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November 27, 2008

Senior Chase Palisch wins Rhodes Scholarship. Centre College senior Chase Palisch, of Calvert City, Ky., has been named a 2009 Rhodes Scholar. The winners were announced on Sunday. Palisch, a biochemistry and molecular biology major, is one of 32 winners among 769 applicants from 207 different colleges and universities across the United States. Full story.

Renowned biologist to discuss "Caribbean Coral Reefs: The Kentucky Connection". Why should Kentuckians care about coral reefs? What do these marine formations have to do with a land-locked state? In recognition of the International Year of the Reef (IYOR), Dr. Isabelle Côté, one of the world's most respected coral reef biologists, will answer these questions at Centre College during her talk, "Caribbean Coral Reefs: The Kentucky Connection," on Monday, Dec. 1, at 7 p.m. in Vahlkamp Theater in Crounse Hall. Full story.

Short film about glass artist and professor Stephen Powell to debut at Centre. Film producer, director and Centre College alum Tom Thurman '84 will debut his short film about world-renowned glass artist and Centre Stodghill Professor of Art Stephen Powell '74 on Wednesday, Dec. 3, at 7:30 p.m. in Vahlkamp Theater. The screening is free, and the public is encouraged to attend. The 30-minute segment is from an episode of the Kentucky Educational Television (KET) program "Kentucky Muse." The episode is titled "Fire and Motion" and documents Powell's creation of dramatic and colorful works of blown glass. A Q&A with Thurman, Powell and Jobson Professor of English Mark Lucas '75 will be held afterward. Full story.

Centre volunteers help brighten Thanksgiving for local families. More than 30 Centre College students involved with the Bonner Program, C.A.R.E. (Centre Action Reaches Everyone) and C.O.R.S. (Centre Outdoor Recreation and Service) recently participated in a canned food drive in Danville neighborhoods and collected almost 2,000 canned goods and other non-perishable food items for the local Salvation Army. Full story.