Ascalon Fall 2015

Blending disciplines

Fall 2015

BOB WEIN AND MIKE HANSEL ’76

on a Physics and Art academic collaboration — Principles of Engineering SIXTH-FORMER KYLE BURNS

on the content of the course and the value of interdisciplinary teaching

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Course Collaboration Central to the mission of the Merck-Horton Center for Teaching and Learning at St. George’s is the effort to apply innovation, free thinking and constructive change to the academic program. As we celebrate a generous gift from the estate of Albert W. Merck ’39, P’76 in support of the center, those goals are being realized in a dynamic new interdisciplinary course drawn from a collaboration between art teacher Mike Hansel ’76 and physics teacher Bob Wein. Principles of Engineering combines their areas of expertise in an exciting blend of hands-on creativity and applied science, and serves as a role model for an evolving curriculum

If thinking outside the box is one of the keys to fostering innovation in general, then thinking outside the classroom is surely a factor in expanding academic possibilities and generating positive change in a school curriculum. It is happening right now at St. George’s in any number of ways, prompted as much by the Merck-Horton Center and its ongoing research into modern educational methodology, as by a faculty committed to trying new approaches to teaching and optimizing the learning experience for students.

Thinking outside the classroom means liberating a syllabus and letting it develop and interact in an open forum. It means sharing course content across a range of academic disciplines in the interest of finding collaborative solutions to real-world problems. It is what Art Department chair Mike Hansel ’76 and Science Department chair Bob Wein are undertaking as partners in a two-

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trimester course they introduced this year, Principles of Engineering.

The premise of the course revolves around the notion that engineering in its applied form is both a science and an art.

When you build a bridge, it has to support itself and whatever moves across it, first and foremost. Arguably, it has to be aesthetically agreeable as well, to assuage the mentality of the user and to serve as an artistic statement glorifying not only the engineering marvel that it is, but also the human hand that designed and built it.

Currently, students in the class are divided into groups and doing just that — designing and building functional model bridges with fabricated trusses. They are learning about the physics involved through stress-strain analyses of various materials under the guidance of Wein. They are learning about the aesthetics involved in rendering a finished (Please see “Engineering” on the back)

The Point Notes from the Advancement Office

What’s my favorite place on campus?

Given the beauty of the place, it’s a question I am asked frequently by alums and parents, but one that I find hard to answer, in part because it’s always changing. It’s hard to argue with the elegance of the Chapel, or the history and tradition evoked by the study hall, or the breathtaking view of Sachuest Point from Sixth-Form Porch, or the glimpse of the Newport Bridge from a sun-filled reading nook in the renovated Hill Library. All great places and, at certain points in my 26-year tenure at SG, favorite spots.

More recently, though, I find every excuse to pass down the main hall of Old School. I’ve always loved the stretch of red carpet past the Head’s study that leads to the Main Common Room, but lately there’s something else drawing me down that hallway: pictures and biographies of the 15 faculty members who hold our distinguished teaching chairs. Lining the walls in two impressive rows just outside Ms. Diman’s room, I am struck by how commanding the plaques are. I find it difficult, regardless of what appointment awaits, not to stop and admire these profiles of colleagues and friends.

Each trip down the hall, I find myself reading the biographies, learning something new — or appreciating something forgotten. Individually these teachers are impressive, but collectively, they are awe-inspiring in the magnitude of their accomplishments and the energy and dedication with which they serve our students. The citations remind me of how lucky I am to work with such a talented group of educators.

So these days if you ask me about my favorite place on campus, don’t be surprised by the answer — the main hall in Old School. I invite you to come back and see for yourself. You’ll be inspired, too!

Robert Weston Associate Head of School for External Affairs

SG’s Teaching Chairs Hailed In the context of a learning institution as established as St. George’s, few aspects of the organization carry the sheer weight we ascribe to its teachers and the work they do.

Teaching defines this place, gives it reason and expectation.

Through the commitment of generous donors over time, endowed chairs provide enduring support for excellence in teaching while honoring the faculty who hold them — two pillars that go to the heart of a great school.

