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July 5, 2005
But this experience has offered her much more than just a summer job, it’s also helped her decide that she wants to change her major from communications to elementary education when she returns to the University of Tampa as a sophomore in the fall. “I have already called my advisor to find out what needs to be done to change my major. This experience has made me realize just how much I love being in a classroom,” Lindsay said.
Local Teachers Get Up Close and Personal with Shakespeare
Rollins Named Princeton Review "College with a Conscience"
The publication cited the following:
"Rollins 'has partnered and
collaborated with over 30 different community nonprofits and
organizations' over the past three years. Partners have included
'organizations that help serve the needs of children and teens
through education, the environment, refugee and immigrant
families, and the local Winter Park government.' Among the
school’s proudest accomplishments in this area is its work with
Fern Creek Elementary School; involvement has grown from a
mentoring program to a multi-faceted tutoring, enrichment, and
research endeavor. Arriving freshmen make their presence felt in
the community through the school’s Reach Out Day of Service
Event, 'a new and exciting part of orientation for all
first-year students. Rollins now dedicates an entire day during
orientation for service and outreach projects in the local
community.' " Holt MACCT Students Visit California
Twenty students of the Holt School's Master of Corporate Communication and Technology program visited San Jose, California recently to get a real-life view of how communication technology works.
The students and Professors Greg Gardner and John Morrison visited Stanford University and the Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), Sun Microsystems, Intel, Napa Valley, Cisco Systems, Mercora and Fairmont Resorts.
"The most inspiring part of
the trip to San Jose was meeting all of the executive committee
members at each company," said MACCT student Ben Sargent. "I was
amazed at the
"At each organization, the executives and communication professionals we met were quite generous with their time, and provided us with many opportunities to explore the effects of the new technologies on corporate communication processes," John said.
Greg said, "To be able to meet
and speak with the executive leaders of organizations such as
Intel, Cisco, Sun, Mecora, Fairmont and Beringer's was a truly
unique learning experience for the students in the MACCT
program." "The trip was a terrific experience and one that will stay with me long after I graduate," Ben said.
Tars Finish 27th in NACDA
Directors' Cup Standings
The Rollins Athletic Department,
with one national championship and seven NCAA post season
appearances, finished 27th in the final 2004-05 NACDA Sports
Academy Directors’ Cup standings. The Sports Academy Directors'
Cup program, developed as a joint effort between USA TODAY and
the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA),
is an all-sports competition that recognizes and ranks each
institution’s athletic achievement.
For more information about Tars
athletics, visit
www.rollins.edu/athletics.
Jeni Flynn Hatter has returned to Rollins College and has been appointed as Director of News & Media Relations. Jeni most recently worked at Florida Hospital as Media Relations Manager. Before joining Florida Hospital, she worked at Rollins College for two years as Communications Coordinator.
Jeni has nine years of experience in public relations and television broadcasting. A native of Orlando, she launched her career at the ABC affiliate in Panama City, Florida, then moved back to her hometown and was one of the original reporters at Central Florida News 13. Jeni serves on the Florida Public Relations Association (FPRA) Orlando Area Chapter board and is also on various other professional committees. She was named the 2003 Member of the Year and has received numerous local and state public relations awards. She received a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Florida.
Nicole Vickers has been appointed as Director of Marketing at the Rollins College Crummer Graduate School of Business. She will be responsible for managing the marketing of the School’s four MBA programs as well as serving the marketing needs for the Center for Leadership Development, Center for Entrepreneurship and Management and Executive Education. Nicole brings with her twelve years of market research and brand development expertise. Before joining Rollins, she served as vice president for the advertising firm Profound Communications, Inc. where she managed the firm’s day-to-day activities, doubled the firm’s sales, and received an Excellence in Marketing award from the American Marketing Association for brand development. She also held marketing posts at Bank One and Achiever Business Solutions, an international software development firm. She earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Tampa and an MBA degree from Otterbein College.
