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Botany, Cultural History, and the Ideology of a Flower. Friday, November 20, 4:30 p.m. in Seelye Hall, Room 106. Free lecture by Xiaofei Tian, Professor of Chinese Literature, Harvard.
Cultivated in Asia for thousands of years, the lotus – Nelumbo nucifera – has a much shorter history in China. Not only celebrated in Chinese writings, the flower is also an important symbol in Buddhism. Gradually, the lotus becomes a contested site where diverse and often conflicting meanings converge. Followed by a reception and free admission to the Fall Chrysanthemum Show at the Lyman Plant House, 5:30–8 p.m. More information online at: http://www.smith.edu/gardens/Home/events.html.
Thursday-Saturday, November 19-21, 8 p.m. in Theatre 14. Featuring original works by Smith Dance faculty Susan Waltner and Rodger Blum. A concert highlight will be a dance by guest choreographer David Dorfman. Artistic director of David Dorfman Dance, he is the William Meredith Professor of Dance and Chair at Connecticut College. Dorfman has received a Guggenheim fellowship and his company was presented in the American Dance Festival and Brooklyn Academy’s Next Wave Festival. Closing the evening will be Mark Morris’ celebrated Gloria.Tickets are $9 general, $5 students/seniors. For more performing arts events, visit: http://www.smith.edu/smitharts
Friday, November 20, 8 p.m. in Sweeney Concert Hall; Pre-concert talk at 7 p.m. in Earle Recital Hall. Music in Deerfield and the Smith College Music Department present the Talich Quartet. 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. For more information or to purchase tickets go to: http://www.musicindeerfield.org or Tel.: 413.774.4200 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 21, 8 p.m. in Sweeney Concert Hall. 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. 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
On Saturday, November 21, the Museum Shop will participate in the Northampton Bag Day. Stop by from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and receive 20% off one item. Tell your friends!
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
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.
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.
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
Friday, Nov.13, 7:30-8:15 p.m., Campus Center 103/104: A week-long exhibition on the Hiroshima/Nagasaki Atomic Bombings begins with a screening of a 30-min. documentary film "Hiroshima: A Mother's Prayer." It is a documentary film calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons and world peace from the viewpoint of a mother in Hiroshima. This event is free and open to the public. Meanwhile, view a photo exhibition in the Nolen Arts Lounge Nov. 13-20, including "Hiroshima Witness," a tape loop collection of survivors' testimonials about the bombings. Participate in making paper cranes for the Children's Peace Monument in the Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima, Japan. Also, on Thursday, Nov. 19, participate in a Web conference with Yoshiyuki Mido, a survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bomb attack, at 7:30 p.m. in the Campus Center Carroll Room.
The Black Students' Alliance will be hosting their Annual Thanksgiving Dinner. It will be held in the Mwangi Cultural Center on Saturday, November 21, 5-7 p.m. There is a charge of $3 in advance and $5 at the entrance. A portion of the proceeds will go toward the Tsunami Relief Fund.
Thursday, Nov. 19, 4:30 p.m., Seelye 201: Michael Williams, head of the Geosciences Department at UMass, explores how the timing and repeat frequency of earthquakes and volcanoes, the pace of global warming, the age of mountain-belts, and the evolution of life are enabling a new understanding of our planet, its history, and its future, and discusses how a major new exhibition at the Grand Canyon, the “Trail of Time,” will communicate the nature of time, especially deep time, in the context of Earth processes. Presented by the Kahn Institute colloquium “Telling Time: Its Meaning and Measurement.”
SGA is again sponsoring commercial bus rides to and from Bradley Airport for Thanksgiving break. The cost of a ticket will be $15 each way and you can use your OneCard or a check to buy the ticket. 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. Contact Sharon at ext. 4950 for any questions. Reminder - tickets cannot be purchased on the bus.
Nov. 19, 5 p.m., Neilson Library Browing Room: "Made in China: Voices from China's Porcelain Industry." Maris Gillette '89, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Haverford College, comes back to campus for a screening and discussion of her film Broken Pots Broken Dreams: Working in Jingdezhen's Porcelain Industry.
Class of 2012, express your love for Smith in the form of a photo or just a picture of our beautiful campus. We will be accepting submissions starting Monday, November 9, and will continue to accept them until November 24. All sophomores will have a chance to vote online for the most spectacular photo of the bunch. To submit a picture, email Eve Hunter, ehunter@smith.edu. Prizes: First Place: Get your photo put on a Class of 2012 Puzzle; Second Place: Get a mystery gift certificate to somewhere in the Smith vicinity.
Need a nap? Time to buy groceries, have lunch with a friend, or get that holiday shopping done? Let us take care of your kids. Smith Crew presents "Parent's Afternoon Out" modeled on the successful "Kids night out" events. Drop your K-6th grader off at the Indoor Track and Tennis Building (ITT) glass doors at 1 p.m. on Saturday, November 21, and pick them up at 4 p.m. We will let them play, do crafts, and have fun, while you take care of...whatever. Contact kklinger@smith.edu or ext. 2717 for more information. Registration forms can be emailed to you or you may register at drop off. $14 for one child/$7 for each sibling in addition to that. The pool will not be used, so have them dressed in layers so playing outside can be an option if it's nice. We will offer a snack.