On Sept. 1 as the academic year stretched its wings, current and incoming chair holders gathered in the Main Common Room for an evening dinner program with fellow faculty, staff and friends to be recognized and applauded for their superior commitment to St. George’s. It was a warm event, marked by personal tributes and a strong sense of universal pride.

St. George’s retains 15 teaching chairs, eight of which were spoken for as of the evening and the remaining seven of which were awarded during the program. Framed portraits with descriptions of all the chairs and relevant bios of their holders line the corridor of Old School just outside the Main Common Room, an impressive array of faculty talent and dedication.

Vincent Astor ’10 Teaching Chair in Science, Thomas E. Evans Paul T. Christie Teaching Chair, Patricia D. Lothrop Edmund P. Coe Teaching Chair, Douglas E. Lewis H. Martin P. Davidson Chaplaincy Chair, The Rev. Jeffrey C. Lewis

st. george’s honors its 15 teaching chair holders as they gather for a group photo in Old school following dinner and formal recognition in the Main common Room on sept. 1.

Helen Porter Dyke Chair for the Support of Students, Robin G. Wallace, M.D. G. Danforth Hollins Teaching Chair, Colin C.A. Mort Beth Horton Chair in Instructional Services, Joseph W. Lang Independence Foundation Teaching Chair, Holly V. Williams C.P. Beauchamp Jefferys Teaching Chair, Roy Williams J. Vaughan Merrick III Chair in Architecture, Art History and Painting, Michael D. Hansel ’76 Prince Chair in History, James W. Connor Joan and Craig M. Watjen ’54 Technology Chair, Catherine Rodero Scholhamer John L. Welsh, Jr. ’42 Chair in English, Jeffrey E. Simpson Peter A.B. Widener II Chair in French, Allison I. de Horsey Anthony M. Zane Chair in History, Justin P. Cerenzia ’01

The Phillip Murray Reynolds Volunteer of the Year Award And the winner is … Sincere congratulations and heartfelt thanks go out to Jonathan “Jocko” Storm ’65, named recipient of the 2015 Phillip Murray Reynolds Volunteer of the Year Award for his leadership role ushering SG classmates to a new record for 50th reunion giving on the occasion of their half-century mark last spring. The Class of 1965 gave a total of $127,491 to the 2015 St. George’s Fund, eclipsing their nemeses in the Class of 1964 who held the previous fundraising record for a 50th reunion effort.

Reluctant to take full credit for the coup, Jocko wrote nostalgically in the SG Head of School’s Report earlier this fall about his fellow 65ers and their eagerness to participate in what became a momentous challenge, one that reignited old friendships formed 50 years ago here on the Hilltop. Jocko will be presented with the award during a Board of Trustees gathering at Merrick House on the evening of Friday, Dec. 11.

A $4 million gift to help endow the Merck-Horton Center In October St. George’s received a $4 million gift from the estate of the late Albert W. Merck ’39, P’76, grandson of the founder of the pharmaceutical company Merck & Co. and generous benefactor of the school for many years. The donation will be used to support, enhance and endow the Merck-Horton Center for Teaching and Learning, the school’s acclaimed institutional research and development workshop devoted to supporting innovative teaching practices and student-driven learning methodologies.

The Merck-Horton Center was established in 2009 and named in honor of its catalyst Al Merck and venerated Director of Instructional Services Beth Horton P’79, ’85, faculty emerita.

Following his undergraduate years at Harvard, Merck received master’s degrees in education from Columbia and Rutgers universities, taught at both Rutgers and Drew universities in New Jersey, served as a state assemblyman and served as chairman of the New Jersey Board of Higher Education.

Al Merck ’39, p’76 and former Head of instructional services Beth Horton p’79, ’85 at the Hill library dedication in 2011.

At St. George’s, Al was a member of the Board of Trustees and fully active in the life of the school as a staunch advocate of technology, of teacher professional development and of the latest research on the psychology behind how young students learn.

Associate Head of School for External Affairs Bob Weston attributes Merck’s munificent posthumous gesture to the enthusiasm St. George’s exhibited on the donor’s behalf when he lobbied for positive change. Weston said, “We did what he was hoping we would achieve, to ground our teaching methods in classroom research that enhanced the learning experience. That is what he was excited to support, and we are eternally grateful for his generosity.”

