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Deborah Klimburg-Salter, Professor, Institute for Art History and Director of the Platform for Interdisciplinary Research and Documentation of Inner and South Asian Cultural History, University of Vienna, will speak on "The Kabul National Museum of Afghanistan: its role in national reconstruction" on Friday, November 6, 4:30 p.m. in Graham Hall.
Three Smith alumnae, all current or former members of the Obama administration, will talk about making a life in politics. Come and hear Farah Pandith '90, and Stephanie Cutter '90 and Julianna Smoot ’89 on Thursday, November 5, at 4:15 p.m. in the Campus Center Carroll Room.
Thursday, November 5, 4:30 p.m. in Neilson Browsing Room: Friends and family generally help individuals adjust to the stresses and strains of living with chronic illnesses, but sometimes they make ill individuals feel worse. Tracey Revenson explores recent theoretical perspectives and research on how support efforts sometimes go awry. Drawing on psychological concepts such as social constraints (perceptions that others don’t want to hear about your problems) and dyadic coping (when two persons’ coping styles match), she illuminates how and when close relationships are good medicine. Presented by the Kahn Institute project Wellness & Disease. Free and open to the public.
Otelia Cromwell Day on Tuesday, November 10, starting in Sweeney Concert Hall at 1 p.m. “Thinking Through Race at Smith College,” will include two panels, recitation of a new poem in honor of Otelia Cromwell written by distinguished poet Nikky Finney, performances by Evelyn Harris and the Smith College Glee Club. The first panel, taking place in Sweeney, will include the college’s current and past presidents, and alumnae discussing “Challenges, Opportunities, and Lessons Learned.” The second panel, which takes place in Neilson Browsing Room at 3:30 p.m. features three current Unity Organization leaders and alumnae discussing the topic "Forging Connections: The Relevance and Importance of Cultural Organizations in the 21st Century at Smith." Three workshops on the issue of dialogues on race will also start at 3:30 and run concurrently in Seelye 101, 109, and 110.
Otelia Cromwell Day will take place on Tuesday, November 10, starting in Sweeney Concert Hall at 1 p.m. This year’s program, “Thinking Through Race at Smith College,” will feature two panels, the recitation of a new poem in honor of Otelia Cromwell written by distinguished poet Nikky Finney, and performances by Evelyn Harris and the Smith College Glee Club. The first panel in Sweeney will include the college’s current and three past presidents and alumnae, all leaders of student Unity organizations, discussing “Challenges, Opportunities, and Lessons Learned.” Second panel in Neilson Browsing Room at 3:30 p.m. features the topic "Forging Connections: The Relevance and Importance of Cultural Organizations in the 21st Century at Smith." At 3:30 p.m. several dialogues focused on the theme "thinking through race" will be offered to the college community.
Gallery talk Thursday, November 12, 4:30 p.m. Archivists Nanci Young and Leslie Fields '95 will share a wealth of knowledge about the history of the Neilson Library in conjunction with the opening of the centennial exhibition, "The Heart of Our Place of Learning: William Allan Neilson Library 1909-2009." Book Arts Gallery, Level 3, Neilson Library. Reception follows.
Tom Scheinfeldt, Managing Director of the Center for History and New Media, will give a public lecture, Digital Public History in the 21st Century, November 5, at 5 p.m. in Seelye 201. Scheinfeldt is one of the foremost practitioners and advocates for the field of pubic history and for digital archives, arguing for the expansion of our conception of primary historical sources to include massive, democratically inclusive digital archives. Sheinfeldt's lecture is sponsored by the Archives Concentration, the American Studies Program, and the Smith College Lecture Committee. For more information about Tom Scheinfeldt's work, or the Archives Concentration, visit http://www.smith.edu/archives/news.php
Thursday, Nov. 12, 4:30 p.m., Neilson Browing Room: "Land to the Tillers! Women's Land Rights in Africa," presented by Meredeth Turshen, Professor, Edward J. Boustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University. Her research interests include gender and health in Africa, and she will speak concerning her recent work on African women's land issues, a pressing issue in the AIDS-torn Africa that has left many widows landless and without legal protections due to customary law regimes.
Friday, November 6, 7 p.m., Campus Center Carroll Room. $5 includes reception and entry into Chrysanthemum Show. Free to Friends and Smith ID holders. Slide/lecture by Nancy Moore Bess, internationally known textile and bamboo craftsperson, basket maker, and author of Bamboo in Japan. Together with Henry Bower, she has created site-specific bamboo sculptures that are a part of this year’s Fall Chrysanthemum Show. Followed by a reception at Lyman with the Chrysanthemum Show illuminated. More information is online at: http://www.smith.edu/gardens/Home/events.html
Monday, November 16, 4 p.m., McConnell 103: "Deep-Sea Gold Rush: Understanding the Environmental Impact of Mining Seafloor Hot Springs" - Life Sciences Colloquium with Cindy Van Dover, Director of the Duke Marine Lab. Join us to hear a fascinating lecture from the first woman to pilot the submersible "Alvin".
Friday, November 13, 7 p.m., Stoddard Hall Auditorium. $5 includes reception and entry into Mum Show afterwards. Free to Friends and Smith ID holders. Paul Meyer has visited China nine times and participated in collaborative plant exploration trips to the most remote parts of northern China. In this illustrated lecture Paul will discuss the garden design traditions of China and how these concepts might be adapted to our gardens. Also, he will discuss the Chinese flora, and its utilization in both Chinese and American Gardens. Followed by a reception with the Chrysanthemum Show illuminated. More information is online at: http://www.smith.edu/gardens/Home/events.html
Please join the 20th celebration of Otelia Cromwell Day, Tuesday, November 10, 1–4:30 p.m., in Sweeney Concert Hall, Sage. “Thinking Through Race at Smith College” will include two panels, recitation of a poem by Nikky Finney that she wrote to honor the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Otelia Cromwell Day, and performances by Evelyn Harris and the Smith College Glee Club. The first panel will include the college’s current and three of its past presidents discussing “Challenges, Opportunities, and Lessons Learned.” The second will be a discussion with the current and former heads of student Unity organizations on their respective experiences in those roles.
