THE PEDANT
CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY
Volume 2 #2 November 2009
A Newsletter
for CGU
students, or
propaganda for
the general
welfare.
pages 2-3:
campus news
pages 4-5:
a pedant’s guide
to the phd
page 6:
bulletin board
page 7:
research and
awards
page 8:
events calendar
& more
Though as stilled in olde worlde charm as ever from the outside, the inside of the Academic
Computing Building has recently undergone a thorough modernization.
Upgraded: ACB 2.0
Is your ancient laptop with dialup Internet and splintering frame
kept together by a Fine Young
Cannibals sticker driving you
crazy? Instead of mortgaging
your Hagelbarger’s funds for a
new computer, consider using the
Academic Computing Building
(ACB) for your high-tech needs.
Not only is it the university’s
node for the cyber-savvy, it’s
recently undergone a full
upgrade, with more
improvements on the way.
ACB’s renovations are part of a twopronged assault on the outmoded.
Phase one, which had been ongoing
since last winter, was completed this
September. And phase two is well
underway.
Phase one revamped and
modernized the former space on the
ground floor and improved its
usability. ACB now has five smart
classrooms and five multipurpose
technology rooms that can take on a
range of collaborative projects.
These renovations were specifically
designed to encourage interaction
between students, faculty, and the
cyberspace denizenship.
All ACB classrooms have enhanced
instructional technology including
wide-screen and high-definition
video capability. Wireless
accessibility has been expanded to
support more than 450 users at 54
MB/s of speed both in and outside
the building, which is a good deal
faster and more accommodating than
your typical coffee shop connection.
The computing infrastructure has
been reinforced against any of that
infamous California seismic activity,
and in addition, new ventilation,
power, air-conditioning, and fire
suppression systems have been
added.
Other phase one improvements
include a central-support help desk,
an expanded computer lab for larger
classes, and the cyber café – no, not
a “café” in the sense of a small
restaurant where you’re served by
capricious humans, but a “cyber
café” in which you’re served by the
trusty cybertronic arms of one of
four vending machines. If need be, a
microwave is on hand to zap up any
of the nutritious, prepackaged wares
you choose, like the comforting,
Styrofoam-locked goodness of a
steamy Cup O’ Noodles.
In addition, ACB has been fitted
with a number of “green” initiatives,
which will render the building far
more energy efficient than
previously and help reduce CGU’s
carbon footprint.
(Continued on page 6)
CGU
factoid
1928 was a big
year for our
institution, then
known as
“Claremont
College.” After
opening its
doors just three
years prior, we
awarded our
first batch of
degrees in three
fields of study –
English, political
science, and
education. But
for how many
students?
The answer’s on
page 8 . . .
Leisure with dignity 1
CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY
cgu news
Drucker fever
takes to the
streets
Master calendar
knows all
If you’re on campus and looking for
Eleventh Avenue, there’s a block-long
chance you may get lost. Though as
business students surely know, if you’re
unsure, turn to management thinker Peter
Drucker. Or in this case, Drucker Way.
Well maybe not all – don’t throw away
that Magic 8-Ball just yet. But if you want
to know when a certain event on campus
is taking place, or are just looking for
something intellectually stimulating to do
next Tuesday, check out CGU’s Master
Calendar, which is located at the bottom
right-hand corner of CGU’s home page.
That’s because on October 8 a block of
Eleventh Street was officially renamed
Drucker Way. This dedication honors the
father of modern management who spent
the last 35 years of his life in Claremont,
and is part of the Drucker Centennial, a
world-wide celebration of the 100th
anniversary of his birth. Though most of
the centennial events have passed (visit
www.drucker100.com for the full list), if
you happen to be in Austria this November
19-20, be sure to check out the Drucker
Global Forum.
If you’re a commuter who regularly zips
on and off campus, it’s easy to forget that
CGU is actually located in the middle of a
large and vibrant campus, populated by
five undergraduate institutions that all
bring in speakers and put on events. When
you combine their forces with CGU’s own
nine schools (and one department) you’ve
got a calendar that is not only full, but
bursting at the seams. Take a look; it’s not
unusual to see as many as five or six
events occurring on a single day. Not bad
for a small town on the edge of Los
Angeles County.
