07.03.07 Internationally known stage director James Lucas returns to his alma mater to direct three performances of 'The Music Man'

Internationally-known stage director James Lucas, a 1951 graduate of Hiram College who has staged more than 130 professional productions in the United States and abroad, has returned to his alma mater to direct The Music Man July 13-15.

06.20.07 Goodner and Wheeler win Editor's Choice Award

The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) has named Hiram College's Associate Professor of Biology Brad Goodner and Biology Teaching Research Assistant Cathy Wheeler winners of the 2007 MicrobeLibrary Curriculum Resource Editor's Choice Award.

06.20.07 Underwood article published by 'Medical Humanities' journal

Medical Humanities, a respected international journal, has published an article by Lynn G. Underwood, Hiram College professor of biomedical humanities, titled "Now bounded, now immeasurable: perspectives on time in disability, in suffering and at the end of life."

06.11.07 Registration underway for summer and fall Weekend College and M.A. classes

Hiram College's Weekend College undergraduate and graduate programs are registering students for summer and fall courses. The fall roster of undergraduate and graduate weekend courses for working adults has appeared in several Northeast Ohio newspapers.

05.30.07 The deadline for Hiram's summer programs is approaching

The deadline for Hiram College's summer academies is fast approaching. Nominations are still being accepted for the High School Leadership conference, Theatre Institute, and Genomics Academy.

05.30.07 Hiram College to host international symposium on Leveraging Change: The Politics of Economics and Global Poverty

An international symposium - Leveraging Change: The Politics and Economics of Global Poverty and Health Care - will be held at Hiram College from June 21 through June 24.

05.10.07 Andrea Preston named Hiram women's basketball coach

Hiram College has named Andrea Preston head women's basketball coach. She replaces Don Feren, who resigned after three seasons.

05.07.07 Huehner show gets attention in Northern Ohio Live magazine

Martin K. Huehner, professor of art and environment studies, continues to draw attention for his show, "Ecosystems: Visual Echoes," at the Cuyahoga National Park's Hines Road Seiberling Gallery.

05.02.07 Dyer to speak to Northeast Ohio writing program's first graduates

Joyce Dyer, John S. Kenyon Professor of English and director of the Lindsay-Crane Center for Writing and Literature, will be the speaker for the first-ever graduating class of the NEOMFA/Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts program.

05.02.07 Deputy Secretary of Education Simon to visit Hiram College

U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education Raymond Simon will discuss the importance of higher education on Thursday, May 3, when he visits Hiram College.

05.01.07 Starlin article published in Campus Activities Programming magazine

Campus Activities Programming, a magazine for National Association for Campus Activities (NACA) members, has published an article by LeAnn Starlin, coordinator of campus involvement at Hiram College.

04.26.07 Physician-author Jay Baruch to give reading at Hiram College

Dr. Jay Baruch, emergency physician and faculty member at Brown Medical School, will read from his new book, "Fourteen Stories: Doctors, Patients, and Other Strangers," at Hiram College on Tuesday, May 1.

04.26.07 Hammack, Hyden receive scholarships to Appalachian Writers Workshop

Senior Jessica Hammack and alumna Amberly Hyden have been awarded scholarships to attend the 30th Annual Appalachian Writers Workshop this summer through funding given to the Lindsay-Crane Center for Writing and Literature by the John L.

04.25.07 Auditions set for community production of "The Music Man"

Performers are being sought for the Hiram College Department of Music-sponsored community production of Meredith Willson's musical theatre classic, "The Music Man," in Hayden Auditorium July 13-15.

04.23.07 Watson Senior Prize in Music to be announced at inaugural John M. Watson Memorial Concert

The Hiram College music department will present the inaugural John M. Watson Memorial Concert on Friday, April 27, 2007, at 7:30 p.m.

04.18.07 Hiram College to sell land to be developed as retirement village

Hiram College has agreed to sell 140 acres on the northeast edge of the campus to Village Builders for the construction of a retirement community.

04.18.07 Hiram College writers win East Central College Student Literary Competition

Four Hiram College students won awards in the East Central College's (ECC) 16th annual Student Literary Competition. Hiram students Lisa Roubic and Brittany Stone placed in the top three in all three divisions, while Dominique Blanc and Ashley Nuzzi received honorable mentions.

04.09.07 Hiram College to host Ohio Undergraduate Psychology Research Conference

On Saturday, April 14, Hiram College will host the 21st Annual Ohio Undergraduate Psychology Research Conference (OUPRC). The OUPRC provides an opportunity for undergraduate students to present their original research to a group of their peers and to faculty members from other institutions.

04.05.07 Kirsten Parkinson to present Victorian Studies paper

Kirsten Parkinson, Hiram College assistant professor of English, will present a paper at the Midwest Victorian Studies Association annual conference on April 20 to 22 at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign.

04.03.07 Lynn Underwood to present paper at Greek conference

Lynn G. Underwood, professor of biomedical humanities and director of the Center for Literature, Medicine, and Biomedical Humanities, will speak during "The Human Person in the 21st Century" workshop in Thessaloniki, Greece, April 20 to 23.