Wheaton College Alumni Magazine Spring 2014 | Page 11

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FA C U LT Y N E W S

Kalei Hosaka ’16 and David Robinson ’15

Award Recognizes Outstanding
First-Year Students
David Robinson ’15 and Kalei

received Student Government’s
Outstanding First-Year Student Award for 2012
and 2013, respectively. Introduced in 2012, the
award was designed to prepare first-year students
for the rigorous application process of highly
competitive scholarships and fellowships.
Applicants must receive nominations from
a peer and a professor, coach, or staff member,
and all applications require submission of a
resume and 1,000-word personal statement,
modeled after the essay portion of competitive
scholarships such as the Rhodes Scholarship.
Three finalists are interviewed by the dean for
student engagement and four faculty members
who each advise one of the competitive
scholarship application processes at the College.
All three finalists receive a financial gift,
and the panel selects the winner based on
academic accomplishment, community service,
leadership, athletics, and personal goals.
A philosophy and French double
major, David was the first recipient of
the award. He hopes to blend his interests
in philosophy, French, and African politics
through a career in either business or law. The
2013 award went to Kalei, an anthropology
major with a pre-med focus, who plans to
pursue a career in international health care and
medical anthropology.

Hosaka ’16

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Dr. Michael Wilder, dean
of the Conservatory, Arts,
and Communication, was
elected associate chair
of the Commission on
Accreditation within the
National Association of
Schools of Music (NASM),
the national organization
under which Wheaton
College is accredited in
music. According to Provost
Dr. Stan Jones, NASM
is the most important
of the collegiate music
organizations. “All of
Wheaton College benefits
from this remarkable vote
of confidence in Dr. Wilder’s
work,” Dr. Jones says.
Dr. Wilder has served as a
representative and visiting
evaluator with the NASM
for many years, and has
now accepted a three-year
term as associate chair of
the NASM Commission and
a member of the NASM
Executive Committee.
Dr. Matthew Milliner ’98,
assistant professor of art
history, was appointed by
U. S. Senator Mitch
McConnell (R-KY) to the
Senate Curatorial Advisory
Board for the 113th Congress.
Through January 2015, Dr.
Milliner will help counsel the
U.S. Senate Commission on
Art on the preservation of
the Capitol archives, art, and
architecture. “I got to know
the early history of American
architecture intimately
during the nine years
I was in Princeton,” says
Dr. Milliner, who earned his
M.A. and Ph.D. in art history
at Princeton University.
“Its campus is a veritable
textbook of American
architecture, all of which, of
course, is reflected in the
Capitol as well.”

Faculty Receive
Promotions and/or Tenure
Promotion from Assistant
Professor to Associate Professor
Dr. Darcie Delzell ’98
Mathematics & Computer Science
Dr. Becky Eggimann ’00
Chemistr y
Dr. Sarah Hall
Psychology
Dr. Larycia Hawkins
Politics & International Relations
Dr. Matthew Lundin
Histor y
Dr. Adam Miglio ’01
Biblical & Theological Studies
Dr. Shawn Okpebholo
Conser vator y of Music

Promotion from Associate
Professor to Professor
Dr. Brian Howell
Sociology & Anthropology
Dr. Nicholas Perrin
Biblical & Theological Studies
Dr. David Setran ’92
Christian Formation & Ministr y
Dr. Daniel Sommerville
Cons