If you are putting together or promoting an
event yourself, submitting it to the Master
Calendar is easy. On the top left corner of
the web page there is a “Submit Event”
button. Once your event is approved by an
administrator, it will be viewable by
everyone at CGU and the other colleges as
well.
editor’s
note
2 Otium cum dignitate
THE PEDANT is . . .
Brendan Babish — Managing editor
Kevin Riel — Head writer
Liz Nurenberg — Senior Colorist
I’ve heard people complain that they don’t hear
enough about CGU events, and I’ve heard
people say they hear way too much about CGU
events.
resource, it is one not utilized by enough
students. I encourage all of you to read about it
in our news article (above) and/or check it out
for yourself (if you haven’t already).
Like many of you, I know how quickly a CGU
student e-mail account can get cluttered with all
matter of invitations, announcements, and
inducements. And of course, in the frenzy to
erase all those unwanted e-mails, you skip past
the one about your favorite professor from last
semester who is giving a reading next week.
Then, on the day of the reading, when your
friend asks if you’re going, you get indignant
that no one told you – and you really would go,
only you’ve already made an appointment to
get a cyst removed (and that’s something you
really should get taken care of). Of course, the
next day you run into that professor, and maybe
she doesn’t mention you not showing up, but
you can see it in her eyes, she’s hurt . . . I
digress.
Since CGU is largely a commuter campus, it’s
easy to forget about how much activity there is
here – and most of it’s free.
The point is, though e-mail alerts and word of
mouth (and the Pedant) are all good places to
learn about what’s happening on campus, there
is no substitute for the Master Calendar on the
CGU home page. Though this is an amazing
Special thanks
to Justin Mary, Alex Hindman, Sarah Robinson,
and anyone else who generously gave their time
to our humble publication; and Snickerdoodle
cookies.
Brendan Babish
Managing Editor
brendan.babish@cgu.edu
the Pedant
November 2009
Volume 2, Number 2
Volume 10 Number 2
Fall 2009
the
Flame
The Magazine of Claremont Graduate University
Keep on Podcasting
in the Free World:
New on iTunes U
As you may know, a few months ago
Claremont Graduate University went live on
iTunes University, with over 100 audio and
video files available to download. The Office
of University Communications is constantly
uploading new content from CGU faculty and
guest lecturers, as well as content from our
archives. A sample of some recent (and soonto-be) uploads include:
The king of management, manages
poolside debonair.
Pardon, while we give ourselves a
hand.
Zen and the art
Tooting our horn
(passions) of a
Council for the Advancement and
multi-talented man The
Support of Education (CASE) has
Apparently, for the inimitable Peter
Drucker, do-gooder dynamo and
author of the seminal Management,
being a business guru wasn’t enough.
“The man” was also an expert on
Japanese art and culture, even
lecturing on it at Pomona College from
1975 to 1985.
Subsequent to the Drucker Centennial
events, the Ruth Chandler Williamson
Gallery at Scripps College is showcasing
an exhibition Zen Paintings from the Sanso
Collection to commemorate the former
professor’s passion for Japanese culture
and his ability to draw insights on the
human condition from a wide range of
fields.
The exhibition, curated by Scripps College
Department of Art History chairman Bruce
Coats, will showcase pieces from the
internationally renowned Sanso Collection.
This includes over 30 Japanese scroll
paintings that reflect a variety of responses
to the teachings of Zen Buddhism.
Concurrently, a related show – Japanese
No Theater Prints – is on display in the
Clark Humanities Museum (also at Scripps
College).
The gallery is located on Eleventh Street
and Columbia Avenue and open Wednesday
through Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. The show
will run through December 6. For more
information on both, check out:
www.scrippscollege.edu/williamsongallery.
awarded our Office of University
Communications a gold medal and two
silver medals for its District VII
Awards of Excellence for 2009.
The Flame magazine took home gold for
best general interest magazine and silver
medal for the Flame’s magazine writing,
while our very own the Pedant won silver
for best internal publication or newsletter.
