took an intensive introductory scuba diving certification class. She went on a three-day liveaboard trip in Cairns. She says swimming beneath the ocean with a rainbow of corals, fish, turtles, rays, eels, nudibranchs, and sharks was awe-inspiring. “The Great Barrier Reef is absolutely magnificent, and for me to spend some time not looking down on it from above, but being right in the thick of the action, was phenomenal.”<br></p> <p>On the last full day of their trip, the teams took a grand tour and played a match at Sydney Olympic Park. Third-year Erin Johnson stayed an extra day to visit the Australian Museum in Sydney. “My favorite exhibit was on the Aboriginal peoples of Australia,” says Johnson, who is majoring in anthropology and biology. “I am fairly familiar with indigenous peoples of the Americas but did not know anything about those of Australia. It was really fun to compare and contrast the historical and cultural differences between the two.”</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Story</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2015-02-13T12:00:00Z">Fri, 02/13/2015 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Amanda Nagy</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=2411">Athletics & Wellness</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2415">Sports</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">�鶹��Ƶ’s tennis teams visited and played a match at the Sydney Olympic Park. </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">�鶹��Ƶ Athletics</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>A Little Chin Music: Pitcher Julian Sawhill Mows Down the Mozart Too</h1> <p>eburnett — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:03:39 +0000</p> <span>A Little Chin Music: Pitcher Julian Sawhill Mows Down the Mozart Too</span> <span><span>eburnett</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:03:39-05:00" title="Monday, November 7, 2016 - 13:03">Mon, 11/07/2016 - 13:03</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>What do viola, baseball, and politics have in common? Julian Sawhill ’17.</p> <p>Sawhill is a relief pitcher on the <a href="http://www.goyeo.com/index.aspx?path=baseball">�鶹��Ƶ baseball team</a>, a politics major in the college, and a viola student in the conservatory. But unlike most students who enter into the heralded <a href="http://new.oberlin.edu/applying/double-degree.dot">Double Degree Program</a> at �鶹��Ƶ, Sawhill found his way through a series of formative events after beginning his experience on campus.</p> <p>Originally from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Sawhill arrived on campus with a profound interest in politics that he traces to a government class in high school. It was there that he learned, as he puts it, that “my ignorance was staggering. I believe that study of government is one of the most imperative tasks one can undertake.”</p> <p>He also walked on to the baseball team and “shot up the depth chart” by the end of his sophomore year, according to his coach, Adrian Abrahamowicz.</p> <p>Politics and baseball would easily fill most students’ schedules, but Sawhill longed for something more. A violinist as a child, he attended the well-respected Greenwood Music Camp for nine years. And though he put down the instrument before college, he found himself gravitating toward musicians at �鶹��Ƶ.</p> <p></p> <p>“Simply put, I was jealous of my friends in the conservatory,” he says. “Hanging out with them while they talked about music was sometimes almost painful.”</p> <p>So he participated in campus musicals as a pit orchestra violinist, and he returned to Greenwood as a counselor following his freshman year. With music gradually creeping back into his life, he decided to do something “constructively musical”: �鶹��Ƶ’s <a href="/news/2014-string-quartet-intensive-and-festival-opens-january-7">2014 String Quartet Intensive and Festival</a>, held on campus over winter term.</p> <p>There, Sawhill played second violin—an experience that convinced him to make a full return to music. He shared his longing to be a part of the conservatory with the director of the quartet intensive, Associate Professor of Viola <a href="http://new.oberlin.edu/conservatory/faculty/faculty-detail.dot?id=4321674">Michael Strauss</a>.</p> <p>Strauss suggested the viola and gave Sawhill a concerto to learn for auditions.</p> <p>“At that point, I would have played fifth violin in a nonet,” says Sawhill, who had been introduced to viola in a recent season at Greenwood. “I would have done whatever I could to play.”</p> <p>“I noticed Jules’ love for both the instrument and chamber music, and it guided my instinct to encourage him to pursue his dream of becoming a professional musician,” says Strauss.</p> <p>Auditions are a nerve-racking proposition regardless of circumstances, and Sawhill had only a month to prepare on a relatively unfamiliar instrument. But his energetic and engaging performance resulted in an invitation to join the conservatory.</p> <p>Through it all, Sawhill has continued to play baseball—a sport that he compares to music. “When I pitch, I clear my head and get out all the thoughts I need to, and focus only on the game,” he says. That calming exercise is invaluable in stressful situations such as auditions.</p> <p>Now a violist in Strauss’ studio, Sawhill finds that his love of baseball has benefited him across campus too.