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June 3, 2009 - African/Jazz Dance class offered GRANVILLE, Ohio — The Denison University Department of Dance is offering a class in African/Jazz Dance. This 90 minute movement class, taught by Meida McNeal, will take place between 4:30 and 6 p.m. on Wednesday, June 3, in the Doane Dance Building Upper Studio (231 W. College Street).
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May 30, 2009 - Denison Biological Reserve Offers 'Bird Walk' GRANVILLE, Ohio — Nature lovers, especially “birders,” will enjoy a Bird Walk through the Denison University Biological Reserve with manager Whitney Stocker at 8 a.m. on Saturday, May 30. The Reserve is located at 1760 North Street, just north of Granville on State Route 661.
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May 29, 2009 - Denison Honors Six with Citations During Reunion Weekend Six Denison University distinguished alumni, including two from central Ohio, were honored in Swasey Chapel on Friday, May 29, for their contributions to their professions, their communities and their alma mater. This is the 60th year in which Alumni Citations have been conferred by Denison. The first ceremony was in 1949. |
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May 28, 2009 - Contemporary/African fusional dance class GRANVILLE, Ohio — The Denison University Department of Dance is offering a class in Contemporary/African Fusional Dance. This 90 minute movement class, taught by Celia Weiss Bambara, a dance artist and scholar of African dance forms, will take place between 4:30 and 6 p.m. on Thursday, M |
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May 22, 2009 - Two Denison Graduates Join VISTA GRANVILLE, Ohio — Two members of Denison University’s class of 2009 have been accepted in the national AmeriCorps VISTA program through the Ohio Campus Compact.
Amanda Dever (Bowling Green, Ohio), an English and international studies double major, will serve at Marietta College. Er |
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May 17, 2009 - Denison's Commencement Features Two Speakers GRANVILLE, Ohio — Author Ann Hagedorn and educator Orlando Taylor will speak at Denison University’s 168th commencement at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 17, 2009, on the Fine Arts Quadrangle on the college’s lower campus (the 200 block of West Broadway), weather permitting. In case of |
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May 11, 2009 - Denison Professor Awarded Prestigious Grant GRANVILLE — Laura Romano, a Denison University assistant professor of biology, has been awarded a grant of more than $200,000 from the National Institutes for Health.
The grant is one of only four awarded to faculty members nationally as part of a special competition, “Enhancing De |
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May 2, 2009 - Denison Singers' Theatre Workshop Celebrates 10th Anniversary with Spring Production GRANVILLE, Ohio — The Denison Singers’ Theatre Workshop will celebrate its 10-year anniversary with “10: The Anniversary Revue,” directed by Belinda Smith-Andrews and accompanied by Kevin Wines, at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 2, and 3 p.m. Sunday, May 3, in the Burke Recital Hall ( |
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May 1, 2009 - Denison's Swasey Obervatory Offers Open House GRANVILLE, Ohio — The Denison University Department of Physics and Astronomy will host an observatory open house beginning at 9 p.m. on Friday, May 1, at Swasey Observatory (300 Chapel Drive) with two possible backup dates set for Saturday, May 2, and Sunday, May 3. The first clear night of t |
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May 1, 2009 - Bluegrass Ensemble Concert at Denison GRANVILLE, Ohio — Denison University’s Bluegrass Ensemble, directed by Casey Cook and Mark Wade, will perform for the last time this year on Friday, May 1, at 8 p.m. in Swasey Chapel (200 Chapel Drive). The concert is free and open to the public.
Organized in the spring of 2000, th |
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April 30, 2009 - Denison Hosts Dream Act Forum GRANVILLE, Ohio — The Denison University Department of Education and the Office of Multicultural Affairs will host a forum, “What Happens to a Dream Deferred? The DREAM Act: Access or Amnesty?” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 30, in Higley Auditorium (100 Ridge Road). Free and open t |
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April 29, 2009 - USA Today Selects Denison Student for National Honor GRANVILLE, Ohio — A Denison University senior, Caitlin Schroering, from Corvalis, Ore., was named to the USA Today’s 2009 All-USA College Academic Team. Schroering was one of 20 students named to USA Today’s third team, based on outstanding intellectual achievement and leadership. |
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April 28, 2009 - Denison Professor Connects with the Universe GRANVILLE, Ohio — New clues have been unveiled to understand the functioning of the most violent and energetic objects known: the jets produced by super massive black holes in active galaxies. An international team of astronomers, including Dan Homan, professor of physics and astronomy at Den |
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April 27, 2009 - Denison Provost Brad Bateman Discusses Keynesian Economics GRANVILLE, Ohio — Bradley W. Bateman, provost and professor of economics at Denison University, is one of America’s foremost authorities on 20th century British economist John Maynard Keynes.
On Monday, April 27, Bateman joined host Doug Fabrizio on RadioWest, a syndicated bro |
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April 26, 2009 - 'Music from Around the Globe' at Denison GRANVILLE, Ohio — The Denison University Wind and String Ensembles will perform “Music from Around the Globe” at 7 p.m. on Sunday, April 26, in Swasey Chapel (200 Chapel Drive). The concert is free and open to the public.
The concert, directed by Mark Wade and Cora Kuyvenhove |
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April 26, 2009 - Gamelan Ensemble Performs at Denison GRANVILLE, Ohio — The traditional Indonesian performance arts group Gamelan Dwara Udyani will perform at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 26, in the atrium of the Burton D. Morgan Center (150 Ridge Road). The performance is free and open to the public.
Gamelan Dwara Udyani follows the tradition o |
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April 25, 2009 - Musical Chairs Extravaganza at Denison GRANVILLE, Ohio — A 300-chair Musical Chairs Extravaganza will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 25, at the Reese~Shackleford Common (200 Ridge Road). Hosted by Denison University’s Benchmark Collective in collaboration with the Denison Art Collective, the event will have music suppl |
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April 25, 2009 - Denison Students Partner With Housing Task Force GRANVILLE, Ohio — A group of Denison University students have committed their labor and $2,500 to help the Licking County Save Our Homes Task Force present an information fair for area homeowners with mortgages. “The Borrowers Outreach Day,” which will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m |
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April 24, 2009 - Denison Senior Presents Choreographic Research GRANVILLE, Ohio — Denison University senior Brittany Jackson (Kent, Ohio), will present her senior choreographic research at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 24 and at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 25, in the Doane Dance performance space (231 West College Street). The performances are free and |
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April 24, 2009 - Denison Students Receive International Awards GRANVILLE, Ohio — Springtime is recognition season in higher education, and once again Denison University students have received a record number of national and international fellowships, grants and scholarships. Fifteen students have received good news from prestigious sources like Fulbright |