MONDAY,AUGUST 18,2003
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Conference to prepare new students for work
Resource Center holds meeting for diverse students
Freshmen and first-year transfers will get a jump-start on networking with potential employers on Sept. 10.
For the second year, the Multicultural Resource Center is sponsoring a Student Success Conference, geared toward students who represent the diverse cultural, racial, ethnic and religious community.
By Amy Kelly akelly@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
Tony Daniels, associate director of Multicultural Affairs, said this fall's conference would differ slightly from last year's setup, which focused on acclimating students to the setting at the University of Kansas.
"There is more of an educational component involved this year," Daniels said. "We're really hoping to start relationships with corporate sponsors."
Daniels said the main goal of the conference would remain the same: to officially send out a welcome from the Multicultural Resource Center.
But this year the center plans to add a Post-KU Orientation element, which would guide students to employment possibilities.
Corporate sponsors such as Enterprise Rent-A-Car and Philip Morris U.S.A. will be on hand to speak with students about what qualities they seek in their employees.
"These companies will come in and say, 'This is what we're
"There is more of an educational component involved this year. We're really hoping to start relationships with corporate sponsors."
Tony Daniels Associate director of Multicultural Affairs
looking for," Daniels said. "They are looking for people who get involved in organizations and leadership."
Yana Delkhah, Lawrence sophomore and a peer adviser at the Multicultural Affairs department, said her own orientation experience eased the transition into college life.
Around 100 students attended last year's Student Success Conference, but Daniels expected that number to grow with the Post-KU Orientation aspect.
Daniels said that all first-year transfers or freshmen could attend the conference, not only minority students.
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A keynote speaker, who has not yet been confirmed, will address the students at the event
"They really made me feel comfortable and showed me that there are other people of color and from different cultures here," Delkhah said.
"We're going to have access to a lot of the students this year," Daniels said.
The Student Success Conference will be held Sept. 10 from 3 to 6 p.m. in the Kansas Union.
- Edited by Saju Ng'alla
LANDMARK
Campanile represents history
The Campanile houses a 53-bell carillon, a stationary set of bells hung in the 120-foot tall tower. The Campanile became a part of the University of Kansas in 1951.
By Annie Bernethy
aberneth@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
We've all heard those lulling bells chiming in the distance while walking on campus, but there's a story behind the music.
The Campanile has been a part of the campus since its dedication in 1951. Inside the 120-foot monument is a 53-bell carillon, a stationary set of bells hung in a tower and usually played from a keyboard, which was cast by the John Taylor Bellfoundry of Loughborough, England, from 1950 to 1951.
The Campanile was built to honor the 276 students who died in World War II. The names of each of those fallen students are engraved in the Virginia Greenstone on the east and west walls of the Memorial Room, which is at the base of the tower. The names of people who donated money to the Campanile are also listed in the Memorial Room. The names of bell donors are engraved in the bells that hang from the top.
After extensive renovations funded by John and Keith Bunnel in 1996, the Campanile was rededicated.
The largest bell within the tower, weighing more than 13,000 pounds, was dedicated to the memory of Olin Templin by the Kansas University Endowment Association.
Templin served as executive secretary for many years at the Endowment Association and was a KU alumnus.
He returned in 1890 to become the University of Kansas' first professional philosopher and established what are now the departments of philosophy, sociology and
psychology.
psychology Walk a mere 70 steps to the top and you'll find Elizabeth Berghout, University carillonneur, who plays the instrument that makes the bells sing. Albert Gerken, University carillonneur from 1963 to 2000, taught Berghout to play the carillon, although she already knew a thing or two about music.
Berghout has a bachelor of music degree in organ perform-
and pedagogy from Brigham Young University. She now has a doctorate degree in organ performance from the University.
Berghout plays the carillon with the sides of her fists. Although the instrument is set up like a keyboard, the player must use more strength when hitting it.
The purely mechanical instrument has strings attached
The Campanile has been a part of the campus since its dedication in 1951. Inside the 120-foot monument is a 53-bell carillon, a stationary set of bells hung in a tower and usually played from a keyboard. The Campanile was built to honor the 276 students who died in World War II. After extensive renovations funded by Joan and Keith Bunnel in 1996, the Campanile was rededicated.
to each bell.
The larger bells take more force to play, thus the fists.
Berghout is responsible for teaching students, and a few non-students, to play the carillon.
"It's a great pleasure to be teaching and playing the bells," she said.
Students spend one-on-one time with Berghout for a half hour once a week in a practice room half way up the tower 30 steps up to be exact. When the students feel comfortable with their pieces, they can then move up the tower for the real deal.
"It's so much fun to play," Berghout said.
She plays concerts throughout the school year. At 5:00 p.m. on Sundays and 8:00 p.m. on Wednesdays, listeners can rest on the hill between the Campanile and Memorial Stadium for the best sound, although the music can be heard all through campus.
Berghout gives tours of the Campanile after concerts, but if you're afraid of heights, stay on the ground.
— Edited by Amy Kelly