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 Saturday, November 21, and close in mid-December. To participate, contribute a photograph of your pet(s) by sending a high resolution digital photograph to Amanda Hill, ahill@smith.edu. You may also submit a printed photo (at least 6 in. x 4 in.) 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.
Thursday, November 19, 8:30-9:30 p.m. on the roof of McConnell Hall. Come help the Astronomy department celebrate the International Year of Astronomy. Join us at the McConnell Rooftop Observatory to see the moon, Jupiter, and some beautiful star clusters through Smith's telescopes. All are welcome--dress warmly. Further information: Meg Thacher, mthacher@smith.edu, x3935.
Friday, November 20, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. on the Campus Center lawn. The Astronomy department will have its telescopes trained on our nearest star, the sun. Come see sunspots, solar eruptions, and other energetic phenomena through the Lisa Abrams Coronado Solar Max 90 telescope. Further information: Meg Thacher, mthacher@smith.edu, x3935.
2 Poets needed to represent Smith at the 8th annual Five-College Student Poetryfest. To be considered: Please submit 5-7 unstapled pages of poetry, plus cover sheet with name and contact info. Send or deliver your entry to: Five College Poetryfest c/o Michaela Cahillane, Wright 101. Deadline: Monday, November 23, noon. The Poetryfest reading will take place at Mt. Holyoke this year in February, with two students from each of the 5 colleges reading for 5 minutes each. This is not a competition, just a celebration of student poetry in the valley. If you’d like to be considered to represent Smith, send us your poems! Questions: mcahilla@smith.edu
Thursday November 19, 4-5:30 p.m., Campus Center 003: The Prison Justice Coalition and Queers and Allies working groups of Students for Social Justice and Institutional Change are pleased to present a workshop with QuEST (Queer Empowerment thru Solidarity and Truth) on the intersections between queer youth and the Prison Industrial Complex. Spoken word pieces, demonstrations about the disparities in the criminal justice system, and group activities to powerfully illustrate who profits and who pays in our current justice policy. See more info about QuEST here: http://www.outnowspringfield.org/Questhome.html
“Liquid Worlds” is a three-day project scheduled for January 2010 at the Kahn Institute. It is being organized by Anna Botta (Italian & Comparative Literature) and Estela Harretche (Spanish & Portuguese). It will explore transformative processes of flow through systems ranging from brain chemistry to human migration patterns to historical clashes to relationships of political hegemonies to the interplay of international economies. Boaventura de Sousa Santos, Professor of Sociology at the School of Economics at the University of Coimbra (Portugal) will participate. Faculty Fellows receive a stipend of $500. To apply, email Rick Fantasia (rfantasi@smith.edu) by Friday, November 20. For more information, visit http://www.smith.edu/kahninstitute/shortterm_projects_liquid_worlds.php
“Sustainable Operations: Are We On The Right Path” is a two-day project scheduled for January 2010 at the Kahn Institute. It is being organized by Andrew Guswa (Engineering) and Dano Weisbord (Director, Environmental Sustainability). The project will bring together faculty from a broad range of disciplines to discuss and critique a draft of Smith’s sustainability plan, devoting particular attention to the metrics employed, the targets promised, and the methods of implementation. Participating Faculty Fellows will receive a stipend of $300. To apply, email Rick Fantasia (rfantasi@smith.edu) by Friday, November 20. For more information, visit http://www.smith.edu/kahninstitute/shortterm_projects_sustainability.php.
Unity House is an Open House! Come join us for our Open House on Friday, November 20, noon-2 p.m. Our doors are open to all. Refreshments will be served.
The Health Services will close on Wednesday, November 25, at noon. After that, students should seek emergency care at the Cooley Dickinson Hospital until Health Services reopens on Monday, November 30, at 8 a.m.
Do you have a special holiday dessert recipe that you would like to share with your colleagues? If so, please submit your recipe to Madelyn Neely at mneely@smith.edu by Wednesday, December 2. Submitted recipes will be included in a booklet that will be given out at the Staff Council sponsored "Cookies and Hot Chocolate" holiday event, which will take place on Tuesday, December 8, from 2-4 p.m.
The Committee on Honorary Degrees is seeking nominations for the awarding of honorary 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.” Please send nominations to Rebecca Lindsey, Office of the Board of Trustees, at: rlindsey@smith.edu
Tuesday, December 1, noon-1 p.m., Campus Center Room 103/104. In this presentation you’ll learn about the very real health consequences of excess stress, as well as the benefits of managing your stress properly. You will also learn about some of the most common barriers to successfully coping with stress, as well as examine strategies that will allow you to manage your stress and live a healthier life. Presented by Harvard Pilgrim.
The Leading Ladies Musical Theater Organization presents "Pippin," a musical comedy about Pippin, the son of Charlemagne, and his search for fufillment in life. Come to Davis Ballroom November 19, 20, and 21 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $5 for 5-college students and $7 for the general public.
