November 2010

Successful Empty Bowls Project returns to Transylvania’s Morlan Gallery Dec. 6-8

Posted on November 19, 2010July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

LEXINGTON, Ky.—The art program at Transylvania University invites the community to help feed the hungry by doing some early Christmas shopping for beautiful handmade ceramic bowls at the Morlan Gallery Dec. 6-8, noon-5 p.m. Transylvania University ceramic and design students, along with local potters, have created and donated several hundred beautiful ceramic soup bowls available in the Morlan Gallery for $10 each. In addition to soup bowls, there will be larger individually priced bowls and wall tapestries designed to visually correspond to the graphic motifs on some of the soup bowls. When the Morlan Gallery last hosted this event, in 2008, almost 600 bowls sold in just hours. This year, local potters have been added to the gallery event to augment the supply of handmade ceramic bowls. Started 17 years ago, the Empty Bowls Project is an opportunity for local artists to donate handmade ceramic bowls that are made available for purchase, with the proceeds benefiting community agencies that feed the hungry. Over the last ten years, the Morlan Gallery bowl sales have raised $31,000 for local agencies such as Moveable Feast, the YMCA Spousal Abuse Center, the Community Action Council and the Hope Center. “Local artists can still donate bowls for sale as part of the Empty Bowls Project,” said Morlan Gallery director Andrea Fisher. “Functional or nonfunctional artists’ bowls of any media: wood, glass, fiber or paper mâché would be wonderful additions to this worthy event.” Customers browse

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On heels of Quidditch World Cup in New York, Transylvania team to play two exhibition matches for the public

Posted on November 16, 2010July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

LEXINGTON, Ky.—This past weekend, members of Transylvania’s traveling Quidditch team, the Transylvania Animagi, met up with 45 other intercollegiate Quidditch teams in New York City’s DeWitt Clinton Park to battle it out for the fourth annual World Cup title. The team will play two exhibition matches, free and open to the public, on Wednesday, November 17, at 6 p.m., and Sunday, November 21 at 3 p.m. Both games will take place on Transylvania’s Hall Field, at the corner of Third and Upper streets. The Animagi garnered attention at the World Cup for their enthusiasm and the Transylvania University name. Time.com’s Techland blog (http://techland.com/2010/11/13/quidditch-world-cup-diary-day-1) said the Transylvania team was “perhaps our favorite team” and Kevin Manno, cohost of MTV’s “The Seven,” played with the team in an impromptu scrimmage match that was filmed for the show. Participating teams came from colleges and universities all over North America and included Harvard, Yale, Middlebury, NYU, Boston University and Michigan State. Senior Kristin Grenier, who helped start Transylvania’s team, said she is continuing to receive emails from people across the country who want to purchase Transylvania Quidditch T-shirts. The T-shirts, screen-printed with a logo designed by first-year student Zachery Stanley, will be available for purchase at both exhibition matches. Proceeds will help the team repay a loan they received from the student activities fund to make their trip to the World Cup. For more information, contact the public relations office at (859) 233-8120.

Transylvania Special Collections champion Charles Ambrose honored at National Philanthropy Day

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

Charles Ambrose, right, with President Williams, received a 2010 Outstanding Community Honoree award November 10. LEXINGTON, Ky.—Charles T. Ambrose received a 2010 Outstanding Community Honoree award from the Association of Fundraising Professionals Bluegrass Chapter at a National Philanthropy Day luncheon November 10. The program celebrates those who have made a significant contribution of time and resources to nonprofit agencies, therefore enhancing the quality of life in the community. Ambrose, a professor of microbiology, immunology, and molecular genetics at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and a widely published expert on medical history, was nominated by Transylvania University. “Soon after Dr. Ambrose’s first visit to Transylvania in 2007, he embarked on a mission to tell the world about the books and instruments used in the old Transylvania Medical Department from 1799-1859 that are still kept in our Special Collections,” said Mark Blankenship, acting vice president for alumni and development. First, Ambrose conceived the idea of hosting a symposium on Transylvania’s role in early medical education. The event attracted historians, physicians, teachers and others—including a Smithsonian Institution curator who studied Transylvania’s nineteenth-century medical collection. To continue the conversation among symposium attendees and to make others aware of Transylvania’s unique holdings, Ambrose offered to underwrite a publication, “Transylvania Treasures,” that would tell the story of the school’s rich past. Eight issues have been published since 2008, and Ambrose is a frequent contributor. “Transylvania Treasures” has been extremely well received and

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"Noel: Four Centuries of Christmas": Women’s quartet Anonymous 4 to perform at Transylvania Dec. 8; performance part of the Smith Concert Series

Posted on November 9, 2010July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

LEXINGTON, Ky.—Renowned women’s quartet Anonymous 4 will perform “Noel: Four Centuries of Christmas” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 8, in Transylvania’s Haggin Auditorium as part of the Dorothy J. and Fred K. Smith Endowed Concert Series. For two decades, Anonymous 4 has delighted audiences with their mesmerizing a capella versions of medieval music and poetic performances. This spectacular holiday concert experience combines the most popular carols and hymns, the most moving motets and chants from the group’s medieval Christmas programs: “On Yoolis Night,” “Christmas Music From Medieval Hungary: Legends of St. Nicholas,” “Wolcum Yule” and “The Cherry Tree: Songs, Carols and Ballads for Christmas.” Anonymous 4 has performed on radio and television, and their albums have sold almost 1.5 million copies and topped the Billboard classical charts. Their most recent album, “Four Centuries of Chant,” is their 21st record and was released in September 2009. It mixes medieval chant with more traditional polyphonic music. Where most groups adapt chants into melodies and sing them, Anonymous 4 decided to restore and perform them. Free tickets, while they last, are available at Transylvania’s William T. Young Campus Center (corner of Broadway and Fourth Street) Monday-Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m., Friday from 8:30 a.m.-8 p.m., Saturday from noon-8 p.m. and Sunday from 1-10:30 p.m. For more information, contact the public relations office at (859) 233-8120 or the fine arts office at (859) 233-8141. This is the fourth concert in the Smith

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Transylvania’s William F. Pollard receives national award from Council of Independent Colleges

Posted on November 8, 2010July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

LEXINGTON, Ky.—William F. Pollard, vice president and dean of the college and professor of English at Transylvania, is the recipient of the 2010 Chief Academic Officer Award given by the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC). The award recognizes his contributions to colleagues at independent colleges and universities. As a member of the CIC Chief Academic Officers Task Force (2006-09) he helped develop programs and chaired sessions at the annual institute for chief academic officers. For over 15 years he has been an evaluator for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools’ Commission on Colleges. He is a member of Phi Kappa Phi and Omicron Delta Kappa national honorary societies, the American Conference of Academic Deans and has served as president and secretary of the Association of Chief Academic Officers of the Southern States. “Bill is very deserving of this national honor,” said Transylvania president R. Owen Williams. “He is an active scholar and is well respected by his colleagues. His appreciation for the liberal arts is remarkable.” Pollard, who came to Transylvania in 2004, has published on medieval English literature and is co-editor of “Mysticism and Spirituality in Medieval England” with Robert Boenig and “Vox Mystica: Essays on the English Mystical Tradition Honoring Valerie Lagorio” with Anne Bartlett, Thomas Bestul and Janet Goebel. Prior to beginning his service at Transylvania, he was provost and dean of the college and professor of English at Georgetown College and vice president and dean

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