CASE has a worldwide international
membership that includes more than
40,000 members in 3,200 colleges,
universities, and independent schools in 55
countries around the world. One of its
largest districts is CASE District VII,
which represents higher education
institutions and individuals in Arizona,
California, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada, and
Utah. The CASE awards are a peerreviewed competition.
––Extensive video and audio interviews with
School of Arts and Humanities faculty
members Janet Farrell Brodie, Robert
Dawidoff, Lori Anne Ferrell, Wendy Martin,
and Dean Marc Redfield.
––Video of award-winning journalist Richard
Rodriguez’s keynote address for the recent
Institute of Signifying Scriptures’ annual
conference.
––The School of Behavioral and
Organizational Sciences is readying videos of
speakers at their prior conferences. Some of
their most recent uploads includes speakers
from the Claremont Symposium on Applied
Social Research from 2007.
––The Drucker Institute is currently
digitalizing several years of video footage of
their namesake, Peter Drucker, and plans on
putting much of the footage up on CGU’s
iTunes University site. Expect to see new
content of everyone’s favorite management
expert uploaded regularly.
You can subscribe to any of the CGU
schools’ individual feeds, so that newly
uploaded material will be downloaded to your
iTunes library whenever you refresh your
Podcast Directory.
“We in Advancement are proud to carry
these stories forward to the world, and we
see these awards as acknowledgements not
only of the quality of our efforts, but an
endorsement of the outstanding research
and teaching that are hallmarks of CGU,”
said Vice President for Advancement
Gregory Pierre Cox.
The Pedant’s (award-winning) archive is
available online at www.cgu.edu/
thepedant. The Flame magazine is printed
three times a year and can be read online at
www.cgu.edu/flame. If you are not on the
Flame mailing list but would like to be
added, please e-mail Mandy Bennett at
mandy.bennett@cgu.edu.
Shred the air guitar to your favorite
intellectual licks.
Leisure with dignity 3
CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY
“Sanity is a fleeting thing in graduate school. I
never thought I’d become absent-minded, but
certain moments remind me of this inevitable
destination.!I no longer judge professors as I did
as an undergraduate for talking to themselves in
public, thinking unkempt beards or outdated
clothing is presentable, or locking their keys in
their car with the engine running. I’ve done them
all now,” states the well groomed and dressed
Alex Hindman (above), while Sarah Robinson
(left) finds respite in the great outdoors.
A pedant’s guide to the PhD
Admit it, even though you love your research, you’ve once
or twice (or several times) delighted in what a nice ring
“Dr. [insert your last name here]” has to it. Maybe its
resonance has rallied you through a few insufferable allnighters with a paper, or perhaps just this year its siren song
lured you into CGU’s rocky shore. Either way, the surest
course to acquiring this most sonorous of honorifics is,
according to three CGU candidates, to stay flexible, evenkeeled, and take it one step at a time.
The Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD) has long enticed the
world’s brightest (less than 1 percent of Americans are so honored).
In this country it is the highest degree one can earn (a few other
countries, such as the United Kingdom, offer higher tiered doctorate
degrees), and can apply to a wide range of disciplines in the
humanities and sciences. The term doctorate is derived from the
Latin docere, meaning “to teach.” In its first manifestations, the
doctorate was understood as a kind of license to teach.
Today, the PhD is seen as much more than a license to instill.
Getting one certifies both complete mastery of a discipline, and that
the candidate has contributed to their field’s body of knowledge. Its
uses in the world are many and the requirements for each area of
study can be vastly different. They are the same in that the path is
grueling.
4 Otium cum dignitate
However, take comfort: “Every semester is going to get a little
better,” says Justin Mary, a PhD student in his second year in the
School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences. Plus, to help
ease your PhD-performance anxiety, we’ve culled some helpful
information from two other students who, like Mary, are
swimmingly making their way through the process.
Students like Alex Hindman, who’s pursuing a PhD in the School of
Economics and Politics, and believes that while it’s a good idea to
hit the ground of your academic career running, you shouldn’t settle
too soon on a path.
