Andy Demaree, director of the Skidmore Counseling Center, along with Shannon Moore, office coordinator of the Center, and Leya Moore, associate director of the Center, hosted the 37th annual Conference for the Counseling Centers of New York (CCNY) on campus. Read more >>

Skidmore’s culinary team, Joe Greco, production manager, Joe Waldron, cook, Shelly Carpenter, baker, and Audrianna Rumsey, short-order cook, won the American Culinary Federation’s Taste of the World competition for a third year in a row. Read more >> 

Christopher Mann, assistant professor of political science, is quoted in a New York Times article on voting. Read more >> 

Corinne Moss-Racusin, associate professor of psychology, is quoted in an Inside Higher Ed article on discrimination in hiring. Read more >>

Susan Walzer, professor of sociology, is quoted in a New York Times article on parental labor. Read more >>

Summer Scholarly Creative Endeavors will continue every Tuesday through July. Lia Ball is leading the group in June and Corinne Moss-Racusin will lead it in July. Meet in the lobby of the Dining Hall at noon. More information is available online.

The Skidmore Shop will be at Freihofer’s Jazz Festival on Saturday, June 29, and Sunday, June 30, at Saratoga Performing Arts Center, the beginning of a partnership with SPAC that will continue throughout the summer. Visit the Skidmore Shop online for more information.  

Virtual bids are now being accepted in the Thoroughbred Cup silent auction to support Friends of Skidmore Athletics. The auction will close at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 22. Also, registrations are still being accepted (only 20 spots left) for the 15th annual Friends of Skidmore Athletics Thoroughbred Cup golf outing on Saturday. For more information, contact Jazmin Tule.

Escape room testers are sought to try out the “Save the Amazing Scribbler” escape experience from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 25, in Scribner Library, room 118. Email Johanna MacKay to participate.

Skidmore employees and immediate family members are eligible for a 10% savings on a 2019-20 Gore Mountain season pass through a corporate discount program. For more information, email Cindy Mitchell or call 518-251-2411, ext. 1122. 

Friday, June 21-22 

Teaching and Learning with Museum Exhibitions — Innovations across the Disciplines 

Tang Teaching Museum