Catherine Berheide, professor of sociology, and Mark Huibregtse, professor of mathematics, attended the 40th Triennial Council of Phi Beta Kappa Aug. 6-10 in Seattle. Huibregtse headed the two-person Skidmore chapter delegation, and Berheide, in addition to serving as chapter delegate, attended in her role as Phi Beta Kappa senator and member of the Committee on Qualifications, which vets and nominates institutions seeking to shelter a PBK chapter. The council granted PBK charters to eight institutions: Alfred University, Eckerd College, State University of New York College at Geneseo, Roanoke College, Saint Michael's College, University of San Diego, Texas A&M University at College Station, and Valparaiso University.

Victor Cahn, professor of English, gave a talk titled “An Introduction to William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew” July 10 at the Saratoga Springs Public Library. The lecture coincided with the Saratoga Shakespeare Company’s presentation of The Taming of the Shrew in July at Congress Park.

Roy H. Ginsberg, professor of government, accepted an invitation from the U.S. Department of State to participate in its Speaker and Specialist Program earlier this summer. From June 1-11 he visited Athens, Thessaloniki, and Nicosia to lecture on transatlantic relations before a variety of audiences, including the Athens embassy, the Association of American University Alumni, the Balkan Studies Institute, the U.S. Consulate in Thessaloniki, and the Cyprus European Institute. He also was interviewed by print and broadcast media in each country. Jody Rose Platt ’86, U.S. State Department, and Anestis Symeonides ’76, U.S. Embassy in Athens, facilitated the trip.

Ken Johnson, professor emeritus of geosciences, was elected July 1 to a one-year term as vice president of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists’ Division of Environmental Geosciences. He chairs the division’s advisory board and sits on its executive council. The DEG approaches environmental issues from a geological point of view so that geological, geophysical, and hydrogeological principles and methodologies can be used to solve problems connected with use of the land.

Charles Joseph, interim vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty, was a panelist for a public video screening and discussion titled “Music Dances: Balanchine Choreographs Stravinsky” July 20 at the Saratoga Springs Public Library. The video was produced by dance historian Stephanie Jordan. Joseph was joined on the panel by former New York City Ballet member Nancy Reynolds, director of research for the George Balanchine Foundation.

Reg Lilly, associate professor of philosophy and chair, Department of Philosophy and Religion, presented a paper titled “Saying Death?” at a roundtable on Françoise Dastur’s Dire le temps July 18 at the International Symposium for Phenomenology in Perugia, Italy.

Jay Rogoff, lecturer in liberal studies, participated in a poetry reading hosted by the Saratoga Poetry Zone June 8 at the Saratoga Springs Public Library.

Roy Rotheim, professor and chair, Department of Economics, was one of four recipients of a National Community Action Award through the Saratoga County Economic Opportunity Council this spring. Jean Fei ’70, also received the award at the May 31 ceremony. The awards recognize outstanding service to low-income families and are presented annually by the National Community Action Network, which consists of more than 1,000 agencies covering 99 percent of the counties in the United States.

Jeff Segrave, professor of exercise science and athletic director, presented a paper titled “The Role of Sport in the Development of Character in Charles Schultz’s comic strip Peanuts” at the Sports Literature Association annual conference June 26-29 at Springfield College, Massachusetts.

Robert Shorb, director, student aid and family finance, received the 2002-2003 Leadership Award from the Eastern Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (EASFAA) at the association’s annual conference May 16 in Hershey, Pa. The annual award recognizes an individual who has provided outstanding leadership to EASFAA in the preceding year. Shorb served as past president, chaired three committees, and began compiling EASFAA archives during 2002-2003. This year he will serve as historian.

Mary Stange, associate professor of women’s studies and religion, presented a paper on “Feminism and the Firearms Debate” at an international symposium on “The Legal, Economic, and Human-Rights Implications of Civilian Firearms Ownership and Regulation” sponsored by the World Forum on the Future of Sport Shooting Activities in May in London. In March, she gave a paper titled “Lessons from Waco, Ten Years After” at a conference on “Religion and the Great Plains” sponsored by the Center for Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Publications & Performances

Joel Brown, senior artist-in-residence, performed July 21 in a concert presented as part of the Luzerne Chamber Music Festival concert series.

Mary Stange, associate professor of women’s studies and religion, is the editor of Heart Shots: Women Write About Hunting (2003, Stackpole Books), a critical anthology, juxtaposing the best of women’s writing about hunting over the past hundred years or so, arranged thematically.