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Highlander women's soccer falls to Fontbonne

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The Highlanders struggled to get anything going offensively, and only had three shots the game against Fontbonne, who came into today's game with a 7-1-1 record. 

Amanda Gorrell had 12 saves in the goal for the Highlanders. 

Fontbonne was lead offensively by Savannah Davis and Ashlynn Reiter with 2 goals each. 

The Highlanders are off until next Saturday, October 4th, when they take on Principia College at Principia. 

 


Area firms invited to job fair

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MacMurray College is seeking business and agency participation in its first “Part-time and Holiday Career Fair.”

 The event, sponsored by MacMurray’s Career Services office, is free and open to all business and agency recruiters. Those who have positions open or expect to have positions available in the next few months will receive preference.

 The Fair is Thursday, Oct. 16 at the Gamble Student Center, located on Hardin Avenue on the MacMurray campus. Setup begins at 10:15 a.m. and the Fair ends at 1 p.m. A light snack will be provided employer participants at 10:30 a.m. Participants should bring their own table coverings.

 To reserve a table at the event, go to www.surveymonkey.com/s/BBHRNGY or call to register. A confirmation email with additional information will be sent a week in advance of the Fair. To register by phone or for more information and questions, contact Anne Godman, director of Career Services at MacMurray at 217-479-7141 or email anne.godman@mac.edu.

 

Science goes to the cartoons

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MacMurray College’s Science in the Movies film series will look this time at cartoons and what happens when the laws of science are different.

 The event, “Don’t Look Down, Wile E. Coyote!” will be Sunday, Oct. 12 at 4 p.m. in the Bailey Auditorium, located in Julian Hall on the MacMurray campus. The event is free and open to the public. Audience members are encouraged to bring their own movie-type snacks.

 Through the use of cartoon clips, MacMurray Assistant Professor of Physics Joanne Budzien will discuss the topsy-turvy world of cartoon science and how the world we know would be different if cartoon rules of the natural and physical sciences were real.

 Children are welcome with adult supervision. There will be clips from some classic cartoons such as Bugs Bunny and the Roadrunner cartoons that have cartoon-type violence; the clips are chosen from children’s cartoons rated G or Y7.

 Julian Hall is located on Clay Street in Jacksonville between the Henry Pfeiffer Library and Freesen Football Field on the MacMurray campus.

Science goes to the cartoons

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MacMurray College’s Science in the Movies film series will look this time at cartoons and what happens when the laws of science are different.

The event, “Don’t Look Down, Wile E. Coyote!” will be Sunday, Oct. 12 at 4 p.m. in the Bailey Auditorium, located in Julian Hall on the MacMurray campus. The event is free and open to the public. Audience members are encouraged to bring their own movie-type snacks.

Through the use of cartoon clips, MacMurray Assistant Professor of Physics Joanne Budzien will discuss the topsy-turvy world of cartoon science and how the world we know would be different if cartoon rules of the natural and physical sciences were real.

Children are welcome with adult supervision. There will be clips from some classic cartoons such as Bugs Bunny and the Roadrunner cartoons that have cartoon-type violence; the clips are chosen from children’s cartoons rated G or Y7.

Julian Hall is located on Clay Street in Jacksonville between the Henry Pfeiffer Library and Freesen Football Field on the MacMurray campus.

The next event in the Science in the Movies is Sunday, Nov. 9 at the same time and place, when Dr. Budzien will look at the science of chases by non-road vehicles, such as spaceships and planes.

Professor co-authors paper

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MacMurray College Associate Professor of English and Theatre Jeannie Zeck collaborated on a paper that was recently accepted for publication in the Journal of Addictions Nursing.

 The article, titled “Yoga as an Alternative Intervention for Promoting a Healthy Lifestyle among College Students,” sprang from a three-hour academic course Dr. Zeck first offered at MacMurray in the spring of 2014. The article is scheduled for publication in the January 2015 edition.

 The Journal, published by the International Nurses Society on Addictions, is a peer-reviewed, quarterly, international publication on the prevention and management of addictions. Joining Dr. Zeck in writing the paper were Georgine Berent, a former Nursing professor at MacMurray who continues to consult and teach nursing students for a variety of universities and colleges, including MacOnline; Julia Leischner, assistant professor of Natural Science at Benedictine University in Springfield, IL, and Elizabeth Berent, Dr. Berent’s daughter, a yoga instructor at The Centre of Elgin and the owner of a yoga studio in Hampshire, IL.

