If These Bricks Could Talk: Tales of Hendrix Past

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If These Bricks Could Talk: Tales of Hendrix Past features familiar voices reminiscing about some of the memories and experiences that they associate with their time at Hendrix College – big and small pieces of life that help make Hendrix, Hendrix.

  1. 09/15/2023

    “We were creating space in a lot of ways – physically, metaphorically – and I think that was our real job.”

    Every Hendrix College chaplain since 1995 – the Revs. Rock Jones ’80, Wayne Clark ’84, J.J. Whitney ’96, and Ellen Alston ’82 – gathered for a conversation on relationships formed, initiatives launched, trips taken, legacies built, acts of service shared, callings recognized, and memories made.

    “We were creating space in a lot of ways – physically, metaphorically – and I think that was our real job.”

  2. 09/08/2023

    “I’m no different; I’m just louder.”- Dr. Richard Rolleigh

    For this episode, we welcome Dr. Richard Rolleigh, Hendrix Class of 1967, who taught in the Hendrix Department of Physics from 1974 until his retirement in 2008… and a little more than that, actually, teaching one class per year until 2015. He taught every course in the department, including “General Relativity” and “Space, Time, and Reality.” All the while, he emphasized the importance of research, so much so that the Physics Department’s undergraduate research award is now named for him. Outside of Reynolds Hall, his activities at Hendrix included starting the women’s soccer team in the mid-1980s and coaching it until 1989. Dr. Rolleigh is joined today by Dr. Todd Tinsley, Hendrix Class of 1998, who currently serves as a professor of physics here at Hendrix and will add the role of Associate Provost to his duties beginning this summer.

    “I’m no different; I’m just louder.”- Dr. Richard Rolleigh

  3. 09/01/2023

    “You just make time for it because it’s available to you at Hendrix.” -Dr. Joe Lombardi

    For this episode, we welcome Dr. Joe Lombardi, who moved to Conway in 1980 and spent the next 34 years teaching in the Hendrix Biology Department. His courses included comparative animal behavior, animal physiology, biology of the human body, environmental biology, and ecology and evolution. Since his retirement in 2014, Joe has stayed connected with Hendrix and active in the community of central Arkansas folk musicians, and can be found playing his guitar or banjo and singing at various venues in the Conway area. Joe’s conversation partners today are his former students Nick Jones and Lauren Fletcher Jones, Hendrix Class of 2011. Both majored in biology and chose humanities minors: Lauren in dance and Nick in studio art. They and their two dogs currently live in Little Rock, where Nick teaches Exploratory Design at Episcopal Collegiate School, helping to foster a love for engineering, programming, and 3-D modeling in his students. Lauren spent a decade performing and teaching dance, and has now turned to creating in fiber arts. During the pandemic, they began streaming on Twitch to share their love of arts and videogames with others in that community.

    “You just make time for it because it’s available to you at Hendrix.” -Dr. Joe Lombardi

  4. 08/25/2023

    “I knew that I wanted teaching to be the centerpiece of my life.” - Dr. Jay Barth

    For this episode, we welcome Dr. Jay Barth, Hendrix Class of 1987 and M.E. and Ima Graves Peace Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Politics. His graduation from Hendrix led him to the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, where he earned his master’s and Ph.D. in political science before returning to Hendrix to teach in Department of Politics and its predecessors. Dr. Barth taught here from 1994 until his early retirement in 2019, when his second departure from Hendrix led to more adventures. After serving for a time as the inaugural Chief Education Officer for the City of Little Rock, Jay accepted his current role: Director of the William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum. Jay is joined today by Phineas Chapman, Hendrix Class of 2022, who now lives in Fayetteville, where he is taking a gap year to work, travel, and apply to law schools.

    “I knew that I wanted teaching to be the centerpiece of my life.” - Dr. Jay Barth

  5. 08/18/2023

    “You throw a little pebble in a pond and the ripples last for years.”

    This episode is a roundtable discussion to reflect upon a campus institution: The Hendrix-Murphy Foundation Programs in Literature and Language– Hendrix-Murphy or Murphy, for short. Joining us are a few of the folks who have worked for Murphy over the years: Nell Meadows Doyle, Hendrix Class of 1971 and former associate director of the Hendrix-Murphy Foundation; Dr. Rosemary Henenberg, professor emerita of theatre arts and former director of Hendrix-Murphy; and Sarah Engeler-Young, Hendrix Class of 1991 and current Hendrix-Murphy assistant director.

    “You throw a little pebble in a pond and the ripples last for years.”

  6. 08/11/2023

    “We study the underdog, we study everybody in society, not just the elites.” - Dr. Jim Bruce

    For this episode, we welcome Dr. Jim Bruce, who taught sociology at Hendrix from 1974 to 2004. Dr. Bruce introduced three decades of Hendrix students to classical social theory, psychological anthropology, the sociology of death, and countless other topics; founded the Arkansas Undergraduate Sociology and Anthropology Symposium in 1979; advocated for expanding the Hendrix Sociology department to include anthropology faculty; and conducted research on social and cultural developments in post-communist Poland. Jim’s conversation partner today is his former student Dr. Sarah Beth Estes, Hendrix Class of 1992, who now serves as Dean of the College of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences and Education

    “We study the underdog, we study everybody in society, not just the elites.” - Dr. Jim Bruce

  7. 10/14/2022

    “I still do the algae movement any time I get a chance.” - Dr. Joyce Hardin

    The natural spaces of the Hendrix campus, roles in teaching and administration, the beginnings of the Environmental Studies Program, Hendrix-in-London, dancing like algae... Dr. Joyce Hardin covers a lot of topics with Dr. Maureen McClung ’01 as her conversation partner.

  8. 10/07/2022

    “I had no idea, unfinished dissertation and all…” - Dr. Jane Harris

    Collegiality in the Raney Building, evolving topics in religious studies, continued growth and learning, how Hendrix has enriched her family, the arrival of the internet on campus… Dr. Jane Harris covers it all in this conversation with Lindsay Baldwin Porter ’05.

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If These Bricks Could Talk: Tales of Hendrix Past features familiar voices reminiscing about some of the memories and experiences that they associate with their time at Hendrix College – big and small pieces of life that help make Hendrix, Hendrix.

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