Information Technology Department Retreat on July 8
I.T. staff will be at a retreat
on July 8 to plan for the coming year to meet the needs of the
Rollins community. Student employees will staff the Help Desk.
Thank you for your understanding. Winter With the Writers Airing on TV
The 2005 Winter With the Writers series is currently airing on Vision TV Channel 98. Each week, the schedule is as follows:
Each month, a different program will air in order of the series. Once each program has been aired for one month, they will be broadcast on a weekly basis. Download a Rollins College Screensaver for your Computer
Members of the Rollins community are invited to download a screensaver compliments of the Rollins College Alumni Association. The screensaver consists of various photos of the campus. Visit www.rollins.edu/alumni for your screensaver.
Summer Hours at the Alfond Sports Center
Kudos features accomplishments of Rollins faculty and staff, including but not limited to awards won and appointments to positions of leadership.
During the month of June, Associate Professor of International Business Ilan Alon was the keynote speaker at the upcoming American Electronic Association conference and the U.S. China Business Summits being held in Orlando and Tampa. He also co-authored a recently published book titled Business and Management Education in China (World Scientific Publishing Co., Inc.). The book offers a unique collection of essays focused on the important social and economic changes affecting educational institutions in China. It provides an in-depth examination of the potential and obstacles for business and management education in the world’s second largest economy and most populated country.
Executive/Program Assistant for the Philanthropy Center Ginny Justice was recently appointed by Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer to serve a two-year term to the Board of Trustees at the Mennello Museum of American Art.
Associate Vice President of Information Technology Les Lloyd was invited as a guest presenter to the "Best Practices in Campus Security and Emergency Preparedness Conference." Held in Philadelphia, more than 80 session attendees learned about Rollins' emergency preparedness and communications efforts and lessons learned during last year's hurricane season.
R-News captures news coverage about Rollins or appearances in the general or trade media by faculty or staff serving as subject experts on a range of topics. When available, links will be provided to the articles. Links may expire or require registration.
Professor of Political Science Rick Foglesong was quoted on two successive days in the three-part series headlined "International Drive: Tourism's Main Street" that ran beginning June 12 in the Orlando Sentinel. He was also interviewed by WESH Channel 2 News in a companion report on WESH-TV's "News at 11:00" on June 14. Visit http://www.wesh.com/news/4610837/detail.html to read his comments. Finally, on June 19, he was interviewed on WESH-TV's 11 p.m. news regarding proposed new developments at Sea World.
Crummer Professor Mark Johnston was interviewed by WKMG Channel 6 News regarding a retail supermarket study for the 10 p.m. news on Tuesday, June 14.
Professor of Anthropology Robert Moore had an op-ed piece titled "Don't count out China's communists: Despite village elections, party maintains power" printed in the June 27 issue of the Orlando Sentinel. Visit http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/opinion/orl-edpmoore27062705jun27,0,6411143.story?coll=orl-opinion-headlines to view the article.
Assistant Professor of Education Gio Valiante was quoted in "Fear fuels mystique" in the June 15 edition of The Charlotte Observer. Visit The Charlotte Observer online to view the article (registration is free, but required).
The news media class,
which is part of the Rollins College Summer Day
Camp, was recently featured on WKMG Channel 6,
AM 580 WDBO and in the Orlando Sentinel. During
the class, day campers take to the Rollins streets to
track down the top stories of the day. Young reporters
in the class find stories to be used for a radio taping,
a newsletter and a TV show. Last week, they put together
their very own newscast; complete with news anchors,
roving reporters and a meteorologist. The class is a new
addition to the camp this year.
 In May, 16 faculty members took part in the Galapagos seminar, led by Dean of the Faculty Roger Casey and their Galapagon guide Bitinia Espinoza.