The Outdoors Program will be in the Campus Center basement on Friday, November 20, from noon-3 p.m. Come and try out our slackline and learn about exciting outdoor skill training opportunities in the spring. You can get a Wilderness First Aid certification, attend outdoors skills workshops, and go on training backpacking trips for FREE!
Wednesday, December 9, at 4:30 p.m. in Seelye 106. Dr. Soner Cagaptay, director of the Turkish Research project at the Washington Institute, will talk about Turkish foreign policy. He has written extensively on U.S.-Turkish relations, Turkish domestic politics and Turkish culture. His articles have appeared in major news outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, The International Herald Tribune, Los Angeles Times, and Newsweek. His essays also appear in major Turkish newspapers. Please join us for what will be a stimulating talk and discussion about this most important issue.The talk is sponsored by the Middle East Studies Program and Department of Government.
Learn about the Museum’s permanent collection! Register now for a December 3 noontime Museum talk, “Curator’s Choice: Permanent Collection Highlights,” with Linda Muehlig, associate director for curatorial affairs and curator of painting and sculpture. $5 for Museum members and student members. Registration required: 413.585.2777 or http://www.smith.edu/artmuseum/membership/member_programs.htm
Tuesday, December 1, 5 p.m. in Seelye 207. The UMass Oxford Summer Seminar will be holding an information session about how Smith students can apply for next year's program. We will talk about the 15 different classes in literature, politics, and history that we offer, discuss ways to make it affordable, and introduce you to students who went last year.
President Carol Christ welcomes Smith students, faculty and staff members to stop by her office, College Hall 201, on Tuesday, November 24, 4-5 p.m. to discuss college issues during this open hour.
Smith To Do is hosting a Knit-A-Thon this Friday, November 20, for all the many knitters on campus! It will take place from 7-11 p.m. in the Campus Center in the Goldstein Lounge - NOT in 103/104. If you're not a knitter, that's ok, we'll teach you. We'll also have a great selection of boardgames and maybe we can have a good old Scattergories Tournament. Hope to see you there.
The Pioneers Swimming & Diving team hosts Elms College on Tuesday, Nov. 17, at 7 p.m. in Dorothy Dalton Pool. Meanwhile, the Pioneers Basketball team hosts non-conference opponent Westfield State on Wednesday, Oct. 18, at 7 p.m. in Ainsworth Gym.
Wednesday, November 18, 7:30 p.m., Campus Center room 205, free lecture. Janet Bissell, a volunteer at Smith's Botanic Garden, takes us on a photographic journey through southwestern China, from towering mountains to tropical rainforests, to two botanical gardens, and through the forests and natural vegetation of this most bio-diverse region of China. Along the way you'll see stunning photographs and learn about the landscape and culture of this area. Followed by a reception at the Lyman Plant House with the Chrysanthemum Show illuminated, $2 admission to the Show, free to Friends and Smith ID holders. More information online at: http://www.smith.edu/gardens/Home/events.html
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 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
Kid's Night Out that allows a Parent's Night Out are being held at the Indoor Track and Tennis facility 7-10 p.m. on Friday nights Oct. 30, Nov. 13 and Nov. 20. A chance for kids to play and have fun while you relax or go out. http://www.smith.edu/athletics/facilities/PDF/kids%20night%20out%20form%202009-2010.pdf
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.
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 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
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
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.
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!
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.
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; and for the AIDS Care Chocolate Buffet and Auction fundraiser Nov. 15 at the Clarion Hotel in Northampton. For the Winter Gifts program, 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. Volunteers for the AIDS Care event are needed to help cater, clean up and serve. To volunteer for Winter Gifts, call the CSO Office at ext. 2793 or email swingfie@smith.edu for more info. For AIDS Care event, email pcamille@smith.edu or dstuehli@smith.edu. Vans will leave the chapel at 1:20 p.m., returning around 5:30 p.m.
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
Auditions for this season's Festival of One-Act Plays (performances Feb. 25-27, March 3-6) will be: Monday, November 16, and Tuesday, November 17, at 7:30 p.m. in the TV Studio, Theatre building (Mendenhall Center). Call Backs will be Wed., Nov. 18. Copies of the three one-act plays are on reserve in the Josten Library. Scarlet P by Kendra Arimoto, Detour by Roger Gordon, Board of Review by Darren Harned. For more information contact: Hillary Bucs for Detour: hhbucs@yahoo.com; Jeff Stingerstein for Scarlet P: jstinger@smith.edu; Roger Gordon for Board of Review: rgordon@smith.edu.
Ever miss Smith when you're gone over break? Wish you could bring the charm of Northampton home with you to share with others? Then volunteer to Take Smith Home! Join us for a short training at 12:10 p.m. on November 19 or December 2 in the Admissions Office Conference Room (8 College Lane). There will be a postcard writing session after, so bring your lunch. Snacks will be provided, as well. To find out more and to RSVP (three days in advance) email Jessica Reback, Office of Admission Programs Intern at adintern@smith.edu.
