“Thin Ice, the Inside Story of Climate Science” is a joint initiative between Oxford University, United Kingdom, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, and London-based DOX Productions. Both universities have active programs in climate change and related research with worldwide networks of collaborators.

During Earth Week, the documentary will be shown at multiple venues around the world, and the producers have offered it to Coe and other signatories of the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC). The aim of the director and producers is to give people from all walks of the life the chance to see the astonishing range of human activity as well as scientific endeavor that is required to understand our changing climate.

The ACUPCC is a high-visibility effort to address global climate disruption undertaken by a network of colleges and universities that have made institutional commitments to eliminate net greenhouse gas emissions from specified campus operations, and to promote the research and educational efforts of higher education to equip society to re-stabilize the earth’s climate. Its mission is to accelerate progress towards climate neutrality and sustainability by empowering the higher education sector to educate students, create solutions and provide leadership by example for the rest of society.

The documentary presentation is sponsored by the Coe College Sustainability Council, Coe College Environmental Club and Green Iowa AmeriCorps.
For more information, call 399-8581 or visit coe.edu.

“Getting to Ellen” tells the story of Krug’s start in life as a boy named Ed, who grew up in an alcoholic household in New Jersey, and then later, in Cedar Rapids. When he was 15, Ed fell in love with Lydia, a kind and loving 16-year-old. Soul mates, Ed and Lydia planned out a life done right, which eventually came to fruition – Ed’s successful career as a trial lawyer, a house in the best neighborhood, two beautiful and adoring daughters, and money in the bank.

All was perfect except for one thing: Ed lived in the wrong gender. For much of his life, he fought an internal battle “with bare knuckles in the mud” resisting an inner voice that told him he was actually female. Giving into that voice would mean losing everything that Ed loved, including Lydia.

Against this backdrop, Ed struggled with the legacy of Tom Terrific, his alcoholic father, who later committed suicide when Ed was an adult. Secrets revealed after Tom Terrific’s death, as well as the national tragedy of Sept. 11, forced Ed to honestly understand who – and which gender – he really was. Eventually, Ed transitioned to Ellen. Her transition was possible only through grit, determination and tremendous luck.

“Getting to Ellen” helps remind us of the need to be authentic and true to one’s self, regardless of the costs. It is much more than a unique story about some things lost and others gained. Krug’s memoir offers perspective on the life challenges that all of us face – transgender or not.

A 1979 graduate of Coe, Krug is a freelance writer for several publications and frequent lecturer on the life lessons learned during her gender journey. She presently serves as executive director of a Twin Cities-based nonprofit organization.

“Getting to Ellen: A Memoir about Love, Honesty and Gender Change,” 326 pages, is available through Stepladder Press, Amazon.com, eBooks, and select bookstores. Visit www.gettingtoellen.com for information about readings, including one scheduled for 4:30 p.m. March 28 in Kesler Lecture Hall in Hickok Hall on the Coe campus.

Copies of the book will be available for purchase following the reading, which is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. The event is sponsored by Coe’s Psychology Club, Follett Bookstore, the Alumni Office, English Department, Gender Studies Program and Psychology Department.

Will the world really run out of oil in the next 100 years? Are solar and wind energy means of helping supply America’s long-term energy needs or only feasible for limited and local applications? Is global warming a real phenomenon that should impel us to swift corrective action or a hoax perpetrated by out-of-touch scientists and eco-freaks? What is happening in Iowa to encourage greater energy efficiency and more use of renewable sources? Will natural gas become an increasingly important part of the energy picture? These issues, and more, will be addressed in the March Thursday Forum.

To open the series on March 7, Coe Professor Emeritus of Biology Floyd Sandford will give an energy “overview,” including the different forms of energy, “hard” vs. “soft” options, energy laws, fossil fuels, renewable vs. non-renewable, and the climate change debate.

Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities (IAMU) Executive Director Bob Haug will then discuss the status of renewable energy in Iowa. The focus will be on wind energy and the regional electricity market, including a historical perspective on the electricity business in the United States.

