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Campus News
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Eckerd in the News
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Monster Within
NCAA Champion Magazine, Fall 2011
- A 6-page feature about men's basketball player Lance Kearse living with sickle cell trait; comments by men's basketball coach Tom Ryan; team doctor Arnold Ramirez
Always doing the right thing
St. Petersburg Times, October 30, 2011
- Political science professor Bill Felice pens an op-ed about Derrick Bell, Harvard's first tenured African-American professor
Glow Worms: Nature's Fireworks Shows
Bernews, October 27, 2011
- Comments by marine science graduate Kim Zeeh '06
Ahwatukee Chamber members high on next president
The Arizona Republic, October 21, 2011
- International business graduate Anne Gill '91 is named the new president and CEO of the Ahwatukee (Ariz.) Chamber of Commerce
Appreciation: The Moral Integrity of Derrick Bell
Diverse Issues in Higher Education, October 18, 2011
- Political science professor Bill Felice pens an op-ed about Derrick Bell, Harvard's first tenured African-American professor
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Tampa PEL Alumni Team Makes Strides Against Breast Cancer
 | Photo (L-R): Angelina Garcia Tennis, Jennifer Hunziker, Nancy Fraser
Carrier, Cecile Bare, Jonathan Tennis and Liana Fuente |
Congratulations to the Eckerd College Tampa PEL Alumni group who participated in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer! The team walked on Saturday, October 22, 2011 and raised over $2,000 for a great cause. The team consisted of PEL advisor Nancy Fraser Carrier, Liana Fuente '11, Angelina Garcia Tennis '11, Cecile Bare '11, Jonathan Tennis '09, Jennifer Hunziker '10 and her husband, Josh Hunziker.
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Zeta Lounge RenovationIf you thought you were looking at a posh downtown venue, guess again. It's Eckerd's very own Zeta Lounge.
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Only at Eckerd A Grassroots Effort Partially in response to Quest for Meaning College Program Series speaker Bill McKibben, 220 Eckerd students have signed up to attend the Tar Sands Action Rally on Nov. 6 in Washington, DC. This grassroots effort was organized and led by students.
A Thanksgiving Feast at Eckerd College
Spend your turkey day with your Eckerd family (yours are welcome, too!) at the annual Thanksgiving Feast in Fox Hall on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 24 at 4 pm. Enjoy turkey with all the traditional trimmings, football game viewing in the Pub, and holiday craft activities for all ages. Meal cards will admit students who are on the meal plan; for other students, faculty, staff, and guests the dinner charge will be $7.00 per person. Buy tickets in the Bon Appetit Dining Services Office (864-8411), which is located in the Café Bon Appetit building. Eckerd Review 2012 - Call for SubmissionsEckerd's literary magazine is inviting all members of the EC community to send in their short stories, poems, nonfiction and art on or before Nov. 23 for consideration.
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Events@Eckerd Art: "A Sense of Place: A series of reproductions of major works by Christopher M. Still"
Through Jan. 13, 2012, Cobb Gallery CPS: EC Theatre presents "Passion Play" (Part One)Nov. 3-16, Thur.-Sun., Bininger Theatre Fri., Nov. 4, 7 pm, Miller Auditorium
Poetry Reading: Gerry LaFemina
Tue., Nov. 8, 5:30 pm, Triton Room CPS: John Dominic Crossan, "Rome's Empire and God's Kingdom"
Tue., Nov. 8, 7:30 pm, Fox Hall CPS, ASPEC: Cathy Tortorici, "The Gulf of Mexico"
Wed., Nov. 9, 4 pm, Lewis House Film: "City of Life and Death"Fri., Nov. 11, 7 pm, Miller AuditoriumSpecial Event: EC Celebration of the ArtsSat., Nov. 12, 11 am - 10 pm, Various campus venues
Mon., Nov. 14, 7:30 pm, Fox Hall
CPS: Kate Mannle, "Using Social Marketing for International Biodiversity Conservation"T ue., Nov. 15, 7:30 pm, Miller Auditorium
Thur, Nov. 17, 7:30 pm, Fox Hall
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