Schorin Named Strategic Communications
Director
 Gerald
A. (Gerry) Schorin has assumed the
new position of director of strategic communications at Skidmore,
announced Michael Casey, vice president for advancement.
Schorin will lead Skidmore’s newly formed Office of Strategic
Communications and will work in concert with the Office of College
Relations to assist various departments and programs in their marketing
efforts. In that capacity he will oversee the work of the College’s
electronic communications staff.
“It is a pleasure to welcome Gerry to Skidmore,” said Casey.
“He comes to the College after a full and very successful career
in the fields of marketing and communications, both in the non-profit
and for-profit worlds. He will help to coordinate a range of pan-institutional
marketing and communications issues as we seek to communicate to our
various constituencies the College's achievements, needs, and aspirations.
We're delighted to have him working with us.”
Schorin’s most recent experience in strategic planning and marketing
was as a consultant for several firms, working on web initiatives,
product research, and marketing for such clients as Ford Motor Co.,
Harley-Davidson, Sea Ray, GM, Audubon Vermont, and the Michigan Office
of Minority Equity.
He earlier was the director of university marketing at the University
of Vermont, where he was responsible for developing a comprehensive
marketing strategy. While there, he worked closely with the university’s
admissions, advancement, continuing education and program units on
imaging and positioning plans; he also was the primary marketing/communications
strategist on the university’s comprehensive campaign.
Schorin also has been a writer for several advertising firms, an associate
professor in the advertising department at Michigan State University,
and a vice president/director of marketing communications at Fireman’s
Fund Mortgage Corp.
He is the author of a number of publications, reviews, and papers
in professional journals, including Journalism Quarterly, The Journal
of Advertising, and the Proceedings of the American Academy
of Advertising. Schorin was a guest contributor of the “Marketing
Strategies” chapter in Mortgage Banking in the Year 2000,
published by the Mortgage Bankers Association of America.
A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, where he earned B.A.,
M.A. and Ph.D. degrees with distinction, Schorin also holds a diploma
in Anglo-Irish Literature from Trinity College in Dublin, where he
was a Fulbright-Hays Fellow in 1972-73.
Indian Classical Music
in Spotlight
Skidmore’s Music Department will sponsor a program of North
Indian classical music as its first Filene Concert Artists Program
of the semester on Saturday, Oct. 5.
Shujaat Husain Khan, a young virtuoso sitarist, and Samir
Chatterjee, a leading tabla player, will perform at 8 p.m.
in Filene Recital Hall. Admission is free and open to the public.
Skidmore’s own expert on Indian music, Associate Professor
Gordon Thompson, calls Khan “a
rising star in classical Indian music from a family of renowned
musicians.” A member of the Imdad Khan tradition of the sitar,
Shujaat Khan is the seventh in an unbroken line from a family that
has produced many musical masters, all of whom were leading artists
of their generation. His style, known as the gayaki ang, is imitative
of the subtleties of the human voice, and is known for being fresh
and spontaneous.
Khan was a featured artist at the music festival celebrating India’s
50th anniversary of independence, and played at Carnegie Hall, Seattle’s
Paramount Theater, and the Meyers Symphony Theater in Dallas. As
part of the commemoration, he was honored by the United Nations
and selected as the sole artist to represent India with a performance
at the prestigious Assembly Hall in Geneva.
To date he has more than 25 musical releases to his name and has
received awards from many different Indian and international organizations.
Samir Chatterjee, a specialist from the Farrukhabad Gharana school
of tabla playing, also hails from a long line of musicians.
He can be heard on many recordings as a soloist and as an accompanist
for some of India’s greatest musicians, including Ravi Shankar,
Vilayat Khan, and Bhimsen Joshi, as well as in collaboration with
a range of well-known Western musicians.
Known as a catalyst in the fusion of Indian and Western music, Chatterjee
has performed with a variety of well-known jazz and avant garde
musical groups, including Dance Theater of Harlem, Da Capo Chamber
Orchestra, and Boston Musica Viva. He is a composer and director
of Nacho Nacho-Gypsy Storytelling. and Chhandayan World Percussion
Ensemble.
A teacher for the last 24 years, Chatterjee is the founder-director
of Chhandayan, which is dedicated to preserving and promoting Indian
music and culture through classes, workshops, concerts, and a music
library.
In the news
Recent mainstream media appearances by
Skidmore faculty and staff include the following:
Phil Boshoff,
associate professor of English and director of the Honors Forum,
was interviewed by The Sunday Gazette for a Sept. 8 article
titled “Colleges offer something extra with honors programs.”
Karen Kellogg,
associate director of the Environmental Sciences program, was interviewed
about the Northeast Campuses for Climate Action conference for an
advance story published in the Sept. 20 issue of The Saratogian.
Mehmet Odekon,
associate professor of economics, discussed the state of the Turkish
economy and criticized International Monetary Fund policies implemented
in Turkey in an interview published in the June 29-30 issue of Dünya,
a daily economics newspaper published in Istanbul.
Sheldon Solomon,
professor of psychology, was interviewed by the Albany Times
Union for a Sept. 10 article, “Journey toward lifelong
lessons,” and by The Saratogian for its Sept. 10 story,
“Local prof hopes book will help people cope.”
President Jamienne S. Studley
is the author of a letter to the editor, “A College That Fits,”
in the Sept. 23 issue of The New York Times.
Mary Stange,
associate professor of women’s studies and religion, was interviewed
Sept. 3 by Laurie Presely of WCTC-AM radio in New Brunswick/Princeton,
N.J., on the subject of women and victimization.
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