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Amy Welch, senior associate director of the Honor Scholar Program, completed her 7th mural installation in Greencastle titled “You Belong.” The mural is on the exterior patio wall of The Whisk, a new whisky bar (owners are 2009 alum Tosh Everson and her husband) located on S. Jackson St.
Previous murals (installed with assistance from Greencastle Civic League) include “Greencastle Blossoms” on the northside of Silver Bell Flowers; “Starlight Barn Quilts” on the eastside of Hammer Accounting and “Read. Think. Create!” above the circulation desk at Putnam County Library.
In addition, “Kindness” is in the entrance hallway of Tzouanakis Intermediate School (with assistance from former TZ art teacher Dessa Frank); “God’s Doors”on the northside of Gobin Memorial Church; and “Butterfly Fields” in the education wing of Gobin Memorial Church.
We asked Amy a few questions about her work and how the murals came to be.
How did you get involved in painting murals around town? To be honest, I put my foot in my mouth, and ended up a muralist – a statement which sums up so much in my life! As a member of Greencastle Civic League, former Mayor Sue Murray wondered if I (or any of the affiliated women) had ideas to improve Greencastle’s visual aesthetics. I suggested murals to spruce up some downtown wall spaces and add visual interest. Without missing a beat, Sue asked how difficult would a mural be to install, and would the Civic League be willing to tackle the project. I volunteered the Civic League, and two hours later after the reality of that conversation sank in, I Googled “how to install a mural.” And with each installation, I continue to learn.
Where do you find inspiration? The initial ideas are typically the building owners. They have a vision for their space/wall, and working within city guidelines for signage, I sketch or propose some ideas. If a building owner told me I could paint whatever I wanted, that would be both glorious and overwhelming. I need some parameters or goodness knows we’ll have cats in hats playing trumpets on a river boat docked in a cow pasture.
“God’s Doors” at Gobin. The original door mural on the exterior northside of Gobin Church is painted on actual doors – old, insanely heavy doors. Despite sanding, priming and sealing them, rain found a way, and the doors are starting to splinter and split. So, the church has rebuilt them using exterior plywood and applied base paint. I just need to add the words. Same mural as before but just weather resistant this time!
Changes to the online student directory
To better protect students from email scams and phishing attacks, the online student directory at www.depauw.edu/directories/students will be removed from the public-facing website. The more protected, password-protected student directory will continue to be available for campus members in e-Services. Select “Student: Directory” from the left-hand menu.
Why are we making this change? The current public student directory is open to anyone online and may enable scammers to copy and paste the addresses for use as they wish. This fall, several email scams have been directed toward students. It appeared in at least one case that scammers may have used the directory to gather addresses for phishing and, regrettably, there have been students who have fallen victim to these attacks. Eliminating the public directory will help better protect students from these types of phishing.
Phishing is a crime in which email, phone calls or text messages are used to lure individuals into providing sensitive data such as personally identifiable information, banking and credit card details and passwords.
Learn how to protect yourself at www.phishing.org.
Due to their complex and global nature, environmental problems such as climate change, water scarcity or mass extinctions can be overwhelming and scary. Many individuals who care about people and the planet are left wondering: “What am I to do?” To tackle this question, Jeanette Pope, geology and environmental geoscience professor, designed the first-year seminar course: Campus Sustainability 101. It explores theoretical concepts in sustainability studies and considers how to put these ideas into practice. Students critically examine crucial ideas central to the concept of “sustain” (as in “to make last”) through readings and discussion. Examples of these ideas include markers of environmental quality; the role of social justice; and organizational principles of systems-thinking. The seminar also includes learning at the Ullem Campus Farm, where students support sustainable agricultural practices and then respond to writing prompts through which they make connections between theory and practice. Through this course, students learn how to incorporate sustainability practices into their own lives and how to participate in positive change at a local, regional and even global scale. Learn more.
Please join the Facilities Management team in congratulating Angie Battin and Jamie Sibbitt as they take on new roles at DePauw!
Angie held the position of manager of space and event planning for the past 16 years and is now assistant to the president and executive staff. Jamie has taken on the role of manager of space and event planning, leaving her position as project planning, controls and interior design specialist, which she has held for the last five years. They will provide assistance for each position through the transition period.
Flu Shot Clinics: Sept. 26 through Oct. 7
Flu shot clinics are open to all faculty, staff, retirees and dependents ages 5 years and above; this includes part-time and employees who are not covered on DePauw's medical plan. Appointments are needed for each family member. Please contact the DePauw Health Wellness Center at 765-658-4555 to schedule your appointment TODAY! Click here to view times and dates.
Faculty, staff, retirees and students are needed to volunteer and donate blood Wed., Oct. 5 from 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. The BloodMobile will be parked in front of the Memorial Student Union Building (408 S. Locust St.). Register here.
These one-hour webcasts take place Wednesdays at 2 p.m. and include a Q&A. Registration information, live seminars and on-demand replays can be accessed here. The seminar PowerPoint presentations are available for download at the registration site by clicking on the link in the promotional pieces.
