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Fulbright Recipients

Angela Rogers ('96)
Stephen Stose ('96)
Hal Bond ('99)
Danny Klingler ('02)


Recent Placement into Graduate Programs

Medicine: Harvard Univ., Univ. of New Mexico; Law: IUPUI, IU/Bloomington; Philosophy: Cornell Univ., Indiana Univ./Bloomington, Purdue Univ., St. Andrews Univ. (Scotland), Univ. of Minnesota, Univ. of Notre Dame, Univ. of Wisconsin/Milwaukee; Theology/Religion: Bethany Theol. Seminary, Candler School of Theol. (Emory), Ilif School of Theol.; City Planning: MIT; Economics: Univ. of South Florida; Library Science: Kent State, Univ. of Illinois (Champagne/Urbana); Museum Studies: IUPUI; Political Science: Univ. of Chicago.


Miscellany

Summa Contra Scroogica

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Monty Python's Brief History of Philosophy

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Newspaper Headlines

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Contra Xenophobia — a brief history of minds



NEWS FROM OUR GRADUATES


Debbie Thompson (philosophy/peace studies, ’07) is working (through Americorps) on an urban forestry project with a non-profit organization called Our City Forest in San Jose, California.  She’ll be there until August '08. [4/08]

Josh Sollenberger (philosophy [minor]/political science, ’07). [1/08]

Marilyn Reish (philosophy, ’07). [1/08]

Adam Pyle (religion [minor], ’07). [1/08]

Ashley Owen (religion [minor], ’07). [1/08]

Chester Kelsey (philosophy, ’07) is currently running for Congress in Indiana’s 5th district.  See his website! [3/08]

Joe Hoover (religion [minor], ’07). [1/08]

Adam Hoover (philosophy, ’07). [1/08]


Levi Haupert (religion/chemistry, ’06). [1/08]

Eric Strobel (religion/English, ’06). [1/08]

Travis Poling (religion/English, ’06) has begun studies at Bethany Theological Seminary and maintains an interesting blogsite. [12/06]

Logan Condon (religion [minor]/history, ’06). [1/08]


Shane Ring (philosophy, ’05) is finishing a masters degree in philosophy at Purdue University, and will soon begin work on a Ph.D. [12/06]

Christie Postuma (religion [minor], ’05). [1/08]

Boris Nikolaev (philosophy/economics, ’05) is in a doctoral program in economics at the University of South Florida. [12/06]

Matt Crosby (religion [minor]/non-profit management, ’05). [1/08]

AnJanette Burchette (religion, ’05). [1/08]

Alison Bever (religion, ’05). [1/08]


Jennifer Wilson (religion/peace studies, ’04) is working for the Indiana Reading Corps. [3/05]

Brett Vanlandingham (philosophy, ’04) has entered law school at IU/Bloomington. [3/05]

Jeremy Van Deman (philosophy, ’04). [1/08]

Monica Rice (religion, ’04) has entered the master’s of library science program at Kent State. [3/05]

Abby James (religion/philosophy, ’04) completed a master’s degree in museum studies (IUPUI) and is currently enrolled in a Master of Public Affairs program, concentrating in non-profic management. [11/06]

Mitch Herniak (philosophy, ’04) has entered law school at IUPUI. [3/05]

Bart Bauer (philosophy/mathematics, ’04) is working at the Indiana State House as a Governor’s Fellow. [3/05]


Jerry Pokorney (religion [minor]/bio-chemistry, ’03). [1/08]

Cheryl Martin (religion, ’03). [1/08]

Tasha Hornbacker (religion, ’03). [1/08]

Erin Harlow (religion, ’03). [1/08]

Jeff Fackler (religion [AA], ’03). [1/08]

Doris Clark (religion, ’03). [1/08]


Rebekah Yoder (religion/sociology, ’02). [10/07]

Lora Speth (religion [AA], ’02). [1/08]

Danny Klingler (philosophy/psychology, ’02) has entered a PhD program in city planning at MIT. [3/05]

Tim Durnbaugh (philosophy, ’02) moved to Germany after graduation where he attended the university at Hamburg. After completing a certificate of German as a second language, he returned to the US, entered a nursing program, and is now a board-certified nurse working in the cardiovascular step-down unit at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. [5/07]

Darrell Carr (religion [AA], ’02). [1/08]


John Eshelman (religion/sociology, ’01). [10/07]

Josh Brockway (religion, ’01) finished his MA in theology at Bethany Theological Seminary in 2004, and then began work on an MDiv.  He transferred to Candler School of Theology (Emory) and finished his degree in May 2007.  Josh is now in his second semester of the PhD program in Church History at Catholic University of America, and is also serving as an adjunct faculty at Bethany. [2/08]

