Bondurant and Clark-Ginsberg win Miller Awards

Senior Loren Bondurant and junior Aaron Clark-Ginsberg have won this semester's Franklin Miller Awards, given to students who make unusual or significant contributions to the academic environment of the College.

Bondurant was nominated by Royal Rhodes of the religious studies department, who cited Bondurant's inventive WKCO radio program, Rhythm & News . Rhodes wrote that he was impressed by the "dedication, professional demeanor and attitude, and obvious hard work" that Bondurant exhibited. The radio program's guests have ranged from Fred Baumann of the political science faculty, who spoke about grade inflation, to sophomore Shrochis Karki, Nepalese native and frequent voice on campus issues.

Clark-Ginsberg was nominated by Scott Cummings of the chemistry department for organizing a month-long campus campout to increase awareness of homelessness while raising funds for the Knox County chapter of Habitat for Humanity. Cummings lauded Clark-Ginsberg for creating "a visible encampment [that] got people asking questions and talking about important issues." To date, Clark-Ginsberg and other campers have turned over nearly $2,000 to Habitat, with as much as $600 more in outstanding pledges.

The Miller awards were established in 2000 by Edward T. Ordman '64, in appreciation of the close relationships he developed with Franklin Miller and other members of the faculty in and out of the classroom. The awards are named for Franklin Miller Jr., a longtime member of the faculty and a distinguished physicist, teacher, and textbook author.