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Thomas More Sweeps PAC Softball Awards and Five Saints Named All-PAC

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zik4hewoio7bpb2g(GREENVILLE, Pa.) - Thomas More College swept the Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) Softball Player and Coach of the Year Awards and had five Saints named All-PAC by the conference’s head coaches.

Junior third baseman Alex Walter (Lebanon, Ohio/Lebanon) was named the PAC Player of the Year and earned first team All-PAC honors.  She is the sixth Thomas More student-athlete to earn PAC Player of the Year honors during the 2012-13 academic year.  Walter has the Saints in batting this season as she is batting .470 with a .573 slugging percentage.  She is 55-for-117 at the plate with nine doubles, a home run, 23 runs batted-in and 25 runs scored, while being walked 22 times.

Head Coach Lindsay Bramhall was named the PAC Coach of the Year as she has guided the Saints to a 24-17 overall record and a 12-6 record in the PAC.  She is the fifth Thomas More head coach during the 2012-13 academic year to earn the Coach of the Year honor.  Thomas More won the PAC Championship Tournament last week for the fourth time in program history and third under Bramhall.  She is has the Saints in their fifth NCAA Division III Tournament in program history and third since she has taken over as head coach during the 2009 season.

Joining Walter on the All-PAC first team was junior pitcher Ronni Burns (Dayton, Ohio/Carroll) and freshman pitcher/outfielder Mamee Salzer (Erlanger, Ky./St. Henry).  Burns has a 1.87 earned run average and a 14-8 record in 26 appearances.  She has given up 52 runs (40 earned) on 117 hits and has struck out 136 batters in 149.2 innings pitched.  Salzer is second on the team in batting with a .376 average with 13 doubles, three home runs, 28 RBI and 29 runs scored.  In the circle she has a 2.35 ERA with a 10-8 record as she has given up 59 runs (39 earned) on 118 hits and has struck out 73 batters in 116 innings pitched.

Junior first baseman Stefaney Turner (Franklin, Ohio/Carlisle) and freshman Ana Walter (Lebanon, Ohio/Lebanon) were second team selections by the conference’s head coaches.  Turner batted .296 as she was 34-for-115 at the plate with six double, 15 RBI and 13 runs scored.  Walter batted .277 as she was 33-for-119 with five doubles, 17 RBI and 16 runs scored.

The Saints will open up NCAA Division III regional play on Thursday (May 9, 2013) when they play Capital University at 4 p.m. at the Angola, Indiana Regional hosted by Trine University.

Thomas More College Commencement Ceremony To Be Held May 11

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tmccommence12_ccc_6576Outgoing President Sr. Margaret Stallmeyer to Deliver Commencement Address

Thomas More College in Crestview Hills, Ky., will hold its 85th Commencement Exercises Sat., May 11, 2013 at 1:30 p.m. in honor of approximately 341 graduates. The ceremony will be held on the front lawn near the bell tower. (In case of inclement weather, it will be held in Connor Convocation Center.) The preceding Baccalaureate Mass will take place at 10:30 a.m. in the newly completed Mary, Seat of Wisdom Chapel.

Thomas More College President Sr. Margaret Stallmeyer, C.D.P., will offer the commencement address.  Stallmeyer has served the College since June 1, 2004. She will retire as the 13th president June 30, 2013. She is a native of the Northern Kentucky/Greater Cincinnati area and received a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and Secondary Education from Thomas More College, a Master of Education from Xavier University and a degree in canon law from The Catholic University of America in 1987. Thomas More College will award her with a Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa.

Kyle Lyons will be awarded the Presidential Service Award, which is conferred upon a graduating senior who has made service to school and the community a priority in his or her life and who places commitment to others at the height of academic and personal pursuits. Assistant Professor of Business Administration Richard Shuey will receive the Outstanding Full-TimeTeacher Award, and Christopher Bryson will receive the Outstanding Part-Time Teacher Award.  Thomas More College will also award Ernest B. Hillenmeyer Jr., of Maysville, Ky., with a Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa.

Chancellor of Thomas More College and Bishop of the Diocese of Covington The Most Reverend Roger J. Foys, D.D. will oversee the commencement ceremony. Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College Dr. Bradley A. Bielski will highlight faculty and student honors. Chair-Elect of Thomas More College Board of Trustees John F. Hodge III will offer congratulatory remarks.

For more information about Thomas More College, please visit www.thomasmore.edu or call (859) 341-5800.

Community of Creative Writers Retreat – Saturday, May 4, 2013

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Screen Shot 2013-04-18 at 9.59.01 AMCommunity of Creative Writers Retreat
Saturday, May 4, 2013
10:00 am – 4:00 pm 

TMC Biology Field Station Education Center & Lodge
8309 Mary Ingles Highway (KY Route 8)
California, KY 41007

Are you looking for new energy for your writing life?

Writers in any genre and with any experience level are invited write and share amidst natural beauty overlooking the Ohio River. Led by award-winning author Richard Hague and Thomas More College’s Writer-in-Residence Pauletta Hansel, the retreat will provide a balance of writing time, community sharing and writing instruction.

