Athletics
update
The Skidmore College ice hockey team is
seeded sixth in the upcoming New England Hockey Conference
playoffs. The Thoroughbreds will face third seed Hobart
College in a quarterfinal match-up at 7 p.m. Saturday in
Geneva. Read
more on the Skidmore Athletics website.
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.
MoonCatcher
Sewing Bee
A
sewing bee with the MoonCatcher Project, a nonprofit
organization that invites participants to help create
menstrual pads for girls in developing countries, will be held
from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, in the Tang Teaching
Museum. All ages and skill levels are welcome. For more
information, contact Olivia
Camissa-Frost.
Dunkerley
Dialogue with Andres Serrano and Robert
ParkeHarrison
The Tang Teaching
Museum will host a Dunkerley
Dialogue with artist Andres Serrano, whose work is on
view in the exhibition “FLEX,” and photographer and Skidmore
Professor of Art Robert ParkeHarrison at 6 p.m. Friday, Feb.
21. For more information, contact Olivia
Camissa-Frost.
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.
Home Run
Breakfast with live auctions
Join the
Thoroughbreds softball team for a breakfast fundraiser for
their spring 2020 season from 7:15 to 9 a.m. Friday, Feb. 21,
on the second floor of the Dining Hall. For more
information, contact Head Coach Rinae
Olsen.
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.
“FLEX”
Gallery Tour and Opening Reception
“FLEX” co-curators
Dan Curley, associate professor of classics, and Gregory
Spinner, teaching professor of religious studies, will
speak about the exhibition, followed by a reception, at 4
p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Tang Teaching Museum. For more
information, contact Olivia
Camissa-Frost.
Skidmore
Flute Faculty Recital
A free Skidmore
Flute Faculty Recital at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 23, at Zankel
Music Center will feature music by composers whose lives and
work were affected by war: Fikret Amirov's “Six Pieces,” Ernö
Dohnányi's “Aria,” Bohuslav Martinu's “First Sonata” and the
rarely performed “Sonata” by Joseph Jongen. For more
information, contact David
Le.
HR 101
series
The next program in
the HR 101 series, “Performance Reviews and Providing
Effective Feedback,” is open to all managers and supervisors
from 9 to 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25, in Dining Hall rooms 1 and
2. Registration
is required via the HR Training website. For more
information, contact Brianna
Herman.
Tang Guide
Tour with Elizabeth Cumbo
Elizabeth Cumbo ’22
will lead a tour of current exhibitions at noon Tuesday, Feb.
25, at the Tang Teaching Museum. For more information, contact Olivia
Camissa-Frost.
CPR/AED/Basic
First Aid course
Campus Safety will
host the semester’s final four-hour class on American Red
Cross Basic First Aid, Basic CPR and use of the Automated
External Defibrillator (AED) from 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Feb.
25, in Williamson Sports Center’s second-floor classroom. If
interested, contact Lori
Parks in Campus Safety, extension 5568.
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.
Ash
Wednesday
Student leaders
from Newman Club and Christian Fellowship, with support from
the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life and local religious
communities, are offering two opportunities to take part in
Ash Wednesday: the imposition of ashes from 8 to 10:30 a.m. on
the second floor of Case Center and a service at 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 26, in Wilson Chapel. All are welcome. For
more information, contact Parker
Diggory.
David H.
Porter Classical World Lecture
Elizabeth Marlowe,
associate professor of art and art history at Colgate
University, will speak on "Whiteness, Masculinity, and other
Problems with the Classical Ideal, Then and Now” from 5:30 to
7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26, in Davis Auditorium. For more
information, contact Michael
Arnush.
Skidmore
Orchestra Family Concert
The Skidmore
Orchestra will perform in concert at 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 29,
at Zankel Music Center. Tickets
can be purchased online.
Faculty/staff
photo opportunity
The Office of
Communications and Marketing is delighted to offer Skidmore
faculty and staff the opportunity to obtain professional
portraits from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, March 5. Sign
up online in advance. Priority will be given to those who
have not had the opportunity to participate within the last
one to two years.
Student
Leadership Award nominations sought
Upper-class
students who are well-rounded individuals with diverse
interests, strong character and high initiative may be
nominated using an online
form or by sending a letter to Dean of Students and
Vice President for Student Affairs Cerri Banks by 4
p.m. Monday, March 23. The awards will be presented at the
annual Student Leadership Banquet on Thursday, April
30.
Wanted:
Skidmore captain’s chairs
Do you have a
Skidmore captain’s chair in your office or department sitting
in the corner? Conferences and
Events would love to use it for College lectures and
events to display our Skidmore pride on stage. If the chair is
in recognition of a retiree, faculty or staff member, it can
be personalized in honor of them.
Opera
Saratoga seeks summer housing hosts
Opera Saratoga is
seeking housing hosts for its young artists and other summer
staff. If you have a spare bedroom, please consider hosting
one of these “stars of tomorrow.” Most artists require housing
from May 10 to July 6. Housing must be within 20 minutes of
Saratoga, non-smoking and ideally have air conditioning. For
more details, go to Opera
Saratoga’s website.
Skidmore
Shop
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Shop continues to evolve, it is looking for your feedback. If
you have any suggestions or input, please feel free to stop by
and anonymously write a comment on an index card and drop it
in the suggestion box at the front counter. Visit
the Skidmore Shop online for more information.
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