“As you enter graduate school you are likely to have an affinity for a
few areas in your field and your choice in a graduate school
probably played an important part in that decision. That being said,
you have to work with an open-mind to determine which topics in
that area are workable projects. Narrowing and refining with your
professors is a constant process and an important part of graduateschool training,” he says.
Sarah Robinson, a PhD candidate in the School of Religion, adds
that it’s never too late to change your project: “I had a clear idea
coming into CGU, but I realized I wanted my work to be more
contemporary, so I decided to shift focus on my project. And I
found, thankfully, my professors and CGU in general were really
supportive of this change.”
Whether you keep an open mind or have your
thesis project nailed down, there are different
schools of thought about how quickly to
proceed. Some advocate the getting-throughas-fast-as-possible approach, and some think
it’s good to savor the experience.
Mary thinks “it depends on your career goals.
Students should ask themselves, ‘What do I
want to do?’ If you want to have a solid body
of research and publishing going into your
career, I don’t see that there should be a huge
rush to get out. If you rush out, you’re going
to have a lot to learn. I would rather have that
learning process occur while I’m still a
student because I think people will cut you a
certain amount of slack if you do something
clumsy. They’ll say, ‘He or she is still
learning.’ But when you’re finished and get
that PhD you’re a doctor, you’re supposed to
know the answers; that accountability factor
shoots through the roof. I would say take your
time, as long as you’re being productive and
working toward a goal, you’ll be good.”
When Robinson arrived at CGU, she says she
“started meeting professors right away and
really appreciated the process of getting a
sense of them, both on a personal level and on
an intellectual level, which helped me later
decide whether they were good matches for
committee purposes. Instead of jumping the
gun on a committee, I think it’s important to
really understand who these people are, what
their goals and primary scholarship are. And if
you align: fantastic.”
The stress and anxiety that attends big
decisions, such as making sure you don’t have
a dysfunctional committee, are among the
inevitable hazards of academic life. What’s
sometimes called “functional insanity,”
though, is not the necessary condition. Or is
it?
“Sanity is a fleeting thing in graduate school,”
says Hindman. “I never thought I’d become
absent-minded, but certain moments remind
me of this inevitable destination. I no longer
judge professors as I did as an undergraduate
for talking to themselves in public, thinking
Goal orientation is an oft-used strategy
unkempt beards or outdated clothing is
students employ to stay focused on the little
presentable, or locking their keys in their car
things (rather than getting overwhelmed by
with the engine running. I’ve done them all
the enormity of the undertaking).
now. If you embrace the fact that brief
moments of incompetence in normal life tasks
“Ask me on different days whether I’m goal
is a trade-off for success with high theoretical
oriented or not and I’ll give you different
thoughts then you’re home free. I’m
answers,” says Hindman. “I think we all enjoy exaggerating, but the loss of sanity is
our fields and the process, but a goaloriented approach gets you through
the difficult times. I’m a planner and
like to have things settled. As I get
older, however, I’m finding out the
world doesn’t always work that
way. There are many things I could do
with my degree and the opportunities
are seemingly endless. Without an
occupational endgame, it’s tough to
be goal oriented. Because of this I
enjoy the experience more and I’ve
learned to develop more fully my love
of learning.”
Know thyself, is Robinson’s advice for the
would-be balanced: “For me I really need to
balance my time and not feel like I’m in a
cage of scholarship (not that this is always the
case, it just feels like it sometimes). You’ve
got to have some social time. Take walks:
breathe the air, appreciate the trees, watch the
birds hopping around. That stuff is all really
nourishing for me. The process of going
through a PhD is pretty intense on anybody.
You have to just acknowledge that you’re
human and doing your best.”
In other words, there are many ways to keep
your head on straight. And we’re all in this
together, which is why staying connected with
your fellow Pedant is yet another good way to
stay sane: gather information/advice, build
solidarity, maybe even vent. Friendships –
even just shameless networking – with people
in and out of your field may also pay off in the
future.
