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President's Award presented during Appreciation Dinner
The 2005 President's Award was presented to Warren and Carol Reynolds during the annual Appreciation Dinner held in the Michel Student Center ballroom on October 28. Pictured following the presentation are Warren Reynolds, President and Mrs. Broski, and Carol Reynolds.
The Reynolds have endowed two scholarships and a travel fund for forensics and named the Business Management and Administration wing of Baker Hall. In memory of a family member, they have beautified the campus by endowing a garden near Bradley Hall. They are perpetual members of the Founder's Society and charter members of the 1897 Society. In 1993, Warren was inducted into the Centurion Society.
Warren's career with Keystone Steel and Wire began in 1953 where he advanced through various positions to become vice president and corporate secretary. He retired in 1983 only to begin with Carol a number of new successful business ventures. He served as president of the National Alumni Association in 1971 and has been a member of the Bradley Council since 1987. When Bradley celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1972, he chaired the committee planning the celebration.
Warren graduated from Bradley with a bachelor's degree in 1953 and a master's degree in 1967. Carol is a graduate of Beloit College.
Four faculty members recognized during Convocation
Four faculty members were recognized for their achievements in teaching, scholarship, and service during the annual Founder's Day Convocation on October 21. Award winners pictured are (left to right) Dr. Kevin Swafford, Dr. Jeff Huberman, Dr. Larry Weinzimmer, and Dr. Sherri Morris.
The awards and their recipients follow.
Putnam Award for Excellence in Teaching
Recognition of excellence in teaching became a tradition at
Bradley in 1957 when Charles A. Putnam established this
prestigious award.
Dr. Lawrence Weinzimmer
Professor of Management
Dr. Weinzimmer has authored or co-authored more than 30
refereed publications and two books. He has received a number
of teaching honors including Bradley's First-Year
Teaching Award, the Caterpillar Inc. New Faculty Teaching
Award, Midwest Grain Products Teaching Award, Phi Chi Theta
Faculty of the Year, and Order of Omega Teacher of the Year.
He received his Bachelor of Science in Business Management and
MBA at Bradley and was awarded the Ph.D. in management science
from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1993.
Caterpillar Inc. Faculty Award for Scholarship
The Caterpillar Inc. Faculty Achievement Award for Scholarship
and the Caterpillar Inc. Faculty Award Achievement for
Teaching are awarded to full-time tenure-track faculty members
who have not yet attained tenure status.
Dr. Kevin Swafford
Assistant Professor of English
Dr. Swafford earned a bachelor's degree at San Francisco State
University, master's degree at New York University,
and the Ph.D. at the University of Rhode Island. Prior to
coming to Bradley in 2001, he was a visiting assistant
professor at the New England Institute of Technology and an
assistant professor of English at James Madison University.
His scholarly activity includes six articles in peer-reviewed
journals, two book reviews, and eleven presentations at
professional conferences. The focus of his current scholarly
energies is the final revision of a book manuscript that has
been conditionally accepted for publication by Edwin Mellen
Press.
Caterpillar Inc. Faculty Award for Teaching
Dr. Sherri Morris
Assistant Professor of Biology
Dr. Morris received her bachelor's and master's
degrees from San Diego State University, and her Ph.D. from
The Ohio State University in 1998. Prior to coming to Bradley
in 2000, she was an adjunct assistant professor at the Kellogg
Biological Station at Michigan State University. She was named
a Project Kaleidoscope Faculty for the 21st Century in 2003 in
recognition of her leadership in science education. Project
Kaleidoscope is a national, high profile organization
dedicated to excellence in undergraduate science and math
education.
Francis C. Mergen Memorial Award for Public Service
The Mergen Award is given annually to a member of the Bradley
faculty, staff, or administration who has distinguished
herself or himself in the area of public service. The award
was established in 1973 in memory of Dr. Mergen, who had been
director of the department of industrial engineering.
Dr. Jeffrey Huberman
Dean
Slane College of Communications and Fine Arts
Dr. Huberman has distinguished himself as a dedicated volunteer with a number of organizations in the Peoria community and within his profession. He has taken an active role in transforming the Peoria NEXT Discovery Forum series into a nationally recognized meeting to celebrate and discover new ideas and has been a leader in the development of the Peoria Prize for Creativity, a nationally significant award established to focus attention on the creative class. In addition, he serves on the boards of the Illinois Valley Public Telecommunications Corporation, ArtsPartners of Central Illinois, the Contemporary Art Center, and Agudas Achim synagogue. Dr. Huberman also serves on the boards of the International Council of Fine Arts Deans, the Illinois broadcasters Association, and the Association for Theatre in Higher Education. Earlier this year he was inducted into the College of Fellows of the American Theatre in recognition of his distinguished service and accomplishments in the fields of education and professional theatre.
