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Monday, February 22, 2010
Canton university president resigns amid plagiarism allegations
Malone University President Gary W. Streit announced his resignation Monday, Feb. 22, in response to concerns about the use of unattributed materials in some of his speeches, according to a university media release.
Streit is retiring immediately from Malone, a Christian liberal arts university in Canton, Ohio. Streit took office as president in July 2007.
Wilbert J. Friesen, the university’s provost, has been appointed as interim acting president, according to the release.
The Chronicle of Higher Education reported Monday that concerns about plagiarism became public after students noticed similarities between a Jan. 13 address given by Streit and online work written by others.
Streit reportedly began the speech with a description of the Roman figure Janus: “In Roman mythology, Janus was the god of gates, of doors, of beginnings and of endings. His most prominent remnant in modern culture is his namesake, the month of January, which begins each new year. He is most often depicted as having two faces or heads, facing in opposite directions.”
The Chronicle noted that the Wikipedia entry for Janus reads: “In Roman mythology, Janus (or Ianus; “archway”) was the god of gates, doors, doorways, beginnings and endings. His most prominent remnant in modern culture is his namesake, the month of January, which begins the new year. He is most often depicted as having two faces or heads, facing in opposite directions.”
Streit also used material that was nearly identical to portions of two Associated Press articles and a mythology-influenced Web site called Penumbra, according to the Chronicle.
A university spokeswoman told the Chronicle there would “really be no point” to an investigation of the plagiarism accusations because Streit had retired.
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Lutheran assembly picks first Wittenberg delegate
Wittenberg University student Mae Helen Jackson is one of three youth delegates selected to represent the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) at the Lutheran World Federation Assembly in Stuttgart, Germany.
Jackson, class of 2012, is the first Wittenberg University student to be selected as an assembly delegate.
She will join representatives from across the globe at the assembly, which takes place every six years.
It is the Lutheran World Federation’s highest decision-making body.
Jackson’s mother is employed by the ELCA and works at the organization’s Chicago headquarters where the entire family regularly volunteers at soup kitchens and outreach activities, she said.
After graduation, she hopes to participate in a Youth Adult Global Mission trip, which will give her the opportunity to do mission work in such places as England, Africa, Mexico or Argentina.
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