American Public Gas Association President and CEO Bert Kalisch will discuss all things natural gas (e.g. supply and demand, production, transmission and distribution) in the third session. He will also cover the elements of a consumer’s gas bill, current aspects of natural gas research and development, and current issues before policymakers at the state and federal level.

The series concludes with a discussion of energy politics and global warming.

Thursday Forum lectures are held in Kesler Lecture Hall in Hickok Hall on the Coe campus. Each session begins with coffee and pastries from 8:45-9:15 a.m., followed by the class until 11:30 a.m. A luncheon is offered at the conclusion of each series.

The courses are open to all adults. The cost is $30 for a four-week course paid on the first day, or $12 per week. The closing luncheons cost an additional $8. Thursday Forum gift certificates are available. For more information about the Coe College Thursday Forum lecture series, call (319) 399-8619.

Thursday Forum schedule:
“Contemporary Energy Issues” – March 7, 14, 21, 28.
“Great American Film Directors of Hollywood’s ‘Golden Age’” – April 4, 11, 18, 25.

Beginning Feb. 7, Associate Professor of Political Science Kimberly Lanegran examines the process through which the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded, summarizes the work of the 15 women of peace, and identifies three main ways in which these women seek to foster peace.

One path to the Peace Prize has taken women through international peace-making institutions and movements. Jane Addams (1931) of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, and Jody Williams (1997) of the Ban Land Mine Campaign exemplify this approach.

A second group of women received the prize for work in domestic peace movements. Lanegran will focus on the contributions of Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan (1976) from Northern Ireland and Leymah Gbowee (2011) from Liberia.

Finally, a small number of Peace Prize winners directly participate in politics so as to foster peace. Aung San Suu Kyi (1991) of Myanmar/Burma and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (2011) of Liberia chose this path.

Themes throughout class discussions will include the degrees to which feminism – a focus on rights of women – and religion motivated each peace-maker, how each woman selected her personal strategy, and how seemingly “ordinary” women can respond to tragedy and injustice with extraordinary passion and impact.

Thursday Forum lectures are held in Kesler Lecture Hall in Hickok Hall on the Coe campus. Each session begins with coffee and pastries from 8:45-9:15 a.m., followed by the class until 11:30 a.m. A luncheon is offered at the conclusion of each series.

The courses are open to all adults. The cost is $30 for a four-week course paid on the first day, or $12 per week. The closing luncheons cost an additional $8. Thursday Forum gift certificates are available. For more information about the Coe College Thursday Forum lecture series, call (319) 399-8619.

Thursday Forum schedule:
“Women Nobel Peace Prize Laureates” – Feb. 7, 14, 21, 28.
“Contemporary Energy Issues” – March 7, 14, 21, 28.
“Great American Film Directors of Hollywood’s ‘Golden Age’” – April 4, 11, 18, 25.

The opening forum of 2013 will examine the basic facts about economic growth around the world and explore some of the various hypotheses that have been put forward as explanations for the wealth and poverty of nations. Specific topics offered by Economics Professor Phillip Garner will include the determinants of labor productivity, governance, trade, geography, foreign aid, and what the economic future may hold.

The series begins Jan. 10 and runs for four consecutive Thursdays. Thursday Forum lectures are held in Kesler Lecture Hall in Hickok Hall on the Coe campus. Each session begins with coffee and pastries from 8:45-9:15 a.m., followed by the class until 11:30 a.m. A luncheon is offered at the conclusion of each series.

The courses are open to all adults. The cost is $30 for a four-week course paid on the first day, or $12 per week. The closing luncheons cost an additional $8. Thursday Forum gift certificates are available. For more information about the Coe College Thursday Forum lecture series, call (319) 399-8619.

Thursday Forum schedule:
“The Wealth and Poverty of Nations” – Jan. 10, 17, 24, 31.
“Women Nobel Peace Prize Laureates” – Feb. 7, 14, 21, 28.
“Contemporary Energy Issues” – March 7, 14, 21, 28.
“Great American Film Directors of Hollywood’s ‘Golden Age’” – April 4, 11, 18, 25.

Assistant Professor of Religion Meira Kensky will take a close look at this crucial figure, whose writings have been so formative in the development of not only Christianity, but much of Western civilization. The series begins Nov. 1 and continues Nov. 8, 15 and 29, with a week off for Thanksgiving.