Work of Harry Potter illustrator included in Bradley exhibit
An exhibition titled "Narration and Markmaking: Contemporary Group Illustration," featuring 47 works by 36 illustrators from around the world, will be on display in the Heuser Art Center gallery on the Bradley University campus from November 3 through December 3. The show explores the many styles of illustration used for contemporary children's books, editorial articles, newspapers, magazines and self-promotional work.
Promotional pieces done in oil by artist Jim Salvati for the Harry Potter movies are included as is a work titled "Little Jeezy" by artist Anita Kunz. That work was included in Rolling Stone.
"The works created by illustrators are often narrative. Whether there is a literal story or subject - or a more abstract relationship between colors and materials - the narrative in visual art applies as much to the work as it does to the viewer's "story" of what they will see," said Pam Ayres, director of galleries at Bradley, who curated the show with Melanie DeKeyrel.
Admission is free and gallery hours are Tuesday through Thursday from 1:30 to 6:30 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 1 to 4:30 p.m.
A reception will be held on Thursday, November 10, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Heuser Art Center gallery.
A gallery walk discussing illustration and the role of the illustrator will be led by participating artist and Peoria resident David McCall Johnston on November 17 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Both events are free and open to the public.
Johnston's work is included in publications such as, "The Illustrator in America, 1880-1980 A Century of Illustration," and "The Illustrator in America 1860-2000." Over the past 30 years Johnston's signature Americana style has crossed ocean borders to achieve international recognition. His work can be seen in the Henry Ford Museum/Greenfield Village and The Jules Vernes Museum in Nantes, France. His work "Around the World in 80 Days" is on display in the Bradley exhibition. He has many other commissions to his credit including New York University, Time, Inc., the Mt. Rushmore National Monument Society, and Steuben Glass of Corning Incorporated. Johnston currently is creating a painting for Keeneland, a thoroughbred race course and sales company located near Lexington in the heart of Kentucky's famed Bluegrass Region. The movie Seabiscut was filmed at this location and serves as an inspiration for the work.
The exhibit will travel to Indiana State University following its debut at Bradley. The exhibit is sponsored in part by the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency, Blick Art Materials, Friends of Art, Jacob and Lorrie Bunn and the Intellectual and Cultural Activities Committee at Bradley.
For more information, contact Pam Ayres, director of galleries at Bradley at 309 677-2989.
NPR correspondent to give Robison Lecture
Don Gonyea, White House correspondent for National Public Radio, will give the Robsion Lecture at Bradley University on November 9 at 7 p.m. in Neumiller Lecture Hall in Bradley Hall. His topic is "Inside the Bush White House: First Term Successes/Second Term Stumbles." The lecture is free and open to the public.
Gonyea's coverage of events related to the presidency of George W. Bush can be heard frequently on NPR's Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, and Talk of the Nation. He is also a substitute host for the NPR newsmagazines Weekend Edition Sunday and All Things Considered. Don Gonyea has been reporting for NPR since 1986.
Before moving to the White House beat in January 2001, Gonyea spent nearly 15 years in Detroit reporting on the automobile industry and labor issues. He covered the lengthy auto workers' strikes against General Motors during the summer of 1998, as well as work stoppages against UPS, the Detroit newspapers, and the airline industry. He also covered the scandal that led to the resignation of Teamsters President Ron Carey, which ushered in the election of Jimmy Hoffa's son as the new Teamsters President. He also has reported on the development of alternative fuel automobiles and a variety of domestic issues, including assisted suicide, politics, education, and the 1999 closing of Detroit's Tiger Stadium.
In addition to his work with NPR, Gonyea has been a contributor to The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and PBS's This Week in Business. His work is also seen and heard on the BBC, the CBC, and in the Columbia Journalism Review. He has won numerous national and state awards for his reporting, and was part of the team that in 2000 earned NPR a George Foster Peabody Award, broadcasting's highest honor, for "Lost & Found Sound," a series on All Things Considered.
The Robison Lecturer program was established in memory of Mary Leslie Robison, an educator and journalist for more than 40 years. She was an assistant professor of English at Bradley from 1957 to 1968. In 1953, the Illinois Association of Journalism Teachers honored her with a gold key for meritorious service to scholastic journalism. The Robison Endowed Lectureship is designed to bring to campus distinguished working professionals and educators in print and broadcast journalism.
