Weekly Bulletin

Skidmore News

Why Skidmore? Hear Naira Abdula’s story.

Naira Abdula comes from Mozambique, a country with one of the lowest literacy rates in the world. At Skidmore, she’s gaining business and economics skills while raising funds to teach children to read, write and count using interactive technology.

Says Abdula, “We have the vision that one day, every child in Mozambique will have access to good quality education.”

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Campus Notes

Martin's move to Skidmore featured

Joe Martin, head coach for men’s lacrosse, was interviewed by The Daily Gazette for the June 29 article titled, “Skidmore men's lacrosse's Martin: 'I’m a Division III guy'” regarding his recent appointment to Skidmore and his career leading up to it.

Barnes interviewed on immigration

Diana Barnes, senior teaching professor of foreign languages and literatures, was featured in a live interview on Spectrum News on June 29. Barnes provided commentary on immigration and border security.

Karp interviewed on restorative justice

David Karp, professor of sociology, was interviewed by Truth Out for the June 30 article titled, “Students Push for Restorative Approaches to Campus Sexual Assault.” Karp discussed Promoting Restorative Initiatives for Sexual Misconduct (PRISM) and his restorative justice research.

Skidmore Spotlight

Meet Harold Dowen

Harold Dowen works as a lead facilitator and groundskeeper for the grounds department of facilities services. Dowen joined Skidmore 28 years ago and says he’s done everything from plowing snow to planting flowers and raking leaves.

Dowen also oversees the growing of Skidmore’s flowers, nurturing them from tiny transplants in late February to full pots for planting in the spring.

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Announcements

From the Office of Sustainability

Thank you to the 50+ staff, faculty, and students and their families who volunteered with Give + Go 2018! With the hard work of these volunteers, 40,000 lbs of clothing, food, furniture, and goods were donated from students during move-out to Backstretch Employee Service Team in Saratoga Springs and Goodwill of NY/NJ. This is Skidmore’s 12th year with Give + Go, and over the years it has donated hundreds of tons of useful goods into our community and in turn kept those materials out of the landfill.

Bidart, Pulitzer Prize winning poet, on campus this summer

Poet and Wellesley College professor Frank Bidart will join the 2018 New York State Summers Writers Institute at Skidmore College. A visiting writer to this year’s event, Bidart won the Pulitzer Prize for his book "Half-Light: Collected Poems 1965-2016."