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CAMPUS NEWS
New developments in undergraduate
research program
TIFFANY ADAMS
Editor in Chief
The Undergraduate
Research Program hosts a
day for "Celebrating
Student Achievement" each
spring that showcases stu*
dents’ research projects
ranging from the fine arts
to the natural sciences.
Last year marked the
beginning of this annual
event. With the growth of
research projects and plans
to initiate undei^aduate
research in more programs
across the campus, the
Undergraduate Research
Advisory Committee has
recently implemented
rolling deadlines for sub
missions.
The rolling deadlines for
research grant and travel
grant requests are
September 15, November
1, January 20, 2004, and
May 1,2004.
"[The deadlines] repre
sent a new approach to
funding for us, based on
our experiences from 2001
and 2002." said Dr. Rhonda
ZingrafF, Director of the
Undergraduate Research
Program.
She said that some
requests are seasonal, and
the program needs to be
aware of ways to divide the
budget so that no one is left
out at the end of the year.
"In the past, we respond
ed to requests anytime they
arrived, but without know
ing what else might show
up within days or weeks we
were always taking some
risks in deciding how much
to deplete the budget. With
the rolling deadlines and
die patterns from past
years, we have a system to
help us match needs and
expenditures in a more pre
dictable way," she added.
Members of the
Advisory Committee who
reached the decision
regarding the rolling dead
lines were Drs. Rhonda
Zingraff, Cammey Cole,
Chris Eschbach, Jim Fogle,
John Mecham, Jim Piazza,
Walda Powell, Jody
Roubanis, and Susan •
Squires and Meagan
Chaney ('03).
The program will pres
ent its first event entitled
"A Taste of Research" from
7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on October
2 in the Science and
Mathematics Building.
This event will showcase
summer research stipend
recipients' projects. "A
Taste of Research" began
last year after the first sum
mer of stipend awards for
research.
Zingraff said that the
program hopes to continue
this event each year
because it provides an
opportunity for Meredith (o
appreciate the accomplish
ments of summer.
She also said that this is
a great way for students
who are curious about
research opportunities to
see actual projects here.
The event is informal and
informative.
There is no doubt that
doing research as an under
graduate student offers
many benefits. Some of
those include gaining confl*
dence in one's own aca
demic strengths, clarifying
career interests, and devel
oping relationships with
faculty.
Zingraff said Meredith
students who have partici
pated in research in the past
have reported gaining all of
these benefits. Although
the program is stili young,
research projects at
Meredith have launched
study abroad plans for
some, graduate study aspi
rations for some, and
impressive presentations at
research conferences
throughout the country.
"When students who are
still undergraduates can
learn how to transform
their research into a pol
ished presentation for a
conference of scholars,
they are developing a savvy
that win benefit them
beyond graduation in multi
ple ways,” said Zingraff.
Students who are inter
ested in the Undergraduate
Research Program can fmd
more information at
www.meredith.edu/urp/.
Jewish trio performs at Mereditii
JANE LANGFORD
Staff Writer
On Tuesday, September
16, Meredith College is
hosted one of the most
acclaimed musical trios in
the world. The Jerusalem
Lyric Trio performs at
Meredith as part of the fes
tivities surrounding the
speech of Nobel Prize win
ner Elie Wiesel on
Wednesday, September 17.
The frio is composed of
two women, soprano
Amalia Ishak and flutist
Wendy Eisler-Kashy, and a
man, pianist Allan
Stemfleld. Ishak is from
Israel but grew up in Italy
while Eisler-Kashy and
Stemfield are from the
United States, though all
three now reside in Israel.
Eisler-Kashy and Stemfield
formed The Jerusalem
Lyric Duo in 1989. Ishak
joined th^ group in 1995
and the
trio has
been
forming
ever
smce.
Tno's
mance
the cui*
Wendy
^ashy,
ishak perform at Meredith
musical heritage of the
Jewish people and their
faith. Performing classic
literature in Hebrew,
Yiddish, and Ladino, and
new pieces, the group takes
the listener on an adventure
through Judaic history and
into the modem Israel.
Often representing Israel
in International music festi
vals, the group has been
much acclaimed around the
world. They have per
formed in Western and
Eastern Europe, Russia,
South and North America
and Israel. The
Westdeutsche Allegemeine
Zeitung of Germany says
"The trio convey[s] the
multi-faceted Israeli land
scapes and intense feeling
of life of its inhabitants...a
fascinating effect, irre
sistible.”
The
group has
six differ
ent pro-
,grams that
it can per
form. It's
"Out of the
Whirlwind”
show is
dedicated
to the
Holocaust
and
includes
songs writ
ten by
Jewish composers who per
ished in the Holocaust.
Some of the more famous
composers involved were
Gideon Klein and Ervin
Schulhoff Klein wrote
most of his best work while
in the Czech ghetto of
Terezin. He was sent to the
Auschwitz concentration
camp in 1944. This is also
the time that Elie Wiesel
was sent to Auschwitz.
and Amalia
The Jerusalem Lyric Trio
performs at many universi
ties not only in the United
States but all around the
world. This is not a sur
prise considering that all
three musicians are
supremely educated. Eisler-
Kashy has a Mast^
Degree of Music from the
Manhattan School of
Music, Ishak has a Master
of Music Degree from Tel
Aviv University, while
Stemfield studied at the
Peabody Conservatory of
Music and now is a faculty
member at the Jerusalem
Academy of Music and
Dance.
Due to the significance
of this week, the sponsors
of the event, Meredith
College, the Raleigh-Cary
Jewish Federation, and the
North Carolina Council on
the Holocaust, arranged for
this concert to be free tothe
public.