Mr. Gonyea's lecture is presented by the Bradley Department of Communication and WCBU FM.
Native American poet to read work at Bradley
Native American poet Simon J. Ortiz will read from his work at Bradley University on November 3 at 7:30 p.m. in Neumiller Lecture Hall in Bradley Hall. The reading is free and open to the public.
Ortiz, born and raised in the Acoma Pueblo Community in Albuquerque, New Mexico, received his early education from the Bureau of Indian Affairs school on the Acoma reservation, later attending the University of New Mexico and completing his M.F.A. at the University of Iowa. His poetry explores the significance of individual origins and journeys, which he sees as forming a vital link in the continuity of life. Ortiz's books of poetry include Going for Rain (1976), From Sand Creek (1982), Woven Stone (1992), and After and Before the Lightning (1994).
The reading is sponsored by the Department of English and the Intellectual and Cultural Activities Committee at Bradley.
Peoria Lunaire performance to feature new works
Peoria Lunaire, the Bradley University New Music Ensemble, will perform on Wednesday, November 9, at 7:30 p.m. in Dingeldine Music Center, located at 1417 W. Barker Avenue. Admission is free and open to the public.
The performance will feature new acoustic and electronic works by eleven Bradley composition students: Jeremy Bell, Jacob Bland, Peter Bobis, Mark Dempsey, Rusty Duckworth, Julie Gustis, Erik Juhl, Joel Raabe, David Ruckman, Lauren Schwartz, and Aaron Wood. Peoria Lunaire is directed by Dr. Stephen Heinemann of the Bradley music faculty.
For more information, call 677-2603.
Bradley Theatre presents Anton In Show Business
The Bradley University Theatre production of "Anton In Show Business" opens on November 10 in the Meyer Jacobs Theatre in the the Hartmann Center on campus.
Jane Martin's Anton In Show Business takes you behind the glitz and glamour of the theatre in a fast-paced, hysterical romp into the backstage lives of three struggling actresses and an ill-fated production of Anton Chekhov's The Three Sisters staged in San Antonio, Texas.
Performed by an all-female cast, Anton in Show Business pokes fun at incompetent producers, idiot directors, surgically beautified actors, crass sponsors, self-important critics, and even such sacred topics as multiculturalism, while at the same time it satirizes, celebrates, and chalenges the importance of theatre as an art form.
Additional performances will be given November 11 through 13 and 17 through 20. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday performances begin at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday matinees at 2:30 p.m. To reserve tickets call the Cultural Events Box Office at 309 677-2650.
Writer, editor, critic to give reading at Bradley
Writer, editor, critic, and composer Richard Burgin will read from his work at Bradley on Wednesday, November 9, at 7:30 p.m. in the Horowitz Auditorium in the Caterpillar Global Communications Center. The reading is free and open to the public.
Burgin is the author of 11 books, including the novel "Ghost Quartet (1999) and the story collection "The Spirit Returns" (2001). His new book, "The Identity Club: New and Selected Stories," appears this fall and includes a CD of his musical compositions. His stories have won four Pushcart Prizes, and 13 more have been listed by Pushcart Press as among the year's best.
Burgin was the founding editor of "Boston Review" and "New York Arts Journal." He currently is the editor of the internationally distributed journal "Boulevard." His criticism and reviews have appeared frequently in "The New York Times Book Review," "The Washington Post," "The Chicago Tribune," and "The Boston Globe."
The reading is presented by the Bradley Visiting Writers Series.
Cradle Oak Press Visiting Artist to give lecture
Cradle Oak Press visiting artist Daniel Britton will present a lecture titled "Pursuing Illusions" on November 10 at 6:30 p.m. in the Horowitz Auditorium in the Caterpillar Global Communications Center. A reception with the artist will precede the lecture at 4:30 in the Hartmann Center gallery, where an exhibit of his work is on display through November 18.
The Cradle Oak Press was created to serve the Bradley and Peoria communities as a teaching facility and conduit for access to printmaking information and experiences. Special attention is given to the visiting artist program through which artists are invited to make prints.
WiZARDS! to perform the score for screening of silent film
The Bradley University Music Department will host the internationally acclaimed double reed quartet WiZARDS! for a unique performance on Saturday, November 19, at 7:30 p.m. in Dingeldine Music Center, located at 1417 W. Barker Avenue. Admission is free and open to the public.