</p> <p>“I am a big baseball fan, and used to play and coach,” Strauss says. “We refer to baseball when the situation may call for an analogy. Those times are fun for both of us.”</p> <p>Beyond their shared love of America’s pastime, Strauss lauds Sawhill’s passion. “Jules is a very intense worker,” he says.</p> <p>Coach Abrahamowicz sees the same.</p> <p>“Jules is a great teammate. A guy that you get the best out of all the time,” he says. “His work ethic on and off the field is an amazing quality that few possess.”</p> <p>As for the rest of the team?</p> <p>“My teammates think I’m nuts,” Sawhill says. “But in the end they respect the work I’m doing.”</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Story</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2014-10-09T12:00:00Z">Thu, 10/09/2014 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Daniel Hautzinger</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=2357">Double Degree Program</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2418">Student-Athlete</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2356">Conservatory</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2411">Athletics & Wellness</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=25416">Politics</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/politics" hreflang="und">Politics</a></div> </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> </article> <article> <h1>How Cross-Country Training Makes Austin Lewellen '16 a Better Bassist</h1> <p>eburnett — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:03:39 +0000</p> <span>How Cross-Country Training Makes Austin Lewellen '16 a Better Bassist</span> <span><span>eburnett</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:03:39-05:00" title="Monday, November 7, 2016 - 13:03">Mon, 11/07/2016 - 13:03</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Sometimes accidents have beneficial consequences. Austin Lewellen ’16, who majors in double bass performance in the conservatory, sprained his ankle just three hours before his first lesson of the year.</p> <p>The injury came about while Lewellen was training for his role away from music: as a runner on the cross-country team. Because of the ankle, he had to sit down while playing in his lesson with his teacher, Scott Dixon. “All my teacher said was, ‘You play louder while sitting.’ And now I only play orchestral music while sitting.”</p> <p>That discovery is only the least obvious of the benefits that have resulted from Lewellen’s life as both a musician and athlete. “I’ve been finding that the mental game of racing has helped me deal with performance anxiety," he says. "You have to focus on the big picture, otherwise you won’t run a good race. But you also have to pay attention to the technical details, otherwise you will injure yourself or run slowly. And the same thing goes for music.” </p> <p>Running and performing also share similar practice techniques, so that learning to practice efficiently in one causes improvement in the other. For instance, cross-country workouts involve a lot of interval training. Recently, Lewellen has been trying to apply the same concept to the bass: working on small sections or aspects of performance in short, concentrated bursts. </p> <p>Ray Appenheimer, head coach of the cross-country team, agrees that Lewellen’s dual pursuits have had a favorable effect. “As his commitments in the conservatory have grown over the last three years, so has Austin's maturity and ability to handle it all,” Appenheimer says. </p> <p>“The fact that he balances it all so well is testimony to his capacity and confidence as an artist and athlete.”</p> <p>Lewellen ran cross country throughout high school in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and originally hoped to earn a college scholarship for it. But although Division III schools do not offer athletic scholarships, Lewellen visited �鶹��Ƶ in his senior year and loved the team. “They’re just awesome people,” he says.</p> <p>That helped him decide to take on two considerable commitments.</p> <p>When asked how he balances athletics and music, Lewellen laughingly responds: “coffee.” </p> <p>But coffee alone doesn’t solve everything; he carefully organizes his day so that there’s time to practice bass in the morning and run later in the day. </p> <p>“It’s hard to have the mental and physical energy to practice bass after a hard workout,” he says. While attending a music festival in Canada over the summer, he ran at six in the morning—the only free time he could find.</p> <p>“Austin loves being so busy,” Appenheimer insists. “He loves the challenge of taking on so much and striving to do it all to the best of his ability.”</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Story</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2014-09-18T12:00:00Z">Thu, 09/18/2014 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Daniel Hautzinger</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=2411">Athletics & Wellness</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2418">Student-Athlete</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="/conservatory/divisions/strings" hreflang="und">Strings</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Austin Lewellen collaborated with the bluegrass band Punch Brothers during his 2013-14 year at �鶹��Ƶ.</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> </main></body></html>