Information and registration: 859-344-3304 or the Furthermore website
Fee: $20; $15 TMC & FurtherMore students and alumni

Bring a brownbag lunch!

Supported by Thomas More College’s Creative Writing Vision Program, with help from a grant from the John A. Schroth Family Charitable Trust, PNC Bank, Trustee.

Groups and Individuals Invited to Experience The Saint John’s Bible

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Beginning in March, all three of the volumes will be housed in the new Mary, Seat of Wisdom Chapel, which is open from 7 a.m. – 9 p.m. daily and centrally located in the heart of campus. Visitors are encouraged to contact Thomas More College Director of Campus Ministry to arrange for a personalized experience with the volumes, through which they can turn the pages and more closely examine them. Educational programs can be arranged for groups with advanced notice. Contact Bob Shearn, director of campus ministry at Thomas More College, at 859-344-3683.

For more information about The Saint John’s Bible, click here.

TMC to Host OH-KY All-Star Basketball Game April 13

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ohkyThe 22nd Annual Russell Athletic Ohio-Kentucky All-Star Basketball Game will be taking place on Saturday April 13th, 2013 at Thomas More College in Crestview Hills, Kentucky. This annual showcase of talent regularly produces many of the top names in college basketball and even boast several NBA alums.

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Spring Walk and Planting Scheduled for April 20

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MoreoverSpring2013Thomas More College’s Department of Biology will host a Spring Walk and Tree Planting on the morning of Saturday, April 20. The event will begin at 9:30 a.m. with a welcome and introduction in the Villa, located inside the Administration Building. Shortly following, students from TMC’s Field Biology course led by Professor of Biology Dr. Shannon Galbraith-Kent will guide participants on a walk across campus, highlighting characteristics of trees and the impact of spring weather on nature. The event will conclude with a tree planting in the William S. Bryant Arboretum. The weather-dependent event is free and open to the public.

Thomas More College To Host “Writing And Healing: A Residency With Jeanne Bryner” Literary Event Series

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Thomas More College’s Creative Writing Vision Program is scheduled to  host “Writing and Healing: A Residency with Jeanne Bryner,” a project funded by John A. Schroth Family Charitable Trust, PNC Bank, Trustee, and ArtsWave, in early April 2013.

Jeanne Bryner is a poet, nurse and creative writing teacher who has also written plays, stories, nonfiction and children’s literature. Her most recent book, Smoke, is winner of an American Journal of Nursing 2012 book award. No Matter How Many Windows is winner of Working Class Studies’ Tillie Olsen Award for Creative Writing. Jeanne was born in Appalachia and grew up in Newton Falls, Ohio, where she still resides.

Saturday, April 6, 10 am- 3 pm- Loveland, OH- Writing as Healing with Jeanne Bryner

This workshop at Grailville Retreat Center uses poetry, journaling and narrative to explore physical and spiritual healing and thriving. Jeanne Bryner is a registered nurse and award-winning writer whose poetry has been adapted for the stage and performed in the US and beyond. Developed through Jeanne’s work with cancer survivors, it is offered to any interested in writing and health, whether their own or others. Registration and info at 513-683-2340- or www.grailville.org.

Monday, April 8, Noon- Crestview Hills, KY -Staged Reading of Jeanne Bryner’s Foxglove Canyon

Held in Thomas More College’s theatre, Foxglove Canyon focuses on the lives of nursing home residents and a nurse near the end of her career. Honoring the physical and emotional struggles and courage of each character, the play is ultimately about hope and connection. Free and open to the public. Info at (859) 344-3309 or www.thomasmore.edu.

Tuesday April 9, 7 pm- Cincinnati, OH- Appalachian Poetry Reading at Cincinnati Public Library’s Poetry in The Garden Series

Award winning poet and nurse Jeanne Bryner and Thomas More College’s Sherry Cook Stanforth, poet, fiction writer, singer/songwriter and professor, read together at the Library’s annual celebration of Poetry Month. Followed by an open mic reading. Free and open to the public. Contact: David Siders in the Popular Library Department at 513-369-6919 or visit www.cincinnatilibrary.org/programs.

Wednesday, April 10, 7 pm – Crestview Hills, KY- Poetry reading and book signing by award-winning author Jeanne Bryner

Join us at Joseph Beth Booksellers for the final event in the Appalachian Writers Series. Jeanne Bryner is a poet, nurse and creative writing teacher who has also written plays, stories, nonfiction and children’s literature. Bryner will read from her most recent book, Smoke, winner of an American Journal of Nursing 2012 book award. Free and open to the public Contact (859) 912-7860 or visit www.josephbeth.com.

Thursday, April 11, 6:45 pm – Crestview Hills, KY—Steigerwald Hall (inside TMC Student Center), Thomas More College— Words Celebration
Award winning author and nurse Jeanne Bryner is the featured reader at this annual celebration of Words, Thomas More College’s official literary arts magazine of the College, is a collection of students’ original stories, poems, photographs and artwork. Free and open to the public. Contact Dr. Sherry Cook Stanforth at sherry.stanforth@thomasmore.edu.

