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New Awards Highlight
President’s Emphasis on
the Arts
President’s Art
Commission (PAC) awarded three
students the first-ever President’s Awards
for Excellence in Art this fall, following
the annual Nonword & Upword Show,
a juried student exhibition sponsored by
Wheaton’s Art department and the Dick
Blick Art Store in Wheaton. Running
October 11 through November 3, the
show featured 40 works from 31 students.
Three PAC purchase prizes of $200
went to Robby Sawyer ’14, Peter
Thompson ’13, and Chentell Stiritz ’13,
with the selected works becoming part
of the College’s permanent collection.
Created to help the College acquire art
and place it in meaningful locations for
all to appreciate, PAC consists of five
members, contributing expertise from
across the breadth of the arts.
Peter Thompson’s “Mannequin No. 1”
is part of a series in which he laid urban
landscapes over pictures of mannequins.
The newly formed

Majoring in studio art with an emphasis
in photography, Peter hopes to teach
photography and open his own studio
after college.
Chentell Stiritz’s “Time” is part of
a series of stackable cups that, when
arranged one way, creates an image of
Chicago’s Wrigley Tower, and when
reversed and rearranged creates magnified
images of Wrigley’s clock. Majoring
in community art and mission with an
emphasis in ceramics and a certificate in
urban studies, Chentell hopes to teach and
be involved in her immediate community.
To learn more about Robby Sawyer’s
“Homage to an Old Man,” turn to the
back cover.
In addition to the purchase prizes,
students were eligible for five show prizes.
These prizes went to Robby Sawyer ’14,
Best in Show; Kristine Morozink ’15, First
Place; Hannah Mei Smith ’13, Second
Place; Peter Thompson ’13 and Laura
Ketchum ’13, Honorable Mention.
This year’s juror was Sun H. Choi, a
Korean American artist who is president
of the Chicago Korean American Artists
Association.

(l to r) Dr. Philip G. Ryken ’88 with the three winners of the purchase prize from
the Nonword & Upword Show: Peter Thompson ’13, Robby Saw yer ’14, and
Chentell Stiritz ’13. (ar twork, l to r) “Mannequin No. 1,” “Time,” and “Homage to
an Old Man.”

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Professor Apppointed
to Serve on Scholarship
Foundation Board
Dr. Stewart M. DeSoto ’88, associate
professor of physics and astronomy, has
been appointed by President Barack
Obama and confirmed by the United
States Senate to serve as a member
of the Board of Trustees of the Barry
Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in
Education Foundation. The Foundation,
established by the U.S. Congress in
1986, awards scholarships to exceptional
students who intend to pursue careers in
science, mathematics, and engineering.
The 12-member board is comprised
of academics with expertise in the
sciences, the Secretary of Education, and
several U.S. Senators (including John
McCain). From 2011 to 2012, Dr. DeSoto
served as a visiting scholar at the University
of Chicago’s Department of Astronomy
and Astrophysics. He has taught at
Wheaton since 2003 and is a graduate of
Wheaton’s science program himself with a
B.S. in physics and mathematics.