Though Paul of Tarsus did not know Jesus of Nazareth, very soon after Jesus’ death he became an avid follower of Jesus’ teachings and saw it as his personal mission to spread the good news of Jesus’ death and resurrection across the Mediterranean basin.

Paul founded communities of worshippers, mostly pagan converts, in major metropolitan areas across the Empire. After moving from one destination to the next, he would communicate with those communities by letters. These letters, now part of the New Testament canon, testify to Paul’s creativity, his rhetorical skills, his pastoral work, his love, and sometimes his irascibility, and they provide our best witness to some of the issues facing the earliest Christians.

Thursday Forum lectures are held in Kesler Lecture Hall in Hickok Hall on the Coe campus. Each session begins with coffee and pastries from 8:45-9:15 a.m., followed by the class until 11:30 a.m. A luncheon is offered at the conclusion of each series.

The courses are open to all adults. The cost is $30 for a four-week course paid on the first day, or $12 per week. The closing luncheons cost an additional $8. Thursday Forum gift certificates are available. For more information about the Coe College Thursday Forum lecture series, call (319) 399-8619.

Thursday Forum schedule:
“Paul of Tarsus: The Man, the Myth, the Letters” – Nov. 1, 8, 15, 29.
“The Wealth and Poverty of Nations” – Jan. 10, 17, 24, 31.
“Women Nobel Peace Prize Laureates” – Feb. 7, 14, 21, 28.
“Contemporary Energy Issues” – March 7, 14, 21, 28.
“Great American Film Directors of Hollywood’s ‘Golden Age’” – April 4, 11, 18, 25.

Beginning Oct. 4, Assistant Professor of Art Andrea Kann examines the richness of Renaissance art in Italy and beyond. Traditionally, the study of Renaissance art begins with the rediscovery of the ancient world by artists and humanists, and focuses on Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael. This Thursday Forum will examine the works of these iconic Italian artists, but also expand the boundaries of the Renaissance to include a broader range of visual imagery across Europe from the 14th to the 16th centuries.

Forum attendees will explore Northern Europe, examining works by 15th-century artists like Jan van Eyck and Rogier van der Weyden. These artists exploited the new technology of oil painting, rendering visions of a world so real they could paint themselves into it.

Next, attendees will visit the Italian peninsula in the 14th and15th centuries, considering works by artists like Giotto and Donatello. From Florence to Padua, Kann investigates painting, sculpture and architecture in this period of rediscovery and innovation.

The third session visits 16th-century Italian Renaissance artists such as Leonardo and Michelangelo, and Mannerists like Parmigianino. Here ancient influences are assimilated, expanded, and even distorted to meet the needs of a rapidly changing society.

The final session returns to Northern Europe in the 16th century, considering artists like Dürer, Bruegel and Bosch. In this era, new developments in Italy travel north, while local visual traditions are sustained and adapted for new societal needs.

Thursday Forum lectures are held in Kesler Lecture Hall in Hickok Hall on the Coe campus. Each session begins with coffee and pastries from 8:45-9:15 a.m., followed by the class until 11:30 a.m. A luncheon is offered at the conclusion of each series.

The courses are open to all adults. The cost is $30 for a four-week course paid on the first day, or $12 per week. The closing luncheons cost an additional $8. Thursday Forum gift certificates are available. For more information about the Coe College Thursday Forum lecture series, call (319) 399-8619.

Thursday Forum schedule:
“The World of Renaissance Art” – Oct. 4, 11, 18, 25.
“Paul of Tarsus: The Man, the Myth, the Letters” – Nov. 1, 8, 15, 29.
“The Wealth and Poverty of Nations” – Jan. 10, 17, 24, 31.
“Women Nobel Peace Prize Laureates” – Feb. 7, 14, 21, 28.
“Contemporary Energy Issues” – March 7, 14, 21, 28.
“Great American Film Directors of Hollywood’s ‘Golden Age’” – April 4, 11, 18, 25.

