LAST CALL for Alumni Volunteer Day Site Coordinators!

Twenty seven alumni across the country have already signed up to host Alumni Volunteer Day sites in their cities. Would you like to join them? We're accepting additional sites for one more week. In 2012 we broke our record for the number of sites that were hosted. With your help, we can break that record again!

Click this LINK to read about how easy it is to host a site and to register. Individual site details will be posted to our website and ready to take RSVPs by August 9th.

Hiram Night Out in Denver, Colorado

Join us for food, a tour, and a tasting at Colorado's first brewpub in Denver - the Wynkoop Brewing Company. You will have the chance to meet other "mile-high" Terriers and hear about the latest happenings on Hiram Hill!

July 2013 James H. Barrow Field Station Newsletter

Click the picture below to view this newsletter.

Opportunity to Help a Student with a Research Project

Hiram's Department of Biology is looking for alumni in NE Ohio to help a Hiram senior with her independent Biology capstone research project. The goal of the research is to gather data on air quality in Northeast Ohio, determine the extent that air pollution moves eastward from Cleveland following local weather patterns, and relate air quality to lichen growth. To do the study, she will need to measure air quality at several locations in three bands running North-South on the same days.

Click on the link HERE to read an invitation letter from Matt Hils, Professor of Biology & Director, James H. Barrow Field Station and the CSNS, and Jennifer Friedler '14, Biology Major. The letter gives further detail about the project and desired locations.

Sustainability Loan Secured for Hiram College

We are delighted to share the news that Hiram has finalized details for the State of Ohio's $5 million sustainability loan program, and we are implementing sustainability enhancements across campus. The enhancements will result in immediate and significant cost reductions for heating, cooling, electricity and water, and the cost savings will directly fund Hiram's repayment of the loan over 15 years.

These campus-wide energy-saving transformations will include:

• New windows in many of our residence halls
• Re-lamping many of the campus buildings with more energy efficient technology
• Replacing water fixtures with modern equipment consistent with the best practices in reducing water usage
• Replacing ancient boilers and air handlers in older buildings with modern equipment
• Installation of a centralized building management system to efficiently monitor heating and cooling performance campus-wide

Work on these sustainability enhancements will begin immediately.

2013 Women's Council Encore Program

The Hiram College Women's Council was founded in 1940 to promote the interests of the College. In the early 1950s the Women's Council initiated their scholarship program and later provided funds to endow scholarships for two additional students. Each year the Women's Council holds their Day in the Country annual sale and the Encore! program to raise funds to support these causes. This year Encore! is in its 18th year, and for the first time both ladies and gentlemen are invited to attend. This year's three events are listed below and will take place at the Twinsburg Hilton Garden Inn.

Saturday, October 19, 2013
Musings of a Mystery Writer
Les Roberts relates his Hollywood experiences and offers insights into the hero of his mystery novels.

Saturday, December 7, 2013
In the Footsteps of Shackelton, A Voyage to Antarctica
John Gardner tells the story of Ernest Shackelton's harrowing expedition to Antarctica in 1915.

Saturday, May 10, 2014
Of Mast and Men: The Life, Times, and Demise of the Carrier Pigeon
Harvey Webster entertains and educates us ion the facts of the amazing carrier pigeon.

For more information and to make reservations for this year's Encore! Series, please contact Vi McCarty at 330.569.5276 or MccartyVL@hiram.edu.

Travel with Hiram

Portugal
March 15th - 23rd, 2014
Adventures in Food, Wine, & History

Join tour leaders Daniela Melo and alumnus Dr. Tim Walker '86 on a trip through Portugal that will showcase the best of their cuisine and winemaking in various regions of the country. Visit Lisbon, one of Europe's oldest capitals and visit the rolling plains of the Alentejo for a series of surprises, including mysterious prehistoric standing stones and the walled city of Évora and a chapel lined with human bones. Click HERE to learn more and view the itinerary for this exciting trip.

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