New Voluntary Benefit: Public Student Loan Forgiveness Tool
Click here to learn how TIAA powered by Savi can help you get on track. Take Action Now. The federal government has a limited waiver only available through Oct. 31, 2022 and allows borrowers to receive credit for past periods of repayment who would otherwise not qualify for PSLF.
HR Educational Corner – What Should You Know (Recruiting)
Interviewing can be stressful, not only for the candidate but for the interviewer as well. Click here for six interviewing tips for search chairs. To read information about the posting, interviewing and hiring process for staff positions, click here.
DePauw Theatre presents Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show
Sept. 29 and 30, 7:30 p.m., Oct. 1, 10 p.m., and Oct. 2, 3 p.m., Green Center for the Performing Arts, Moore Theatre.
Learn more. Purchase tickets here.
Pictured are Janet (Kelli O'Neill ’25), Riff Raff (Eli Grey Nations ’23) and Magenta (Liz Davis ’24).
Screening and talk with writer/director Paul Shoulberg.
Sept. 23, 7:30 p.m., Peeler Art Center, auditorium.
John Berry , associate professor of art, painting and drawing and associate chair of the Art and Art History Department, has been accepted into the PADA Studios artist-residency program near Lisbon, Portugal. He will spend next July there with eight other international artists, who will work together and exchange ideas. The experience will culminate in an exhibition of his paintings.
Marilyn Culler , associate director of the Media Fellows Program, was appointed by Gov. Eric Holcomb to the Indiana State Police Board.
Nahyan Fancy , professor of Middle East/comparative history, was nominated to be on the council of the Medieval Academy of America, the largest cross-disciplinary organization in the United States for medieval studies. Voters will select four of the eight nominees .
Bethany Fiechter , coordinator of archives and special collections, was appointed by Gov. Eric Holcomb to the State Historical Records Advisory Board.
Derek Ford , associate professor of education studies, was interviewed on the podcast “Revolutionary Left Radio” Sept. 12 about his upcoming book, “Teaching the Actuality of Revolution: Unlearning, Aesthetics, and the Sensations of Struggle.” An article he co-wrote, “ The Postdigital-Biodigital Revolution ,” was published in the peer-reviewed journal Postdigital Science and Education. That journal reviewed a book he recently co-edited, “ Postdigital Ecopedagogies/Genealogies, Contradictions, and Possible Futures,” while the peer-reviewed journal Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy reviewed his 2019 book, “Pedagogy and Politics in the ‘Post-Truth’ Era.” In addition, Ford wrote an entry titled “ Marxist Theories of Teaching ” for the new Springer Encyclopedia of Teacher Education.
Eugene Gloria , John Rabb Emison professor of creative and performing arts and professor of English, will have two poems published in the fall issue of Michigan Quarterly Review, a special issue with the theme “Fractured Union: American Democracy on the Brink.” He has been invited to read the poems at the Oct. 1 Zoom launch of the issue.
Jinyu Liu , classical studies professor, is the co-editor of a new book, “ Ovid in China: Reception, Translation, and Comparison .”
“The Narcotic Farm,” a 2021 book co-written by JP Olsen, director of the Eugene S. Pulliam Center for Contemporary Media, has been optioned to be made into a television series by showrunner Shelley Erikson, who has produced several series for Netflix. Olsen made a documentary of the same name in 2008.
English Professor Joe Heithaus, offers insights on how he supports our Enrollment Management team by talking with future Tigers and their families on campus tours.
“Over the last several years, when I have time and am not running to class or a meeting, if I see a scrum of families and high school students being led by a familiar face, I call out: ‘Do you have any questions for a professor?’ I then introduce myself, tell them I have four children (our youngest is in college), and I say I’ve been on such tours with each of my four kids at too many colleges to count. What follows is my sell of the liberal arts school – a place you will likely find a mentor for life, a place where you won’t be able to skip class or hide somewhere in the back of a classroom, because there aren’t any backs of classrooms at DePauw – we often sit in circles for discussion, we sometimes go outside –and if you miss a class or don’t speak, the majority of the professors will follow up with you and try to find out why.
I sometimes ask what other schools they’ve visited and, while I don’t trash the competition, especially the other small liberal arts schools, I do make a strong case that, for the money, smaller schools are so different (and I think better) than bigger schools. That – at DePauw – while you probably shouldn’t “do it all,” you can do a whole lot: a sport and a radio show, a place in student government and a part in a play, contributing to a literary magazine and having a TV show like alum TikToker Dave Jorgensen once did, all while having that internship or study abroad opportunity. If I sense boredom from the group, I shut up or ask more questions about where folks are from. All this in five minutes or so, and then I’m on my way again and the tour guide resumes their tour.
Lucky for us, DePauw isn’t hard to sell to anyone – our incredible grounds and buildings, Hoover Hall, Julian, the Green Center and soon our new library. An Andrea Sununu sighting while speaking to a family makes it an easy cause to celebrate teaching here. Our sports facilities are top notch, etc. But mostly it is easy to sell DePauw because professors are committed and care and, if they have the time, don’t mind answering a few questions from prospective students and their families.”
Do you interact with prospective Tigers and their families when they visit campus? We’d love to hear about it. Email communicate@depauw.edu and we’ll share it in the next issue of DeBrief. Thanks!
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