College News

by Evan Silverstein

DUBUQUE, IA —  University of Dubuque President Jeffrey F. Bullock announced recently that the school has received an $8 million gift from Charles and Romona Myers. The money will be used for the construction of a 40,000-square-foot teaching and administrative center. Construction is scheduled to begin in June 2005, with an expected completion date of July 2006. The building will house classrooms, group study rooms, informal study nooks, a 100-seat lecture hall, a reception and meeting room, as well as administrative and faculty offices.

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SPOKANE, WA — A $22,500 grant from the McMillen Foundation will provide Whitworth College  art students with new opportunities to learn about contemporary art, including video and video installation, and participate in workshops conducted by visiting artists. The McMillen grant complements a $15,000 National Endowment for the Arts grant Whitworth received last summer to develop a Visiting Artists in Printmaking program. The “New Media” McMillen grant will allow the Whitworth art faculty to purchase digital camcorders and multimedia projection equipment and incorporate video into their existing courses. In addition the grant will support a visiting-artist series for which three artists will each spend a week at Whitworth, where they will work with students in new and contemporary media, conduct workshops, give public presentations, and exhibit their work in Whitworth’s Koehler Gallery.

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MONMOUTH, IL — For the sixth consecutive year, Monmouth College is offering computerized tax preparation and e-filing at no cost to the taxpayer. This service is provided in cooperation with the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program. Professor Judy Peterson, who coordinates the program, stated that it has a two-fold purpose: service and education for the community and citizenship and education for the students. The service is aimed at low- to middle-income taxpayers who cannot afford professional assistance.

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WAUKESHA, WI —  Carroll Connect, a fully interactive online community exclusively for Carroll College alumni, was launched Jan. 18. This new and improved directory service allows Carroll alumni to search for fellow classmates, update their personal profile and submit notes for “The Pioneer” alumni magazine.