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A group of Lindsey Wilson College
students, faculty and staff participated
in the equivalent of the choral Final
Four June 29 at Carnegie Hall. The
eight LWC students, alumna and faculty
member were part of a performance ofAntonio Vivaldis Gloria on
in New
York Citys Carnegie Hall. The per-
formance which merged more than
175 vocalists was accompanied by the
New England Symphonic Ensemble.
The honor of being selected to per-
form at Carnegie Hall is to the classical
musician what winning the Final Four is
to a college basketball team, said LWC
Associate Professor of Music and
Religion and
Director of Choral
Programs Gerald
Chafin. Im incredi-
bly proud of the hard
work and dedicationof our choral students
to perform at this level
of musicianship.
Chafin took six stu-
dents to the concert:
Molly Atkinson of Louisville, Ky.;
Jenny Burdine of Pine Knot, Ky.;
Allison Chafin of Columbia; KatelinFrederickof Hustonville, Ky.;
Tyler
McCubbins of Magnolia, Ky.; and
Josh Stephens of Stearns, Ky. Also per-
forming was alumna Sara Hargis.
Currently an LWC admissions coun-
selor, Hargis was a member of the
Singers and she participated in the col-
leges inaugural Carnegie Hall appear-ance.This was the third
time LWC stu-
dents have performed at Carnegie Hall
concert the other two were in 2002
and 06.
It is a great deal of work to prepare
for this concert, but students discover
that it is worth the effort, Chafin. Its
an experience they will cherish and
remember for the rest of their lives.
LWC Group Performs at Carnegie Hall
Gerald Chafin
HONORING 60 YEARS OF SERVICE: The LWC community honored four
colleagues at aJune 16 retirement reception. The four who gave more
than 60 years of service to
LWC retired at the end of the 2008-09 fiscal year. From left:
Controller Curtis
Slinker, Director of Institutional of Research Steve Sargent,
Associate Professor ofEnglish Carolyn Keefe and Dining Services
Cashier Gladys Baker.
Blue Raider Shuttle Saves Gas, Students StepsInternational
Student Campus
Activities Coordinator Dustin Harris
(left) and Catie Bilz of the residence
life office operate the Blue Raider
Shuttle, which was made possible
by a gift from Walmart. The 15-pas-
senger van shuttles students twice
daily on weekdays and once dailyon weekends to the Walmart
store
in Adair County.
Professorsbook explores
1830 debateA Lindsey Wilson College
professor has published abook about an historic debate
in the U.S. Senate that offers
a 30-year preview into the
causes of the Civil War. InThe Webster-Hayne Debate:
An Inquiry into the Nature of
the Union (University Press
of America)
Assistant
Professor of
Political
Science
Stefan M.
Brooks
explores a
January1830 debate
in the U.S. Senate between
Robert Hayne of South
Carolina and Daniel Webster
of Massachusetts.
Brooks concludes that the
debate reveals the failure of
James Madisons characteri-
zation of the Constitution as a
partly federal, partly nation-al union and the futility of
dividing sovereignty betweenthe U.S. government and the
states.
DasBuch
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Students from the
Lindsey Wilson
College Hazard
Community Campus
raised money to sup-
port a scholarship forone of their campus
beloved professors.
The students sold to
special t-shirts to raise
money for the Mary
Kloth Memorial
Scholarship. Kloth taught at LWCs
Hazard Community Campus until
her death in 2008; the colleges
Mary A. Kloth Center for
Professional Counseling Services
in Hazard is named in her memory.Students from the Hazard
Community Campus presented
LWC Alumni Director Randy
Burns one of the special t-shirts
June 27 in Robert D. Cranmer
Dining & Conference Center. From
left: Whitney Lowe of Red Fox,
Ky.; Sheila Cornett of Beattyville,
Ky.; Burns; Freda Wiseman of
Hazard, Ky.; Billie Adams of
Hyden, Ky.; and Debra Godsey of
Bulan, Ky. They were part of agroup of 55 students from the
Southern Appalachian Regions
five community campuses who vis-
ited the A.P. White Campus on June
27.
Former Professor Honored
Three incoming freshmen and one return-ing senior have been
named John B. BegleyScholars. The scholarship worth more
than$25,000 a year is the Lindsey WilsonColleges most
prestigious.
The three freshmen named to the pro-gram are: Rachel McKenzie
CarrofDanville, Ky., Katie Easton of Crestwood,Ky., and William
Kendall Sewell of
Somerset, Ky. Lorna Heaton of Liverpool,England, is the
returning student.
Carr, Easton and Sewell were chosenfrom more than 85 high school
seniors fromKentucky, Indiana and Tennessee who wereinvited to
compete for the scholarship lastwinter. Heaton was chosen from
amongmore than 1,000 returning students.
Carr, a 2009 graduate of Boyle CountyHigh School, plans to major
at secondaryeducation.
Easton, a 2009 South Oldham High
School graduate, plans to major at biology toprepare for
pharmacy school.
Sewell, a 2009 Southwestern High Schoolgraduate, plans to major
in secondary edu-cation in English.
Heaton is a mathematics senior and amember of the womens soccer
team, whereshe is a defender.
More on YouTube To watch interviews with the new Begley
Scholars, go to the LWC YouTube page:
www.youtube.com/lwcpublicrelations.Search: Begley Scholars.
Four named
Begley Scholars
New John B. Begley Scholars pose with LWC
Chancellor John B. Begley. From left: Rachel Carr of
Danville, Ky.; Kendall Sewell of Somerset, Ky.;Begley; Lorna
Heaton of Liverpool, England; and
Katie Easton of Crestwood, Ky.
TOP: Award-win-
ning journalist Dan
Gediman (right) dis-plays a Lindsey Wilson
College mug and t-
shirt given to him Aug.
17 by LWC Director of
Library Services Phil
Hanna.
BOTTOM:
Gediman speaks to an
crowd of more than
250 people in the
Norma and Glen
Hodge Center forDiscipleship about
This I Believe series.
Gediman revived the classic
radio series, started by legendaryjournalist Edward R. Murrow,
in
2004. The program has been aired
on NPR and on Bob Edwards
satellite and public radio show.
This school year, LWC fresh-
men are reading This I Believe as
part of a shared experience in the
Freshman Seminar class. For
more information about This I
Believe go to: thisibelieve.org.
Freshmen Read This I Believe
