to the famous 1902 discovery, he ensured its return to the skeleton in Pittsburgh.


Composer and conductor René Clau- sen of Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn., conducted a performance of one of his compositions, “Memo- rial,” at a Sept. 11 concert at the Lin- coln Center in New York City. Clau- sen received a commission to write the music in 2003 from the Ameri- can Choral Directors Association. Concordia religion professor Roy Hammerling wrote lyrics about the attacks. Intended to promote heal- ing and understanding, the work has brought audiences to tears. Among the 300 singers Clausen directed were 30 Concordia alumni and 50 members of the Master Chorale of Fargo-Moorhead.


Finnish scholar Päivi Hakkarainen is a 2011-12 Fulbright Scholar in Resi- dence at Finlandia University, Han- cock, Mich., teaching “Special Top- ics in Finnish Studies” and “Digital Technologies and Applications for Teachers.” She is also helping resi- dents establish a school in Michigan to teach youth Finnish culture and language. Hakkarainen is a senior lec- turer in media education at the Uni- versity of Lapland.


Gettysburg (Pa.) College is celebrating the work of current and past science students, from Debra Wolgemuth (class of ’69), a professor at Colum- bia University, New York, who is working with a research team on the first-ever marketable male contracep- tive pill, to nine physics majors who spent the summer researching top- ics such as the mechanisms of nuclei and determining spotting patterns on stars. Even senior Matthew de Gannes used student science research at Get- tysburg as a touchstone for a 2011 internship with the Lutheran Col- lege Washington Semester. At Get-


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tysburg, he and fellow biology major Christopher DeCastro studied smok- ing and student stress levels. During his internship, he studied how Web- enabled smart phones affected the D.C. Tobacco Quitline’s efforts to help smokers quit. “After the months I spent at LCWS, I feel like I know more than ever about the career I want to pursue in public health,” he said.


Grand View University, Des Moines,


Iowa, has 2,229 students, of whom 1,801 are full time. That’s a nearly 7 percent increase in full-time enroll- ment for 2011-12, marking another record year and the largest-ever fresh- men class. Debbie Barger, vice presi- dent for enrollment management, cited new academic and athletic pro- grams and new facilities as factors in the increase. To house growing num- bers of residential students (801 in 2011-12), the university built a four-


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