Higher education
Gettysburg (Pa.) College President Janet Morgan Riggs, Lincoln film- maker Steven Spielberg, author and historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, and other luminaries spoke at the annual Dedication Day ceremony at Soldiers’ National Cemetery Nov. 19, nearly 150 years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. “Gettysburg was the crux of our national trial,” Spielberg said. “[There was] such a concentration of heart- break and heroism here.” Spielberg spoke of his passion for history, say- ing that without memory, we as a peo- ple learn nothing. Riggs spoke about the college’s
connections to the battle and the president’s address, pointing out that it was an 1851 Gettysburg graduate, David Wills, who procured the land for the cemetery and invited Lincoln to deliver “a few appropriate remarks” at the dedication. The event was part of Gettysburg
College’s 2011-2015 American Civil War Sesquicentennial commemora- tion. Learn more at
www.gettysburg. edu/cw2013.
Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio, will freeze tuition, room, board and fees for all students for the 2013-14 academic year. A first for Wittenberg, the action is aimed at “controlling the amount students must pay,” said Randy Green, finan- cial aid director. More than 95 per-
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cent of Wittenberg students need financial support, and the university offers more than $35 million a year in scholarships and financial aid. Green said the 0 percent increase also helps Wittenberg “ensure that students graduate in four years compared to the five or six years on average it takes at some public institutions.”
Summer 2013 will bring nearly $12 million in renovations to benefit stu- dents at Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa. Grandview Ave- nue between the Rasmussen Center and the library will become a pedes- trian pavilion; the Grand View Viking Theater will be revamped; Elings Sci- ence Hall will be renovated to create more space for labs; and the wellness center will expand its locker room space. Also, with the help of funding from student clubs, the university is constructing basketball courts above a retention pond area.
Capital University Law School’s bar exam results were among the highest in Ohio in 2012, with 92 percent of graduates passing the test. In the last five years, the ELCA-affiliated uni- versity in Columbus, Ohio, has admit- ted 795 alumni to the bar—more than any other law school in the state (see
www.law.capital.edu/Bar_Passage_ Rate). Law school dean Richard C. Simpson said Capital’s priorities are to develop a culture of innovation and
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Lutheran Theological Southern Semi- nary, Columbia, S.C., welcomed United Methodist Bishop Kenneth L. Carder as its senior visiting profes- sor of Wesley Studies. He retired in 2011 after serving eight years on the faculty of Duke Divinity School, Dur- ham, N.C. Carder and another United Methodist professor, Daniel M. Bell Jr., are helping lead the Methodist Studies Program at Southern Semi- nary. Carder also coordinates a team of pastors to provide spiritual forma- tion and pastoral care for the seminary community. “It is an honor to share in Lutheran Theological Southern Semi- nary’s mission of providing quality theological education in an ecumeni- cal context,” he said. “The seminary’s integration of strong scholarship with faith formation, pastoral practice and leadership development creates an exceptional learning community for United Methodists.”
For the 2013-14 academic year, New- berry (S.C.) College will begin offer- ing a major and minor in social media. An interdisciplinary offering, the program will bring together courses in graphic design, communications, business administration, psychology and statistics. Students will develop marketing and branding strategies for corporate, nonprofit, news, enter- tainment and other projects. Program founder Tania Sosiak, associate pro- fessor of graphic design and social media, said the new major prepares graduates to be “critical thinkers and innovators” in a cutting-edge indus- try. “A graduate from our program will be more competitive in the mar- ketplace,” she said. “Collect and study data, market, create, design, broadcast and develop are just some of the skills [our graduates] will have as a part of their social media toolbox.”
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