College connects students to alumni

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Students gathered Thursday, Oct. 9 on the second floor of historic Kathryn Hall to sign thank-you cards for the alumni and friends of the College who pledged support during the 2014 Livewire Phonathon held earlier this year. 

This was the first Thank You Thursday, which invites students to join the Annual Giving staff every Thursday afternoon to sign cards or call alumni and friends to thank them for their commitment to the College.  Brady Young (pictured) was the first of a half dozen students who stopped by the Annual Giving office during the inaugural event.

Thank You Thursday is part of the Institutional Advancement’s ongoing efforts to connect current and past Highlanders. By participating in Thank You Thursday, students have the chance to expand their MacMurray family ties by connecting with alumni and benefactors of the College. 

As a small private college, MacMurray depends on a strong culture of giving. Thank You Thursday aims to deepen the culture of philanthropy across campus and to educate current students on the importance of alumni giving to the College. Tuition only covers about two-thirds of College operations, making support from alumni and friends vital.  

Honors society recognized

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MacMurray College’s Cap & Gown Chapter of Mortar Board, a national senior honors society, has been named a Silver Torch Award recipient for the fifth consecutive year.

 The award is given to those local chapters that demonstrate service to their colleges through a variety of volunteer efforts and management of the organization. The awards were presented at the national conference in Atlanta earlier this year and were attended by MacMurray chapter president, Brooke Lovekamp.

 Mortar Board is the premier national honor society recognizing college seniors for outstanding achievement in scholarship, leadership and service. Since its founding in 1918, the organization has grown to 231 chartered chapters across the nation.

 

Highlander Student Athletes of the Week

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This week’s Students-Athletes of the Week are senior linebacker Cliff Peterson of Miami, FL and senior setter Hollie Schultz of Shelbyville, IL.

Peterson played a in a tough game against the College of St. Scholastica and ended the game with six solo tackles, two assisted tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss.

Schultz had two games this week where she tallied 14 digs and 23 assists in a win over Wesleyan College and added another 14 digs in a loss to Spalding University.

The Student-Athlete of the Week are selected based on the student-athletes performance on the field and their passion and leadership off the field.  The Highlander Student-Athlete of the Week is presented by Little Caesar's pizza of Jacksonville. Little Caesar's is the official pizza of Highlander athletics.


Golf Competes in Kansas

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After today, Katie Frye of MacMurray earned third place honors with a score of 96 overall.  Also golfing for the Highlanders were, Jenny Perrone (113), Lorin Gorecki (114), and Stacey Whaley (118). 

The men's team shot 329 and sits in 8th place out of 12 teams.  Tarryn Link had the lowest round for the Highlanders with a score of 80.  Also golfing for the Highlanders were Max Reiske with an 84, Logan Woolridge and Kyle Pryzkopanski both with an 83, Ryne Foster with an 88, Zach Koonce scored a 93.

The last 18 holes for the women were cancelled because of weather.  The men are completing 36 holes today. 

Art professor in show

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Khara Koffel, a MacMurray College associate professor of Art, has three pieces of artwork on exhibit in the Peoria Art Guild through Nov. 5.

 The exhibit, “Reclaim – Remember – Repeat” brings together sculptural installation pieces of three artists. Joining Koffel are Jason Ackman of Rushville, IL, and Susan Emmerson of Bloomington, IL.

 Koffel’s three sculptures include “for those bells that cannot be unrung” (detail pictured), about which Koffel says, “Some words are easier said than dismissed and therefore burn their way into our memories.”

 In addition, Koffel served as the sole judge for the 40th Annual Art Exhibit for the Raintree Arts Council in Clarksville, MO. The exhibit was Oct.11-12, when Koffel selected the best of show and more than a dozen works that were awarded a variety of cash prizes in professional and amateur categories.

 Koffel has exhibited her work widely in the United States, with one-person exhibitions or pieces accepted in juried shows in Chicago, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Maryland, Alabama and California.  Her sculptures are often highly personal and reflect on her relations with friends and family.

 

The Humanities Film Series continues in the wild west

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The Humanities Film Series will take a look at the Academy Award nominee, The Ox-Bow Incident, in the latest installment of this year’s series, “Perspectives on Moral Courage.”

The film will be shown Thursday, Oct. 23 at 6:30 p.m. in the basement of the Jacksonville Public Library at 201 W. College Avenue. The event is free and open to the public.

