DePauw University News Archives

November 1, 2009, Greencastle, Ind. - Barbara Tubekis, a 1980 graduate of DePauw University, is one of 20 new members appointed to the Serve Illinois Commission by Governor Pat Quinn.

After Halloween, townsfolk won't be able to "Meet at the Market" until next spring.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - It sounded like the makings of raucous political theater: Former Democratic Party chief Howard Dean and former Bush administration official Karl Rove sharing a stage to discuss health care.

Karl Rove and Howard Dean brought the national health care debate to Penn State on Tuesday night.

Children of all ages are invited to Art Attack, the arts event specifically designed for children during DePauw University's annual ArtsFest.

A pair of Washington insiders from opposite sides of the political spectrum are sharing the stage to lecture Penn State students about health care reform.

Billions of years ago, we had the Big Bang. Today, we're living through the Big Blur.

What, if anything, can parents of high-school-age children do to guide them toward their true professional calling? A. Some parents are apt to put pressure on their children about choosing a first career, thinking that it will determine the course of their lives.

Tulsa is lucky to have men and women who dream dreams and then work to make them reality.

October 23, 2009, Greencastle, Ind. - "Smartphone technology -- a PC in your pocket -- 'is ramping faster than any tech cycle I've seen in modern times,' said Mary Meeker, an influential technology analyst at Morgan Stanley," notes USA Today in a report on this week's Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco.

Heidi Keiser, a Junior at DePauw University, is going to Climb KilimanjaroA for a Cure for Pediatric Brain Cancer and Tumors.

Six-year-old Falcon Heene became sick on national TV when asked whether the runaway balloon flight was staged 'for a show.' Falcon Heene may face even more stress down the line than he showed on TV last week when he got sick twice.

In a year when the recession has put a major strain on its operations, the Summit Choral Society has persevered, going ahead with its commissioned Lincoln: A Symphonic Tribute after making the decision in April to delay its summer premiere.

I used to love making fun of romance novels, back when my reading list was limited to works by authors who had been dead for decades.

October 14, 2009, Greencastle, Ind. - DePauw University will present a symposium to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, "Lincoln's Greencastle, Greencastle's Lincoln," on Monday, October 28.

Wesley Wilson, coordinator of archives and special collections at Roy O. West Library of DePauw University, will present a program on using public record archives for family genealogy or local history research at 6:30 p.m. Oct.

New post: Grant director for the Indiana Department of Transportation. Previous position: Economist with the Planning Division at INDOT.

Editor's note: This is the first part in a series of questions answered by the candidates.

POLISH NIGHT: The 9th annual Polish Night will be held at the Moose Family Center No.

John Lesch found his life's work in wood. When the graduate of Brebeuf Preparatory School and DePauw University took a job at an Indianapolis woodworking shop right after college, his career was born.

The Putnam County Community Foundation announced that excitement about the GHS Band is building, and the Asbury Endowment for the Arts will grant nearly $800 to the GHS band for instruments.

Indiana high school seniors who apply for admission this week to 38 colleges and universities in the state, including Ball State University won't have to pay admission application fees.

Katie Shean Zapata , director of organizational development for Rasmussen College, Burr Ridge, graduated from the 2009 Rasmussen Leadership Institute, a training and professional development program for a select group of the education's future leaders.

DePauw University's student run radio station WGRE has made it through the first rounds of the "Woodie" award presented by MTV's 24-hour college network mtvU.

In contemporary society, the percentage of American adults who are single is inching ever closer to the 50% mark.

Showcasing artwork from both the Russian and American sides of the Bering Strait, the new exhibition at the Princeton University Art Museum, 'Gifts From the Ancestors: Ancient Ivories of Bering Strait,' offers a unique view of the ancient art and culture of Native populations from that region.

Children and adolescents are often told by their parents about certain unsavory types they should avoid, lest they fall under an inappropriate influence.

Viola M. Parsons, 81, Brazil, died unexpectedly Oct. 6, 2009, at her residence. She was born Oct.

Four Indianapolis architecture firms received awards and recognition for their designs at the recent American Institute of Architects Design Awards.

Tom Krattenmaker, an award-winning writer specializing in religion in public life and author of a new book, will visit DePauw University on Wednesday as a guest of the Mendenhall Lecture Series.

Tom Chiarella , professor of creative writing at Depauw University and writer-at-large for Esquire, discusses his recent piece, where he tried to figure out how to give a great compliment.

How can the DePauw University campus better connect to the City of Greencastle in ways that enhance the community at large? Members of the Greencastle community are invited to offer their thoughts on that question and others at a session today in DePauw's Memorial Student Union Building .