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July 25, noon, Alumnae House Living Room: Come experience "Allia," a system of exercises and moving meditations designed to attain a playful mind/body union. Developed and adapted by Rob Rivest, "Allia" borrows from Eastern movement/healing arts and philosophies, creating mindful awareness of breath, body, mind, and nature, in a light-hearted way. Also Aug. 14.
The Community Service Office (CSO), formerly SOS, is looking for brown paper bags to be used during First Link, which is part of orientation. Students will be using the paper bags to wrap books for the Prison Book Project. The books get sent to prisoners in Massachusetts and Texas. To donate paper bags, please bring them to Helen Hills Hills Chapel or put them in campus mail for CSO/SOS.
Nourish yourself spiritually. Open your inherent connection to the Universe as you harmonize body and mind through guided inner Source sensitization. Awaken with transforming subtle-energy heart inspiration. Join Donald Andrew as he shares 45 years of multi-sourced consciousness creation leading to a transcendent sacred space. Become the Whole of your parts to enter the Essence of your whole, which is One with the energetic whole of the All. First-timers email dandrew@email.smith.edu. Arrive at Bodman Lounge, Chapel basement, between 6:30 and 7 p.m. Meeting lasts until 8 to 8:30 p.m. Enter rear doors off Chapel parking lot.
Have some fun at the Museum on Friday, August 8, 4-8 p.m. Free to all. 4-6 p.m., enjoy a self-guided gallery activity: Children and adults are invited to explore the Museum! Meet in the lobby
(ages 4+ with adult); 4-6 p.m. The Cunningham Center will be open so please stop by; 6 p.m., author Pamela Thompson will speak about the painting that inspired her latest novel, "Every Past Thing".
On Friday, July 25, at 11 a.m. at the Museum of Art, Smith College's Summer Institute in Art Museum Studies (SIAMS) will present a student-organized exhibition entitled Bare Identities: Looking beyond the Human Form. 20 works from SCMA's permanent collection that focus on the human figure, exploring how artists use various types of media to convey abstract ideas about identity in visual form.
The remarkable Titan Arum—Amorphophallus titanum—fully opened on Monday in the Palm House at Lyman Conservatory. The flower only lasts a few days. Be sure to stop by and see it. Special viewing hours Tuesday, July 22: 4-8 p.m. You can also see it through the windows in the doors to the Palm House. See: http://www.smith.edu/garden/Conservatory/amorphophallus.html.
The votes have been counted and the winning movie for this summer's outdoor event is Disney's "Meet the Robinsons." Please join us on Friday, July 25, on Burton Lawn. The movie will be shown at dusk ( 8:30-ish). We will again have free popcorn and snowcones. Bring your chairs/blankets and invite your family and friends. Rain location will be Seeyle 106.
www.smith.edu/staffcouncil/08. The co-editors of the Chronicle bring you a beautiful new Web site, dedicated to displaying visual artwork created by Smith College staff. A continually evolving gallery, we currently feature a number of amazing artists, but are always seeking more staff artwork to include. Come and browse and hopefully you will be inspired to add your work. Contact/submission info is available on the Staff Art Gallery page. Also: We are currently building a companion Staff Writers' site and are still seeking submissions: poems, essays, short stories. Contact staffchronicle@smith.edu for more info!
Reminder from Facilities Management: Sinplex will be on campus July 14 through 25 testing building fire alarms. Testing will begin at 7 a.m. but no horns or alarms will sound before 9 a.m. in any building. Questions or concerns: please call ext. 2411.
First, if you receive an alert prompting you to install updates for any Adobe application (Acrobat, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Contribute, etc.), please do not install the updates at this time because they may conflict with our key-serving system. Second, please note that all new Dell computers being distributed to faculty and staff will continue to come with Windows XP installed, not Windows Vista, until further notice. Questions? Please call the User Support Center at ext. 4487.
We need 50 to keep the price at $55 per year per typewriter. As of now we have 30 renewals. Repairs on machines not covered by contract will be $94.50/hr. If your department will be participating please respond to Christine at Forbes Snyder, 529-2950. Contracts include: 1) Yearly inspection, cleaning, lube & adjustment; 2) Parts to keep machine running properly; 3) Emergency calls M-F; 4) Loan machines, when shop repair is required. Forbes Snyder is our authorized service company.
The Trustee Committee on Honorary Degrees is seeking names of individuals for consideration for the awarding of honorary doctoral degrees. Criteria: “The College will consider women who are exemplars of excellence in a wide range of fields, both academic and non-academic. The College will also consider women and men who have had special impact on Smith College, on the education of women, or on women’s lives.” The nomination form is available at: http://www.smith.edu/trustees/documents/HDNominationform.doc. Nominations should be submitted to: Office of the Board of Trustees, College Hall 205.
To all Students, Faculty and Staff: On Tuesday, July 22, at 3:35 p.m., the Department of Public Safety will test Smith’s Emergency Notification System. We have selected this date and time in cooperation with the School for Social Work, so as to test the system during an academic class period. The exercise will test our ability to contact all Smith community members by text message, cell phone, or e-mail in the event of a critical incident on campus. For more information about Smith’s Emergency Notification System see http://www.smith.edu/pubsafety/crisis_notification.php. We will use this system for serious campus emergencies in which the safety and well-being of community members may be in jeopardy.
Beginning Monday, August 4, Henshaw Avenue will be closed to thru traffic for approximately two weeks while Smith College Campus steam and return lines under the road are replaced. The road will reopen sooner if there are no unforeseen problems. The road will be closed from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. daily during this two week period but will reopen each day after 5 p.m. to allow local and emergency vehicles access during the evening and night. We apologize for any inconvenience during this project and if you have any problems or concerns, please contact Smith College Customer Service at 585-2400. |