Anyone interested in looking for off-campus housing for spring semester--either someone who's actively searching for an apartment close to Smith along the bus-line or someone who already has an apartment and needs roommate or housemates--should contact: tw07@hampshire.edu
Active Minds is proud to present Mental Health Awareness Week, which will include a lecture from Lizzie Simon, author of "Detour: My Bipolar Trip in 4D," on Wednesday, Nov. 18, at 4 p.m. in the Campus Center Carroll Room. Lizzie will discuss her struggles with bipolar disorder, stigma, and how to improve mental health at Smith. Also be on the look out for a student exhibit on Chapin Lawn throughout the week of November 16 to 20, with artwork and writing on students' experiences with mental health and illness.
Tuesday, November 17, 5-6 p.m., McConnell 103 (Auditorium); Refreshments served at 4:45 p.m. Molly Mulligan will speak on Microfluidics: Drop Production and Deformation . There are a wide range of applications for emulsions with precisely controlled droplets of one fluid in a second immiscible fluid, including personal care products, foods and products for drug delivery. Nearly monodisperse drops were generated using a microfluidic hydrodynamic flow-focusing device. Once formed, the drops were driven through a hyperbolic contraction which deformed the drops. The hyperbolic contraction produces a homogeneous extensional flow, meaning that the extensional forces acting on the droplet are constant through the entire contraction.
Tuesday, November 17, 12:15-12:45 p.m. in Campus Center 103-104. Caroline Moore, ETS Moodle Administrator, will give a 20-minute presentation on Moodle grading. For faculty who use or would like to use the Moodle Gradebook and use weighted grades or other complex algorithms for calculating final grades this presentation will offer new ideas for how the Gradebook can make grading time-efficient. TechKnow is a monthly series of presentations on a wide range of educational technology topics. Faculty, staff, and students are welcome. Refreshments provided. Offered by ITS/Educational Technology Services. Contact: agabriel@smith.edu or http://www.smith.edu/its/ets/techknow.html.
Next TechKnow date is December 2.
Prism, Smith's organization for queer people of color & allies, will be meeting on Tuesday, November 17, at 7 p.m. in the Resource Center for Gender and Sexuality (in the basement of Haven/Wesley). We will be discussing e-board positions, upcoming social justice workshops and planning a Prism study break in the near future. Hope to see you there. All are welcome.
Smith To Do wants to draw attention to all the people on Campus who knit - or would like to learn how - and bring them together for a knitting party. So we're having a Knit-A-Thon Friday, Novermber 20, 7-11 p.m. in Campus Center 103/104. Bring what you're working on or use our supplies and hopefully we can make some scarves and hats either for ourselves or those in need of some warm clothes this winter! Depending on the USPS, we may or may not be painting mugs as well. Check the Thurday edigest for an update!
Pioneers Basketball opens the season hosting the Albany College of Pharmacy in the Tyler Tip Off game on Sunday, Nov. 15, at 2 p.m. in Ainsworth Gym.
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.
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.
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
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
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
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Smith's annual Julia Child Day presents the "Culinary Smackdown!" Thursday, Nov. 12, beginning at 4:15 p.m. in the Campus Center Carroll Room. Which is better, French or Italian cuisine? Faculty representing each side will make their arguments. Chefs on each side will prepare the evidence on stage. Followed by the gala Julia Child Day reception. Also, the Campus Center Café will feature special Julia Child Day offerings at lunch and a special reception following the "Culinary Smackdown" at 5:15 p.m. To find out more information, please visit http://www.smith.edu/cafe or http://www.smith.edu/diningservices
Limited quantities of the H1N1/Swine Flu Vaccine Available at Smith College Health Services over the next week! Visit the Health Services website to sign up for an appointment online. The Health Services website is the best way for Smithies to get accurate prevention tips and updates about H1N1 and health in general. Sign up for a vaccine, read the updates, and stay healthy! http://www.smith.edu/health/
Panelists Dean Maureen Mahoney, Patrick Connelly and Rachel Hanlon '10 will take audience questions on ethical and moral dilemmas in Sex, Dating and Friendship as the Hot Seat ethics panel takes place Thursday, November 12, at noon, in Campus Center 103.
Dean Jennifer Walters will moderate this informal panel discussing "The Rights and Wrongs of Relationships." The Hot Seat is open to the public and all are welcome to bring a lunch and stop by.
On Thursday, November 12, at 7:30 p.m., the Education Department will be showing Dangerous Minds in the lounge of Morgan Hall. Free popcorn and soda will be served. All are welcome.
President Carol Christ welcomes Smith students, faculty and staff members to stop by her office, College Hall 201, on Friday, November 13, 4-5 p.m. to discuss college issues during this open hour.
Just a reminder that you can book space at the Smith College Club. It is a great place to have anything from a small meeting to a large dinner or reception. If you book a room on Tuesdays and Thursdays you can take advantage of the lunch buffet from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. The buffet includes homemade daily soup, assorted simple and gourmet sandwich options and a full salad bar. The daily menu specials can be found on the Smith College website or by calling the DINE line (ext 3463). This coming Thursday, Nov. 12, we will be doing a special menu for Julia Child Day so consider booking a room now or come for take-out! At any other time you can book space at the Club and order food and beverage service thru Smith College Catering. For any questions please contact Betse Curtis at ext. 2325.
