The Common Hour The Common Hour is dedicated to fostering inquiry and conversation across the campus community about pressing issues and big questions. Honorable Leadership We are excited to share the schedule for the Fall 2023/Spring 2024 Common Hour series. We will dig into a different issue each month, and engage with speakers that bring diverse perspectives and experiences. The Common Hour presentations are held 11 a.m. to noon. Sessions will take place in the Learning Commons of the John Stewart Memorial Library. You can join the Common Hour via Zoom here: https://wilson.zoom.us/s/92002333216 Schedule Fall 2023 Sept 12 Common Hour – 11:00 – 12:00 in the Library Commons MICHAEL CORNELIUS, Professor of English, Director of the MA Humanities and M Organizational Leadership Program The Drusilla Stevens Mazur Research Professorship (2021-2023) TITLE: Environmental Mortality and Liquid Space Description: As a space, liquid spaces (i.e., water) must be classified as atopic—as hostile to human existence. And yet, we spend a lot of time in and around water. The goal of this project is to understand water itself as a place of being, focusing on both its liquid/impermanent nature and our intense relationship to water as a space despite its hostility to our continued existence. Oct 10 Common Hour – 11:00 am – 12:00 pm in the Library Commons JULIE RAULLI, Professor of Sociology MYLA OWENS, major in Veterinary Nursing ‘24 KENDI LONG, major in Equine Studies ‘26 Recipients of the Joan M. Thuebel ’52 Earthwatch Prize (2022 and 2023) TITLE: Earthwatch: Explore the World as a Citizen Scientist Description: Myla Owens '24, Kendi Long '26, and Sociology Professor Julie Raulli will discuss research they conducted during the summer of 2023 as recipients of the Joan Thuebel '52 Earthwatch Prize. Learn about conservation efforts in Andorra and Costa Rica and how you can be a part of an exciting Earthwatch expedition. Joan Thuebel, generous donor and participant in many Earthwatch expeditions around the globe, will join the conversation. Facilitated by Denise McDowell, Director of Major Gifts at Wilson. Nov 14 Common Hour – 11:00 am – 12:00 pm in the Library Commons ADAM DELMARCELLE, Assistant Professor of Graphic Design The Louise Howell ’38 Faculty Research Fund Winner (Summer 2023) TITLE: Beerse to Kensington: Following the Night Sky Description: A residency at the Frans Masereel Centrum in Kasterlee, Belgium sparked the creation of prints that will investigate the travel of Fentanyl as a medical innovation from its point of invention in Beerse, Belgium, by Dr. Paul Janssen and the Janssen Company in 1960 to its current use in the illicit drug stream of the United States in 2023. These works explore how a medical marvel can become a medical nightmare, how something aimed at saving lives can now be responsible for so much death, and most importantly how Fentanyl’s journey has forever altered the landscape of illicit drug sale and use. Art holds the potential for human change through the questions it brings to light and through the methods it applies to activate the imagination and conscience of its viewers. The works created during this residency seek to do just that. Spring 2024 Feb 13 ELA ROSSMILLER, Assistant Professor of Political Science The Louise Howell ’38 Faculty Research Fund Winner (Summer 2023) TITLE: Framing Reparations in Poland Description: Poland’s Law of 20 March 2015 represents a unique approach to rehabilitation and compensation programs for victims of human rights abuses. It frames reparative justice using two competing logics: social welfare based on need and veterans’ benefits based on merit. This presentation explores what led to this unique approach. Mar 12: ORR FORUM SPEAKER (TBD) Speaker Bios Spring Semester Speakers: Michael Cornelius Michael Cornelius is a Professor of English at Wilson College. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Rhode Island and is the author and/or editor of eighteen books. These include five novels and short story collections. He has also published short fiction in numerous journals, magazines, and anthologies, including Velvet Mafia, The Egg Box, Icarus, Collective Fallout, The Spillway Review, Future Mysterious Anthology Magazine, and others. He is a past winner of the Margaret Sutton Writer’s Award and the Nancy Potter Short Story Contest, and has received grants from the Pennsylvania Humanities Council and the North Kingstown Arts Council. He has been a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award, the Science Fiction Research Association Pioneer Award, an Independent Press Award, and American Library Association prize. Common Hour Recordings Fall Semester Events Recordings: September 2022: What is Leadership? September 19 Panel: What is Leadership? Moderator: Virginia Harriger, Executive Director, Greater Chambersburg Chamber of Commerce Foundation and Program Director, Leadership Franklin County Panelists: Wesley R. Fugate, President of Wilson College; Gladys Leon, Board President of First Start Partnerships and Member of the Board of Directors, United Way of Franklin County; and Gretchen Natter, Assistant Dean and Executive Director of Gettysburg College’s Center for Public Service Watch the recording of the panel "What is Leadership?" here. October 2022: Humanitarian Crises created by International Conflict October 3 The Media and the Refugee Crisis with Edward Webb, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies, Dickinson College Watch the recording of the panel "The Media and the Refugee Crisis" here. October 10 Leading in International Crisis and the Crisis of International Leadership: Where Have all the Statesmen (and Women) Gone? Danica Starks, Senior Policy Advisor on detail to the U.S. Helsinki Commission at the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe Watch the recording of Leading in International Crisis and the Crisis of International Leadership here. November 2022: Food Insecurity November 7 Framing People on the Move: Migration in European Mass Media Derrick Weston, Founding Director at Food and Faith Storytelling Collective and host of the Food and Faith podcast Watch the recording of Framing People on the Move: Migration in European Mass Media here. November 28 Kaitlin Gill, Assistant Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics, Messiah College Sidebars Newsletter Subscription Your Information Name Email Submit Leave this field blank For more information about the Common Hour please follow the Common Hour on Facebook or contact Michael Cornelius at mcornelius@wilson.edu