Tuesday, November 17, 7:30 p.m. in Stoddard Auditorium."The Great African War: Congo and Regional Geopolitics." Filip Reyntjens, from Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium, will discuss his recently published book which examines a decade-long period of instability, violence, and state decay in Central Africa from 1996, when the war started, to 2006, when elections formally ended the political transition in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Sponsored by the Department of Government and the Smith Lecture Committee. Free and open to the public.
Wednesday, November 11, 7:30 p.m. in Weinstein Auditorium. "Forging the Renaissance: The Meaning of Material Research for the Art of Faking," a lecture by Henk van Os, former director, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, and 1987 Kennedy Professor in Renaissance Studies. This program has been made possible by the Ruth and Clarence Kennedy Endowment for Renaissance Studies and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. It is part of IDP 118: "The History and Critical Issues of Museums" and is co-presented by the Art Department and Museum of Art. Free and open to all.
Thursday, November 12, at 4:30 p.m., Seelye 201: Chris Holmlund, Professor of Cinema Studies, French, and Women’s Studies and chair of the Cinema Studies Program at the University of Tennessee, mobilizes Film Studies and Gender Studies methodologies to discuss the iconicity of Sylvester Stallone, one of the most powerfully enduring figures of popular culture, as a circuitry of representations and discourses, specifically as an aging male star in the Hollywood firmament—set against a globalized film culture. Holmlund’s work ranges from an engagement with the feminist avant-garde to an examination of blockbuster culture and its effects on evolving notions of gender, ethnicity, sexuality and subjectivity in contemporary life.
Tuesday, November 17, 7:30 p.m., Stoddard Hall Auditorium: "The Great African War: Congo and Regional Geopoplitics." Filip Reyntjens, of the Universite Antwerpen, Belgium, will discuss his recently published book which examines a decade-long period of instability, violence, and state decay in Central Africa from 1996, when the war started, to 2006, when elections formally ended the political transition in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Caroline Bruzelius, A.M. Cogan Professor of Art History, Duke University, will be giving a lecture entitled, "The Dead Come to Town: Preaching, Burying and Building in the Medieval Italian City" Monday, November 23, Hillyer/Graham Hall, 4:30 p.m. This lecture is free and open to the public. Sponsored by Medieval Studies, Art Department and the Smith College Lecture Committee.
Come watch the film on Friday, November 6, at 7:30 p.m. or Sunday, November 8, at 1:30 p.m. Both screenings are held in Weinstein Auditorium. Admission is FREE!
Join REC on Sunday November 8, 1:30 p.m. in Weinstein Auditorium for the movie Julie & Julia. Julia Child and Julie Powell - both of whom wrote memoirs - find their lives intertwined. Though separated by time and space, both women are at loose ends... until they discover that with the right combination of passion, fearlessness and butter, anything is possible.
In celebration of Otelia Cromwell Day, Smith College is bringing The Dance Theatre of Harlem Ensemble to Northampton for a special performance downtown that is open to the entire community.The Dance Theatre of Harlem will perform at the Academy of Music, 74 Main St., Tuesday, November 10, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 for general admission, and are available through the Academy of Music box office either online or by calling (413) 584-9032. Smith College student tickets are $5 and are available in Campus Center 106.
Poet and novelist Marilyn Chin will read from her three volumes of poetry Dwaft Bamboo, The Phoenix Gone, the Terrace Empty, and Rhapsody in Plain Yellow, as well as her debut novel, Revenge of the Mooncake Vixen (Norton, 2009), on Thursday, November 12, 4:30 p.m. in Graham Hall. The reading will be followed by a book-signing and reception. All are welcome.
Friday, November 6, 8 p.m. in Sweeney Concert Hall. Smith College Chamber Singers, Jonathan Hirsh, conductor, and Grant Moss, piano, will perform Rachmaninoff's Songs for Treble Voices, Opus 15. Pianist Elizabeth Joy Roe and Judith Gordon will play suite No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 17. Also featured are Karen Smith Emerson, soprano, and pianist Clifton J. Noble Jr. This event is part of the series Marking a Century of Music. Free. For more performing arts events, please visit: http://www.smith.edu/smitharts
On the centennial of famed Russian pianist Sergei Rachmaninoff’s North American debut at Smith College, the college will commemorate the event with a concert by Vladimir Tropp, Gnessin Russian Academy of Music and Moscow Conservatory musician, on Saturday, Nov. 7, at 7:30 p.m. in Sweeney Concert Hall, Sage. That evening Smith will dedicate a bust of Rachmaninoff that was given by Tropp. This event is part of the series Marking a Century of Music. For more performing arts events, visit: http://www.smith.edu/smitharts. Find us on facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/smithcollegeperformingarts?refts
Sunday, November 8, 4 p.m. in Earle Recital Hall. Talk, concert, and discussion of the slow movement of Schubert's great C Major Cello Quintet has long been a favorite of chamber music lovers. Professor Pitchon will speak about the work, the movement will then be performed, followed by a discussion with the audience. Joel Pitchon and Joana Genova, violins, Ariel Rudiakov, viola, Volcy Pelletier and Ronald Feldman, cellos. Free.