TMC to Host Ecumenical Prayer and Music Service Tuesday, March 19 at Mary, Seat of Wisdom Chapel

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Thomas More College in Crestview Hills, Ky. is hosting an ecumenical prayer and music service Tuesday, March 19 at 7 p.m. in the new Mary, Seat of Wisdom Chapel. The event is free and open to the public.  Representatives from various Christian denominations will participate in this event, including those from Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant faiths. The service will include a selection of songs and prayers derived from the Taizé Community, which is an ecumenical monastic order in Burgundy, France. The Taizé Community includes more than a hundred brothers from Protestant and Catholic traditions who originate from nearly 30 countries.  More than 100,000 young people from around the world make pilgrimages to Taizé each year for prayer, Bible study, sharing and communal work.

Woven within the program, the Heritage Edition volume of The Saint John’s Bible, Gospels and Acts, will be unveiled.  The event proceeds the March 20 Hillemeyer Lecture, which features the director of The Saint John’s Bible, Tim Ternes who will speak at 7 p.m. on the making of the historic Bible.

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Four Faces Of Conservatism: Possible Directions For The GOP

“Massie doesn’t owe his political heritage to any person on the moderate side, or however you would describe the mainstream Republican Party in this area,” says John T. Spence, a political scientist at Thomas More College in Crestview Hills, Ky. “He just doesn’t.”

All of that is in keeping with the preferences of most people in his district, Spence says.

Read the entire article here.

Park Sheds Confederate Name, Drawing Ire

John Cimprich, a history professor who published a book on Fort Pillow, said Gen. Forrest’s exact role in the incident is unclear, but black soldiers, many of whom had surrendered, were slaughtered by troops under his command. Mr. Cimprich said Gen. Forrest’s KKK involvement remains “the worst thing on his record.”

“I understand if a local community is not comfortable with a park being named after him,” he said.

Read the entire article here.

Sedes Sapientiae: Window and Mirror of Spirituality – Thursday, March 14 – 4:00pm

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Professor Anne Harris of DePauw University will be visiting campus on Thursday, March 14 to present a lecture in celebration of our Thomas More College’s new Mary, Seat of Wisdom Chapel. Professor Harris is a scholar in the field of medieval art, and just coincidentally her major area of study is “Mary Seat of Wisdom” stained glass windows. She has just returned from taking art students to see the most well known of the “Mary Seat of Wisdom” windows in the Chartres Cathedral in Chartres, France.
The lecture will be in the Science Lecture Hall at 4:00. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Thomas More College Presents Our Beloved Community: Poetry, Story and Song about Over-the-Rhine

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13academics_belovedcommunityThomas More College in Crestview Hills, Ky., presents a performance of Our Beloved Community: poetry, story and song by Richard Hague, Pauletta Hansel, Michael Henson, and Desirae Hosley created in collaboration with Over-the-Rhine residents. Join us on Monday, March 18 from noon to 12:50 p.m. in Thomas More College’s Theatre. This event is free and open to the public.

Commissioned by Over-the-Rhine Community Housing in 2011 Our Beloved Community was inspired by a series of conversations and writing workshops the four writers conducted with Over-the-Rhine residents. It offers a textured gaze at the changing culture/history of one of Cincinnati’s oldest and most controversial neighborhoods, Over-the-Rhine. Our Beloved Community is part of TMC Theater Department’s Bite Sized Theatre Series and TMC English Department’s Creative Writing Vision program, supported in part by the John A. Schroth Family Charitable Trust, PNC Bank, trustee.

Our Beloved Community is written and performed by:

  • Richard Hague, facilitator of Thomas More College’s Community of Creative Writers series, most recent book is Recent Extinctions: New & Selected Poems.
  • Pauletta Hansel, Writer-in-Residence at Thomas More College, an author of four books of poetry including The Lives We Live in Houses and What I Did There.
  • Michael Henson, author of the novella Tommy Perdue, and six other books of poetry and prose, many set in Over-the-Rhine, where he lived and worked for many years.
  • Desirae Hosley, a performance poet (“The Silent Poet”) who has led cultural programs at the Urban Appalachian Council and elsewhere.

Excerpts from Our Beloved Community:

“Seek out the forgotten that they shall be remembered. Seek out the hungry and the thirsty that they shall teach us to live.” from Our Beloved Community

“I have lived in Over-the-Rhine and I have had the richest experience.  There are stories of greatness.. Everyone I’ve crossed paths with has enriched my life.” from Our Beloved Community

“We are living in a mix, a clash, a confrontation, an encounter of cultures. There’s a lack of connection with the past. We’re living somebody else’s dream; we’re not living our own.” from  Our Beloved Community

“And, smiling next to you—someone with a pen and paper, this one, right here, and you are giving his words your brilliant street-lit courage.” from Our Beloved Community