To show your Rollins
spirit, remember to take your Rollins gear with you as
you travel around the world. Submit your photo to R-Town
(send an electronic file or we'll scan your photo and
return it) and you will automatically be entered in the
Rollins Around the World photo contest. R-Town
readers will later be asked to choose their favorite
shot and the winner will receive the "Winter Park
Package" featuring gift certificates to Panera, Regal
Cinema and the Bookstore (we will award winners in
January and May). Safe travels! For our "Quote of the Week" section, we share your favorite quotes with faculty and staff. Please submit yours to rtown@rollins.edu. Each week, we feature a quote submitted by you.
This week's quote was submitted by Assistant Vice President of Public Relations Ann Marie Varga:
~ Mother Teresa
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When
Lindsay Brewer came back to her hometown of Winter Park from
college, she had no idea that her summer job would lead her to
change her career path. When she was younger, Lindsay was a
camper at the Rollins College Summer Day Camp. Now, at 19,
Lindsay is a counselor and assists with teaching sailing, canoeing and even
an aeronautics class. “It’s such a cool experience to come back
and be on the other side of it,” said Lindsay, who is now a
counselor for some of the classes she took as a camper. “I am
having a blast. This is so much fun.” 
This
summer, there are eight camp counselors who were previously
campers and have returned to Rollins to work. Adam Baumgarten,
who was a camper for three years shares, “I really like helping
the kids and sharing my knowledge with them.” Though Adam isn’t
sure if becoming a teacher is in his future, he does know he’s
enjoying his summer job that is proving to be a very rewarding
experience.
Twenty
teachers from around the world came to Rollins College this
summer to step out of their own classrooms and back in time,
learning to act, direct, create music, make costumes and even
sword-fight. Middle school teachers through college professors
became students of Shakespeare at the Florida Center for
Shakespeare Studies at Rollins College, during the Drey
Shakespeare Summer Institute.
Rollins
College was included in The Princeton
Review’s and Campus Compact’s "Colleges with a Conscience." The
book is now for sale at major bookstores and online book
sellers. 
Shown
left are Professor John Morrison, Professor Greg Gardner, Kelly
Russ, Director of SLAC Communications Neil Calder and Ben
Sargent at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center in Palo Alto,
California.
Please
remember that R-Town will be
distributed as needed over the summer. The summer schedule will
vary depending on the amount of content that is received. Submit
stories of interest to the campus community by Wednesday at noon
for the following week or upcoming issue. If an R-Town
issue is not planned and your information is time sensitive, you
will be notified. Please e-mail submissions to
The Department of Athletics and
Physical Education reminds the Rollins community of
summer hours at the Alfond Sports Center. The sports center will
be open Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Tuesday and Thursday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. The center will be
closed on Saturday and Sunday. For more information, call ext.
2366.
Crummer
School Adjunct Professor Harry W. Collison, Jr. recently
published an article titled “Recovering 'Stigma' Damages in
Mold-related Construction Defect Cases: Making the Property
Owner Whole” in The Florida Bar Journal. The journal
focuses on promoting the competence and public responsibility of
lawyers. Collison teaches classes in real estate analysis at the
Crummer School. Visit
Crummer
Professor Barry Render has published his 34th and 35th
textbooks, Operations Management, 8th Ed., and
Principles of Operations Management, 6th Ed., both with his
long-time publisher, Prentice Hall. In these new books, he and
his coauthor, Professor Jay Heizer, themed the edition around
service applications of operations management and used Arnold Palmer Hospital for
Women and Children as a focus. He produced seven videos and case
studies examining such issues as capacity planning, JIT, supply
chain management, and quality at the facility. The video dealing
with quality at the hospital was submitted to the annual Addy
Awards and won first place from among 10,000 entries. Golfing
legend Arnold Palmer wrote the foreword for both books. In
appreciation for allowing the authors to get an
insider look at the facility and its operations, the authors
and publisher donated $50,000 to the Arnold Palmer Hospital.
Barry (center) is shown presenting the donation.