For more performing arts events, visit: http://www.smith.edu/smitharts Or visit us on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/smithcollegeperformingarts?refts
Thursday, November 12, 7:30 p.m. in Earle Recital Hall. American Medea written and directed by Holly Derr. Using the structure of Greek tragedy and the real life stories of Andrea Yates, Susan Smith, Darlie Routier, and Deborah Green, American Medea chronicles the social dislocation that results from poverty, divorce, and single motherhood. Free.
For more performing arts events, visit: http://www.smith.edu/smitharts Or visit us on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/smithcollegeperformingarts?refts
Saturday, November 14, 8 p.m. in Sweeney Concert Hall, Sage: The annual fall concert of the Smith College Orchestra features concerto competition winners Magdalene Rascoe '10, soprano, and Chrys Webb Woodbury '10, viola, and pianist Judith Gordon, performing works by Mozart and Vaughan Williams, Beethoven's Symphony #5 and a premiere of A Short Drive by Jennifer Griffith MM '01, Jonathan Hirsh, director. This event is part of the series Marking a Century of Music. Free. For more performing arts events visit: http://www.smith.edu/smitharts Or visit us on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/smithcollegeperformingarts?refts
Sunday, November 15, 3 p.m. in Sweeney Concert Hall. Ellen Redman, flute and Irish flute, with guest Clifton J. Noble, Jr., piano, harpsichord and guitar, will perform a program that includes selections by Andre Caplet, Reverie and Petite Valse, Peter Schickele, Spring Serenade, Clifton J Noble, Jr, Elegy for Brian for Irish flute, guitar and cello (premiere), JS Bach, Sonata in b minor for flute and harpsichord, and Astor Piazzola, Histoire du Tango for flute and guitar. Redman has been piccoloist with the Springfield Symphony since 1985, conducts the Smith Wind Ensemble, is founder and director of The Wailing Banshees at Smith College and has her own band, BlackSheep, with guitarist Jerry Noble and Kevin Fontaine on banjo. Free. http://www.smith.edu/smitharts
Wednesday, November 18, 7:30 p.m. in Sweeney Concert Hall. Annual fall concert by the Smith College Jazz and Wind Ensembles features works by Frescobaldi, Grainger, and others. Genevieve Rose and Ellen Redman, directors. Free. For more performing arts events, visit: http://www.smith.edu/smitharts/calendar.html Or visit us on facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/smithcollegeperformingarts?refts
Includes dance by guest choreographer, David Dorfman, artistic director of David Dorfman Dance and the William Meredith Professor of Dance and Chair at Connecticut College. Closing the evening will be Mark Morris’ celebrated Gloria. A masterwork from a master American choreographer, Gloria has been called a “choreographic praise to the heavens. Also featuring original works by Smith Dance faculty Susan Waltner (contemporary) and Rodger Blum (contemporary ballet). Thursday-Saturday, November 19-21, 8 p.m. Theatre 14, Mendenhall Center. Tickets: $9 adults/general admission, $5 students/seniors. Box Office: 413.585.ARTS (2787) and email: boxoffice@smith.edu http://www.smith.edu/smitharts
Music in Deerfield and the Smith College Music Department present the Talich Quartet. Called “Amply virtuosic, yet exquisitely balanced…” by The New York Times, the quartet is one of Europe’s great names and current exemplars of the quartet tradition. They will perform a program of works by Mendelssohn, Benjamin Yusupov, and Shostakovich. Friday, November 20. Pre-concert talk at 7 p.m. Earle Recital Hall; Concert at 8 p.m. in Sweeney Concert Hall. Tickets are $28 in advance, $32 at the door, $5 children, $10 undergraduate students. To purchase tickets contact Music in Deerfield at http://www.musicindeerfield.org or 413.774.4200
The annual fall choral concert with the Smith College Glee Club and Chamber Singers, Jonathan Hirsh, director, will perform works by women through the ages, including Hildegard von Bingen, Lili Boulanger, Louise Reichardt, and others. The Smith College Chorus, Gregory W. Brown, director, will present works by composers Gustav Jenner, Gabriel Fauré, Gustav Holst and others. The a cappella group Groove will also perform. Saturday, November 21, 8 p.m. in Sweeney Concert Hall. Free. http://www.smith.edu/smitharts
Luiz Fernando Valente, Director of the "Brown in Brazil" program will present an information session on Friday, November 6, at 2:30 p.m. in Hatfield 206. "Brown in Brazil" is a Smith affiliated program.
Join us on Thursday, November 12, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for an experiential training program that enables you to master the competencies of personal and professional resilience, even during times of tremendous external change. You will learn to develop skills to scan your environment, prepare for anticipated change, influence others, and contribute to a positive campus culture. Lunch will be provided. Please register at http://www.smith.edu/hr/hrdev_catalog.php
Do you want to start up your own business but you lack the key resources and knowledge to do so? Do you want to have your business financed and learn everything about successful marketing? The Grinspoon Conference: The Art of the Start addresses all of your questions and concerns regarding the start up of your business. The Grinspoon Foundation offers you a $125/person full scholarship to attend the conference. The event is sponsored by the WFI and transportation is provided. Friday, November 6, 8 am-2 pm, in MassMutual Convention Center, Springfield, MA. If interested, contact the WFI at: wfi@smith.edu
Monday, November 16, 12:15-1 p.m., Bass Hall 102: Info Session: Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Learn about one of the leading professional schools in environmental studies, natural resources, and coastal and watershed systems. Join us in a discussion of the graduate programs available at the School of Forestry and Enviromental Studies with Martha Smith (Smith '79), Program Director, Center for Coastal and Watershed Systems, and Emily McDiarmid, Admissions Director, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Lunch provided.
