January 2013

CNN analyst Peter Bergen to give Transylvania’s Kenan Lecture on Feb. 20 at 7:30 p.m.; free and open to the public

Posted on January 30, 2013July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

Peter Bergen LEXINGTON, Ky.—Peter Bergen, journalist, bestselling author and director of the national security studies program at the New America Foundation, will give Transylvania University’s winter term Kenan Lecture, “The Awakening: How Revolutionaries, Barack Obama and Ordinary Muslims Are Remaking the Middle East,” on Wednesday, Feb. 20, at 7:30 p.m. in Haggin Auditorium in the Mitchell Fine Arts Center. The lecture is free and open to the public. Bergen will also sign his most recent book, “Manhunt: The Ten Year Search for bin Laden, From 9/11 to Abbotabad.” The book is a New York Times bestseller and is being adapted into a documentary by HBO. Bergen has been a producer and analyst for CNN. In 1997 he produced Osama bin Laden’s first television interview, during which bin Laden declared war against the United States. He has reported on al-Qaeda, Afghanistan, Pakistan, counterterrorism, homeland security and the Middle East for several publications, including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Rolling Stone, TIME and The Atlantic. He has been nominated for an Emmy and a National Magazine Award, and in 1994 he won the Overseas Press Club Edward R. Murrow award for best foreign affairs documentary. He is the author of two other books, “The Osama bin Laden I Know: An Oral History of al Qaeda’s Leader” and “Holy War, Inc.: Inside the Secret World of bin Laden.” He is a fellow at Fordham University’s Center on National

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Transylvania accounting students offer free tax service to those with incomes of $50,000 or less

Posted on January 29, 2013July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

LEXINGTON, Ky.—Transylvania University accounting students will assist taxpayers with an income of $50,000 or less in the preparation of Internal Revenue Service income tax forms 1040, 1040A, 1040EZ and the Kentucky form 740. The service is free. All forms will be filed electronically. They cannot prepare Schedule C forms. Student volunteers will be available each Wednesday in February (6, 13, 20 and 27) from 3-5:30 p.m. at Transylvania’s Cowgill Center for Business, Economics and Education on Third Street. This is a popular program and taxpayers will be served on a first-come, first-served basis. Transylvania accounting students, who have completed an income tax preparation training program, will work under the supervision of accounting professors to aid taxpayers. Individuals interested in this free service should bring with them all of the necessary information including: their W2s, 1099s (interest income), state and federal tax returns from last year, the IRS forms received in the mail and the birthdates and social security numbers for any dependents. Transylvania has offered this free program to the Lexington community for more than 30 years. For more information, contact Stephanie Coriale at (859) 233-8104.

Kathy J. Susman, campus counselor, appointed to state psychology board

Posted on January 28, 2013July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

LEXINGTON, Ky.—Kathy J. Susman, campus counselor at Transylvania University, has been appointed by Kentucky Governor Steven L. Beshear to serve a four-year term on the Kentucky Board of Examiners of Psychology. The board, which is composed of eight psychologists and one citizen at large, examines and licenses candidates for entry into the profession of psychology. It also conducts formal hearings and prosecutes any violations of Kentucky’s laws and regulations concerning the practice of psychology. Susman is a certified psychologist with autonomous functioning who has been at Transylvania since 2010. She has a master’s degree in clinical psychology from Marshall University and a master’s in public administration from the University of Kentucky. She has provided behavioral health services and administration of public mental health programs for over 20 years.

Renowned artist and activist Robert Shetterly will conduct classes at Transylvania Jan. 28-Feb. 1, give public lecture Jan. 30

Posted on January 24, 2013July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

LEXINGTON, Ky.—Renowned artist and activist Robert Shetterly, a Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow with the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC), will conduct classes and deliver a public lecture during an intensive week-long visit to Transylvania University, January 28-February 1. Shetterly’s lecture, “Truth, Courage, and the Spirit of Democracy,” is on Wednesday, Jan. 30, at 7:30 p.m. in Coleman Recital Hall in the Mitchell Fine Arts Center. It is free and open to the public. Shetterly taught himself drawing, printmaking and painting after attending Harvard University. For 12 years he illustrated the editorial page drawings for the Maine Times, the National Audubon Society’s children’s newspaper Audubon Adventures and more than 30 books. Now, his paintings and prints are in collections all over the U.S. and Europe. His painting tended toward the narrative and the surreal until 2002 when he began painting the series of portraits, numbering now over 120, called “Americans Who Tell the Truth.” The show has been exhibited in venues across more than 20 states, including university museums, grade school libraries, sandwich shops and the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in New York City. A book of portraits by the same name was published in 2005 and in 2006 won the top award of the International Reading Association for Intermediate Non-fiction. The portraits have given Shetterly an opportunity to speak with children and adults all over this country about sustainability, U.S. history, the necessity of dissent in a democracy

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Transylvania hosting volunteer projects on campus for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service Monday, Jan. 21

Posted on January 18, 2013July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

LEXINGTON, Ky.—In 1994, the Martin Luther King, Jr. federal holiday was designated by Congress as a national day of service, charging Americans to make the third Monday in January a “day on, not a day off.” On Monday, Jan. 21, Transylvania University students, faculty and staff will celebrate the 2013 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service by joining members of the Lexington community to perform service projects. Several service opportunities will be available at Transylvania and include donating blood, writing letters of thanks to troops for serving overseas, making valentines for several Lexington organizations and knitting scarves for Special Olympics. The projects listed are open to the public. Projects at Transylvania Donate blood (with Kentucky Blood Center) William T. Young Campus Center Corner of Fourth Street and Broadway 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Call 276-2534 to sign up. Write letters of thanks to the troops William T. Young Campus Center 1-3 p.m. Make valentines for the Adult Day Center, UK Children’s Hospital and the Ronald McDonald House William T. Young Campus Center 1-3 p.m. Knit scarves for Special Olympics CARE House 439 W. Fourth Street 1-3 p.m. Bring your own supplies Because space is limited, volunteers are asked to register at http://uwbg.galaxydigital.com/volunteer/agency/display/mlk-day-of-service/?agency_id=3747 prior to volunteering. For more information, contact Karen Anderson at (859) 233-8182, or kanderson@transy.edu.