Dueling Disciplines — a new approach to learning Sixth-former Kyle Burns never considered the art curriculum at SG because he favors the sciences. And it was the science component of Principles of Engineering that appealed to him at first. But that changed when he discovered how interconnected the two disciplines of science and art become when you apply them to the real world

Q. Innovations in the curriculum are allowing teachers to collaborate between disciplines, and the idea that Dr. Wein and Mr. Hansel are blending physics with a studio art component is pretty interesting. I want to talk a bit about how the experience has been for you. Do you lean toward the sciences or the arts?

Kyle. I am science oriented. It might change in the future, but as of now that’s definitely where I fall. In this class, once we got down to the shop with our assignment and began working in our groups, that’s when the engineering part really started. That’s when the real mesh occurred between art and welding, which I had never really done before, and the science behind it — like, why we build things the way we do.

Q. Did you take Visual Foundation?

K. No I didn’t. I never thought I’d want to

take an actual art class here. But this one combines my love for science. When I signed up for the class, I figured I was taking a science course that happened to have an art perspective, but when I got to the class I realized it was 50 percent art and 50 percent science, and that’s actually how we are graded — half on aesthetics, and half on functionality.

Q. What kinds of physical properties are you learning about that pertain to the scientific aspect of it?

K. We are learning a lot about physics, as in, why triangles are so strong, how they distribute weight evenly, and why they are important. We are also learning about the different components we use to build things, the major building materials we use and are allowed to use given cost variables and construction budgets.

Q. And then the artistic part of it — did it all come together symbiotically, or was there a process, as in going from physics to art, or art to physics?

K. Well, take the project we are working on now. We were given the task to create a bridge spanning a 10-inch gap. At first we just made something about 10 inches long, which looked like a normal bridge,

but then they told us that it needed to be aesthetically pleasing, and that aesthetics counted for half the grade. And so of course we went back and changed our design and made it unlike any bridge I’ve ever seen! It’s definitely a little bit abstract, and it’s also more triangular in its design, because they have stressed the importance of combining both the art and the science so that it will be as strong as it is aesthetically pleasing.

Q. And once you leave here and move on to college, will you consider using the same hands-on approach to science?

K. I definitely will. It has altered my view of the sciences. I’ve learned that what’s out there is not made for functionality alone. I like to see things in a pretty cutand-dry manner, but the world really doesn’t operate that way, and the specifics of how things look are important — they drive sales, and they drive whether or not you can get a licensing deal based on your design.

Q. When you consider teachers in completely different disciplines organizing a course collaboratively — do you think that’s an important way for the faculty to approach the curriculum here?

K. Yes, I think it is. I think it takes classroom learning and shifts it to applying what you can use beyond the classroom, because outside of school nothing is just one dimensional, it’s more of a mix of multiple things, and I think that mixing course curricula definitely plays into building more well-rounded people. I think it makes you question how you look at things, makes you question why something is built that way, both for functionality and for how it looks.

Q. Do you see this course influencing what courses you might consider after St. George’s once you get into college?

K. Yes, definitely. It has improved my sense of what typical hands-on courses entail, what they mean, but it has also improved my outlook on the construction process, and I think it is crucial to understanding a lot of decisions in business, which is probably what I’ll end up doing professionally. So I’m thankful for that, and I hope to continue learning. I may not have answered that question.

Q. No, you did. And you actually did it well, because you segued right into business, which is, in its own way, a pretty important real-world application. And it involves many of the same mental disciplines as putting an object together, economics being a very cut-and-dry scientific exercise in its base form. Not when you get into making money, I suppose, but certainly in terms of what economics is.

K. I agree, as I am taking an economics course now, too.

Q. Economies are models that you build, and they either fall apart, or they stay together and sustain, and a lot of that has to do with how you put those models together, and what kinds of forces you put on them, and what kind of forces you allow them to absorb. And you can see the metaphor, if you think about it, in terms of a physical object that you subject to stress and strain.

K. Yea, you’ve got to plan everything out ahead of time, and to make sure you account for all the different variables that can go wrong — in both economics and engineering.

