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F E A T U R E:
Three Students Win Rotary Scholarships
Each scholar will receive up to $22,000 toward transportation, tuition, fees, room, board and limited language training while serving as "ambassadors of goodwill" on behalf of their home country and Rotary International. They will do this through their daily interactions while abroad and through formal appearances at Rotary clubs while at home. They also are expected to share their experiences with the clubs in their sponsor district at the end of the scholarship period, remain available for presentations and participation in other Rotary activities, and generally maintain a long-term relationship with the Rotarians who sponsored them.
Ball, a political studies major, will use the Rotary scholarship in 1999-’00 to extend the study of Turkish politics he will begin next year as a Fulbright Fellow.
Chernow, a political studies major, intends to study environmental education in New Zealand, focusing on the ecological systems and folk lore of that country.
Johnston, a political economy major who will study the business of international sports in Australia, plans to gain hands-on experience in the field by volunteering for the Olympic games there.
P R O F I L E:
Ben Shepard ’92 Records Silent Screams
After graduating from Pitzer in 1992, Benjamin Heim Shepard spent two years working graveyard shifts as a counselor at one of San Francisco’s largest AIDS housing programs. On his days off, he recorded the life stories of people with AIDS. The result is "White Nights and Ascending Shadows: An Oral History of the San Francisco AIDS Epidemic," a 320-page book published last October by Cassell Academic.
"‘White Nights and Ascending Shadows’ is a montage of life-story interviews with 30 people with AIDS," wrote a reviewer for "Lesbian and Gay Studies." "The power of the work lies in the composition of interviews forming the story of the ’70s migration to San Francisco, the election of the nation’s first openly gay official, his assassination, the onset of a disease and its impact on a city."
"I think the experiences of the first generation of AIDS for people was that we shared the experience of having been a very small group who knew, at the very beginning, that what happened to us would happen to the rest of the world," says Cleve Jones, former Harvey Milk aide and founder of the KS Foundation and Names Project, in Shepard’s book. "That’s part of it, that terrible frustration of screaming as loud as you can scream and no one can hear you."
Now a resident of Chicago, Shepard is a student at the University of Chicago’s School for Social Service Administration. Pitzer’s Alumni Directory lists him as a social worker for Shanti Project, a San Francisco-based agency that provides culturally sensitive services for people affected by HIV disease. Services include peer support, recreational activities, help with chores, transportation, help with childcare, free movie tickets and help for caregivers.
Lisa Rodriguez Fossum, program administrator for audio visual and instructional technology, is taking a leave of absence Monday through Aug. 17 to continue doctoral studies in education and media. Victor Martin, audio-visual assistant, will work full time in her absence. All requests for audio-visual services should continue to go to Avhelp@pitzer.edu.
The Claremont Mellon Project is offering a workshop on "Managing Lecture-Free Learning," Wednesday through Friday. The workshop, designed to promote non-lecture pedagogy, will be led by T. J. Mueller, a former member of HMC’s biology department and a founding partner of The Mona Group, a corporation dedicated to the production of college-level educational software. Participants will receive a $400 stipend. For information, e-mail Mueller at tj@shor.net or visit the Mellon calendar at www.mckenna.edu/Mellon/calendar/calendar.html.
If you have not yet returned the bright-green library survey you received via campus mail in the past few weeks, please do so as soon as possible. The stated deadline of April 30 has been extended to encourage wider response. Surveys should be returned via campus mail to the Library Survey Team, Honnold-Mudd Library.
Summer hours begin May 25 and end Aug. 7. If any staff find that the summer working hours result in inequities because of the need to cover essential functions, please notify supervisors or Marlene Kirk in human resources.
MONDAY
The Board of Trustees meets on Pitzer’s campus.
TUESDAY
The Claremont Mellon Project hosts a preview of three advanced Web
workshops offered this summer. The workshops are for experienced
cybernauts, but the preview might interest anyone who wants to know what’s
possible on the Web. Sign up by e-mailing Jim Pinter-Lucke at
Lucke@CMCVAX.McKenna.edu.
THURSDAY
The Third Annual Staff Appreciation Luncheon gets underway at 11:30 a.m. in
McConnell Center Dining Hall. Awards for length of service will be given,
along with special "awards" voted on by the staff.
Pomona College’s annual Rembrandt Club Luncheon takes place at noon in the Blue Room of Frank Dining Hall. Entertainment is by the Claremont High School Chamber Singers. For more information or reservations, call (909) 982-8599.
Need dependable, skilled help with those summer home and garden projects? Contact the One-Stop Worker Deployment Center at 1646 W. Mission Blvd., Pomona. The center is the result of efforts by professor Jose Calderon and a group of Pitzer students, in conjunction with the city of Pomona and other non-profit agencies, to develop an alternative employment site for day laborers who typically gather on street corners. Calderon and senior Josie Lopez serve on the board of directors. To hire skilled day laborers for short-term projects, visit the center or call (909) 629-3582, 629-6592 or 629-5632.
A representative of Fidelity Investments, Mauriel Avina, will be on-campus for scheduled individual counseling sessions for faculty or staff. Employees interested in scheduling an appointment should call Fidelity's Central Reservation System at 1-800-642-7131. Sessions take place on Monday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., in the Weingart Room, Alexander Hall, Pomona College campus, and Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Mary Routt Memorabilia Room, Balch Hall, Scripps College campus. For more information, contact Marlene Kirk at x18254.