“It’s so important to have friendships with
other students, as well as in your life beyond
studentdom. It can really be helpful to know
and talk to people who study similar things
and to have informal conversation,” says
Robinson. “For me, the lifeblood of my
academic work has been having these
discussions. They’ve really helped me
understand my approach better by seeing
other people’s approaches. Plus, if we’re
lucky, these will be our lifelong
colleagues, right?”
Answers Hindman: “Networking, or
making friends with students, is
always important, but it can’t be
done at some hokey wine and
cheese gathering once a year. The
real networking takes place in line at
Hagelbarger’s, outside the computer
lab, or walking across the street
before class. These friendships with
your classmates in my opinion make
the work bearable. I think at the
heart of it these are the people who
will help you when you need it, both
personally and professionally. In my
field, we’re sometimes competitive,
but we are always friends. These
relationships will serve us well, I
hope, when we enter our
professional careers and move on to
the world beyond CGU.”
One very important goal to mark off
the ol’ checklist is building a thesis or
exam committee (after the partyplanning committee is nailed down, of
Justin Mary intrepidly maintains a smile and
course). Again, there are competing
positive attitude amid the turns of graduate life.
ideas about how to go about it. For
instance, Mary suggests you “get a
committee together sooner rather than
normal. If you accept that grad school is
later. Figure out what you want to do and find
taxing on your mind you will be more
the best professor who can work with you.”
The world beyond CGU – sounds a little
successful in dealing with the psychological
ominous, right? Though, as hard as it
challenges that make you question many of
While Hindman cautions: “I think you should
sometimes is to believe, the day will
your life choices.”
wait to build the dissertation committee until
come. And if it’s a PhD that you’re working
there is a solid direction on where you want to
toward, keep in mind that though the journey
For Mary, the best way to maintain sanity is to
take the project. Professors have varied
is profound, each book you read and class you
“just work all the time. Graduate school is
interests and personalities that take some time
attend, each sentence, paragraph, page,
very challenging in a variety of ways. And
to understand. Once you’ve gotten to know
chapter of your dissertation written, is finally
one of the hardest is in time management.
the professors, it’s easier to find the ones that
one step closer to getting there.
Don’t try and be perfect at everything,
will work for your project. I don’t believe it’s
because it’s just not going to work. Another
helpful to officially pick your committee early
thing to do is take time for yourself. Exercise.
without clearly knowing where to take the
Physical fitness, emotional fitness – anything
project. You want the committee to fit the
that can positively affect those, get into.”
topic and not the other way around.”
Leisure with dignity 5
CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY
(Continued from page 1)
bulletin board
These include sensor water faucets and air
hand dryers in restrooms, new energy
efficient lighting and HVAC systems, and a
heating system that relies on natural gas
rather than electricity.
Get back on the
bike
Sane asylum
If you’ve been meaning to restore the old
Huffy in the garage to its former grandeur
– from the glossy frame to the pegs and
multi-colored spoke beads – but don’t
have the cash to spare, consider Pitzer
College’s Green Bike Program.
With presentations to give, exams to take,
papers to write, and deadlines to survive,
sanity is often the first casualty. If you’re
having a tough time keeping it together,
the Office of the Chaplains offers The
Sanctuary of Silence: Exploring
Meditation, a weekly meditation
workshop to quiet the mind, and restore
the spirit.
“This is a great accomplishment for CGU,”
says Interim President Joseph Hough. “It
required a tremendous amount of hard
work, cooperation, and accommodation
from everyone in the university – our
faculty, students, and all of the many staff
members who contributed to the timely
completion of the project. And we are
grateful for the strong support of the
trustees who enthusiastically approved the
project in the interest of providing the best
possible access for students to the quality
education offered by our excellent faculty.”
Hough was on hand to give a speech at an
open house to commemorate the
completion of phase one of the more-than
$8 million project that was held on
September 17.
Phase two, which is slated to be completed
very soon, will include an elevator to a
third floor addition that will contain 7,000
square feet of offices and student-reservable
workspaces.
So even if all you’re craving is a quiet room
with a good internet connection because
your local coffee shop is getting bombarded
by chatty teenagers and open mic nights, try
ACB – though the robotically brewed
coffee may taste dull, the other technologies
are cutting edge.
