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March 3
All about careers

Students offered their handshakes and resumes to successful alumni and notable professionals throughout Career Month.
March 5
Literature lovin’

Five writers and scholars visited campus for the 10th annual Lake Forest Literary Festival, themed “translation.”
February 24
Eukaryon turns 10

Lake Forest College celebrated the tenth volume of Eukaryon, the student-produced science journal, on March 4.
February 18
Are you being watched?

Chicago artist Kate McQuillen brings her interpretation of surveillance to the Lake Forest College art galleries starting Feb. 27 in the form of large monoprint murals.
February 18
Best seat in the house

Big-name television journalist, producer, narrator, and news anchor Bill Kurtis visited campus to talk about his career.
February 14
A head start

Anastasiya Koshkina ’15 became the first student admitted into Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science’s College of Pharmacy as part of Lake Forest’s new dual degree program.
February 6
Mixing it up In The Loop

Students studying in Chicago network with alumni professionals at All-Access Mixers.
January 24
Google-able intern

When Briana Shemroske ’14 Googles her name, she finds evidence of the work she completed as an intern at Booklist in Chicago.
January 23
Funkadesi in the Forest

Chicago-based world music group Funkadesi brings their funk to campus.
January 23
Total recall

Associate Professor of Psychology Matthew Kelley and Sydni Cole ’12 used Snap Circuits to study spacial recall, research that was later published in a leading journal.
January 22
College accepts generous gift for Sonnenschein Gallery upgrade

The $60,000 donation from John Liebes, widower of Gail Liebes ’53, will translate into a long-needed renovation of the Lake Forest College Permanent Art Collection storage facilities, a part of the Sonnenschein Gallery in the Durand Art Institute. This renovation will provide more and better storage space for the College’s important 1,200-piece art collection.
January 17
Ed student with national cred

Ryan Stivers ’14, president of the College’s education honor society Kappa Delta Pi, was named one of six recipients of the national organization’s Distinguished Chapter Officer Award in November.
January 13
Only a handful

Next fall, Lake Forest College will become one of the first schools in the Associated Colleges of the Midwest to offer entrepreneurship as a minor, meeting a high demand among students and employers alike.
January 6
Treviño coaches Chihuahuan math team to national championship

Assistant Professor of Mathematics Enrique Treviño helped coach a team of high school students from the Mexican state of Chihuahua to a first place finish in the XXVII Mexican Mathematical Olympiad in late November.
January 3
Assistant Professor of Religion co-edits forthcoming companion book on new religious movements

Ben Zeller collaborated with George Chryssides of the University of Birmingham, UK on The Bloomsbury Companion to New Religious Movements (Bloomsbury 2014), which contains chapters from 29 top and up-and-coming researchers in the field. Zeller will travel to London at the end of the month for the Information Network on Religious Movements conference to publicize the book and speak about related research.
January 3
Double passions

Nora Logue ’14 combined her love of nature and design to publish a photography book while pursuing a major in environmental studies and a minor digital media design.
January 2
Music label prints excerpt from Ahmad Sadri’s acclaimed translation of Persian poem for new CD

Gorter Professor of Islamic World Studies and Professor of Sociology Ahmad Sadri’s rendition of the Shahnameh was selected by Maestro Hamid Motebassem and the Celestial Harmonies label to be printed as notes for a newly released CD of a live performance by the symphony Simorq.
December 18
Our winter playground

Enjoy this video capturing the beauty and cheer we’re appreciating this holiday season.
December 13
Season’s greetings, Lake Forest College!

Students take a time-out from final exams to wish the Lake Forest College community a joyful holiday season in this video — complete with paper snowflakes.
December 6
Neurosci student honored

Cecilia Reyes ’15 was one of only 73 students nationwide to be awarded a 2013 Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship. She was selected from a pool of more than 750 students from 45 states who were nominated for the honor.
December 2
Lake Forester features business partnership between College’s Entrepreneurial Marketing class, City of Lake Forest

After a semester-long process of gathering research and developing marketing strategies for three local businesses, students in Darlene Jaffke’s class made formal presentations to their clients, business owners from the Lake Forest Business Accelerator, in the City Council Chambers on Nov. 26. Read the Lake Forester story and view our photo gallery.
November 27
Translating Brazilian gem

Professor of Spanish and Portuguese David George’s translation introduces English readers to Machado de Assis.
November 19
Foresters’ edge

A connection to a Forester alumnus helped give Rhiannon Miller ’14 the edge on a coveted internship with Chicago-based global company Morningstar.
November 15
Best seat in the house

Lake Forest College was host to big-name television journalist, producer, narrator, and news anchor Bill Kurtis on November 14 for his talk, “The Best Seat in the House,” which included anecdotes about his career, commentary on the evolution of journalism, and the importance of journalism in American society. After the talk, students lined up for a chance to get a photo with Kurtis and chat with him one-on-one.
October 31
Theater department presents “Occupy!”

The Department of Theater presents an original play written and directed by lecturer Richard Corley. The production will debut on Thursday, November 14 at 7:30 p.m. in the Hixon Hall Theater and run through November 23 on select dates.
October 28
Freshwater Dating Game

Professor of Biology Anne Houde coauthored a study in the journal Nature showing us a few new things about the mating habits of guppies.
October 25
90% of 2012 Lake Forest College graduates have jobs or are in graduate schools

A recent survey of the Class of 2012 boasts a greater than 90 percent placement rate of students who secured full-time employment, enrolled in graduate school, or solidified other plans such as volunteer work within six months of graduating from Lake Forest College.
October 25
Entrepreneur students craft analysis reports, recommendations for local small businesses

Students in Darlene Jaffke’s Entrepreneurial Marketing class are entering Phase 2 of a semester-long, real-world project that pairs them with a company in the City of Lake Forest’s Business Accelerator — an incubator for new business and technology start-up companies.
October 23
Interview with Alumnus Charlie Alves ’08

Charlie Alves ’08 reminisces about his experiences with the Lake Forest College Theater Department.
October 23
Associate Professor of Biology Alexander Shingleton wins NSF research grant

The National Science Foundation research grant for $326,272 will seek to understand how oxygen levels affect growth and body size in insects and animals in general.