In the opening series, B.D. Silliman Professor of Physics Steve Feller will shed light on light – how it is described and how it is used in myriad ways. Lectures will be illuminated with demonstrations of how light behaves.

Beginning Oct. 4, Assistant Professor of Art Andrea Kann examines the richness of Italian Renaissance art and engages in a broader investigation beyond Italy of visual culture from the 14th to 16th centuries.

November’s forum will introduce the scholarly study of the life and letters of Paul of Tarsus, one of the most – if not the most – important figures in earliest Christianity. Assistant Professor of Religion Meira Kensky will take a close look at this crucial figure, whose writings have been so formative in the development of not only Christianity, but much of Western civilization.

The opening forum of 2013 will examine the basic facts about economic growth around the world and explore some of the various hypotheses that have been put forward as explanations for the wealth and poverty of nations. Specific topics offered by Stead Department of Business Administration and Economics Assistant Professor Phillip Garner will include the determinants of labor productivity, governance, trade, geography, foreign aid, and what the economic future may hold.

Associate Professor of Political Science Kimberly Lanegran highlights the 15 women who have become Nobel Peace Prize Laureates since it was first awarded in 1901. The February series examines the process through which the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded, summarizes the work of the 15 women of peace, and identifies three main ways in which these women seek to foster peace.

In March, Professor Emeritus of Biology Floyd Sanford will lead a discussion about contemporary energy issues. Joined by experts in the field Bob Haug of the Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities and Bert Kalisch of the American Public Gas Association, the series will explore topical questions like: Will the world really run out of oil in the next 100 years? Are solar and wind energy means of helping supply America’s long-term energy needs or only feasible for limited and local applications? Is global warming a real phenomenon that should impel us to swift corrective action or a hoax perpetrated by out-of-touch scientists and eco-freaks? What is happening locally – in Iowa – to encourage greater energy efficiency and more use of renewable sources to meet our energy needs? Will natural gas become an increasingly important part of the energy picture?

In the final Thursday Forum of the academic year in April, Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts Steven Marc Weiss will explore the cinematic output of four American movie directors – Frank Capra, George Cukor, John Ford and Howard Hawks – whose 1930s films have come to exemplify what is known as “classical Hollywood” style. Short sequences from the films of these directors will be screened during in-class discussions and special full-length screenings will be scheduled outside of the forum classroom on Sunday afternoons throughout the month.

Thursday Forum lectures are held in Kesler Lecture Hall in Hickok Hall on the Coe campus. Each session begins with coffee and pastries from 8:45-9:15 a.m., followed by the class until 11:30 a.m. A luncheon is offered at the conclusion of each series.

The courses are open to all adults. The cost is $30 for a four-week course paid on the first day, or $12 per week. The closing luncheons cost an additional $8. Thursday Forum gift certificates are available. For more information about the Coe College Thursday Forum lecture series, call (319) 399-8619.

Thursday Forum schedule:
“Trip the Light Fantastic: A Forum on the Understanding of the Nature of Light” – Sept. 6, 13, 20, 27.
“The World of Renaissance Art” – Oct. 4, 11, 18, 25.
“Paul of Tarsus: The Man, the Myth, the Letters” – Nov. 1, 8, 15, 29.
“The Wealth and Poverty of Nations” – Jan. 10, 17, 24, 31.
“Women Nobel Peace Prize Laureates” – Feb. 7, 14, 21, 28.
“Contemporary Energy Issues” – March 7, 14, 21, 28.
“Great American Film Directors of Hollywood’s ‘Golden Age’” – April 4, 11, 18, 25.

Beginning Oct. 27, Registrar and Professor of Nursing Evelyn Moore will address changes in childbirth care from attendance at home with the use of magical helping techniques, to the early hospital environment when medicine became involved, to the highly technological support available today. The experiences of three pregnant Mayflower passengers, the advent and demise of midwifery, the development of medical education, and causes of death in childbirth will be examined.

On Nov. 3, looking at commonly known diseases, Professor of Nursing Jule Ohrt will contrast archaic medical treatments with current treatment, and explore the impact of social status and wealth on treatment choices and site of care. Common maladies discussed will include ague, catarrh, cholera, diphtheria, consumption and glandular fever.