Adelle Frank (religion, ’01) entered the Masters of Divinity program in the Candler School of Theology (Emory University), during which time she also worked as an intern with the Georgia Justice Project.  She is currently a web development specialist for Emory University Libraries in Atlanta. [12/07]


Richard Yeager-Stiver (religion, ’00) is serving as the pastor for the First Church of the Brethren in Marion, Ohio. [3/05]

Jaclyn Smith (religion [minor]/bio-chemistry, ’00). [10/07]

Donnie Morgan (religion/philosophy (minor)/psychology, ’00) is currently living in Indianapolis and until recently was working for Preventative Aftercare, a non-profit organization based in Grove City, PA. Donnie was with them for the past three years doing home-based case management, with the goal of keeping families together. [1/08]

Laura Rayer Kelsey (religion [minor], ’00). [10/07]

Charity Hornish (religion [minor]/psychology, ’00). [10/07]

Brian Hartz (philosophy/communication studies, ’00) is currently working as a copy editor and reporter for a newspaper in Bloomington, Indiana, and is an associate instructor at the IU School of Journalism at Bloomington. [3/05]


Betsy Wolf (religion, ’99). [10/07]

Jason Dehaven (philosophy/religion, ’99) worked for a few years in financial planning, and is currently a grant coordinator for Habitat for Humanity in Americus, Georgia. [4/05]

Hal Bond (philosophy/economics, ’99). [10/07]

Vince Baltazar (philosophy, ’99) worked for several years with a labor union before finishing a master’s degree in philosophy at the University of Wisconsin/Milwaukee, and is now in a PhD program in philosophy at Cornell University. [3/05]


Mike Rankin (philosophy [minor]/bio-chemistry, ’98). [10/07]

Corey Ozark (philosophy/psychology, ’98). [10/07]

Cari Gilbert Martin (religion [minor]/psychology, ’98). [10/07]

Patricia Little (religion [minor], ’98). [10/07]

Larisa Hoke (religion [minor]/communication studies, ’98). [10/07]

Jason Jaronik (religion [minor]/bio-chemistry, ’98). [10/07]

J. P. Freeman (religion, ’98) has continued his work in the pastoral ministry, developing an ever growing congregation here in North Manchester, Indiana. [4/05]

Chris Forrest (philosophy, ’98). [10/07]

Joshua Brewster (philosophy [minor]/political science, ’98). [10/07]

Jacquelyn Horst (religion, ’98) Bendsen is an office coordinator of the Diversity & Race Relations Institute/Indianapolis Urban League. [3/05]


Jewel Shetler McCrindle (philosophy, ’97). [10/07]

Sara Lamb (philosophy [minor], ’97) Bendsen is an office coordinator of the Diversity & Race Relations Institute/Indianapolis Urban League. [3/05]

Craig Gandy (religion, ’97). [10/07]

Susan Bull (religion [minor]/business, ’97). [10/07]


Chadwick Sunday (religion, ’96). [10/07]

Stephen Stose (philosophy/psychology/German, ’96). [10/07]

Angela Rogers (philosophy, ’96) is currently in a four-year fellowship program with Harvard Medical School, specializing in pulmonary intensive care.  She completed her residency at the Brigham and Boston Women’s Hospital in June 2004, having graduated from Harvard Medical School in June 2001.  Prior to Harvard, she was a Fulbright Fellow at Marburg University where she studied human biology.  She reports that she loved medical school and residency and that she often uses her philosophy training from MC. [3/05]

Stephanie Hough Kuskye (philosophy [minor]/HPE, ’96). [10/07]

Heather Grady (religion/philosophy, ’96) received a master’s degree in library science from the University of Illinois (Champaign/Urbana) and has since been working as a librarian in Fort Wayne, Indiana. [3/05]


Anthony Masterson (philosophy [minor]/political science, ’95). [10/07]

Luke Lefever (philosophy, ’95). [10/07]

Barb Leininger Dickason (peace studies/philosophy, ’95). [10/07]

Lanz Brooks (religion, ’95). [10/07]

Stephanie Beery (philosophy/religion, ’95) studied moral philosophy at the University of St. Andrews (Scotland) and theology at Bethany Theological Seminary after leaving Manchester, and then received an M.A. in theology and comparative thought at the Iliff School of Theology with an emphasis on Tibetan Buddhism.  She taught English as a second language to Tibetan refugees while living for a year in Nepal, and is currently working at the University of Denver. [4/05]


Jon Schrock (philosophy/religion, ’94). [10/07]

Israel (Izzy) Young (religion/philosophy, ’94). [10/07]

Michael Brown (philosophy/peace studies, ’94) is finishing a PhD in philosophy at the University of Minnesota (bringing together the work of John Rawls and Mohandas Gandhi).  He has also spent several semesters in a peace studies program at Castellon (Spain) at the Universitat Juame I. [4/05]


