Monday Memo
Thoroughbreds heading to first-ever NCAA tourney!
A remarkable year started with a national collegiate basketball record and leads to a first-time appearance in the NCAA basketball tournament.
College receives lead gift for boathouse renewal
The gift, from the Valentine family, will support a major facility upgrade.
Grant supports civic engagement across the curriculum
A grant from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations will link campus, community programs.
Alumnus Joel Quadracci to present Harder Lecture
The CEO of Quad/Graphics will be on campus to discuss business in a complicated world.
Olympic medalist, sports advocate to lecture March 3
Nancy Hogshead-Makar will discuss how recent Title IX decisions affect Olympic sports.
Orchestra concert to feature student soloists
The March 5 concert will spotlight flutist Katherine Murphy and violinist Hanna Tonegawa, both award-winning musicians.
Zankel matinee to showcase music by Linda Chesis
Flutist Linda Chesis and pianist Steven Beck will perform Sunday, March 6.
Faculty-Staff Achievements
Lei Ouyang Bryant lectures at Macalester and Corey Freeman-Gallant publishes new research.
Daily Events
Monday 2/28
Gender Studies Spring Dinner (Open to campus community only.)
Location: Surrey Williamson Inn - Downstairs "Smoke and Mirrors: Gender Identities and Female Cigarette Consumption in the Post World War I Years."
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Workshop with Tang Elevator Music artist Peter Edwards
Location: Tang Teaching Museum |
Tuesday 3/1
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Intersections: Nation
Location: Palamountain Hall - Davis Auditorium This is the fifth panel in the Intersections series, which will draw upon the insights of Skidmore faculty, staff and students throughout the academic year. The series is designed to interrogate and illuminate our understandings of religion, gender, race, sexuality, nation and class. Dr. Cornel West, noted Princeton scholar and public intellectual, will provide the capstone lecture for the series on April 7, 2011. |
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POSTPONED:Dunkerely Dialogue: Artist Lara Baladi, "Environment and Object in Recent African Art"
Location: Tang Teaching Museum |
Wednesday 3/2
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Off-Campus Study Fair (Open to campus community only.)
Location: Murray-Aikins Dining Hall - Atrium OCSE has rescheduled the annual informational fair for international and domestic off-campus study to Wednesday, March 2nd. OCSE staff and some former students that have studied abroad will be available to answer questions about off-campus study opportunities. Please visit our Web site for more details. |
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F. William Harder Endowed Lecture, "Transforming a Company in a Complicated World"
Location: Palamountain Hall - Gannett Auditorium "Transforming a Company in a Complicated World" |
Thursday 3/3
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Film: "Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai, 2008"
Location: Tang Teaching Museum |
Lecture:"Hurricane Warning Flags for Olympic Sports: What Recent Title IX Litigation Signals to Women's and Men's Olympic Sports"
Location: Palamountain Hall - Gannett Auditorium "Hurricane Warning Flags for Olympic Sports: What Recent Title IX Litigation Signals to Women's and Men's Olympic Sports" |
Friday 3/4
Faculty Meeting (Open to campus community only.)
Location: Palamountain Hall - Gannett |
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"Hortensia and the Museum of Dreams" by Nilo Cruz
Location: Janet Kinghorn Bernhard Theater - Black Box "Hortensia and the Museum of Dreams" by Nilo CruzIn Nilo Cruz's Hortensia and the Museum of Dreams, a brother and sister return to the Cuba from which they fled as children. The sister stumbles into Hortensia's life where she discovers a world of miracles and warmth that help her come to terms with her past. This magical and poetically told story challenges our capacity for hope and forgiveness. Directed by Ilanna Saltzman '11 March 4-9 All performances at 8pm except Sunday matinee which is at 2pm. |
Saturday 3/5
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Women's Lacrosse vs. Mt. Holyoke
Location: Wachenheim Field |
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Tang Family Saturdays
Location: Tang Teaching Museum |
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"Hortensia and the Museum of Dreams" by Nilo Cruz
Location: Janet Kinghorn Bernhard Theater - Black Box "Hortensia and the Museum of Dreams" by Nilo CruzIn Nilo Cruz's Hortensia and the Museum of Dreams, a brother and sister return to the Cuba from which they fled as children. The sister stumbles into Hortensia's life where she discovers a world of miracles and warmth that help her come to terms with her past. This magical and poetically told story challenges our capacity for hope and forgiveness. Directed by Ilanna Saltzman '11 March 4-9 All performances at 8pm except Sunday matinee which is at 2pm. |
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Skidmore College Orchestra
Location: Arthur Zankel Music Center Featuring: Skidmore Students Soloists Katherine Murphy, flute (Concerto Competition Winner) and Hanna Tonegawa, violin Featuring: Hue: Fantaisie for Flute and Orchestra Ravel: Pavane Pour une Infante Defunte Ravel: Tzigane Ravel: Music from Mother Goose Ballet
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Sunday 3/6
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Women's Tennis vs. Ithaca
Location: Williamson Sports and Recreation Center |
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"Hortensia and the Museum of Dreams" by Nilo Cruz
Location: Janet Kinghorn Bernhard Theater - Black Box "Hortensia and the Museum of Dreams" by Nilo CruzIn Nilo Cruz's Hortensia and the Museum of Dreams, a brother and sister return to the Cuba from which they fled as children. The sister stumbles into Hortensia's life where she discovers a world of miracles and warmth that help her come to terms with her past. This magical and poetically told story challenges our capacity for hope and forgiveness. Directed by Ilanna Saltzman '11 March 4-9 All performances at 8pm except Sunday matinee which is at 2pm. |
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Flute Guest Artist: Linda Chesis
Location: Arthur Zankel Music Center Linda Chesis is a world-renowned flutist and a full-time faculty member at the Manhattan School of Music. She has toured in Belgium, Great Britain, France, Germany, the United States, Korea, and Japan and has recorded works for EMI, Nonesuch, and Pickwick labels.Tickets are available at www.skidmore.showclix.com |
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Master Class with Linda Chesis
Location: Arthur Zankel Music Center - ELM (Room 117) Linda Chesis is a world-enowned flutist and full-time faculty member at the Manhattan School of Music. She has toured in Belgium, Great Britain, France, Germany, the United States, Korea, and Japan and has recorded works for EMI, Nonesuch, and Pickwick labels.
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Ongoing Events
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[7/17 - 4/17] Opener 20: Paula Hayes: Understory
Time: 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Location:
Tang Teaching Museum
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| [2/1 - 5/3] Weekly Meditation and Movement
Time: 5:10 PM - 5:55 PM Location: Wilson Memorial Chapel A mixture of chanting, silent meditation and yoga-type movements, each session focused on cultivating a particular quality or attribute of life. All welcome; come whenever your schedule permits, we meet every Tuesday. Wear loose comfortable clothing and bring a yoga mat or blanket. |
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[2/5 - 7/31] "Environment and Object in Recent African Art"
Location:
Tang Teaching Museum
- Malloy Wing
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