The Ox-Bow Incident uses the backdrop of a Western to both explore the darker side of human nature and to consider what would happen if a majority were allowed to drown out the voices of dissent.    

This installment of the Humanities Film Series will be moderated by Chris Strangeman, assistant professor of history at MacMurray College. The series is co-sponsored by MacMurray College, Illinois College, and the Jacksonville Public Library.

Crosstown for a cure

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The MacMurray College and Illinois College volleyball teams will play Wednesday, Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. in the Bill Wall Gymnasium on the MacMurray campus in what has become a crosstown tradition: the third annual “Set, Serve and Rally for a Cure” fundraiser for the research into and treatment of breast cancer.

 The public is welcome; admission is free and all proceeds go to Jacksonville’s Mia Ware Foundation. During the past two years of the event, the two colleges have raised more than $5,000 for the Foundation, which supports local treatment, research and education about breast cancer.

 “We are so honored to continue to have the pleasure of working with the Mia Ware Foundation to help locally raise money and awareness of breast cancer,” said MacMurray Head Volleyball Coach Danielle Doerfler. “This entire process has been humbling and exciting for my entire coaching staff and players. This event continues to allow both colleges to come together for an amazing cause.”

There will be a variety of fundraising fun and excitement before, during and after the match. Among the activities planned is a silent auction, with such items as IC and MacMurray athletic baskets, gift certificates to local businesses, wine and food baskets, pink-themed, breast cancer awareness baskets, movie night baskets and much more. The night will also feature raffle drawings.

Little Caesar’s will sponsor a serving game between sets with free pizza as prizes, and a limited number of pink T-shirts and sweatshirts will be on sale that recognized the Mia Ware Foundation and the match.

The Mia Ware Foundation is a local, non-profit organization that helps support the fight against cancer. The Foundation was started to keep the memory of Jacksonville native Mia Ware alive and to continue her wish for cancer education and research.  Ware lost her battle with breast cancer in 2004, but the Foundation lives on by helping people in the community.

College becomes Highlander Country

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Highlander Country, the 2014 MacMurray College Homecoming, kicks off this evening with laser tag for students and ends Sunday, Oct. 26 with the sixth annual Omega Theta Psi Flag Football Game on Rutledge Lawn.

Along the way there will be entertainment, athletics events and alumni gatherings throughout the week. Here are some highlights; all are free and open to the public as spectators:

  • 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21 -- MacMurray volleyball takes on Principia College at Wall Gymnasium.
  • 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22 – Volleyball takes on Illinois College at the third annual Set, Serve and Rally for the Cure, a fundraiser to fight breast cancer, at Wall Gymnasium.
  • 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24 – A torchlight parade proceeds from the residence halls on campus to a pep rally in Wall Gymnasium.

Saturday, Oct. 25

  • 8 a.m. – Michalson Monster 5K Run/Walk – race begins at the hospitality tent south of the tennis courts on campus, winds around campus and the nearby neighborhoods to return to the starting point. (Spectators welcome; cost to participate, $25.)
  • 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. – Baseball Pancake Breakfast at Applebee’s.
  • 9 a.m. – President’s Reception, Bennington Lobby in the Putnam/Springer Center.
  • 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. – Art exhibition by Sally Weisenburg, Applebee Gallery in the Putnam/Springer Center.
  • 10 a.m. – Homecoming parade, forms on East State Street east of College Avenue, proceeds west to the Downtown Square, goes around the square counter-clockwise continuing south on the west side of the Square to College Avenue and returning to campus.
  • 11 a.m. to noon -- Art exhibition by Sally Weisenburg, Applebee Gallery in the Putnam/Springer Center.
  • 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Student food booths and alumni gathering; activities for children continues to 3 p.m. south of the tennis courts in central campus.
  • Noon – women’s soccer vs. Eureka College on the soccer field east of Henry Pfeiffer Library.
  • 1 p.m. – football team takes on Crown College at Freesen Football Field.
  • 2 p.m. – men’s soccer vs. Eureka College on the soccer field.
  • 2:30 p.m. – Robert Seufert, professor emeritus of English Literature will read recent poetry and will make a guest appearance as Sherlock Holmes.
  • 6:30 p.m. – Alumni Awards Ceremony, Thoresen Recital Hall in the Putnam/Springer Center
  • 7 p.m. – showing of the movie “Hocus Pocus” at Bailey Auditorium in Julian Hall.
  • 9 p.m. – bonfire at the facilities building parking lot, located east of Hardin Avenue at the Town Brook.