Associate Professor of Nursing Brenda Shostrom will lecture about mental illness in the third session on Nov. 10. People considered “mad” were kept away from the rest of society in madhouses, asylums and royal towers. Subject to inhumane conditions, the mentally ill endured tremendous suffering, including insulin shock therapy and ice baths. Until 1950 there were no medications available to treat any mental health problem, and psychotherapy was still in its infancy.

The series concludes Nov. 17 with a discussion by nursing instructor Mary Louise Taylor about the changing relationships among healthcare providers and their ethical and legal responsibilities to patients. Consideration of the legal and ethical duties healthcare providers owe each other and their patients will conclude the series.

The lectures will be held in Kesler Lecture Hall in Hickok Hall on the Coe campus. Each session begins with coffee and pastries from 8:45-9:15 a.m., followed by the class until 11:30 a.m. The luncheon that usually concludes the series will be held after the Nov. 10 lecture instead.

The courses are open to all adults and registration is on-site. The cost is $30 for a four-week course or $10 per week. The closing luncheons cost an additional $8. Thursday Forum gift certificates are available. For more information about the Coe College Thursday Forum lecture series, call (319) 399-8619.

Thursday Forum schedule:
• “History of Healing in America: Midwives, Madness and Maladies” – Oct. 27 and Nov. 3, 10, 17.
• “Asia 52402” – Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23.
• “The Order in Chaos” – March 8, 15, 22, 29.
• “Environmental Issues: Past, Present and Future” – April 5, 12, 19, 26.

Holst, head baseball coach at Wartburg College in Waverly, was a four-year starter and two-year captain for the Coe baseball team. He was a three-time all-Midwest Conference selection and was named all-region his junior year. Also a three-year starter for Kohawk football, Holst won the Midwest Conference’s Roy Le Clare Award for the two-sport student-athlete with the highest grade point average during his junior year. A .403 career hitter, Holst is the only player in school history to top .400. He was team MVP his senior season, when he led Coe in at-bats, hits, singles, triples, stolen bases, walks, on-base percentage and batting average.

Kaloupek is practice administrator at OB GYN & Associates in Cedar Rapids. The Grinnell native lives in North Liberty with his Kohawk wife Sandra O’Hara Kaloupek ’87. At Coe, he excelled in football and baseball. A three-time all-conference running back in football, he was co-captain his senior year, when the Kohawks made their first NCAA Division III playoff appearance. He held the career school record for rushing touchdowns with 24 until a fellow named Carey Bender came along. An outfielder with a career .355 batting average, he was second-team all-Midwest Conference as a junior and team captain his senior year in baseball.

Whitters owns a landscaping business and lives in Swisher with his Kohawk wife Jerri Altenhofen Whitters ’91. He won three Midwest Conference wrestling championships at two different weight classes and was a member of the 1989 conference championship team – Coe’s last wrestling championship. A three-time national qualifier, Whitters placed third in the nation his senior year.

Telecky lives in Cedar Rapids and coaches pitching for the Cornell College softball team. She led the nation in strikeouts her sophomore season at Coe, averaging 10 per seven inning game, and held the career strikeouts record until this spring. She ranks fourth with 549 innings pitched and fourth with 57 career wins at Coe. Much more than just a pitcher, Telecky’s .375 career batting average is sixth best in school history.

Matzen owns a construction company in Orion. A four-year football letterwinner and two-time all-conference performer, he excelled as punter and offensive guard. He averaged yards per punt and led the nation in punting yards his senior season, when he earned All-America honors from Kodak, Pizza Hut and the Associated Press. He still holds Coe’s career record at 40.4 yards per punt.

Swan, a native of Van Horne, died in 2003. He was the leading scorer for Kohawk basketball and an all-conference performer, averaging 20.5 points per game. He scored a career high 37 points against Grinnell his senior year. A two-sport star, Swan was a three-time all-conference baseball player who earned co-MVP honors his senior season.

The inductees will be honored at the 39th Athletic Hall of Fame Reception and Dinner on Sept. 16. They will also be honored in the Homecoming Parade and before Coe’s football game with Simpson College on Sept. 17.