Fight for Wuhan
fundraiser
Chinese Culture Club and Asian
Cultural Awareness club are raising funds through Feb. 16 to
help those impacted by the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak. About
$3,000 has been raised so far. All proceeds go to Direct
Relief, a nonprofit organization that recently donated more
than 200,000 surgical masks and other equipment to hospitals
in China's Hubei province. For more information on how to
donate, contact Maggie Wu or stop
by their table in Case Center or outside the Dining
Hall.
Athletics
update
Cheer on the Thoroughbreds men�s and
women�s basketball teams as they host Clarkson University at
the Big Green Scream on Saturday, Feb. 15. The women�s game is
at 2 p.m., followed by the men�s contest at 4 p.m. There will
be free commemorative T-shirts for the first 250 fans at each
game, a smart-TV raffle and other prizes, student
entertainment and free Stewart�s ice cream. Read
more on the Skidmore Athletics website.
Scream for ice cream at the
Big Green Scream
Stewart�s Shops
will introduce a Skidmore-inspired ice cream flavor this
spring, and the Skidmore community chose mint chocolate chip
as the flavor and narrowed the name down to two finalists
� Skid Mo� Mint and Creative Mint Matters. The
winning name will be decided by a scream-off at the Big
Green Scream on Saturday, Feb. 15.
Health Promotion: Vaping Panel
February
Health Promotion is
collaborating with the Adirondack Health Institute to educate
the campus and community about e-cigarettes and vaping at 6:30
p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12, in Davis Auditorium. For more
information, email Wendy
Walker or call ext. 8256.
�The Rise of Populism and the
Future of Left and Right�
A question-and-answer session on �The
Rise of Populism and the Future of Left and Right� with
Matthew Continetti, resident fellow of American Enterprise
Institute, and Paul Glastris, editor-in-chief of The
Washington Monthly, will take place at 3 p.m. Thursday, Feb.
13, in Gannett Auditorium. For more information, contact Lisa
Bradshaw.
Lecture on surgical treatments
for Parkinson�s disease
Julie Pilitsis from Albany Medical
College will speak on �Advances in Deep Brain Stimulation for
Parkinson�s Disease� at 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, in Davis
Auditorium. For more information, contact Chris
Vecsey.
�Whole Grain: Adventures of a
Mad Artist�
Two films that turn the camera on the
filmmaker � Sidney Peterson�s experimental short film �The
Cage� (1947) and Carolee Schneemann�s �Fuses� (1967) � will be
screened as part of �Whole
Grain: Adventures of a Mad Artist� at 6 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 13, at the Tang Teaching Museum. For more
information, contact Olivia
Camissa-Frost.
�The River and the Wall� film
screening
The film �The River and the Wall� will
be screened at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, in Filene
Auditorium. Light refreshments will be available. For more
information, contact Karen
Kellogg.
�Heartbreaks and True
Loves�
From noon to 8 p.m. on Valentine�s
Day, Friday, Feb. 14, visitors to the Tang Teaching Museum are
invited to sing love-song karaoke in the Tang�s elevator,
where �Elevator Music 40: Melissa Thorne � Landslide/Solid� is
on view. For more information, contact Olivia
Camissa-Frost.
Ensemble
Connect
Ensemble
Connect, a group of the finest young professional
classical musicians based out of Carnegie Hall, will celebrate
its 13th year at Skidmore with a concert at 7 p.m. Friday,
Feb. 14, at Zankel Music Center.
Mostly Beethoven, with a dash
of Holland concert
Skidmore Orchestra trumpeters Annie
Hageman �23, Telemak Olsen �20 and Emma Straton �22 will
celebrate Beethoven�s 250th birthday with a concert 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 15, Filene Recital Hall.
Thoroughbred Society
ceremony
The Thoroughbred Society ceremony to
recognize student-athletes who achieved a 3.67 grade point
average or higher in the fall semester will be held at 5 p.m.
Monday, Feb. 17, in Williamson Sports Center. For more
information, contact Gail
Cummings-Danson.
�Sports Fandom as Practice of
Subjectivization�
Erin Tarver, associate professor of
philosophy at Oxford College of Emory University, will speak
on �Sports Fandom as Practice of Subjectivization� at 7 p.m.
Monday, Feb. 17, in Gannett Auditorium. For more
information, contact Jennifer
Lewis.
Film screening: �My Beautiful
Stutter�
A screening of the award-winning
film �My
Beautiful Stutter,� the inspirational story of five
kids from all over the U.S. who, after a lifetime of bullying
and stigmatization, learn it�s OK to stutter, will take place
at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18, in Gannett Auditorium. For more
information, contact Kyle
Dzurica.
Conversations with Smithsonian
curator Ariana Curtis
Ariana Curtis, curator of Latinx
Studies at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American
History and Culture, and Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Bernardo Rios will engage in a conversation, �Collecting
Latinidad,� at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19, in the
Payne Room at Tang Teaching Museum. She will then join Neal
Matherne, Mellon Collections ethnographer, to discuss the
place of archives, objects and intangible collections within
the everyday life of an institution at 9:30 a.m. Thursday,
Feb. 20, in Scribner Library�s First-Floor Green Space. For
more information, contact Neal
Matherne.
�Overcoming the Winter Blues
and Blahs�
Employee Assistance Program
representative Brenda Reid will speak from 9 to 11 a.m.
Thursday, Feb. 20, on �Overcoming the Winter Blues and
Blahs.� Register
via the HR Training website.
Kenneth A. Freirich Business
Plan Competition
First-round presentations in the Kenneth
A. Freirich Business Plan Competition, which is
celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, will be held at
1:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21, on the second floor of
Murray-Aikins Dining Hall.
Kids' Night
Out
Kids ages 5 to 14 are invited to
participate in well-supervised recreational activities from
6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21, in Williamson Sports
Center. The cost is $10 per child. For more
information, email Ron
Plourde or call extension 5380.
Second annual Womxn of Color
Conference
WOCOCON,
a conference to empower all womxn of color to be the best
versions of themselves by providing a space to engage in
self-care and gain the tools necessary to manifest their
visions and passions in innovative ways, will take place from
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, in Filene Hall. For more
information, contact Mariel Martin.
Registration is required.
Science on
Tap
Anne Ernst, lecturer of environmental
studies and sciences, will give a presentation titled �Plastic
Fantastic? A look at a growing environmental problem� at 6
p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25, at The Parting Glass. For more
information, contact Kurt
Smemo.
Opera Saratoga seeks summer
housing hosts
Opera Saratoga is seeking housing
hosts for its young artists and summer staff. Most artists
require housing from May 10 to July 6. Housing must be within
20 minutes of Saratoga Springs. For more details, go
to Opera
Saratoga�s website.
Web Content Editor (OU)
training
Basic and advanced editor training
sessions are offered to faculty, staff and student workers
each semester. Training sessions cover how to create webpages,
format text, add videos and photos and more. More
information and registration are available
online.
Skidmore
Shop
The Skidmore Shop
is partnering with Northshire Bookstore and now hosts a
prominent display of Northshire�s best-selling books and
staff-recommended picks in the campus Shop. Northshire is
featuring a Skidmore display with the College�s branded gifts
and apparel in the downtown Saratoga Springs store. Skidmore
community members with a Skidmore ID receive 10% off any
Northshire purchase. Visit
the Skidmore Shop online for more information.
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