With clarity and gentleness, Dr. Catherine Hondorp will guide participants to find ease in these times of emotional distress and transform anxiety into fuel for living a purposeful life. This three-part series takes place on Fridays, November 6, 13 and 20 from noon to 1 p.m. in Campus Center 205. To register, please visit http://www.smith.edu/hr/hrdev_catalog.php
Tuesday, November 17, 1-3 p.m. in Campus Center 205. Learn how to contribute to a positive work environment through an understanding of the current environmental elements, intentional action and response, and practice. Please register at http://www.smith.edu/hr/hrdev_catalog.php
Join us on Thursday, November 19, from 11:30 a.m. to noon in Campus Center 205. It is important for supervisors to understand the availability of the Wellness Corporation's EAP and their own role in relationship to the program. This is an in-person supervisory training for managers and supervisors that will explain the EAP in detail and answer questions. Please register at http://www.smith.edu/hr/hrdev_catalog.php
Thursday, November 19, 10:30-11 a.m. in Campus Center Room 205. This orientation session will serve to acquaint staff with the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and how to access the program. This session will include a program presentation and a question and answer period. No registration is required.
Thursday, November 19, from 8:30-10 a.m. in Campus Center 205. This program examines the difficult task of balancing the demands of work and family. It helps participants identify the sources of stress, become more organized and efficient, improve communication skills, create support networks and learn how to effectively delegate tasks. Please register at http://www.smith.edu/hr/hrdev_catalog.php
Are you interested in learning more about museums and the critical issues they engage? Would you like to explore ways to connect your academic studies to practical experiences in the museum field? The Museums Concentration is open to students from all majors and can be adapted to allow for exploration of various kinds of museums. Come to Graham Hall at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, November 17, to learn more!
Thursday, November 5, 6 p.m., Food for the Body and Spirit weekly Bible Study with Protestant Chaplain, The Rev. Dr. Leon Tilson Burrows, Chapel main sanctuary. Enjoy dinner while you study. Friday, November 6, 5:15 p.m., student-led Shabaat services, Dewey Comon Room. A kosher dinner, cooked by Smith students, follows in the Kosher Kitchen in Dawes House at 7 p.m. Sunday, November 8, 4:30 p.m., Roman Catholic Mass. Supper held after Mass in Bodman Lounge, lower level. Monday, November 9, 6:45 p.m., Buddhist Meditation, main sanctuary. Find peace in the midst of our daily lives. No experience necessary. All are welcome!
As the initial supplies of H1N1 vaccine are limited, Health Services is establishing a priority list for receiving the vaccine. Please notify a nurse at Health Services (ext. 2813) if you have one of the qualifying conditions that would put you on a priority list for receiving the vaccine: pregnant women, person who lives with or provides care for infants aged 6 months (e.g. parents and daycare providers), students 18 and younger who have medical conditions that put them at higher risk for influenza-related complications.
In Oresman Gallery: Chris Powell for the month of November. In Jannotta Gallery: Dayna Gerring, Jennifer Connor, Noelle O'Reilly, and Christine Cobden, November 4 to 14.
Health Services has received a limited supply of seasonal flu vaccine. To receive the vaccine, please call ext. 2823 to schedule an appointment with the nurse. Cost is $20 payable by cash or check at the time of the visit.
In the fall of 2002, Kathleen Compton Sherrerd '54 and John J. F. Sherrerd established a new set of annual prizes to recognize sustained and distinguished teaching records of long-time faculty and to encourage younger faculty whose demonstrated enthusiasm and excellence influences students and colleagues. Please consider which of your professors/colleagues stand out to you as uniquely deserving of this recognition. Nominations for the 2010 prizes are due to the Sherrerd Committee by Tuesday, December 15. Please visit http://www.smith.edu/sherrerd to submit a nomination.
Come paint you very own mug with Smith To Do this week! It's a bisqueware (ceramic) mug that you get to glaze/paint to accord with your wildest mug-dreams, and then we'll have it fired for you. Campus Center 103/104, this Saturday, Novermber 7, 9-11 p.m. Hope to see you there! All free, just for you!
President Carol Christ welcomes Smith students, faculty and staff members to stop by her office, College Hall 201, on Friday, November 6, noon-1 p.m. to discuss college issues during this open hour.
Do those leaves keep coming down? No time to clean, winterize your garden, or put the patio furniture away? Whatever you need "muscle" for, we can help. Two rowers, 2 hours, $50. Team members are available on the Weekends all fall (or weekday afternoons). Just contact rentarower.smithcrew@gmail.com or Karen Klinger at ext. 2717 for an appointment.
Held this Fall and Winter in the Ainsworth Gym Pool from 6-8 p.m. November 6 to March 6. (Closed winter break and J-term.) You can try a kayak, informal, shared instruction, learn paddle strokes and eskimo Rolls. Limited space, you must arrive before 7 p.m. Free to all Smith College community. Non-Smith guests donate $3.
Come to an open discussion about the possible collaboration between J.Crew and Smith. Monday, November 9, 7-8:30 p.m. in Seeley 106.
Big One Fencing Competition will be held Saturday, November 7, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the ITT. There will be women's fencing in the morning and early afternoon and men's fencing in the afternoon. Come for a while to support the fencing team and watch a very cool sport!
