News and announcements from Skidmore College

Weekly Bulletin

Weekly Highlights

President’s Awards nominations due Thursday
Speech and Expression on College Campuses Symposium, Friday and Saturday
Riding team wins championship
Sexual Assault Awareness 5K Run-Walk, Sunday
Panel on the legacy of former College President David Porter, Tuesday

Skidmore News

Skidmore free speech symposium models listening and understanding

Speech and Expression on College Campuses Symposium

Skidmore hosts a series of talks and panels examining the complex issues surrounding speech and expression on college campuses this Friday and Saturday, April 14 and 15. Skidmore faculty, students, and guest speakers (including New York Times columnist David Brooks) will discuss how we can talk about and engage diverse perspectives in a way that supports democratic and civil discourse. A detailed schedule is available online. All events are free and open to the public.

Active allies: Skidmore Athletics supports LGBTQ+ community

Skidmore community members, including student-athletes, coaches, alumni, and faculty, came together to learn about how to be active allies to the LGBTQ+ community and affirm their support at a panel discussion sponsored by Skidmore Athletics.

Human Resources

Human Resources invites interested Skidmore employees to submit application materials for the openings listed below:

Administrative Assistant – Office of Academic Advising
Assistant Director for Housing and Operations – Residential Life

To apply, please access the Okta portal. Click on the tile for “Oracle HCM,” then click “Me,” and then click on “Current Jobs.” You can access current open positions for external applicants here.

Faculty-Staff Achievements

We welcome submissions from faculty and staff related to professional accomplishments and scholarly endeavors.

Colleen Burke, executive in residence and director of the Skidmore-Saratoga Consulting Partnership, has been named to the board of directors at the Daily Gazette. Read more>>

Bill Jones, senior athletics communications manager in the Office of Communications and Marketing, recently served as photo steward at the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball first and second rounds. Read more>>

Announcements

President’s Awards for Leadership and Service 2023

Individuals or teams from the Skidmore community may be nominated for a 2023 President’s Award for Leadership and Service until 4 p.m. Thursday, April 13. The President's Awards for Leadership and Service recognize Skidmore community members who have embraced the educational mission and community spirit of the College through their exemplary commitment to personal excellence, campus pride, and service to others. Nominations may be sent via online form. For paper submissions, please contact the Office of the President. For past award recipients, please see the website.

Saratoga Hospital: Initiatives and Challenges

The Retiree Initiative Planning Group invites you to attend a presentation and Q&A with Angelo Calbone, who recently retired as Saratoga Hospital president and CEO, and Dr. Mallory Otto of Saratoga Hospital’s Geriatric Care team at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 19, at the Surrey-Williamson Inn. The presentation will include an overview of recent initiatives, challenges, and the hospital’s recent designation as an age-friendly health system. For more information, contact Michael West.

Committee on Intercultural and Global Understanding (CIGU) office hour

The Committee on Intercultural and Global Understanding (CIGU), Skidmore’s main shared governance diversity, equity, and inclusion committee, will hold an open office hour from 9 to 10 a.m. on Friday, April 14. All students, staff, and faculty are invited to request a 10-minute, virtual appointment. To register, please email Alberta Parsons. Requests will be handled in the order they are received.

Submissions open for Golden Acorn Awards

MDOCS is calling for student work in a variety of genres and mediums, from your music videos to projects made for fun for social media. All submissions are due at midnight on Sunday, April 23, and will be reviewed by our panel of student and faculty judges. An awards ceremony will be held at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 3. For more information, contact Jesse O’Connell.

Saratoga Sustainability Fair

Sustainable Saratoga and the Sustainability Office are partnering to host the 2023 Saratoga Sustainability Fair from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, April 16. Highlights include a keynote on youth climate action and hope from Jen Kretzer and Elodie Linck ’21 of the Wild Center; workshops; a kids activity zone; an electric vehicle show; and exhibitor booths from businesses and nonprofits in climate, equity, and environmental education. For more information, visit the fair website.

Dining Services

Please visit the Dining Services website regularly for updates, Spa Specials, hours of operation, and other information.

Skidmore Shop

The Skidmore Shop is partnering with Zankel Music Center and Skidmore Cares to offer Skidmania T-shirts from 2015 to 2022. Check out our assortment here. Supplies are limited.

Skidmore Community Rowing; (SCR) Adult Learn to Row Program

The SCR Learn to Row class is for anyone who wants to learn how to row. No experience is necessary. Practices are in the evening under the guidance of the Skidmore College rowing staff. For more information, contact Manny Valentin.

Senior Week housing

Departments can sponsor non-graduating students (first-year students, sophomores, and juniors) to remain on campus from Friday, May 12, through Sunday, May 22. Students will need to specify their reason for remaining on campus, such as participation in an athletic team or employment. For more information, contact Residential Life by May 1.

Sexual Assault Awareness 5K Run-Walk

The Skidmore Office of Health Promotion and the Peer Health Educators will host the first Skidmore 5K Run-Walk in support of Sexual Assault Awareness Month at 1 p.m. Sunday, April 16. Pre-register online or register beginning at 12:15 p.m. in the Zankel parking lot on the day of the event. A free T-shirt will be given out to the first 200 people. A donation to Wellspring is encouraged.

Office of the First-Year Experience (FYE) announces Backus Prize Winners

The First-Year Experience Prize congratulates Backus Prize nominees Elliot Bamford, Lila Glanville, L Hurysz, Tess Malloy, and Leila Turet. The winners are Maia Haiduc-Dale for their painting and essay “Science in Fiction”; Natalie Jones for her stop-motion video “We Grow”; and Sayuri (Saya) Pfeiffer for her paper “Liberalism Recontextualized: An Examination of the Applications of Liberalism in the Black Nationalist and Pan-Africanist Movements of the 1970s.”

Ángel Pérez ’98 to visit campus

On March 23, Student Affairs welcomed alumnus Ángel Pérez ’98, CEO of the National Association of College Admission Counseling (NACAC), for a hybrid “fireside chat” with Dean of Students and VP for Student Affairs Adrian Bautista intended as an opportunity for the division to reflect on the COVID-19 experience and this unique historical opportunity to chart a new path forward in higher education. Pérez is recognized as a national thought leader on issues of educational equity, access, and success in American education. Pérez recently published his “One CEO's Story of Executive Burnout,” a brief account of how he “lost his hum” for a period of time during this pandemic experience.

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Athletics News

Champs! Riders qualify for nationals

The Skidmore riding team won the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association Zone II championship at home April 8 to qualify for the IHSA Nationals May 4-7 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. The Thoroughbreds beat Long Island University Post, St. Lawrence University, Cornell University, and West Virginia University. Six additional riders qualified for nationals in individual categories.

It will be another full home weekend for Thoroughbred teams. On Friday, the women’s lacrosse team will host Westfield State at 6:30 p.m. The baseball team hosts Rochester at noon Saturday and Sunday. Softball opens league play at home Saturday at 1 p.m. against RPI and plays St. Lawrence in a pair on Sunday at 1 p.m. The men’s lacrosse team welcomes Ithaca College on Saturday at 1 p.m., while the women’s tennis team will play Amherst at 1 p.m. at the Wilton YMCA.