CAS Bulletin: Fall 2019 ~ October Faculty Success • Megan Phelps-Roper launched the national book tour of Unfollow A Memoir of Loving and Leaving the Westboro Baptist Church from the Washburn Room on October 8. More than 500 people attended the reading and conver- sation with English Professor Eric McHenry, who is a mentor of Phelps-Roper’s. While Megan Phelps-Roper is credited with ushering the church onto social media, it’s also what led her to question what she was taught, she explained. Keep an open mind, she said, listen and be willing to fully understand. Her book remains available in the Ichabod Shop. Phelps-Roper earned a degree from the Washburn School of Business. • e History Department organized a panel in response to the New York Times’s “1619 Project.” Released in August, to mark 400 years since enslaved people arrived in what is now Virginia, the multimedia project recen- ters American history around the practice of slavery. e works demonstrate how, from neighborhoods to capi- talism, it continues to impact every aspect of American life. Panelists were Dean Carla Pratt (School of Law) and historians Tom Prasch, Bruce Mactavish, Steve Hage- man, and Kelly Erby. • Peggy Bendroth, executive director of the Congregational Library and Archives in Boston, visited campus and To- peka this month thanks to a connection with University Photographer Peggy Clark. While here, Bendroth spoke to a class on John Brown and gave a lecture, “Non Nobis Solum: e Pilgrims’ Legacy in Kansas & Washburn Uni- versity’s Congregational Roots.” Ichabod Washburn was a Congregationalist, as were Lincoln College founders. e lecture was followed by a faculty panel (pictured at right). • Beginning in late September and continuing through October, Sangyoub Park, associate professor in the So- ciology and Anthropology Department, organized the creation of 1,000 origami cranes by the Washburn Com- munity. In East Asia, 1,000 paper cranes represent hope. e final project will be displayed in the Memorial Union from 10 a.m. to noon on ursday, Oct. 31. It will soon after be delivered to the pediatric unit at Stormont Vail Health. • Erica Jackson, Biology Department lecturer, successful- ly defended her PhD through the University of Missou- ri-Kansas City. Congratulations, Dr. Jackson! Follow the College: Facebook.com/WashburnCAS | WashburnCAS.EventBrite.com Megan Phelps-Roper prepares to read (right). A crowd of more than 500 gathered in the Wash- burn Room for her presentation (above). Part of the 1000 Cranes project, organized for Stormont Vail Health Pediatrics Unit organized by Sangyoub Park, Sociology & Anthropology.. Erica Jackson, Biology Peggy Bendroth, Tom Averill, Tom Prasch, Alan Bearman, and Kelly Erby.
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CAS Bulletin: Fall 2019 ~ October Faculty Success
• Megan Phelps-Roper launched the national book tour of Unfollow A Memoir of Loving and Leaving the Westboro Baptist Church from the Washburn Room on October 8. More than 500 people attended the reading and conver-sation with English Professor Eric McHenry, who is a mentor of Phelps-Roper’s. While Megan Phelps-Roper is credited with ushering the church onto social media, it’s also what led her to question what she was taught, she explained. Keep an open mind, she said, listen and be willing to fully understand. Her book remains available in the Ichabod Shop. Phelps-Roper earned a degree from the Washburn School of Business.
• The History Department organized a panel in response to the New York Times’s “1619 Project.” Released in August, to mark 400 years since enslaved people arrived in what is now Virginia, the multimedia project recen-ters American history around the practice of slavery. The works demonstrate how, from neighborhoods to capi-talism, it continues to impact every aspect of American life. Panelists were Dean Carla Pratt (School of Law) and historians Tom Prasch, Bruce Mactavish, Steve Hage-man, and Kelly Erby.
• Peggy Bendroth, executive director of the Congregational Library and Archives in Boston, visited campus and To-peka this month thanks to a connection with University Photographer Peggy Clark. While here, Bendroth spoke to a class on John Brown and gave a lecture, “Non Nobis Solum: The Pilgrims’ Legacy in Kansas & Washburn Uni-versity’s Congregational Roots.” Ichabod Washburn was a Congregationalist, as were Lincoln College founders. The lecture was followed by a faculty panel (pictured at right).