Smithrift will be holding a clothing donation drive Saturday, November 14, to Friday, November 20. Smithrift is a student run philanthropic organization that collects donations and sells them for charity. Please donate your gently worn clothes for a great cause. The donation boxes will be placed in every house in the lobby.
Monday, November 16, in McConnell 404 at 4 p.m. Adria Updike '03 - "Exploring the Early Universe with Gamma Ray Bursts" and "What is it like to go to graduate School in Astronomy after Smith College?"
The Smith Democrats and Smith Republicans are pleased to present State Rep. Alex Cornell du Houx of Maine, who will be discussing "Operation Free," a new program from the Truman National Security Project emphasizing clean energy as a national security issue. Rep. Cornell du Houx, an Iraq War veteran, along with Smith alumna Lauren Wolfe '05, will be speaking on Monday, November 16, at 7 p.m. in Campus Center 103/104. Refreshments will be provided.
I.S. DAY (International Students Day) Monday, Nov. 16, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Campus Center Carroll Room. Come support our international students and sample some of the best dishes from home. Recipes from Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, China, Greece, Hungary, Croatia, Canada, Kenya, Vietnam etc. Mouth watering dishes of Tres Leches, Crepes, Red Shrimp Curry, Jollof Rice, Sweet & Sour Spareribs, Beef pilau, Jerk Chicken, Pastitsio, Chicken Satay and more. Admission is free, however food is purchased with food tickets that can be acquired for $1 each at the door. Most food items cost between 2 and 3 tickets.
Thursday, November 12, 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 13, 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, Nov. 15, 4:30 p.m., Roman Catholic Mass. Supper held after Mass in Bodman Lounge, lower level. Monday, November 16, 6:45 p.m., Buddhist Meditation, main sanctuary. Find peace in the midst of our daily lives. No experience necessary. All are welcome
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
On Wednesday, November 11, Smith's Office of Admission will host both our Fall Preview and Ada Open House programs. Both programs invite prospective students and their families to spend a day discovering Smith. While here, prospective students attend panels, campus and house tours, sit in on pre-approved classes and find out more about what Smith has to offer. Please help us welcome our guests to campus.
The Alumnae Association of Smith College invites first-year and transfer students to tea on Friday, November 13, 4-5 p.m. in the Alumnae House living room.
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.
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
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.
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.
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!
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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, 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.
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!
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.
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!
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.
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!
Central Services will be closed on Thursday, November 5, between 1:45 to 3:15 p.m. We will be attending the staff forum.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
Presentation of the major and minor in Italian Language and Literature. Wednesday, Nov. 4, at 4:15 p.m. in Hatfield 105.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Smith Democrats meet every Monday at 7 p.m. in Campus Center 103/104. Please join us to hear about upcoming events, notable speakers, and important political issues.
Smith Health Services has arranged for a massage therapist to be at Health Services on Tuesdays, 9-11 a.m., and Fridays, 2-5 p.m., beginning October 20. Cost: $20 for half an hour, $40 for one hour. Payment is due at the time of service cash and checks accepted. To book an appointment, call ext. 2823. This is for students only.
Please join the faculty of the Department of Dance for a presentation of the major and minor. We will begin with a draft showing of new choreography created for the Fall Faculty Concert. Students interested in dance theory courses or who want to work with the Department, but do not intend to major, are also welcome. Snacks provided! Monday, November 2, at 5 p.m. in Scott Dance Studio (across the hall from the back of Scott Gym and the Olin Fitness Center).
The Presentation of the Major in History and History Fair will be held on Monday, Nov. 2, at 4:30 p.m. in Dewey Common Room. Refreshments will be served.
On Thursday, October 29, at 4 p.m., Presentation of the English Major will take place in the Campus Center 205 at 4 p.m. Light refreshments will be available.
On Thursday, October 29, at 4 p.m., Presentation of the French Major will take place in Campus Center 102 at 4 p.m. Door prizes. Swiss and Belgian Chocolates!
How do you express your state of mind? Be part of a student exhibit that will be shown on Chapin Lawn for Mental Health Awareness Week, from Nov. 16-20. Share your feelings about your personal experiences with mental health and illness. Can include your story or that of a friend, but no names, please! Submissions may be in the form of photographs, artwork, poetry, fiction... anything you want! Submissions are due by November 2, and may be anonymous. Post submissions to Sarah Billian, Box 7279, or e-mail to aminds@smith.edu.
Thursday, Oct. 29, 7-10 p.m., Women's Resource Center, Davis Hall, 3rd Floor. Come and make t-shirts for the Clothesline Project - anyone is welcome to come and express their emotions, experiences or thoughts about sexual assault on a t-shirt. The t-shirts will be hung up on Chapin Lawn during the first week of November. Paint and t-shirts will be provided, but participants are encouraged to bring their own t-shirt if they have one.
Presentation of the major in German Studies: Tuesday, November 3, at 6 p.m. in Hatfield 204. pizza served.
Presentation of the major and minor in Russian Language and Literature. Monday, November 2, at 4 p.m. in Hatfield 107.
Human Resources will be sponsoring its annual HR Fair on Tuesday, November 3, 11 a.m.–4 p.m., in the Carroll Room, Campus Center. Open Enrollment packets for benefit eligible employees will be distributed at the Fair. Employees will also have the opportunity to find out more about Smith benefits, provider organizations and services, win a prize by entering the drawing and relax with a seated chair massage provided by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care.