Kyle puts the finishing touches on a welded triangular metal truss with a shop grinder.

ADVANCEMENT NEWS Receptions and events In the Advancement Office, the school year is off to a busy start as events both on and off campus have been numerous and well attended.

At St. George’s, an inaugural dinner in the Main Common Room with 45 in attendance on Tuesday evening, Sept. 1, recognized current faculty chair holders, the named chairs themselves, chair donors and special guests.

Off campus, St. George’s hosted two alumni receptions in June — one in San Francisco and one in Los Angeles. On Sunday, July 19, Trustee Bambi Putnam P’05 hosted a midsummer SG gathering at her house in Northeast Harbor, Me. On Tuesday, Sept. 17, a local reception at Greenvale Vineyards in Portsmouth, R.I., included 110 attendees hosted by Nancy Parker Wilson ’77, owner of Greenvale. James and Calista Todd P’18 welcomed 20 guests to their house in

Board welcomes new Trustees, seasoned colleagues rotate off The Board of Trustees is seamlessly engaged as the

of Honorary Trustee was Charles K. Williams II ’49.

Harrington served as organist, choirmaster and

2015-16 session unfolds following a number of changes in the ranks over the course of the summer. As we re-

and currently sits on the Campaign Steering Commit-

ported in the spring edition of this newsletter, Leslie

tee. Hornor is a retired teacher and fundraising

Bathgate Heaney ’92 became the new Board Chair, tak-

consultant who has worked in education, business ad

ing the reins from Skip Branin ’65, P’06 who had held

NPOs for more than 30 years. Kimbell is president of

the position since 2004. Now away from the Board but

Jeffrey J. Kimbell & Associates, a provider of legisla-

still close to our hearts, Skip stepped down after years

tive, regulatory and policy solutions to clients in the

of dedicated service as his term expired. Other mem-

life sciences community, and creator of the William

bers of the Board whose terms ended include Bill Dean

S.R. Rogers ’44, P’74 Endowment for Pubic Policy

’73, P’06, Pam Layton P’09, ’12, Betts Murray P’07, ’10

Studies. McLean is managing director at J.P. Morgan

and Richard Wayner ’85. We thank them all for their

in London, England and a summer internship host for

hard work and spirited devotion to St. George’s.

New Trustees welcomed onto the Board include

SG students participating in the Global Cultural Initiatives Program (GCIP). Scully is a contributing

Faculty Emerita Clare Gesualdo Harrington, Jack

writer for The Leader newspaper in Locust Valley,

Hornor ’73, Jeff Kimbell ’89, Stanton McLean ’90, Lisa

N.Y., and previously served on the SG Board from 1990 until 2005; most re-

to thank recognition-society leadership donors on

cently she co-chairs

behalf of the SG Fund took place on Tuesday, Oct. 20

ABOV. Shin is owner of

at the Nomad Hotel in New York City, with 70 in at-

the prepress company

tendance. A week later on Oct. 27, the annual NYC

Paan Korea and a director

reception saw more than 200 guests at the New York

at Ahyun Publishing

Yacht Club. On Monday, Nov. 9, Trustee Jeffrey

House, both located in

Kimbell ’89 and his wife Jessica hosted an alumni

Korea. Strawbridge is a

reception in Washington, D.C., for the classes of

founder of and investment

1980-2012, to which more than 40 alums came.

manager at Selkirk Partners in Portland, Maine.

Board chair leslie Bathgate Heaney ’92 and former chair and Honorary Trustee Betsy s. Michel p’85, ’89 at the sg Fund leadership — giving recognition event in new York.

The third meeting of the Alumni Board of Visitors (ABOV) convened at St. George’s on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 16-17. The program featured dinner in the atrium of the Academic Center on Friday evening hosted by Head of School Eric Peterson and members of the science faculty, with opening remarks by the Head, tours of various classrooms and labs and an airing of three promotional videos highlighting the SG Military Scholars Program, the Merck-Horton Center and the new science facility itself. Twentyseven ABOV members attended.

