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Kat McGrory '05 was a recipient of the 2009 National Awards for Education Reporting, a prestigious national competition for education writing. She was awarded second place in the “Large Media- Series or Group of Articles” category for her three part series, titled “School on the Brink,” for the Miami Herald about Florida’s failing school systems. The contest rewards the best education reporting in print and broadcast media. A total of 334 entries were judged in this year’s contest.
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Shannon Fitzsimons ‘05 returned to Hamilton this week as guest dramaturg for the Theatre Department's production of A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, written in 1879. The production will be staged April 15-17 and 21-24. Fitzsimons, currently a student in the Ph.D. program in theatre and drama at Northwestern University, majored in theatre and creative writing at Hamilton.
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Liga Masiva, a social enterprise founded by Emily Kerr '05, was selected as a finalist for the Unreasonable Institute. The Unreasonable Institute chooses young social entrepreneurs to send to a “mentor-intensive” institute based in Boulder, Colorado. The forty-two finalists will compete for twenty-five available spots in the Unreasonable Institute.
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Mike Evans ’05 presented a lecture during Fallcoming detailing his formation of Full Court Peace, a non-profit organization that aims to use basketball as a means of bringing together youth in sectarian communities.
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Michael Evans '05 will present a lecture about Full Court Peace, his peace-promoting organization centered around basketball, on Friday, Oct. 2, at 4 p.m. in the Science Center’s Kennedy Auditorium.
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Michael Evans '05 is featured on CNN's "Young People Who Rock" in recognition of his efforts in founding Full Court Peace, an organization in Belfast that uses the game of basketball to unite and educate teens. The team is comprised of Catholic and Protestant teenagers.
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According to Crain's Cleveland Business, Joshua Bruff, a 2005 graduate, was recently promoted to a manager position of the Developers Diverisfied Reality Corp.
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Hilary King '05 has been awarded a Fulbright Grant to the United Kingdom. She will undertake a year of graduate study in the anthropology of development and social transformation at the University of Sussex in order to learn how anthropological theory can best inform economic initiatives. Ginny Dosch, Hamilton's Student Fellowships Coordinator, says the United Kingdom is the most competitive country for Fulbrights, with 465 applications for 12 awards.
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