Left: Get that tenspeed out of the
weeds and into
working order
with the Green
Bike Program.
Right: The path
to inner peace
may lead through
the McAlister
Center.
6 Otium cum dignitate
All repairs for students, staff, or faculty
from any of the Claremont Colleges are
free, minus the cost of parts. That said, if
you need the repair ASAP, anecdotal
evidence suggests you’ll be in for a wait
(you may use the tools in the shop to
make repairs yourself). They also sell
tubes ($3), tires ($10), cables ($2),
handlebar grips ($10), and an assortment
of bike locks. Moreover, if the old Huffy
is beyond help, they lend out bikes (for
the entire semester) to people who
volunteer at the shop for just four hours
(and no knowledge of bike repair
necessary).
The Green Bike Program shop is located
on Pitzer Road next door to the Gold
Student Center. Anecdotal evidence also
suggests that the shop hours (9 a.m. – 5
p.m., Monday to Friday) are non-binding
and subject to unpredictable change (hey,
free is free).
Led by Steve Smith (professor emeritus of
philosophy and religious studies at
Claremont McKenna College), the
workshop engages a variety of approaches
– psychological, spiritual, and secular – to
bring to a basic sitting meditation practice
(you’ll never be asked to adopt any
system of belief).
The workshop occurs Wednesday nights
from 8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. at the
McAlister Center.
Note: while meditation can be an effective
stress buster, your mental maladies may
be of a magnitude requiring professional
help. If that is the case, Monsour
Counseling and Psychological Services
offer a wide range of treatment options for
what ails you. Consultations and
treatment are free for students. You can
make an appointment by calling (909)
621-8202.
research and awards
Compensated
collaboration
Grants of $500 are available to students and
faculty who assemble Transdisciplinary
Reading and Working Groups.
These groups should consist of participants
from at least three disciplines, preferably
distributed across two or three of the schools
at CGU (priority will be given to topics that
show promise of becoming future
transdisciplinary courses as well as proposals
that combine approaches of the quantitative
and interpretive disciplines). The grants may
be used to pay for books, refreshments (i.e. a
healthy supply of fermented libations), and
other related expenses.
Proposals should indicate research topic,
readings, and names of participants with
information about their schools/fields as well
as the convener, or conveners, who will
submit receipts for reimbursement. A
schedule of meeting dates should also be
included; it is recommended that groups plan
to meet at least three or four times during the
semester.
The deadline for proposals for groups that
will meet this spring semester is Friday,
November 13 by 5 p.m. Announcements of
awards will be made shortly thereafter.
Please send hard-copy of proposals to the
Transdisciplinary Studies Program, Attention
Mary Ellen Wanderlingh, Administrative
Assistant CGU, 160 East 10th Street,
Claremont California 91711.
Hillcrest
transdisciplinary
research awards
The 2009-2010 Hillcrest Transdisciplinary
Research Awards are available for students
who will work collaboratively on a project
with a transdisciplinary focus. Awards will
range from $500 to $1500 per group.
The criteria and eligibility for the award are
as follows:
1. Students must apply as part of a
transdisciplinary research group of three or
more students representing at least three
disciplines and, preferably, two schools at
CGU (no single applications will be
considered).
2. Proposals should include (1) a description
of the project to be supported (e.g.,
dissertation group, research paper or article,
electronic database or website development,
survey, exhibit, colloquium, conference,
etc.), (2) the plan of activities and goals for
the academic year, (3) a list of committed
participants with a description of their own
research agendas, (4) a summary of
anticipated expenses, (5) an explanation of
the transdisciplinary nature and contribution
of the project.
community about the results of their
collaborative transdisciplinary projects.
Presentations may include public colloquia
and discussions, poster sessions, exhibitions,
or other formats.
5. Receipts for expenses must be submitted
before June 16, 2010 to Mary Ellen
Wanderlingh at the address below.
Proposals for 2009-2010 should be submitted
to the Transdisciplinary Studies Program by
Friday, November 19, 2009
(Transdisciplinary Studies Program/Hillcrest
Award, Attention: Mary Ellen Wanderlingh,
Administrative Assistant, Claremont
Graduate University, 150 East 10th Street,
Claremont, California 91711).