 Sunday, Oct. 26

  • 10 a.m. – Worship Service, Annie Merner Chapel
  • 1 p.m. -- 6th Annual Omega Theta Psi Flag Football Game on the Rutledge Hall Lawn, southeast corner of Clay Street and College Avenue.

Highlander Student-Athletes of the Week

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This week’s Student-Athletes of the Week are senior golfer, Katie Frye and sophomore quarterback Coy Dorothy. 

Dorothy was 14 of 25 and threw no interceptions last weekend in MacMurray's win over Eureka. He also rushed for a touchdown.   

Katie Frye got 3rd place overall in an NAIA tournament in Kansas last week.  This is the highest place of any MacMurray golfer in MacMurray history. 

The Student-Athlete of the Week are selected based on the student-athletes performance on the field and their passion and leadership off the field.  The Highlander Student-Athlete of the Week is presented by Little Caesar's pizza of Jacksonville. Little Caesar's is the official pizza of Highlander athletics.

College to re-focus academics

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In an effort to provide students with an exceptional professional preparation and to maximize enrollment in prospective students, MacMurray College will phase out a number of programs of study and is actively assessing the viability of new, market-aligned programs of study. 

 At its October meeting last week, the College’s Board of Trustees approved the changes to support the growth and health of MacMurray College. The decisions were based on results from an academic task force of faculty, facilitated by Provost James Maxwell and including several trustees. The task force began in the summer, looking at the sustainability of all programs of study on campus.

 Students currently enrolled in the affected programs listed below will have the opportunity to complete their degrees, and no new students will be admitted to these programs. 

Current full-time faculty are expected to be retained; no layoffs are planned. The College’s commitment continues to a strong, general education that develops students’ critical thinking and effective communication skills, a foundation characterized by ethical, global, and diverse perspectives.

 “MacMurray College’s commitment is vibrant and unyielding to equipping our students with a 21st century education, with knowledge, skills, and preparation for effective living and for professional placement and success,” said President Colleen Hester.

 In all, 10 programs that have low enrollment, low interest among prospective students, and lower marketplace demands will be eliminated: Chemistry minor; Educational Studies, Elementary Education, English, History, Liberal Studies, Music minor, Philosophy/Religion, Physical Education, and Spanish.

The College is actively evaluating the addition of new majors with strong market alignment related to both prospective student interest and with strong, projected, professional workforce needs in the region. New programs will be announced soon, require further approvals, and are expected to be offered by fall 2015. 

MacMurray’s continued commitment to an exceptional general education and to professional preparation is reflected in our continuously-enhanced general education program and in our retained academic programs in Accounting, Art, Biology, Business, Criminal Justice, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Education, Homeland Security, Interpreter Training/American Sign Language, Nursing, Psychology, Social Work, Special Education, and Sport Management.


MacMurray Choir to cover 500 years

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The MacMurray College Choir kicks off its 2014-15 performance season with “Five Centuries of Choral Music.” The Choir’s annual fall concert will be Friday, Nov. 7 at 7:30 p.m. in the Annie Merner Chapel, located on the northeast corner of College Avenue and Clay Street, on the MacMurray campus.

 The choir will perform more than a dozen pieces, singing a wide range of music, from Ave Verum Corpus by Mozart and O, My Savior, the chorale from Cantata 180, by J.S. Bach to contemporary pieces and arrangements such as “Come, Let Us Sing our Joyful Songs” by Gordon Young, “O, America!” by Brendan Graham and William Joseph, and “For the Beauty of the Earth,” by John Rutter.

 The concert will be the first at MacMurray under the direction Peter K. Miller (pictured seated left), who begins his first year as director of music. To open the program, he will play Prelude and Fugue in C Major, by Bach.

 Miller served as assistant and later as associate professor of Music at Indiana Wesleyan University for 10 years and has nearly 35 years of experience in church music ministry. He received his bachelor’s degree in Music Education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1981. A conservatory trained musician, Miller holds master’s in music degrees in Voice Performance (1983) and Organ Performance (1991) from the Cleveland Institute of Music. He is completing his doctorate of Musical Arts in Organ Performance and Literature from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, where he studies with Dana Robinson and Charlotte Maddox. 