Despite living in the wealthiest country in the world and spending twice as much on health care, Americans are sicker and die sooner than citizens of other nations. Dr. Ichiro Kawachi, Professor of Social Epidemiology and Chair of the Department of Society, Human Development and Health at the Harvard School of Public Health, explores reasons often given for this paradox and asserts that its cause is actually mal-distribution of resources. Presented by the Kahn Institute project Wellness & Disease. Friday, October 30, 12:15 p.m., Neilson Browsing Room. Pizza will be available for the first 50 attendees. Open to the public.
Today, music seems almost dismayingly connected with technology, but despite the ideology of an influential branch of 20th-century composition and the increasingly common use of electronic devices, the concerns music still depend upon a very different perspective than the one typically thought of as scientific. Or perhaps not? Composer Richard Einhorn discusses his love/hate relationship with music technologies and the manifold interconnections between music and science. Presented by the Kahn Institute project Music and Science: From “The Creation” to “The Origin.” Friday, October 30, 4:30 p.m., Neilson Browsing Room. This lecture is free and open to the public.
Thursday, October 29, 4:15 p.m., Seelye 207. Are you interested in how the world economy works? Have you considered being an Economics Major? Please join the Economics Department Faculty for the presentation of the major and showcase of courses to be offered in Spring 2010! Refreshments will be served.
Friday, October 30, 12:15-1 p.m., Bass Hall 102: ES&P Lunchbag: "Unearthing the lies of the land: Narrating environmental justice in the Americas," a discussion with Michelle Joffroy, Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, about contemporary environmental issues through the lens of literary and visual narratives by Latin American and Latina women. Lunch provided.
Campus Antiwar Network Meeting & Movie Night Friday, Oct. 30. 6:15 p.m.-- Meeting: Ziskind Beau Parlor; then walking over to: 7 p.m. Movie: "Fierce Light"- Spiritual activism around the world--interview with Alice Walker, Desmond Tutu, Thich Nhat Hahn & more, held at the Media Foundation, 60 Masonic Street.
Rent-a-Rower on October 30 and 31 or November 1. Let Smith Crew handle your dirty work. We will be available to do yard work, help you move, clean house, and/or watch the kids. $50 for 2 rowers for 2 hours. Shifts available morning and afternoon. For more info/to sign up - contact rentarower.smithcrew@gmail.com or Karen Klinger at ext. 2717.
Remember, to continue to be certified to drive any Smith van after November 2 you must have attended a defensive driving session. The final session for this semester will be held at Stoddard Auditorium on Friday, October 30, 3-4 p.m. Any questions, contact Sharon at ext. 4950 or sfagan@smith.edu.
Geoscience Presentation of thr Major and Minor on Thursday, October 29, in Sabin-Reed 101A at noon to p.m. Meet the faculty; learn about the courses & research opportunities available for 2009-10; hear what it takes to be a Geo major/minor, and eat some sandwiches, snacks, and cookies.
October 29, noon-1 p.m., Neilson Library Browsing Room: WFI's "Financing Life: Learn to finance the life you want to lead". Learn how to manage your savings; the fundamentals of investing stocks, bonds, mutual funds; risk and return; relevant tax issues. Lunch is provided for the first 50 attendees. For more information, visit http://www.smith.edu/wfi.
Please come join us for the Biochemistry Presentation of the Major on Thursday, Oct. 29, in McConnell Foyer at 6 p.m. A dinner of Indian cuisine, along with yummy desserts and beverages, will be provided.
Missed SmiTHrift's fall sale? Here is your second chance! Spend $3 to our cage frenzy event in John M. Green (JMG) basement, and take as much as you can, including clothes, shoes, dorm stuff, small electronics in 5 minutes! You will be surprised to find what we have in our storage! Be green and bring your own bag. Thursday, October 29, 7-9 p.m. Enter through the back door of JMG opposite Hatfield.
Alumnae Panel Discussion on Friday, October 30, 4 p.m. in Graham Hall. Smith Women in Design (SWiD) will present a panel disucssion for students interested in design careers. The panelists represent design specialties including architecture, landscape design, interiors, graphic/interactive design, product design, and industrial design. A networking reception will follow. At noon in Hillyer 106, the panelists will present their portfolios (pizza provided), after which students may have their portfolios critiqued by prior arrangement. The SWiD event is being co-sponsored by the CDO, and the art, architecture, landscape studies, and engineering departments with funding assistance from the Alumnae Association of Smith College. Questions may be directed to Janice Schell of the CDO (jschell@smith.edu).
The Computer Science Major Presentation will be on Thursday, October 29, during lunch in hte McConnell Foyer. Take this opportunity to learn about the major requirements and classes that will be taught next semester. Lunch will be served.
Thursday, October 29, at 12:15 p.m. in Campus Center Room 003: Join Binka Le Breton, co-founder and director of the Iracambi Rainforest Research Center in Brazil's Atlantic Rainforest, for a Brown Bag lunch discussion of conservation, biodiversity, and sustainable development issues in the Brazilian rainforest and internship opportunities at Iracambi.
