In the News

Skidmore faculty and staff expertise has been been in demand over the past few months, as the following media placements demonstrate:

Mary Lou Bates, dean of admissions and student aid, was a guest Jan. 27 on WGY Radio’s Joe Gallagher program. Bates provided tips for high school students wrapping up their college applications. In addition, Bates was a source for a story on college applications published by the Scripps Howard News Service Feb. 12, 2002.

Economics Professor Sandy Baum was featured in an article on private college rules for financial aid, published on Bankrate.com, a major financial planning and services web site. To view the story, follow this link.

Ian Berry, curator of the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, was a guest Jan. 24 on Roundtable, which is broadcast on WAMC-FM, the NPR affiliate in Albany.

Associate Professor of Exercise Science Pat Fehling was interviewed for an article titled “For Muscle Injuries, Many Treatments but Little Evidence,” published Feb. 12 in The New York Times.

Ken Klotz, academic advisor, UWW; and Don McCormack, dean of special programs, were interviewed by The New York Times for a Feb. 18, 2002 story titled “Reviving Tradition of Betting Leads to Division in Saratoga.”

Professor of Exercise Science Jeff Segrave was a source for a number of stories on the Olympics published since December. He was included in five stories in The Christian Science Monitor, three stories in The Salt Lake City Tribune, and two stories in the Provo (Utah) Herald. He also was quoted in The New York Times, USA Today, The Minneapolis Star Tribune, The Deseret News (Utah), The Lawrence (Mass.) Eagle Tribune, the Utica (N.Y.) Observer-Dispatch, and Politiken, a well-regarded Danish newspaper. Segrave was interviewed for a report broadcast on the National Public Radio network during Weekend All Things Considered (Feb. 10, 2002), and was a guest on several programs that aired on NPR affiliates in Providence, R.I., and in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Associate Professor of Religion Mary Stange was interviewed for “Fair Game,” published Feb. 20 in The Chicago Tribune.

An essay by Palamountain Professor of Government Aldo Vacs, “Argentina must resolve its own crisis,” was published Feb. 25 by the Albany Times Union.

SEFCU Hosts Annual Meeting

The Skidmore Employees Federal Credit Union has announced the results of elections from its Feb. 13 annual meeting.

Those elected to the board were Beth Brucker-Kane, Office of the Dean of Special Programs; Denise Hughes, Department of Art and Art History; Barbara Opitz, Office of the Dean of Studies; and Peggy Welch, Department of Facilities Services.

New officers are Kathleen Guay, president; Victoria Aldrich, first vice president; Mark Bauer, second vice president; Welch, treasurer; Opitz, associate treasurer; Hughes, secretary; and Dean Seneal, associate secretary.

The following prizes were awarded: a compact disk player, to Jeanne Eddy; a DVD player, to Lori Parks; and a TV, to Patricia Dziewit.

Membership in the credit union is open to all Skidmore employees and their families. The office, located on the first floor of Dana Science Center, is open from 9 am. to 4 p.m. daily.

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