His career highlights include applied organ study and dissertation coaching with Dr. Karin Nelson at the Goteborg International Organ Academy in Gothenburg, Sweden; he has the distinction of being the only North American selected to play an organ recital during the weekly concert series for 2012-13 season at Chester Cathedral in Chester, UK. Both milestones took place in June 2012. In addition, Miller has presented scholarly papers in his discipline in Nashville, TN; Dallas, TX; Sydney, Australia; and Bangkok, Thailand.

Student-Athletes of the Week

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This week’s Student-Athletes of the Week soccer players Zac Bozarth and Tiffany Hazelwonder. 

Zac Bozarth is a senior from Normal, Ill.  Last week in two games he had 12 Shots, 7 Shots on Goal, 4 Goals in leading Mac to two wins.

Tiffany Hazelwonder is a sophomore from Troy, Mo.  In two games last week, she had 18 Shots, 8 Shots on Goal, 5 Goals, 1 assist in leading Mac to two wins.  She was also honored as the SLIAC women's offensive player of the week. 

The Student-Athlete of the Week are selected based on the student-athletes performance on the field and their passion and leadership off the field.  The Highlander Student-Athlete of the Week is presented by Little Caesar's pizza of Jacksonville. Little Caesar's is the official pizza of Highlander athletics.

 

Illinois artist to exhibit works

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Tim Kowalczyk, a Morris, IL, native and art instructor, will have his works on display at the Applebee Gallery at MacMurray College through mid-December.

An artist’s reception for his exhibition “Set Up” will be Thursday, Nov. 13 at 6 p.m. at the Gallery, which is located in the Putnam-Springer Center on the southeast corner of State and Clay streets, on the MacMurray campus. An artist talk wi0ll be about 6:15 p.m.

Kowalczyk picks up ordinary, day-to-day objects during his travels, imaging “a sublime provenance in these ordinary objects,” he says. He makes trompe l’oeil ceramic versions of the objects and assembles “the fabricated replicas into sculptures with a clear sense of purpose, priority, and preciousness,” he says. “These everyday objects are imbued with specific signification through both their composed relationships with one another, and their homogeneous material.”

Trompe l’oeil is an artistic technique that originated in painting, where realistic imagery creates an optical illusion that the paintings exist in three dimensions. The phrase is French for “deceive the eye.” While “In the Midst” (pictured) looks like debris from a woodworking studio, the piece is actually made of ceramic materials.

Kowalczyk received his bachelor’s in Ceramics and Art Education from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale and his MFA from Illinois State University in Bloomington in 2011. He’s served as an art instructor at University of Illinois at Springfield and at Illinois Community College. His work has consistently appeared in juried, invitational, group and solo exhibitions.

In addition to the reception, “Set Up” is available for viewing Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. now through Dec. 12 at the Gallery.

Request interpreting services 72 hours prior to event at dss@mac.edu or call 217.479.7123.

For further information, contact MacMurray’s Office of Public Relations, 217.479.7027, publicrelations@mac.edu or visit our website mac.edu

Student-Athletes of the Week

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This week’s Student-Athletes of the Week are volleyball libero, Taylor Hewitt and football linebacker Danny Williams. 

Taylor Hewitt is a junior from Manlius, Ill.  In the Halloween Tournament this weekend, she averaged 20.25 digs per game, with 81 digs total. 

Danny Williams is a sophomore from Carrolton, Ill.  In the Highlanders game at Northwestern this weekend, he had 6 solo tackles, and 6 assists. 

The Student-Athlete of the Week are selected based on the student-athletes performance on the field and their passion and leadership off the field.  The Highlander Student-Athlete of the Week is presented by Little Caesar's pizza of Jacksonville. Little Caesar's is the official pizza of Highlander athletics.

 

Follow that .... !

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The MacMurray College Science in the Movies film series takes off on the trail of starships, boats, helicopters, a flying tank, and other modes of transportation as it takes another look at chases in Hollywood films.

 “Follow that …! More Chases in the Movies” will be Nov. 9 at 4 p.m. in the Bailey Auditorium located in Julian Hall on south Clay Street on the MacMurray College campus. The event is free and open to the public. Audience members are encouraged to bring their own movie-type snacks.

 Through the use of clips from blockbuster films, MacMurray Assistant Professor of Physics Joanne Budzien will discuss whether the science of the chases shown are good, bad or ugly science.

 Children are welcome with adult supervision. The scenes depicted are edited for excessive violence, but the clips still show humans in danger along with strong tension and emotions that might not be suitable for younger children.

 Julian Hall is located on Clay Street in Jacksonville between the Henry Pfeiffer Library and Freesen Football Field on the MacMurray campus.

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