Do you have a craving for Thai chicken curry? Care to partake in some palabok noodles? How about having mango with sticky rice for dessert? If your curiosities (and tastebuds!) are piqued, then come to 'Flavors of Southeast Asia', an all-you-can-eat event at Unity House on Friday, Nov. 6, 5:30-7 p.m., presented by the Smith College Southeast Asian Alliance. Tickets will be on sale from Monday, November 2, to Friday, November 6, at the Campus Center, or buy it at the door Friday night. (Vegetarian options and dishes are available!). Tickets are $6 at the Campus Center, $7 at the door.
On Saturday, November 7, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Smith College Museum of Art, everyone is invited to share a day of hands-on artistic exploration featuring the “Touch Fire: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics by Women Artists” exhibition. Drop in any time to create your own hand-made projects to take home! See a local ceramic artist demonstrate the potter’s wheel! Activities and Museum admission free for the day. Activities designed for ages 4+ with adult. No registration required.
Friday, November 13, all galleries will be open from 4–8 p.m. From 4–6 p.m., explore the folding screens on display in the Touch Fire: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics by Women Artists exhibition, and then create your own Japanese-style mini folding screen. Also, visit the Cunningham Center to view Student Picks by Kerri-Jean Newsham ‘AC. At 6 p.m., enjoy a gallery talk by featured artist Katsumata Cheiko on her artwork on view in Touch Fire. Free to all.
Rachmaninoff Centennial. Friday, November 6, lecture by Francis Crociata, "Rachmaninoff: The Musician Behind the Brand Name," 4:15 p.m., Neilson Library Browsing Room. Saturday, November 7, lecture by Joan Afferica and John Burk, "Sophie Satin: Life and Work," 4:15 p.m., Neilson Library Browsing Room; and at 7:30 p.m., Dedication of Gift Bust of Rachmaninoff in Sweeney Concert Hall, followed at 8 p.m. with a concert by Moscow guest pianist Vladimir Tropp, also in Sweeney Concert Hall. For more information on the concert see http:www/smith.edu/newsoffice/releases/NewsOffice09-043.html.
November 7-22, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. daily. $2 admission, Mondays free. Free to members, those with a Smith College ID, and children under 12. Members-only hours 9–10 a.m. Bamboo sculptures by Nancy Moore Bess and Harry Bower. First cultivated in China, ornamental chrysanthemums date from the sixth century B.C.E. Brought to Japan in the eighth century A.D., horticulturists began selective breeding to produce a dazzling array of forms and colors. The golden chrysanthemum was adopted as a symbol of the Japanese empire where breeding continues today with annual displays.
More info online: http://www.smith.edu/gardens/Home/events.html
Sunday, November 8, noon-1 p.m., Church Exhibition Gallery, Lyman Plant House. Stroll through the gardens and and view the exhibits to the sound of harp music provided by Sue Gerstle, one of the Botanic Garden volunteers. More event information is online at: http://www.smith.edu/gardens/Home/events.html
Smith students and staff are invited to the annual Sunrise Hike with poetry reading on Saturday, November 7. Great vistas will be had from Mt. Sugarloaf. The hike to the top is a steady uphill for 30 minutes. Refreshments and hot chocolate will be served after the hike. Dress very warmly and meet at the back door of the Chapel at 5:20 a.m. on November 7. Bring any poem to read if you wish. Transportation will be provided. Rain cancels, but snow does not. For information or to reserve a space, email kalston@smith.edu
Bring your current SCMA membership card to the Museum Shop between November 12 and November 15 and receive 20% off everything in Museum Shop! Current membership card must be presented to receive discount. Museum hours: Thursday-Saturday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. and Sunday, noon–4 p.m. For more information on the sale, to join or renew your membership, visit www/smith.edu/membership or call ext. 2777. Come find unexpected treasures!
If you now have a Multi-Function Device (MFD) for printing, copying, scanning, and faxing, please consider turning in any older printers, copiers, scanners, or fax machines still used in your area (except Banner printers). MFDs reduce energy use and "plug load" by combining many functions in a single machine, and automatically revert to energy-saver mode when idle. They are also faster and cheaper to operate than older machines--toner and maintenance costs are lower and duplexing saves paper. To turn in old machines and help Smith gain the most from switching to MFDs, contact Kate Etzel at ketzel@smith.edu.
This year in an effort to be green, employees will not receive the usual paper copy of the Policy on Substance Abuse and Substance Use. Instead the policy has been added to Chapter 1, General Policies, of the Staff Handbook. The links to the President’s memo on the policy and to the policy itself are below - please open and review. Employees in facilities Management and Dining Services will continue to receive a hard copy. Carol Christ’s Memo on Substance Abuse Policy: http://www.smith.edu/hr/documents/frm_handbook_presidentsmemo_substance.pdf
Policy on Substance Abuse and Substance Use: http://www.smith.edu/hr/documents/frm_conduct_Substance.pdf
The Smith United Way campaign is currently at $71,000 toward our goal of $165,000. Thank you to all who have supported this year’s campaign thus far! To view a list of the winners of the first drawing go to http://www.smith.edu/unitedway. The next drawing is November 30. Remember, once you donate, you're eligible for all subsequent drawings, unless you're already a winner.
Please LIVE UNITED and support the Smith College United Way campaign. We look forward to seeing you at the HR Fair where pledge forms will be available.
The Nolen Art Lounge, Campus Center, will host an exhibit of pet portraits. Limited to faculty and staff, this exhibit is a whimsical attempt to bring faculty and staff closer to the students of Smith. The exhibit will open on November 21 and close in mid-December. To participate, contribute a photograph of your pet(s) by sending a digital photograph to Amanda Hill, ahill@smith.edu, at least 6in x 4in. You may also submit a printed photo to Smith PO Box 7580. If you would like your printed photo back, include your name and return address with the submission. Please include name, the pet’s name and the type of animal and/or breed it may be with your submissions. Deadline for submissions is Wednesday, November 18.