On Saturday, members participated in a brainstorming workshop designed to help the school identify “how we might better engage alumni and parents with what is happening on campus.” The exercise was modeled after what has come to be known in the SG lexicon as Blitz Planning, a creative, fast-paced version of the design-thinking paradigm explored by Peterson in professional management seminars he attended at Stanford University.

Consistent with the two ABOV programs hosted previously, participants came away with a deeper

P’17 and Stewart Strawbridge ’94. Elected to the role

music department chair at SG from 2002 until 2012,

Bermuda on Thursday, Sept. 24. An inaugural event

Alumni Board of Visitors gather on the Hilltop

Colgate Scully ’81, P’15, ’18, ’19, Jooyung Jennifer Shin

current and newly-elected members of the st. george’s Board of Trustees in the Academic center commons during their Oct. 2-3 meetings.

appreciation for where St. George’s has come and where it is headed, and a renewed attachment to the campus and to the institution. Said Bill Batchelder ’61, “My relationship with SG only grows stronger.” Jim Thompson ’84, P’13, ’15, ’18 described what many returning to the school felt when he remarked, “Past relationships are key to recreating new relationships with SG.” Alluding to the importance of finding in all this goodness a positive outcome, Vassar Pierce ’02 challenged, “What’s happening at SG is impressive.

How do we channel that broadly?”

Members of the Alumni Board of Visitors dig into an interactive workshop in the Hamblet campus center on saturday, Oct. 17.

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ENGINEERING (continued from the front page) assembly — be it carved in wood, or cast in plastic, or welded out of metal — under the guidance of Hansel. And in the end, the grades they get will be weighted equally between the functionality of their work and its artistic substance.

We asked the two teachers how they viewed their class from an interdisciplinary perspective in the context of academic departments in general being able to collaborate to solve problems and come up with overlapping content. Remarked Wein, “The short answer to that is, this is a class that neither one of us would teach by ourselves, nor would it fit neatly within either of our departments. So it is inherently interdepartmental and multidisciplinary.”

The idea for their collaborative approach to teaching had its roots in conversations between the two of them a number of years ago. According to Hansel, “It originated in a real-world issue that had to do with generating electricity using turbines and wind power, and the debate over wind farms.

We started talking about how to generate electricity with something that’s aesthetically pleasing. We thought, wouldn’t it be a cool project to take one of my welding classes and one of Bob’s physics classes, and bring those students together and give them this challenge and see what they could come up with.”

They developed a rudimentary project and set it in motion. As Wein recalled, “The object was, within one cubic foot and with no other constraints, build a de-

vice that generated electricity and was aesthetically pleasing. The whole idea, from Hansel’s perspective, was that the aesthetics matter the instant you start designing, and I’m like, well, this is electricity, so the electricity matters the instant you start designing. But to have something that you would want full-size in your neighborhood within sight, it’s really got to do both. And that landed us at our project where we needed to bring physics students and art students together.”

Fast forward to 2015 and Principles of Engineering. The course is inherently popular because it combines acquiring an analytical knowledge base that students can apply to the physical world around them, with fabrication skills that translate directly into serviceable craftsmanship. No one explains it better than a student in the course, sixth-former Kyle Burns, in our companion piece, “Dueling Disciplines — a new approach to learning.”

This goes to the heart of what St. George’s is accomplishing by embracing an educational model that favors a project-based, solution-driven approach to teaching and learning, a model that emphasizes core skills such as creativity, collaboration, analysis and communication. It speaks to a fresh new outlook in which teaching becomes more the transmission of those particular skills, and learning arises from within the student, whose mastery of them guides the instinctive quest to pursue intellectual curiosity, find answers and create solutions.

Director of the Merck-Horton Center Tom Callahan fully appreciates the evo-

It’s official! The Academic Center hosts its first Brown Bag Lunches The teaching part is a given. You go into an ultra-modern classroom fully outfitted with technology and lab paraphernalia, you confront a dozen wide-eyed students and you teach. No surprise there. The real test of SG’s new Academic Center science wing may be more sublime: The Brown Bag Lunch. Feed scores of students, faculty

parents committee chair dr. Rob Macaulay p’12, ’14, ’16 (left) presents a graphic seminar on disease pathology in the Academic center commons before a rapt audience of students, faculty and staff.

and staff and offer them a live lecture with broad flat screen support in the center’s multi-purpose, two-story atrium, and you’ve really kicked this thing into high gear.

