Newsletter
Spring 2004
CONTENTS HIGHLIGHTS

UPCOMING EVENTS

Meeting of the Minds Awards Competition, May 5
New PKP Members Participating in the "Meeting of the Minds" research symposium on Wednesday, May 5, should know that they will be considered--along with current undergraduate PKP members--as entrants in the Phi Kappa Phi Awards Competition. Several awards of $250-$350 will be given.

Spring Initiation, May 14
All members: please join us for the spring initiation of new members Friday, May 14. We will meet for the Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi Honor Societies Joint Reception in Rangos Hall, University Center, at 5:30 p.m., followed by the initiation ceremony itself at 6:30 in McConomy Auditorium. All members are invited and encouraged to come and welcome new members into our chapter.

NEWS
PKP Members Enjoy a "Wild Party"
On Tuesday, April 27, CHAPTER MEMBERS enjoyed a PKP group outing to the Drama School's production of The Wild Party, a dark, sensuous and glittering production by George C. Wolfe and new composer Michael John LaChiusa. Elizabeth Bradley, head of the School of Drama describes the Broadway play as a "brave and arresting piece composed by one of the most important new voices in the American musical theatre." Chapter members thoroughly enjoyed the play, as well as the informal get-together beforehand. Look for news of more group outings planned for Fall 2004 in the Fall Newsletter.

Bethany Lehmann Wins PKP Graduate Fellowship
BETHANY LEHMANN was named as a recipient of one of 60 $5,000 graduate fellowships that Phi Kappa Phi awarded nationwide. Lehmann, a double major in Chemistry and History & Policy, will begin her studies at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California in August. The Elizabethtown, PA, native is currently interested in cardiac surgery. "I'm really honored to be receiving this prize," said Lehmann, "and I thank Phi Kappa Phi for its generosity."

Professor Barbara Freed Produces Matisse Documentary
PROFESSOR BARBARA FREED's documentary, A Model for Matisse: The Story of the Venice Chapel, was screened at the Carnegie Museum of Art Theater last month. In the film, Freed, who teaches French and applied linguistics in the Department of Modern Languages, explores the friendship between legendary French artist Henri Matisse and Sister Jacques-Marie, a French Dominican nun, who worked together to design the Chapelle du Rosaire (Chapel of the Rosary) in Vence, in the south of France. The documentary made its formal debut at the Matisse Museum in Nice, France.

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