To Name a Few
Sura DuBow '92, assistant men's and women's swim coach last year,
has been named head coach, replacing Sheila Cain, who resigned over the
summer to take the top slot at the University of Chicago. A political science
major and swim team captain at Colby, Sura
spent a year as an ESL teacher at the American English Institute in Buenos
Aires, Argentina, before returning to her alma mater.
. . . Janet Kolkebeck, formerly associate director of
development and major gifts officer at the University of Oregon, has been named
director of major gifts, replacing Ann Jones-Weinstock, who's off to ply
the trade for Middlebury. Kolkebeck did her undergraduate work at the
University of Wisconsin, received a master's in special education from
Northeastern Illinois University, and then earned an M.B.A. from the University
of Chicago. . . . Marc Glass has been appointed assistant
director of communications, replacing Lynn Sullivan '89, who has
resigned. A 1988 honors graduate of Bates College, Glass taught English at Jay
High School while working as a freelance journalist for several Maine
papers. . . . Allyson Goodwin '87 is the new major
gifts officer and director of regional campaigns. She was director of annual
giving at Colby-Sawyer. . . . Becky Birrell '92 is
associate director of annual giving, coming from Wesleyan University, where she
had been assistant director. . . . Suisheng Zhao
(government) has been named an honorary senior fellow of the Zhejiang Institute
of Asian-Pacific Studies in China. Suisheng is the editor of The Journal of
Contemporary China, considered one of the most powerful influences in the
formulation of Americans' attitudes toward China.
Full Professors
Trustees approved the recommended promotion to full professorships for
Michael Marlais in art and Len Reich in administrative science
and science and technology studies. Michael joined the Colby faculty in 1983;
Len in 1986.
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Economics a Leader
A study conducted at Mount Holyoke College ranks Colby third among the
nation's best liberal arts colleges for the quality of its economics department
as based upon faculty publications. Previous studies had ranked economics
departments at graduate degree-granting institutions. The study used all
schools listed in the U.S. News & World Report college guide.
Williams College was ranked first, followed by Wellesley.
Name Straightening
Because the name "center" so well defines the function of the planned
new addition to the Student Center, it has been agreed to call the new wing the
Pugh Center and to change the name of the building itself to the
Student Union.
Colby Pride
Cheryl Townsend Gilkes (sociology and anthropology) has been elected to
the 12-member Council of the American Sociological Association. Charles
Willie, father of Cheryl's department colleague, Sarah Willie, is
vice president-elect of the association. . . Dave Bourgaize (chemistry)
has received a major award from the National Institutes of Health to assist
research by him and his students on Volvox, a green algae controlled by light.
The work is aimed at understanding how protein synthesis is controlled during
the growth of many different organisms, including humans. . . .
Cedric Bryant (English) was a member of the faculty of a four-week
NEH-funded summer institute for Maine secondary and high school teachers titled
"Shaping Identities: Autobiography and the American Experience."
Staffers Are Promoted
Three young admissions professionals--Hung Bui '94, Alison
Meyer '94 and Kevin Turner--have been promoted to the rank of
assistant director. In geology, Bruce Rueger has been named senior
teaching associate and, in Miller Library, Karen Bourgaize has been
named circulation supervisor. Darlene Hallee has been promoted to
administrative secretary in the office of the dean of the college and in
alumni/development, Patricia Ayers-Miller is now programmer and systems analyst for information services.
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In Case You Haven't Heard
The Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) has
announced that Colby is a winner of the Coun-cil's 1995 Circle of Excellence in
Educational Fund-Raising Award, which honors outstanding fund-raising programs
across the country. Colby won similar awards in 1991 and 1992. Randy
Helm's shop was one of 13 from private liberal arts colleges to receive the
honor.
Two Named to Chairs
Two veteran faculty members--Tom Morrione '65 and Ed
Yeterian--have been appointed to named chairs. Tom is the Dana Professor of
Sociology; Ed is the Audrey Wade Hittinger Katz and Sheldon Toby Katz
Distinguished Teaching Professor of Psychology. Tom won't abbreviate his title;
Ed probably will.
Moosecellaneous
Some 70 percent of Colby students now engage in international study,
considerably more than the next closest NESCAC school, Middlebury, where
approximately half of all students study abroad. . . .
Administrative Vice President Arnie Yasinski has been elected chair of
the board of the Mid-Maine Medical Center. Now he watches the books at each of
Waterville's two largest employers. . . . Despite the crush of
students, Registrar George Coleman and Dean of Faculty Bob
McArthur teamed to place the greatest number of students ever in courses of
their first choice. . . . Sophomore Meaghan Sittler (East
Amherst, N.Y.) and junior Barbara Gordon (Glendale, Calif.) were named
to the U.S. Women's Select Team, from which some members of the first-ever U.S.
Olympic women's hockey team may be selected.
How Inflated Are We?
The Harvard Gazette reports that 85 percent of the Harvard Class
of '95 graduated with Latin honors. Colby had 43 percent in that once more
elite category. In an effort to combat grade inflation, several colleges have
taken to publishing the grade distribution of individual classes on student
transcripts. It has had the predictable effect of lowering overall averages.
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