For information about delayed openings, early closings, cancellation of classes, curtailed operations at Smith or weather emergency information, call the Smith Information Line at 585-INFO, the college’s only official weather source. An updated announcement of storm delays or closings will be available beginning approximately at 6:30 a.m. on the affected workday. Every effort will be made to post an announcement to the Smith Web site as well. Also, tune into the following media stations for news on delayed openings or cancellations: WHMP (Northampton) 1400 AM/99.3FM(equals sign) WFCR (Amherst) 88.5(equals sign) WHYN (Springfield) 93.1(equals sign) WWLP-TV Channel 22(equals sign) or WGGB-TV Channel 40. Please note, however, that classes continue to meet in stormy weather except in blizzard conditions, in which case a message will be on the Smith Information Line. Individual faculty members may cancel classes because of stormy weather at their own discretion, although those cancellations will not be publicized on the INFO line or the above mentioned media stations. Also note that the Campus School at Smith College has its own procedures for closing and follows Northampton Public School snow day calls. Notification of a Campus School closing is submitted only to the television stations by the Campus School principal and is not put on the Smith Information Line.
Friday, October 30, 9-11 p.m., Campus Center 103/104: Smith To Do will be painting pumpkins. Come pick out a little pumpkin, decorate it as you desire, have some Halloween candy, and just enjoy the end of October.
Thursday, Oct. 29, 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 a home-cooked dinner while you study. Friday, Oct. 30, 5:15 p.m., student-led Shabaat services, Dewey Common Room. A kosher dinner, cooked by Smith students, follows in the Kosher Kitchen in Dawes House at 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, 4:30 p.m., Roman Catholic Mass. Supper held after Mass in Bodman Lounge, lower level. Monday, Nov. 2, 6:45 p.m., Buddhist Meditation, main sanctuary. Find peace in the midst of our daily lives. No experience necessary. All are welcome
Employees traveling abroad on Smith business now have access to a range of medical information, such as immunization requirements, and emergency services, via a new program through Five Colleges, Inc. Visit http://www.fivecolleges.edu/sites/riskmgmt/intltravel/ to access the International SOS Portal and read about specific program benefits, including the ability to create an online Emergency Record. Use the Five College membership number 11BCAS000005 to access the site before you depart.
Thursday, October 29, 10 p.m. in the Red Room (Goldstein Lounge), Campus Center: Cahill, an acoustic rock group from Boston, has earned a coveted spot in the Faneuil Hall Street Performers Group, as well as been featured on The Real World - Brooklyn soundtrack. And the show is free!
Monday, November 2, in various Campus Center rooms. Student panels begin at 4:10 and 5:10 p.m., followed by a reception at 6. The annual Smith Elects the World Conference highlights students who have had transformative learning experiences off campus with study abroad, community service and internships. In two sessions of six concurrent panels students will present how their experiences have enriched their academic studies and changed their goals for the future.
Get all the Smith news that's fit to print in this week's issue of the Sophian, available across campus or online at http://www.smithsophian.com. Read the issue, then let us know what you think by writing a letter to the editor, commenting online or contacting us at sophian@smith.edu.
Meeting Thursday, October 29, at 8 p.m. in Dewey Common Room for students to come together to discuss issues of dis/ability, embodiment, and access, build community, and work towards institutional change on Smith Campus. All are welcome! If you have questions/concerns about accommodations, please contact Gabriel at gstein@smith.edu.
Are you an atheist, agnostic, or secular humanist? Are you questioning religion? Not sure? There will be a Smith Freethinkers' meeting and discussion Sunday, November 1, at 1 p.m. in the Cutter living room. We will be discussing a reading or film relevant to the group. All are welcome
Watch Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince with Rec Council Friday, October 30, 7:30 p.m. and Sunday 1:30 p.m. Weinstein Auditorium in Wright Hall. Free.
In their last home contest of the regular season, the Pioneers Soccer team hosts NEWMAC opponent Springfield College on Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 4 p.m. And in their last home match of the regular season, the Pioneers Volleyball team hosts valley and NEWMAC rival Mount Holyoke College, also on Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 7 p.m. in Ainsworth Gym.
Noon-1 p.m., Neilson Library Browsing Room: Insurance may not be on your mind at the moment, but this is exactly when you should be learning about it! WFI's "How Do I? The practical steps to financing a life" on Tuesday, October 27, will help guide you through insurance jargon. Lunch is provided for the first 50 attendees. For more information, visit http://www.smith.edu/wfi.
Noon-1pm, Neilson Library Browsing Room WFI's "Financing Life" series will continue on Thursday, October 29. It will address stocks, bonds, mutual funds, risk, returns and relevant tax issues. Lunch will be provided for the first 50 attendees. For more information, visit http://www.smith.edu/wfi.
Presentation of the Art Major/Minor for Art History, Studio Art, and Architecture. Presented on Thursday, Oct. 29, from noon-1 p.m. in the Jannotta Gallery, Hillyer Hall. Food and beverage provided.
The Presentation of the Major in Medieval Studies will be held at noon on Wednesday, October 28, Dewey Common Room. Pizza will be provided.
