January 2010

Transylvania hosting service events for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service, Monday, January 18

Posted on January 12, 2010July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

LEXINGTON, Ky.—On Monday, January 18, Transylvania students, faculty and staff will celebrate the 2010 Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday as a Day of Service by joining members of the Lexington community to perform service projects. Seven of the 20 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service activities in Lexington are taking place at Transylvania. They include a blood drive, writing letters of thanks for troops serving overseas and knitting squares to make blankets for the Build-A-Bed Project. Transylvania has traditionally been very involved in Lexington’s effort, providing 25-45 percent of the volunteers. Projects at Transylvania E-mail Karen Anderson, coordinator of community service and civic engagement at Transylvania, at kanderson@transy.edu to sign up for any of the projects listed below. Blood Drive (with Kentucky Blood Center) William T. Young Campus Center Corner of Fourth and Broadway Noon-4 p.m. Make planters out of bottles and plant seeds William T. Young Campus Center Corner of Fourth and Broadway 1-4 p.m. Write letters of thanks to troops overseas William T. Young Campus Center, conference room A Corner of Fourth and Broadway 1-4 p.m. Make tomato cages and bean supports William T. Young Campus Center Corner of Fourth and Broadway 1-4 p.m. Make garden compost bins William T. Young Campus Center Corner of Fourth and Broadway 1-4 p.m. Make sandwiches for the Hope Center Rosenthal Commons (Rosenthal Residence Hall) Fourth Street, near Broadway 1-4 p.m. Knit blanket squares for Build-A-Bed Rosenthal Commons (Rosenthal Residence Hall)

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Transylvania’s Morlan Gallery opens 2010 with photography exhibit focusing Kentucky

Posted on January 11, 2010July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

LEXINGTON, Ky.—Transylvania’s Morlan Gallery opens 2010 with a photography exhibit focusing on Kentucky. MY/KY: Life through the Lens opens January 15 and runs through February 12. An artists’ reception will be held Friday, January 15, from 5-7 p.m. in the gallery. Kentucky, it seems, has always been an enigma, simultaneously admired and derided. Daniel Boone wrote, “I returned home to my family, with a determination to bring them as soon as possible to live in Kentucky, which I esteemed a second paradise, at the risk of my life and fortune.” Mark Twain, on the other hand, said, “When the end of the world comes, I want to be in Kentucky, because everything there happens twenty years after it happens anywhere else.” Socorro, digital print 2009. Carla Winn. Regardless of such widely variant response, the mystique of the Bluegrass State swings broad and wide—from the loftiest spire to the deepest, most verdant hollow. MY/KY: Life through the Lens is a small group invitational exhibition that attempts to capture not only the attractive but also the elusive Commonwealth. In artistic tradition, five Kentucky photographers have given us a new way of seeing the Kentucky, its people, its industry and its land. Don Ament reframes Kentucky’s energy concerns; Angela Baldridge (Transylvania class of 2004) examines tobacco’s tradition and industry; Frank Döring gives an insider’s view of the equine world; Mary Tortorici’s depopulated landscapes offer a fuller view of the people who do live

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Transylvania University invites high school seniors to Winter Visit Day, Saturday, January 30

Posted on January 7, 2010July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

LEXINGTON, Ky.—Transylvania University invites high school seniors and their families to campus for Winter Visit Day, Saturday, January 30 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Clive M. Beck Athletic Center. Winter Visit Day includes a welcome with President Charles L. Shearer, faculty presentations, an academic information fair, campus and residence hall tours, a student panel discussion and a complimentary lunch. Students and their parents will have the opportunity to talk with faculty members and current students about all aspects of life at Transylvania. For more information or to register for Winter Visit Day, call Transylvania’s admissions office at (800) 872-6798 or (859) 233-8242, or visit www.transy.edu/admissions. Founded in 1780, Transylvania University is the nation’s sixteenth oldest institution of higher learning and is consistently ranked in national publications as one of the top liberal arts colleges in the country.

Transylvania University Choir embarks on winter tour

Posted on January 5, 2010July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

LEXINGTON, Ky.—The Transylvania University Choir embarks on their winter tour Wednesday, Jan. 6. The choir will perform in four cities in five days on their tour: Ashland, Ky.; Bloomington, Ill.; Indianapolis, Ind.; and Covington, Ky. At the conclusion of the tour, the choir will also give a performance at Transylvania. Selections for the performances include spirituals Precious Lord and John the Revelator, classic pieces by Mendelssohn and contemporary works by Leonard Bernstein. The Transylvania Madrigal Singers will also perform an abbreviated version of their program from Transylvania’s annual Medieval Madrigal Feast. Wednesday, Jan. 6 at 7:30 p.m. First Christian Church 1930 Winchester Ave. Ashland, KY 41101 (606) 324-5335Free and open to the public Thursday, Jan. 7 at 7:30 p.m. First Christian Church 401 West Jefferson St. Bloomington, IL 61761 (309) 829-9327 Free and open to the public Friday, Jan. 8 at 7:30 p.m. Downey Avenue Christian Church 111 South Downey Ave. Indianapolis, IN 46219 (317) 359-5304Free and open to the public Sunday, Jan. 10 at the 10:45 service Madison Avenue Christian Church 1530 Madison Ave. Covington, KY 41011 (859) 261-0226Free and open to the public Wednesday, Jan. 13 at 7:30 p.m. Carrick Theater Transylvania University 300 North Broadway Lexington, KY 40508 (859) 233-8141Free and open to the public Under the direction of Gary Anderson, Transylvania professor of music and director of choral ensembles, the choir toured Venice, Italy; Dubrovnik, Croatia; and Ljubljana, Slovenia in May 2009 as part of Transylvania’s

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Retired Transylvania professor publishes computer textbook

Posted on January 4, 2010July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

LEXINGTON, Ky.—After 25 years of teaching a highly specialized computer course at Transylvania University, James Miller is sharing his knowledge in a newly published book. Compiler Construction: A Practical Approach, is designed to give undergraduate computer science students a “good understanding of the process involved in taking a computer language that we as programmers can understand and converting it to a language that the computer understands,” said Miller, who taught for 42 years at Transy before retiring in 2008. “I started teaching a compiler course at Transy almost before there was such a course for undergraduate computer science students,” he added. “The book comes mainly from notes that I developed over 25 years of teaching such a course.” Admittedly, the market for a compiler construction book is small, Miller said. “However, I hope that my book will fill the need for those looking for a more practical book in this field.” Although there are many compiler texts available, Miller said most of them concentrate more on theory instead of on actual implementation of a working compiler. His book takes the subject a step further by helping students complete the task of writing a compiler in a one-semester course. Throughout his teaching career at Transylvania, Miller also taught math and physics courses as well as other computer science courses. The accomplished professor is credited with launching the school’s computer science program, an initiative he championed throughout his tenure. He was also

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