Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College News

DIXON – Phidian Art Club is looking for local writers to enter its 22nd annual Literary Competition for poetry, fiction and nonfiction.

Grade/school: Kindergarten at Center Grove Elementary. Number of years teaching: Seven.

Each year, the seniors, faculty, staff and special guests of the St. Mary-of-the-Woods College Department of Equine Studies go on a special ride around campus, usually late at night in the spring.

Dylaney Plasse expects to get mail from her dad, Master Sgt. John Plasse, a member of the military who is serving in Afghanistan.

New post: Manager of occupational health at St. Francis Hospital & Health Centers.

Next summer, rest and relaxation will not be on the agenda for Brittany Simmerman, a 21-year-old St.

Among the great things happening in and around Terre Haute to instill more pride in the community is the effort to seize upon the city's rich and colorful history and bring it front and center for all to see.

Concerned about maintaining a strong public option in health care reform legislation, a group of citizens has brought together a panel of professionals from a variety of backgrounds to address a forum today.

This week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court : Tuesday, November 17th Next week's oral arguments before the Supreme Court : Tuesday, November 23rd ALL Supreme Court oral arguments are videocast and accessible here , unless otherwise noted.

The Terre Haute Sinfonietta Pops Orchestra will join with the Music and Theatre Department at St.

St .Mary-of-the-Woods College will welcome Mike Schultz on Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 7 p.m. for the next Four Star Speakers Series.

The St. Mary-of-the-Woods College cross country team has won the United States Collegiate Athletic Associations National Cross Country Championship at Concord, NH.

St. Mary-of-the-Woods College Music and Theatre Department presents Life Choices, an evening of short one acts at 7 p.m. Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday The program is directed by artist-in-residence Brandon Wentz along with SMWC directing students.

Land with a story now has a name. Two names, in fact. "I think that, first of all, we were all quite pleased with how that all worked out," Paul Newport said Saturday after the dedication of the Jackson/Schnyder Nature Preserve, woods once owned by his grandfather.

Hundreds gathered Sunday morning for a special brunch at St. Mary-of-the-Woods College, as the Sisters of Providence wrapped up the inaugural Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Fest.

Sylvia Crowder, 18, of Cayuga will be competing in Miss Indiana Teen USA. Crowder is a senior at North Vermillion High School and plans to major in dentistry.

Rose-Hulman faculty newsmakers: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Civil Engineering Professor Jim Hanson and Humanities & Social Sciences Professor Pat Brophy were co-authors of a research paper that received the Best Zone Paper Award at the American Society of Engineering Education's 2009 Annual Conference.

Over the next two years, Arts Illiana and Terre Haute will host some talented international musicians as part of the Arts Midwest World Fest.

Same place. Different time. Same heart. New outlook. Guitar in hand, Cari Ray stood singing beneath the soft lights of a coffeehouse on Wabash Avenue in Terre Haute last month.

The Terre Haute Children's Museum now has a new director. Lynn Hughes will begin her position as executive director for the Children's Museum.