The program will consist of a screening of the 1920 horror classic silent film, "The Golem," by film maker Paul Wegener. WiZARDS! will perform a score composed specifically for this film by the California composer Philip Freihofner. They will be assisted by conductor Willliam LaRue Jones.
The film is based upon a medieval Jewish legend about a clay figure that is brought to life to serve as a protector of the Jews who live in the Prague ghetto in the year 1580. But once it is brought to life it soon turns against its master. "The Golem" is a film of great power, as hypnotic as a German Expressionist vision of life as a waking dream. The dim light and looming shadow were photographed by Karl Freund, who also shot two German Expressionist masterpieces: Fritz Lang's Metropolis and F.W. Murnau's The Last Laugh. Hans Poelzig's stylized sets convey the claustrophobia of ghetto life, with curved stone walls and sharply pointed roofs. The two sets of circular stairs the characters climb down to enter the rabbi's study look like the twin chambers of a human heart. It is easy to see parallels between "The Golem" and later horror films. For instance, the scene of the Golem playing with a group of children in a combination of innocence and malevolence would find a parallel in Frankenstein.
WiZARDS! is a double reed ensemble featuring the oboe, bassoon, English horn, oboe d'amore, contra bassoon and piccolo oboe in a magical tour of chamber music for audiences of all ages. The ensembe is comprised of Greg Morton, bassoon, Mark Weiger, oboe, and oboe d'amore, Andrea Gullickson, oboe, and oboe d'amore, and S. Blake Duncan, English horn.
WiZARDS! performs nearly 30 concerts each year and tours through 15 states, including Chicago, Philadelphia, Kansas City and Washington D.C. Their programs are a celebration of chamber music with a rich and diverse repertoire that spans four centuries.
Bradley Symphonic Band and Winds in concert
The Bradley University Symphonic Band and the Bradley Symphonic Winds, led by Dr. David Vroman, will present a Music Scholarship Concert Series performance on Sunday, November 13, at 3 p.m. in Dingeldine Music Center, located at 1417 W. Barker Avenue. Admission is $5 for adults; and free for students. All proceeds from go toward music talent awards for Bradley students.
The 100-member Symphonic Band will perform "Crown Him With Many Crowns, A Fanfare Prelude" arranged by James Swearingen; "Into the Storm" by Robert W. Smith; "All Things" by local composer Craig Fitzpatrick, "A Longford Legend" by Bob Sheldon; and "Pentland Hills Concert March" by Col. Jimmie Howe.
The Symphonic Winds, a select band of 65 students, will perform "Olympiada" by Samuel Hazo, "Nessun Dorma" by Puccini; "Lincolnshire Posey" by Percy Grainger and "March Electric" by Giuseppe Creatore.
Tickets may be purchased at the door one hour before the concert, or in advance by calling the Cultural Events Box Office at 309-677-2650.
Guitar Ensemble performs November 13
The Bradley University Guitar Ensemble will perform on Sunday, November 13, at 7:30 p.m. in Dingeldine Music Center, located at 1417 W. Barker Avenue. Admission is free and open to the public.
The Ensemble will present a diverse program, including the lute music of Dowland and Galilei, an arrangement of a Scarlatti harpsichord sonata and more. Some of the featured music is arranged for guitar ensemble in part by director Michael Hull, of the Bradley music faculty. The group also will perform several Spanish folk songs. Solo performances by some of the members of the ensemble will be included, featuring works by Tarrega, Scarlatti, Ponce and Paganini.
For more information, call 309 677-3592.
Students from 56 schools selected for Honor Band
Students from 56 schools throughout Illinois have been selected to perform with the Bradley University Freshman Sophomore High School Honor Band, under the direction of Dr. David Vroman.
The band will perform on Tuesday, November 15, at 7:30 pm in Dingeldine Music Center, located at 1417 W. Barker Avenue in Peoria. The Bradley Symphonic Winds also will perform during the concert. Tickets to the performance are $5 for adults and free for students. Tickets may be purchased at the door one hour prior to the concert, or in advance by calling the Cultural Events Box Office at 309-677-2650.
Of Note
Whited selected for leader list
Michelle Whited, Director of Student Activities, recently was selected for inclusion in the 2005 class of 40 Leaders Under Forty by InterBusiness Issues Magazine. his is the 12th year that the Magazine has recognized young leaders in central Illinois in this way for their achievements. Read more about Michelle and others selected for the honor in the November issue of InterBusiness Issues (http://www.peoriamagazines.com/ibi/112005/topArticle).