Fall 2023 Sept 12 Common Hour – 11:00 – 12:00 in the Library Commons MICHAEL CORNELIUS, Professor of English, Director of the MA Humanities and M Organizational Leadership Program The Drusilla Stevens Mazur Research Professorship (2021-2023) TITLE: Environmental Mortality and Liquid Space Description: As a space, liquid spaces (i.e., water) must be classified as atopic—as hostile to human existence. And yet, we spend a lot of time in and around water. The goal of this project is to understand water itself as a place of being, focusing on both its liquid/impermanent nature and our intense relationship to water as a space despite its hostility to our continued existence. Oct 10 Common Hour – 11:00 am – 12:00 pm in the Library Commons JULIE RAULLI, Professor of Sociology MYLA OWENS, major in Veterinary Nursing ‘24 KENDI LONG, major in Equine Studies ‘26 Recipients of the Joan M. Thuebel ’52 Earthwatch Prize (2022 and 2023) TITLE: Earthwatch: Explore the World as a Citizen Scientist Description: Myla Owens '24, Kendi Long '26, and Sociology Professor Julie Raulli will discuss research they conducted during the summer of 2023 as recipients of the Joan Thuebel '52 Earthwatch Prize. Learn about conservation efforts in Andorra and Costa Rica and how you can be a part of an exciting Earthwatch expedition. Joan Thuebel, generous donor and participant in many Earthwatch expeditions around the globe, will join the conversation. Facilitated by Denise McDowell, Director of Major Gifts at Wilson. Nov 14 Common Hour – 11:00 am – 12:00 pm in the Library Commons ADAM DELMARCELLE, Assistant Professor of Graphic Design The Louise Howell ’38 Faculty Research Fund Winner (Summer 2023) TITLE: Beerse to Kensington: Following the Night Sky Description: A residency at the Frans Masereel Centrum in Kasterlee, Belgium sparked the creation of prints that will investigate the travel of Fentanyl as a medical innovation from its point of invention in Beerse, Belgium, by Dr. Paul Janssen and the Janssen Company in 1960 to its current use in the illicit drug stream of the United States in 2023. These works explore how a medical marvel can become a medical nightmare, how something aimed at saving lives can now be responsible for so much death, and most importantly how Fentanyl’s journey has forever altered the landscape of illicit drug sale and use. Art holds the potential for human change through the questions it brings to light and through the methods it applies to activate the imagination and conscience of its viewers. The works created during this residency seek to do just that. Spring 2024 Feb 13 ELA ROSSMILLER, Assistant Professor of Political Science The Louise Howell ’38 Faculty Research Fund Winner (Summer 2023) TITLE: Framing Reparations in Poland Description: Poland’s Law of 20 March 2015 represents a unique approach to rehabilitation and compensation programs for victims of human rights abuses. It frames reparative justice using two competing logics: social welfare based on need and veterans’ benefits based on merit. This presentation explores what led to this unique approach. Mar 12: ORR FORUM SPEAKER (TBD)
Spring Semester Speakers: Michael Cornelius Michael Cornelius is a Professor of English at Wilson College. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Rhode Island and is the author and/or editor of eighteen books. These include five novels and short story collections. He has also published short fiction in numerous journals, magazines, and anthologies, including Velvet Mafia, The Egg Box, Icarus, Collective Fallout, The Spillway Review, Future Mysterious Anthology Magazine, and others. He is a past winner of the Margaret Sutton Writer’s Award and the Nancy Potter Short Story Contest, and has received grants from the Pennsylvania Humanities Council and the North Kingstown Arts Council. He has been a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award, the Science Fiction Research Association Pioneer Award, an Independent Press Award, and American Library Association prize.
Fall Semester Events Recordings: September 2022: What is Leadership? September 19 Panel: What is Leadership? Moderator: Virginia Harriger, Executive Director, Greater Chambersburg Chamber of Commerce Foundation and Program Director, Leadership Franklin County Panelists: Wesley R. Fugate, President of Wilson College; Gladys Leon, Board President of First Start Partnerships and Member of the Board of Directors, United Way of Franklin County; and Gretchen Natter, Assistant Dean and Executive Director of Gettysburg College’s Center for Public Service Watch the recording of the panel "What is Leadership?" here. October 2022: Humanitarian Crises created by International Conflict October 3 The Media and the Refugee Crisis with Edward Webb, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies, Dickinson College Watch the recording of the panel "The Media and the Refugee Crisis" here. October 10 Leading in International Crisis and the Crisis of International Leadership: Where Have all the Statesmen (and Women) Gone? Danica Starks, Senior Policy Advisor on detail to the U.S. Helsinki Commission at the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe Watch the recording of Leading in International Crisis and the Crisis of International Leadership here. November 2022: Food Insecurity November 7 Framing People on the Move: Migration in European Mass Media Derrick Weston, Founding Director at Food and Faith Storytelling Collective and host of the Food and Faith podcast Watch the recording of Framing People on the Move: Migration in European Mass Media here. November 28 Kaitlin Gill, Assistant Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics, Messiah College Sidebars