Awards will be very competitive, as funds are
limited. Good luck!
If you have questions on either of these
awards email Wendy Martin at
wendy.martin@cgu.edu or Mary Ellen
Wanderlingh at
maryellen.wanderlingh@cgu.edu or call
(909) 607 0724.
3. Proposals must include curriculum vitae
for each participant.
4. Students who receive funding agree to
schedule a public presentation for the CGU
Leisure with dignity 7
CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY
CGU factoid
Though a big year, 1928’s was a small
graduating class. Only four students
received masters degrees (the
university’s first PhD wouldn’t be
awarded until 1940). Among this class
was former United States Congressman
(and the subject of last issue’s factoid)
Jerry Voorhis, our first education
graduate.
Also in 1928, James A. Blaisdell
officially assumed the title of President
of Claremont College. In the coming
years he installed his vision of a
number of small colleges established
around central facilities, creating the
Claremont Colleges as we know them
today. He would remain the university’s
president for 11 storied years.
Events calendar
CGU
October 26 – November 6: Fall Travel Awards application period
Friday November 6: Ten Pound Ape Stimulus Plan: Giving and Taking
Toys, canned food, and clothes will be collected, incorporated into the
exhibition installation, and later delivered to a Navajo reservation.
Claremont Museum of Art, 2 – 6 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday, November 7 – 8: Annual Fall Plant Sale
Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Garden (RSABG), 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Happy Drucker Day! (Check out what’s on tap at: www.drucker100.com)
Wednesday, November 11: Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Amanda Ross-Ho
Albrecht Auditorium, 4:30 p.m.
Thursday November 12: Reception and Book Signing for CGU alumnus
Dixon Hearne
Huntley Bookstore, 3:30 p.m. (www.dixonhearne.com)
Graduate tips
Harry Stout, editor of Jonathon Edwards Papers and Professor of Religion,
Yale University, to give lecture.
Mudd Auditorium, 8 p.m.
CGU Professors Paul
Gray and David E.
Drew, authors of What
They Didn’t Teach You
in Graduate School:
199 Helpful Hints for
Success in Your
Academic Career, have
been kind enough to
allow us to publish one
helpful hint from their
book in each issue. This
is so that one day you don’t raise your fist in
the air and curse CGU for not teaching you
to . . .
Saturday and Sunday, November 14 – 15: Acorn Festival
RSABG, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
13. BE AWARE THAT THE KEY DANGER
POINT in any doctoral program is the one
where you leave highly structured coursework
(Phase 1) and enter the unstructured world of
the qualification examination and the
dissertation (Phase 2). Here are two strategies
to help you navigate Phase 2:
1. Stay in touch with your professors,
especially your adviser. One of us insists that
students come in for a meeting each week,
even if nothing happened. Just the fear of not
being able to report anything stimulates the
mind.
2. Meet regularly, ideally every week, for
lunch or dinner or afternoon coffee, with two
or three fellow graduate students who are also
struggling with Phase 2. Compare notes and
progress.
8 Otium cum dignitate
Wednesday November 18: Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Rebecca Campbell
Albrecht Auditorium, 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 21: Edge of LA Comic-Con
The Claremont Packing House (586 West First Street), free and open to the
public
Saturday, November 21: Corde à vide with Jubal Fulks, violin and Lorna
Peters, harpsichord
Bridges Hall of Music, 8:00 p.m.
Thursday and Friday, November 26 – 27: Time to be thankful for a welldeserved Thanksgiving Break!
Tuesday, December 1: Art Installation Class Exhibition
East and Peggy Phelps Galleries, 6 – 9 p.m.
Wednesday, December 2: Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Carlee Fernandez
Albrecht Auditorium, 4:30 p.m.
Thursday to Friday, December 3 – 5: 3rd International Conference of the
Whitehead Research Project (with Plenary Presenter Judith Butler)
For more visit: www.whiteheadresearch.org
Saturday, December 5: RSABG Gift Shop Holiday Open House
Saturday, December 12: Regular classes end. Happy Holidays and have a
great break!