Central Services will be closed on Thursday, November 5, between 1:45 to 3:15 p.m. We will be attending the staff forum.
To view a list of people who have recently joined Smith as employees, as well as those who have left, consult http://www.smith.edu/hr/employee_arrivedepart.php. The list is updated monthly.
Veterans Day, Wednesday, November 11, is a Federal Holiday and there will be no campus mail delivery. Central Services will be open the regular hours 8 a.m.-4:15 p.m.
The Committee implementing Direct Deposit and Electronic Distribution of Pay Stubs invites you to view our web page http://www.smith.edu/controller/epayroll.php Read the Memorandum announcing the implementation or current list of Frequently Asked Questions. The web page will be updated with additional information throughout the implementation. If you have any questions or concerns please don’t hesitate to contact a member of the committee or a staff member in the Controller’s Office.
Jefferson Hunter, Helen and Laura Shedd Professor of English Language and Literature and of Film Studies, will give his inaugural lecture, "The History of 'The History Boys'," on Monday, November 9, at 4:30 p.m. in Seelye 106. All are welcome.
TIAA-CREF will be presenting "How am I doing? Understanding and Achieving Your Long Term Financial Goals." The seminar will cover the importance of organizing personal financial information, setting personal financial goals and devising tolerable investing strategies to meet those goals. The seminar will be held on Wednesday, November 11, noon-1 p.m., in Campus Center 205. Please visit http://www.smith.edu/hr/hrdev_catalog.php to register.
The Smith College Museum of Art invites proposals from Smith faculty in any discipline to engage the resources of the Smith College Museum of Art in their teaching. Stipends are provided for the planning of a Museum-based course and supplemental funds are also available for the purchase of materials, etc. Courses that connect with the permanent collection or special exhibitions can be considered. The proposal deadline for courses to be taught Fall 2010 and Spring 2011 is November 20. To submit a proposal or for more details about the program contact Ann Musser, Curator of Education: amusser@smith.edu, ext. 3109.
Located on Bedford Terrace, Unity House is open Monday-Thursday 12:30-2 p.m. & 7-11 p.m. Students are welcome to stop by and enjoy a quiet place to study, relax and gather with friends.
Located in the Davis Center on Prospect St, the Mwangi Cultural Center is open Sunday & Monday 7-11 p.m. and Wednesday & Thursday 7-11 p.m. Students are welcome to stop by and enjoy a quiet place to study, relax and gather with friends.
Smith Model UN is holding a fundraiser to attend a conference at Harvard. We are doing henna in the lower level of the Campus Center on Friday, November 6, from noon-2 p.m. Prices start at $1, and vary depending on design size and complexity.
Thursday, November 5 at 6:30 p.m. in McConnell Hall 103. Meet Smith alumnae (each of whom graduated within the past 10 years) who work in the science and engineering fields. Learn about individual career paths, hear first-hand perspectives on the sciences and engineering as professional disciplines, and gain suggestions for exploring or entering these fields. Open to all class years and majors.
The CSO seeks sponsors for Winter Gifts, a program that provides additional help to many families in need from surrounding towns during the holiday season. Parents in need of help provide the Hilltown Food Pantry with a list of two toys and two clothing items that they want to give their children aged 1-15. The Pantry matches the requests with groups or individuals who can and want to help families in need by sponsoring a child, which involves purchasing gifts that parents indicate that the child wants, spending between $50-90. Call the CSO Office at ext. 2793 or email swingfie@smith.edu for more info.
Alan Khazei, one of the four candidates for the Massachusetts U.S. Senate seat previously held by Ted Kennedy for 47 years, will be visiting Smith this Sunday, November 8, at 2 p.m. in Seelye. He is coming to speak with undecided voters, and to talk with college students about what matters to US (no matter which state you can vote in). Phone bank for Alan Khazei noon-3 p.m. in Seelye (there will be signs to the room), and he will be making an appearance at 2 p.m. Please bring your laptop if you are coming to the phonebank.
Are you looking for a work study job? The Campus Center is hiring for the Spring 2010 Semester. Please visit our website at http://www.smith.edu/campuscenter/employment/recruitment.php for more information. Cover letters and resumes are due by Wednesday, November 25, at noon to Campus Center 106. Contact Sara McGuire, smcguire@smith.edu with any questions! Smith College Campus Center...the greatest job on earth.
For bus rides to and from Bradley Airport over Thanksgiving break. SGA is again sponsoring commercial bus rides to and from Bradley Airport. Ticket cost is $15 each way. Times Available: Departing from Smith on Tuesday, November 24 at 4 a.m., 9 a.m., & 2 p.m., and Wednesday, November 25, at 7 a.m. and 10 a.m. Departing from Bradley Airport and returning to Smith on Sunday, November 29, at 2 p.m. & 6 p.m. To purchase your ticket(s) come to the SGA office, 206 Campus Center. Tickets cannot be purchased on the bus. Any questions, contact Sharon at ext. 4950 or sfagan@smith.edu
Chinese Cultural Exhibition Saturday, November 7, 1-4 p.m. in the Campus Center 103/104. Technology and Education Connection Cultures (TECC) hosts an exhibition of Chinese culture. Come and participate in traditional storytelling, enjoy authentic food, learn to make beautiful papercuttings, and more. Admission is free!
7th annual Taste of Latin America will take place in Davis Ballroom from 6-8 p.m. followed by Latin Rhythm 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Saturday, November 14. Nosotras hosts an alternative to Smith dining with homemade tangy and fiery Latin American delicacies. Vegetarian options served. $7 pre-sale tickets for both events available, or $5 at the door to each event. Sweet and savory Desserts sold separately of which proceeds go to Fundación Padre Damián, a residential hospital in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Bring a friend and a good appetite! * We do not guarantee that food will be available if you arrive late.