It happened for the first time this year when medical pathologist and Parents Committee chair Dr. Rob Macaulay P’12, ’14, ’16 conducted the inaugural Brown Bag Lunch on Thursday, Oct. 8, mesmerizing some 70 onlookers with a professional’s insight into the sordid world of disease pathology at the microscopic cellular level.

It happened again on Tuesday, Oct. 20, when University of Alabama School of Medicine graduate student and recent SG alumnus Graham Cochrane ’11 returned to the Hilltop to offer his advice on applying to medical school. The Brown Bag program—and its impressive new venue—are in full swing.

lution of our academic program and credits the Merck-Horton initiative for its role in laying the groundwork for such positive change. “Through the generous support of the Merck family and other benefactors, the Merck-Horton Center has been given the opportunity to help the school capitalize on the interests and talents of our faculty,” he said. Specifically, our Principles of Engineering course was designed and is being taught by a Ph.D.-level physics teacher and the Head of the Art Department who happens to be one of the most recognized artists in the region. It is truly a creative and collaborative effort. Their initiative serves as a great example of the opportunities provided for faculty to expand the educational horizon for our students in a way that is uniquely St. George’s.”

What does all of this mean for the

future — the future of St. George’s, and the legacy that SG students will take with them into the world beyond the Hilltop?

Academic Dean Christopher Shaw believes that the new curriculum and courses such as Hansel and Wein’s will have an indefinite shelf life. “In recent years, the faculty has been exploring how to maintain SG’s strong commitment to traditional disciplines while, at the same time, preparing students for careers in fields that do not yet exist. What we know about their future in 2050-75 is that they will need to innovate continuously, collaborate in multi-disciplinary teams, and bring an even deeper resilience in their ‘service to the world’ than did their parents and grandparents.

Principles of Engineering speaks to all of these skills and content goals at once,” he said.

Parents Committee members roll up their sleeves The St. George’s Parents Committee met on Friday morning, October 9, before Parents Weekend hit the ground running later in the evening at the all-school banquet in Dorrance Field House. The group assembled in the Hamblet Campus Center Great Room with a four-hour agenda of updates and info sessions on everything from the state of the school, to the ongoing evolution of the academic curriculum, to current intel on substance use and relationships among teenagers. Associate Head for School Life Katie Titus and Dean of Academics Christopher Shaw moderated a lively discussion of the trimester system and the new academic schedule, a topic of some weight in the minds of parents and their children at SG. Dean of Students Derry

Mason and Director of Health Programs and Counseling Jeff Goldman presented a revealing if eye-opening discourse on current trends in teenage alcohol and drug use and the strategies employed to conceal substance and paraphernalia on campus, and on efforts by the school to mitigate instances of awkward or troubling behavior with regard to physical intimacy and romantic interaction between students.

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Upcoming events HOLIDAY EVENTS:

2016 EVENTS ON CAMPUS:

Saturday, Feb. 27

Friday, Dec. 11

Saturday, Jan. 16

Middlesex games

lessons and carols

Admissions st. george’s Today program Friday, May 6 - Sunday, May 8

Tuesday, Dec. 15

Friday, Feb. 12 and Saturday, Feb. 13

christmas Festival

Fifth-Form parents Weekend

followed by a reception at Merrick House

Alumni Weekend Monday, May 30

Friday, Feb. 26 and Saturday, Feb. 27

prize day

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cover photo: Art Department Chair Mike Hansel ’76 (left) and Science Department Chair Bob Wein (right) use a vacuum chamber to de-gas a solution of twopart plastic as students in their Principles of Engineering class build molds during the fabrication of plastic parts for a truss bridge .

Department of Corrections Apologies to Christopher T. H. “Toby” Pell ’66, P’95, a St. George’s Fund donor for more than 20 consecutive years, whom we omitted accidentally from the 2014-15 Annual Report of Donors in the Fall 2015 Head of School’s Report.

An unfortunate oversight, to be sure, when it befalls any St. George’s alum whose generosity on behalf of the school means so much to so many.