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Vol. 1, No. 7 - April 15, 2002
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Faculty-Staff Activities Francisco J. Gonzalez, associate professor of philosophy, presented a paper titled “The Pleasures of Socrates” at the Pacific Division meeting of the American Philosophical Association March 27-31 in Seattle. Judith Halstead, associate professor of chemistry and director, Environmental Studies, gave an invited presentation at the national American Chemical Society meeting April 9 in Orlando, Fla. Her presentation, part of the symposium on “Opportunities in Analytical Chemistry: Focus on the Environment,” was titled “Balancing the Demands: Teaching, Research, and Management at a Predominately Undergraduate Institution.” Two members of the Skidmore community have been elected to leadership positions in the Division Street Elementary School Parent-Teacher Association. Bill Jones, sports information manager, is the organization’s new president and Lori Parks, administrative assistant in Campus Safety, is the group’s new secretary. Each will serve a two-year term. Ruth Andrea Levinson, associate professor of education, presented a paper at the 31st annual meeting of the Society for Cross-Cultural Research Feb. 23 in Santa Fe, N.M. Titled “Cultural Context and the Impact on Brazilian Adolescent Sexual Practices and Condom Use,” the paper was co-written with Clesia Sadigursky, M.D., at the Universidade Federal de Bahia and Gerald M. Erchak, Skidmore professor of anthropology. The paper reports the findings from a qualitative study that Levinson and Erchak conducted in June 2000 with six focus groups totaling 76 teenagers attending three high schools in Salvador, Brazil. The participants constitute a sub-sample from 400 questionnaire respondents. President Studley
is one of five newly elected members of the board of directors of
the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U),
the leading national association devoted to advancing and strengthening
liberal learning for all students, regardless of academic specialization
or intended career. Founded in 1915, AAC&U has a membership
that includes more than 750 accredited public and private colleges
and universities of every type and size. The organization works
to reinforce the collective commitment to liberal education at both
the national and local levels and to help individual institutions
keep the quality of student learning at the core of their work as
they evolve to meet new economic and social challenges. Alan Wheelock, visiting associate professor of English, read a paper at the Northeast Modern Language Association’s 2002 Spring conference April 13 in Toronto. His topic was “Too Many Turns? Film Adaptations of The Turn of the Screw.” He complemented his talk with video clips of scenes from the different versions. Publications & Exhibitions David Miller, Ella Van Dyke Tuthill ’32 Professor of Studio Art, and John Moore, senior artist-in-residence, have been invited to participate in a special invitational exhibition July 6-30 at the Southern Vermont Arts Center in Manchester. The exhibition will feature works by art faculty from schools and institutions throughout New England and New York State. Both Skidmore artists will have large-scale paintings to the exhibition. Miller’s works are titled “High Tide,” 2001, and “Untitled,” (2002), both oil on canvas; Moore’s works are “Red No. 1” (Fire Painting) and “Red No. 2” (Fire Painting), oil on canvas paintings completed in 2001.
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