Newly commissioned Army 2nd Lt. Ronnie Iquina has his bars pinned on his dress uniform by his mother, Edita Iquina, and father, Herman Iquina, during the Army ROTC Commissioning Ceremony at the University of Cincinnati on Friday. Iquina was one of four Army ROTC members to receive his bars. (Michael Snyder photo) | ZOOM |

MIAMI U. - Manning Marable, Charles Lemert and Cheryl Townsend Gilkes will speak as part of Miami University's lecture series celebrating the centennial of W.E.B. Du Bois' book The Souls of Black Folk.

Marable will speak on "Rethinking Souls of the Black Folk: Celebration, Content and Context" at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Hall Auditorium. He will also speak at 1 p.m. at Johnston Hall, Miami-Middletown, on the same day.

Marable, a Dayton native, is professor of history and political science and public affairs at Columbia University.

He also serves as founding director of the Institute for Research in African-American Studies.

Sociologist Charles Lemert will speak on "Deconstruction, Reconstruction and Du Bois' Race with Time" at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, at 46 Culler Hall. Lemert, sociology professor at Wesleyan University, is author or editor of several books.

Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, a renowned womanist scholar of religion, will speak on "The Gift of Du Bois: An American Sociologist and American Sociology" at 3 p.m. Sept. 12 at Kumler Chapel.

All lectures are free to the public. Information: (513) 529-5333.

Harter returns to Thomas More

THOMAS MORE - Jim Harter, a 1975 Thomas More College graduate, has returned to his alma mater as vice president for enrollment management and marketing after more than 20 years as a corporate executive with Kellogg Co.

TMC also appointed Peg Bradner Hancock vice president of finance. She is a Xavier University graduate and most recently was assistant controller for Meridian Diagnostics Inc.

Cincinnati State gets more parking

CINCINNATI STATE - Cincinnati State Technical and Community College opened a new, $6.6 million 747-car parking garage on campus, 3520 Central Parkway, Tuesday. The addition increases potential student parking spaces by 54 percent.

At the same time, school officials cut student parking rates. The new rate is $45 per term, down from $50.

'Mother of God' art on display

U. of DAYTON - The University of Dayton will be among a few venues to exhibit a collection of 38 pieces of art spanning the early fourth century through the late 20th century devoted to Mary, mother of Christ.

UD officials say the multicultural, multicentury exhibit called "The Mother of God: Art Celebrates Mary" will be open today through Nov. 10 in the Roesch Library's first-floor gallery and seventh-floor Marian Library gallery.

Viewing is free to the public 8:30 a.m.- 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Pieces include oil on canvas and copper, tempera and gold on panel, carved sections of sarcophagi in marble and statues in bronze, ivory, lead and soapstone.

School officials say private donations will cover the cost of transporting, insuring and securing the art.

The collection is normally housed in the Vatican in Rome, where many of the pieces are in areas accessible only to scholars.

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