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Poster of W.E.B. DuBois from Hamline University.

Elon students assemble their management team.

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Butler senior Darnell Archey has been selected as one of eight players to compete in the college three-point shoot-out to be held in conjunction with the 2003 NCAA Final Four in New Orleans.

• War in Iraq a "Teachable Moment" at Quinnipiac and Dayton
  
• ANAC Members Observe Women's History Month
  
• Hamline Sponsors W.E.B. DuBois Celebration, April 1-4
  
• ANAC Members Invited to China Symposium at PLU Wang Center, April 10-12
  
• Hampton Ranked 2nd on Black Enterprise Top 50 Best Colleges List
  
• Elon Enterprise Academy Launches New Business Initiatives
  
• Masters of Architecture Program Approved at Hartford
  
• Butler Advance to March Madness "Sweet Sixteen" Headlines ANAC Member Sports Roundup
  
• ANAC Member "People in the News"

War in Iraq a "Teachable Moment" at Quinnipiac, PLU, and Dayton

The war in Iraq is receiving growing attention on ANAC member campuses. Quinnipiac University, Pacific Lutheran University, and the University of Dayton are examples where a wide discussion is occurring in the best spirit of intellectual exchange. At Quinnipiac an Iraq War teach-in took place on March 24, with numerous speakers expressing a diversity of views and significant attention was given to the historical, political, and ethical context of the war. The PLU Wang Center for International Programs is holding an "Educating for Peace" conference on April 9, with a focus on several conflicts around the world. At Dayton a group of faculty scholars from a variety of disciplines and perspectives, some who have written books on Middle Eastern topics, have taken public stances on the war and related topics, invited the media to interview them, and initiated email conversations on the issues. In the spirit of the public intellectual, their views have been collected in a press release and the Dayton PR office is coordinating media interview.

ANAC Members Observe Women's History Month

Women's History Month programs were prominent on ANAC member campuses during March. Belmont University organized activities around the theme, Women Making a Difference in Their Communities. Events included a focus on women such as Jeannette Rankin, who in her two terms as a Congresswoman from Montana voted against American entry into both World War I and World War II, and Emily Bissell, founder of the Christmas Seal Campaign. Events at Butler University ranged from guest lectures, art exhibits, brown bag lunches, a visiting writer, concerts, and self-defense training to health and car maintenance presentations.

The University of Dayton held its second annual Women's Leadership Conference, April 4-6. The keynote address was delivered by Claire Renzetti, a national expert on domestic violence and author of thirteen books, who is the spouse of Dayton president, Daniel J. Curran, the University's first lay president.. Simmons College gender studies center in the School of Management released findings in February from a survey showing that 82 percent of women in corporate America have an informal mentor that they consult frequently. In 60 percent of these cases the mentor is a woman; 77 percent of mentored women say that they themselves serve as mentors. North Central did a special observance of a century of women's sports at the college.

North Central's 1983 Division III national champions.

Hamline Conference, April 1-4, to Feature Life of W.E.B. DuBois

Bell Hooks, noted author of several books on black feminist theory, was the keynote speaker at Hamline University's, April 1-4 conference celebrating the life of W.E.B. DuBois on the centennial anniversary of his famous book, the Soul of Black Folk, published in 1903. Topics of race and identity in the 190th, 20th, and 21st centuries were addressed by some twenty-five scholars, politicians, clergy, and artists from around the country.

ANAC Members Invited to China Symposium at PLU Wang Center, April 10-12

The Wang Center for International Programs will hold its inaugural public symposium, China: Bridges for a New Century, April 10-12. The symposium features an international cast of speakers from China, Japan, Norway, and North America who will discuss China's place in the global community and contemporary issues related to Chinese culture, economic development, trade, health care, human rights, youth culture, school reform, technology, spiritual life, and the arts. The Wang Center was established in 2002 to foster global understanding and peace. For further information, contact the Wang Center (wangctr@plu.edu, or tel. 253-535-7577).

Hampton Ranked 2nd on Black Enterprise Top 50 Best Colleges List

Black Enterprise magazine recently ranked Hampton University the nation's second best (just behind Morehouse College) African American college or university. Spelman College, Howard University, and Xavier University of New Orleans round out the top five historically black institutions selected. Institutions were ranked according to the quality of educational experience they provide African American students.

Elon Enterprise Academy Launches New Business Initiatives

Elon Enterprise Academy allows Elon University students to apply management and marketing skills through the development of new business enterprises. New Academy initiatives include a jazz CD scheduled for release in September, a book publishing press, a campus events planning group, and a marketing services group. InaNutshell Press will publish literary and educational books. Its first book, authored by Elon chaplain Richard McBride, will discuss the critical transitions young adults face as they move from adolescence to adulthood.

Master of Architecture Program Approved at Hartford

The University of Hartford has received word that the National Architectural Accrediting Board has formally granted candidacy status to its new masters of architecture program. Hartford will accepts its first class of architecture students in the fall of 2004, becoming the second ANAC member institution to offer an accredited program in architecture. Drury University has long offered the only ANAC member program.

Butler Advance to March Madness "Sweet Sixteen" Headlines ANAC Member Sports Roundup

With a convincing upset of 4th seed University of Louisville in NCAA Division I regional tournament play on March 23, 13th seeded Butler University advanced to the "Sweet Sixteen," becoming the latest ANAC member Cinderella team in NCAA "March Madness" action for the national basketball championship. The Drury University men's swimming team won its second national championship in five years in NCAA Division II. Coach Brian Reynolds was named NCAA-II Men's Swimming Coach of the Year. Mercer University experienced a dramatic turnaround in its men's basketball program, as a team that won only six games last year went 22-5 and won the Atlantic Sun Conference crown this year. Mercer Coach Mark Slonaker was named conference coach of the year and the Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year by CollegeInsider.com.

ANAC Member "People in the News"

Daniel J. Curran, first lay president in University of Dayton history, will be installed April 11. Part of a three-day event, April 10-12, organized around a community partnership theme, the installation is the centerpiece of events including a special Mass, an evening celebration of the arts, presentation of the annual Mattie Davis and Joe Kanak Community Builders Award, and an April 12 "Community Day" featuring a wide range of college-community educational, volunteer service, and recreational activities. Ithaca College president Peggy R. Williams returned recently from a four-day residency at the College of Nyiregyhaza in Hungary, as part of the Visiting Advisors Program of the Salzburg Seminar's Universities Project. Gerald Koocher, dean of the Simmons College School of Health Studies, received the distinguished Florence Halpern Award of the American Psychological Association for exemplary contributions to clinical psychology. His works include the most widely sold ethics text in psychology and his The Psychologist's Desk Reference is widely used by professionals in the field. Thomas R. McFaul, professor of ethics and religious studies at North Central College, recently published Transformational Ethics: Developing the Christian Moral Imagination.