There is a new paid fellowship opportunity during Interterm (January 11-15) that will offer both. The 2010 Science Teaching Fellowship program will place up to five teams of Smith undergraduates in local public schools to deliver science activities with the K-12 host teacher, Smith College faculty, and the coordinator for the Center for Science Outreach at Smith. For more information and an application form, go to http://www.smith.edu/outreach/notices.php. The application deadline is Friday, November 20, at noon. There will be a brief informational meeting on, November 12, from 12:15 to 12:45 p.m., in McConnell B15. If you are unable to attend the meeting, contact Tom Gralinski, Science Outreach Coordinator, at 413.585.3932 or tgralins@smith.edu.
The Union of Underrepresented Students (US)^2 is hosting the Student Faculty Luncheon. Join (US)^2 learn more about our science professors on Thursday, November 12, at noon in the McConnell Foyer. Be there or be squared.
Please attend an informational meeting held by Dean Erika Laquer for Smith students who are interested in participating in the 12-College, Pomona, and Spelman Colleges Exchange Programs and other options for studying elsewhere in the United States for next year. The meeting is scheduled for Thursday, November 5, 4:30-5:30 p.m., in Seelye Hall, Room 101.
Saturday, November 14, 2 p.m., Church Exhibition Gallery, Lyman Plant House. Selected poems will be read by students in East Asian Languages and Literature 231: The Culture of the Lyric in Traditional China: Plants and Poetry. Chrysanthemum tea will be served. More information online at:http://www.smith.edu/gardens/Home/events.html
The Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics Essay Contest is an annual competition for college students. Full-time juniors and seniors at accredited four-year colleges and universities in the US during the fall 2009 semester are welcome to enter. Smith College is listed among recent prize-winning schools. Entry forms and detailed guidelines are available online at: http://www.eliewieselfoundation.org. If you have any questions pertaining to the contest, please contact Professor John Connolly at ext. 3436 or via e-mail at jconnolly@email.smith.edu. Entries must be received by January 8, 2010. No faxed or e-mailed submissions will be accepted.
Interested in East Asia? Would you like to learn more? Please join the East Asian Studies Program faculty and liaisons for an informational meeting about becoming a major on Thursday, November 5, 4:15 p.m. in Seelye 207. Really good refreshments will be served.
Nov. 6, 3-5 p.m., in the Resource Center: Come to a workshop on sexual health and technique. Learn how a healthy sexual attitude is important to reproductive justice and why you should care about sex workers' rights. Explore options you may not be aware of as you expand your knowledge in defending your reproductive and sexual freedoms. At the end of this workshop you will be fully prepared to start of a whole new Thanksgiving conversation with the family.
Thursday, November 5, 4 p.m., Green Room on first floor of the Mendenhall Center for the Performing Arts on Green St. Join us for snacks and conversation with our theatre majors and minors, our faculty, and our professional staff.
Thursday, November 5, noon, Seelye 207. What is Gender anyway? Is it in the mind? body? society? How does race affect what gender means? What about class? or sexuality? And where does sex come from? What does gender have to do with social justice? How can the study of women and gender change the world, right here, right now and globally? Find out at the SWG Presentation of the Major, meet the faculty and student liaisons, learn about paid research fellowships, internships, annual prizes, study abroad opportunities, and more! Light lunch will be served.
Monday, November 16, noon, in Campus Center Carroll Room. Come all to the International Student Organisation Food Festival! For 1 to 2 dollars you can buy food from around the world-over 20 countries represented.
Studio Art Majors Cassandra Holden, Alexis Estrella, Lori Hafner, Julianna Rose, and Leah Lex Goldstein will be exhibiting works in a variety of formats including digital media, installation, sculpture, painting, and lithography. The show focuses on the power of memory to shape and inform our present experience as well as our perceptions of the past. The exhibition will run November 16-25. The Opening reception will be held Friday, November 20, from 7-9 p.m. in the Jannotta Gallery, Brown Fine Arts Center. Light refreshments will be served.
On Tuesday, November 3, at 5 p.m. in Seelye 201, George Levine, Professor Emeritus, Department of English at Rutgers University, will lecture on "The Comic Darwin: Paradox and Natural Selection". This talk is the second in the Department of Philosophy's 2009-2010 Lecture Series: Charles Darwin: His Philosophical Legacy.
Science at the center, a series of 10 minutes talks by science faculty, Wednesdays, 12:50 to 1 p.m., McConnell Foyer. This Wednesday, November 4: “What is bio-geometric computing?” Ileana Streinu, Computer Science Department - Techniques from Computational Geometry, Robotics, Algorithms and other areas of Computer Science are being applied to understanding important questions in Molecular Biology, related to protein structure and function.
Professor Brigitte Peucker will deliver a lecture on Wednesday, November 4, at 4:30 p.m. in Seelye 106, entitled “Film and the Other Arts: Fassbinder’s The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant.” Fassbinder’s film will be screened the evening beforehand on Tuesday, November 3, at 7:30 p.m. in Seelye 201. Professor Peucker is the Leavenworth Professor of German and Professor of Film Studies at Yale University and has written widely about film and the other arts, focusing on the works of Fassbinder, Herzog, and Hitchcock.
Tuesday, November 3, Stoddard Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. Identical twin brothers Matthew and Michael Dickman each recently published first books with Copper Canyon Press and have been profiled in Poets & Writers and The New Yorker. Both have received fellowships from the Michener Center for Writers, the Vermont Studio Centers, and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown.