• Beginning in late September and continuing through October, Sangyoub Park, associate professor in the So-ciology and Anthropology Department, organized the creation of 1,000 origami cranes by the Washburn Com-munity. In East Asia, 1,000 paper cranes represent hope. The final project will be displayed in the Memorial Union from 10 a.m. to noon on Thursday, Oct. 31. It will soon after be delivered to the pediatric unit at Stormont Vail Health.
• Erica Jackson, Biology Department lecturer, successful-ly defended her PhD through the University of Missou-ri-Kansas City. Congratulations, Dr. Jackson!
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Megan Phelps-Roper prepares to read (right). A crowd of more than 500 gathered in the Wash-burn Room for her presentation (above).
Part of the 1000 Cranes project, organized for Stormont Vail Health Pediatrics Unit organized by Sangyoub Park, Sociology & Anthropology..
Erica Jackson, Biology
Peggy Bendroth, Tom Averill, Tom Prasch, Alan Bearman, and Kelly Erby.
Upcoming Events• CFC Meeting
4 p.m., Monday, Nov. 4, Kansas Room• General Faculty Meeting
• Inaugural Russell Jacobs Lecture in Philosophy by Chike Jeffers, “What Counts as a Collective Gift? Culture and Value in Du Bois’ The Gift of Black Folk.”
7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 20, White Concert Hall• Fall 2019 Day of Transformation
12:30 - 2 p.m., Friday, Nov. 22, Washburn Room• Washburn Opera Theatre Pirates of Penzance
7:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 23, White Concert Hall Admission: https://gass-kan.org/tickets/
• Miku Motoi BFA Art ShowNov. 25 to Dec. 6 @ Art Building
• Anastasia Bell BFA Art ShowNov. 25 to Dec. 6 @ Art Building
• Thanksgiving Student RecessWednesday, Nov. 27 to Sunday, Dec. 1
CAS Faculty & Student Success
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CAS @ Topeka Science & Tech Fest! Save the Date: 10/10/2020
Students and faculty at Middle Level Educators conference, front row left to right: Megan Burnette, Brianna Barrientos, Tracie Lutz. Back row: Karli Benson, Claire Hartman, Cherry Steffen, Avery Mead, Camille Miller, Marissa Stewart, and Craig Carter.
• Several members of the Education Department present-ed at the Kansas Association of Middle Level Educators in late September. Cherry Steffen led “STEM Education in the Middle School Classroom.” Danny Wade (English Department), Tracie Lutz, and Craig Carter, present-ed “Awaken the Reader Within: Book Talks for Middle Schoolers.” Several students attended along with alumni who now teach at Washburn Rural Middle School.
• Education alumna Tonya Collins brought her USD 437 medically fragile students to campus to interact with ED 302 students.
• Members of the Dungeons and Dragons Club, sponsored by Gaspar Porta, Mathematics & Statistics, presented this summer at GenCon, the largest gaming convention in the world. The students, Catherine Tew, Nathan Far-ris, Anthony Graham, Tommy Justus, William Vanbu-skirk, Logan Fritz, and Freddy Gonzalez, presented an original adventure for the game system “Kids on Bikes.” The adventure was well received and the students met the game’s authors/designers, who are considering the work for future consideration.
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CAS Student & Alumni Success
CAS Students win Study Abroad Essay Contest
Sara Schlange is a senior Biology major Shelby Hanson is a sophomore English major
Political Science majors Cassidy Precht and Jake Regnier (interns in Governor’s office of constituent services), pose with Garrett Rogers (BA 2019), Director of Office of Con-stituent Services, Governor Laura Kelly, and Ichabod in the Governor’s ceremonial office.
Did you know: 8 of the 10 Top Bod candidates for Home-coming 2019 are CAS majors -- including both Top Bods! Shelby Herring, English, and Isaac Bird, Art, were elected Top Bod. The other CAS students nominated were: Bayley Baker, Mass Media; Sydney Fox, Communication Studies; Zac Surritt, Political Science; Aubrey Miller, Psychology; Paul Mismaque, Mass Media; Emma Staats, Integrated Studies. Pictured above: Susan Farley, Isaac Bird, Shelby Her-ring, President Jerry Farley.English majors (below) know how to throw a lit party. The inaugural English Halloween Party featured eight table talks by faculty and a literary-themed costume contest, won by Lauren Evans and Mack Grimes (at right).
Don’t forget: The CAS Fall Potluck is 9
a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Thurs-day, Oct. 31. Costumes are optional and you’ll want to try your hand at a Spheros race. Stop by