Michael Main (philosophy/English, ’93). [10/07]

Allen Kahler (religion, ’93) received his M.Div from Bethany Seminary and most recently has been serving as the District Executive Minister for the South-Central Indiana District of the Church of the Brethren. [10/07]

Karin Brunk (religion, ’93). [10/07]


Christina Wright (philosophy, ’92). [10/07]


Alan Pefley (religion [minor]/environmental studies, ’91). [10/07]

Phil Weaver (religion [minor]/psychology, ’91). [10/07]

Michael Jordan (philosophy, ’91). [10/07]


Michael Rech (religion, ’90). [10/07]

Fred Lucas (philosophy, ’90). [10/07]

Wendy Duff Hunsucker (philosophy [minor]/psychology, ’90). [10/07]

Bruce Hostetler (religion, ’90). [10/07]

Jimmy Baker (religion, ’90). [10/07]


H. Peter Steeves (philosophy/English, ’89) received a PhD in philosophy at Indiana University/Bloomington, and has taught philosophy for a number of years at the University of California/Fresno and, most recently, at DePaul University in Chicago, where he is a full professor.  Peter has published numerous articles and several books on a wide range of subjects, including phenomenology, animal consciousness, environmental ethics, and popular culture, and has spent one year in Venezuela on a Fulbright fellowship. [5/05]

Dan Poole (religion and philosophy, ’88). [10/07]

Shelley Smeltzer (religion, ’88). [10/07]

Tim Peter (philosophy and religion, ’87). [10/07]

Michael Willoughby (religion, ’86). [10/07]

Terry Vaught (religion, ’85). [10/07]

Roya Stern (philosophy/sociology, ’85). [10/07]

Stephen Snyder (philosophy/computer science, ’85) receieved his Ph.D in philosophy from St. Louis Univeristy in May 2006, writing a dissertation on Hegel, Nietzche, Danto, and the end of art. He teaches philosophy of art at Washington University and St. Louis University. [10/07]

Eric Rieman (philosophy/peace studies, ’85). [10/07]

Ron Foust (religion and philosophy, ’85). [10/07]

Chris Bowman (religion and philosophy, ’84) served as Moderator of the Church of the Brethen (2004). [10/07]

Steve Naragon (philosophy, ’82) has been teaching philosophy at Manchester College since the fall of 1991, and has been maintaining these webpages since 2005 or so. [more]. [10/07]


Tim McElwee (religion/peace studies, ’78) received an M.Div from Bethany Seminary, served as campus pastor at Manchester College, entered the doctoral program in political science at Purdue University, where he received the Ph.D, and is currently the Plowshares Associate Professor of Peace Studies and Political Science and Director of the Peace Studies Institute at Manchester College. [10/07]

Steve Hammer (philosophy, ’77) earned a law degree, and now works in banking. [10/07]

Melanie May (religion/peace studies, ’76) is Vice President for Academic Life, Dean of Faculty, and John Price Crozer Professor of Theology at the Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School [more]. [10/07]

Bob Klingler (philosophy/English, ’76) is a corporate lawyer in Cincinnati. [10/07]

G. John Ikenberry (philosophy/political science, ’76) is the Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University, in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.  After leaving Manchester, John received a PhD from the University of Chicago (1985), and has since held professorships at Georgetown University and the University of Pennsylvania.  He is the author of numerous books and articles, including a widely-cited essay – "America’s Imperial Ambition" – published in Foreign Affairs (Sept/Oct 2002).  A biography is posted at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. [3/05]

Nadine Pence Frantz (religion/peace studies, ’76) is a professor of theological studies at Bethany Theological Seminary. [10/07]

David Hollingshead (religion/peace studies, ’74). [10/07]

John Humphrey (philosophy, ’71) taught philosophy at the Minnesota State University at Mankato, and then for many years at Xavier University in New Orleans, up until the flooding from Hurricane Katrina. [10/07]


Bob Knechel (religion and philosophy, ’66) spent many years as the Vice President of Institutional Advancement at McPherson College. [10/07]

Merlyn Kettering (religion and philosophy, ’65). [10/07]

Gene Roop (religion and philosophy, ’64) retired as President of Bethany Theological Seminary in June 2007, an office he had held since 1992. [10/07]

John Gingrich (religion and philosophy, ’63) is an Emeritus Dean, and Professor of Religion and Philosophy at La Verne University, where he has taught since 1971 [more]. [10/07]

J. Bentley Peters (religion and philosophy, ’62). [10/07]


Robert Bowman (religion, ’56) has been teaching Bible classes, among other things, at Manchester College since 1993 [more]. [10/07]

Robert Wagoner (religion and philosophy, ’52), Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Juniata College. [10/07]