Tuesday, November 3, 12:30 p.m. in Sweeney Concert Hall. Brahms Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major, performed by Smith faculty members Joel Pitchon, violin, Kivie Cahn-Lipman, cello, and Judith Gordon, piano.
Noon-1 p.m., Neilson Library Browsing Room: WFI's "How Do I? The practical steps to financing a life" will be on Tuesday, November 3. A financial advisor with the Northwestern Mutual Financial Network will come and give a presentation to help you decide how to choose a good financial planner.
Noon-1 p.m., Neilson Library Browsing Room Interested in learning more about stocks, bonds, mutual funds, risk, return, and other tax issues? Make sure you don't miss WFI's last "Financing Life" workshop of the semester on Thursday, November 5. Lunch will be provided for the first 50 attendees. For more information, visit http://www.smith.edu/wfi.
Join us on Wednesday, November 4, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Dewey Common Room to gain a solid foundation in sustainable time management techniques, specific techniques to make meetings more productive, and better ways to manage email. Please register at http://www.smith.edu/hr/hrdev_catalog.php
Managers and supervisors will explore the power of goal-setting, the best time management techniques to make the most of limited time, ways to eliminate major time robbers, and effective delegation on Thursday, November 5, from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. in Campus Center 103/104. Only a few seats are available; please register at http://www.smith.edu/hr/hrdev_catalog.php
Join us Wednesday, November 18, from noon to 1 p.m. in Campus Center 003 to learn about this no-cost employee benefit. UMassFive is a local not-for-profit, member-owned cooperative financial institution that offers a wide range of banking products and services to save members time and money. Please register at http://www.smith.edu/hr/hrdeve_catalog.php
The Sydney F. Smith Toy Fund, an organization that provides families in need in Hampshire County (except Ware) or in the Southern Franklin towns of South Deerfield, Sunderland, Whately, Shutesbury, or Leverett with vouchers to purchase holiday gifts for children ages 1 through 14 at stores located throughout Hampshire County is accepting applications through the Community Service Office at Smith thru November 24. If you could use this assistance, please contact us for an application and guidelines before the 11/24 deadline: swingfie@email.smith.edu or call the office at ext. 2793.
Learn about the Museum’s permanent collection! Register now for a noontime Museum talk, “Curator’s Choice: Permanent Collection Highlights,” with Linda Muehlig, associate director for curatorial affairs and curator of painting and sculpture, on December 3. Attendance is $5 for Museum and student members. Registration required: 413.585.2777 or http://www.smith.edu/artmuseum/membership/member_programs.htm
Smith College Staff Council Activities Committee is sponsoring a bus trip to NYC on Saturday, December 5. Bus leaves at 7 am from Ainsworth Parking Lot. Price is $35 per person, round trip. This trip is open to all Smith employees and their guests. Go to http://www.smith.edu/staffcouncil/index.html for more information. To reserve a seat email staffactivities@smith.edu or call ext. 2678. Please reserve your seat(s) before November 19. Seats will be available on a first come first served basis.
Wednesday, November 4, 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Representatives from the UMass Five College FCU will be available at an information table on the first floor of the Campus Center, outside the Café. No appointment is necessary.
The Office of Human Resources will close at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, November 3. Please join us from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. for the Human Resources Fair in the Carroll Room at the Campus Center. Human Resources will open as usual on Wednesday morning at 8:30 a.m.
President Christ will hold a forum for staff on November 5 at 2 p.m. in Weinstein Auditorium, Wright Hall. She will be joined by Larry Hunt, executive director of human resources, and Ruth Constantine, vice president of finance and administration. They will give updates on a number of topics including the college's financial status, admission positioning, and fund raising objectives. There will also be time to answer your questions. If you would like to submit questions in advance of the forum please send them to Larry Hunt.
Are you interested in spending a semester in Washington D.C. earning school credit? Do you love museums? Are you currently a sophomore or junior? The Smith College Internship Program at the Smithsonian Institution might just be the program for you. Come to the informational meeting on Thursday, November 12, at 5 p.m. in Seelye 207. Students assist in creating exhibitions and programming, conduct research with archival and museum materials, and work side by side with preeminent curators and scholars of American culture. Professor Cohen will have descriptions of the projects that Smith students are currently working on in D.C. The application process for the Smithsonian Program does not take place until February. But now is your chance to get information and see if the Smithsonian Program is right for you.
The Presentatation of the Classics and Classical Studies Major/Minor will take place on Tuesday, November 3, in Campus Center 102, noon-1 p.m. Come and meet the Classics Department and talk to current Majors. A light lunch will be served.
Presentation of the major and minor in Italian Language and Literature. Wednesday, Nov. 4, at 4:15 p.m. in Hatfield 105.
Tuesday, November 3, noon to 1 p.m. in the Math Forum, Burton floor 3. Please join us for lunch and meet the members of the Mathematics and Statistics department faculty, students and majors. You'll learn more about the possible paths through the major and the minor and more about the department in general.
Wednesday, November 4, 12:15 p.m., Hillyer Hall 103. Already have an interest in archaeology? What about other fields such as anthropology, art, religion, classical languages and literatures, history or even a natural science such as geology, biology or chemistry? Want to develop your understanding of the human past through material culture? Consider a Minor in Archaeology! Meet the Program faculty, learn about the range of courses offered across multiple disciplines, find out about fieldwork opportunities and more! Pizza and beverages served.
Please join us on Wednesday, November 4 at noon for a presentation of the Third World Development Studies Program. This will be a wonderful opportunity to discuss with the faculty the unlimited possibilities within this minor. Refreshments will be available. |
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