Presentation of the Major in Government on Tuesday, October 27, at 4:30 p.m. in Seelye 201.
Presentation of the Major in Anthropology on Wednesday, October 28, at 4:30 p.m. in Seelye 207. Refreshments will be served.
Presenation of the Five College Film Studies Major and Smith College Minor will be held on Thursday, October 29, at noon in Seelye 207. Pizza will be served!
Katharine Klipstein from TIAA-CREF will be on campus for October 28, November 11 and December 9. To schedule an individual session to discuss your retirement account, please call 866-904-7802.
Designed to help managers prepare for and better handle the ongoing effects of change in their areas, this workshop will provide an important opportunity for managers to share experiences and strategies with each other. Led by Robin Pelzman of the Wellness Corporation, this workshop will be held on Thursday, October 29, 9:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in Campus Center 205. For a full workshop description and to register, please visit http://ww.smith.edu/hr/hrdev_catalog.php. Space is limited--please register today.
Do your interests span multiple disciplines? Would you like to have a major that allows you to focus on a particular era or topic in American society and culture? Then the Program in American Studies may be right for you. It allows you to pursue a liberal arts education that combines several disciplines, including history, art history, literature and economics. Come to the AMS Presentation of the Major to learn more. Tuesday, October 27, at noon in Seelye 207. A pizza lunch will be served.
Are you interested in the dynamics of human interaction? Would you like to learn more about community, social class, race & ethnicity, family, sex roles and popular culture and to understand more fully your own experiences and the society in which you live? The Sociology major may be right for you. Please attend our Presentation of the major in Sociology on Wednesday, October 28, at noon in Seelye 207. Lunch will be served.
The Presentation of the Education Major/Minor will be held Tuesday, October 27, at 5 p.m. in the Smith College Campus School Library. Regardless of major, anyone interested in preparing to teach should attend. Refreshments will be provided.
The ninth annual celebration of student research will be held at Smith on Saturday, April 17, 2010. All Smith students are now invited to submit proposals to participate in "Celebrating Collaborations: Students and Faculty Working Together". The proposal form is available online at http://www.smith.edu/collaborations/ and is due February 19, 2010. Proposals deriving from course projects and papers, special studies projects, honors theses, performances, and other student-faculty interaction are sought for inclusion in our day-long celebration. If you have any questions or need more information, please contact Danielle Ramdath, Associate Dean of the Faculty (dramdath@smith.edu or ext. 3000).
Michelle Gallagher from Fidelity Investments will be presenting "Getting Started in Your Workplace Savings Plan." The seminar will cover the advantages of tax-deferred savings, descriptions of typical retirement income sources, how to create a vision for your future and simple ways to increase your contribution amount. The seminar will be held on Wednesday, October 28, noon-1 p.m., in Campus Center 205. Please visit http://www.smith.edu/hr/hrdev_catalog.php to register.
Presentation of the Astronomy Major and Minor and Astrophysics Major. Tuesday, October 27, noon-1 p.m. in McConnell 406. Meet Astronomy faculty and talk with other majors. Lunch will be provided.
Presentation of the Psychology Major and Minor, Tuesday, October 27, 4:30 p.m. in McConnell 103. Following is the Psychology Research Fair from 5-6 p.m. in McConnell Foyer. Refreshments will be served.
President Carol Christ welcomes Smith students, faculty and staff members to stop by her office, College Hall 201, on Tuesday, October 27, 4-5 p.m. to discuss college issues during this open hour.
October 27, noon-1 p.m., Neilson Library Browsing Room: WFI's "How Do I? The practical steps to financing a life”. Feeling invincible? Insurance may not be on your mind right now, but this is exactly when you should be learning about it. You'll never be younger or healthier, and insurance will never be cheaper or potentially easier to obtain. For more information, visit http://www.smith.edu/wfi.
How Should Smith Define Diversity? Wednesday, October 28, at noon in Campus Center 103-104. Join students, faculty, and staff to discuss ways to make Smith diverse and inclusive. Bring a bag lunch!
The Presentation of the Neuroscience Major will take place in McConnell B15 starting at noon on Thursday, October 29. The liaisons will give us an opportunity to introduce ourselves briefly at the beginning of the presentation
Wednesday, October 28, from 12:15 to 1 p.m. in McConnell 103. Join us for lunch and meet the members of the department: faculty, staff, students, and majors. You'll learn more about the possible paths through the major and the Chemistry Department in general.
One more van certification session will be held on Tuesday, October 27, from 5 to 6 p.m. Note: The location for this session has been changed to Campus Center 205. Any questions contact Sharon at ext. 4950 or sfagan@smith.edu
Interested in childbirth? Want to get involved and learn more? Come to Smith College Aspiring Childbirth Professionals’ general interest meeting this Wednesday, October 28, at 7 p.m. in Seelye 110. Come talk about goals for this group, open leadership positions, and what sort of information and support you want from the group. Open to current and aspiring doulas, midwives, nurse-midwives, OB-GYNs, lactation consultants, childbirth educators… or anyone interested in childbirth! (If you are interested but unable to attend, please send us an email at s.c.a.c.ps@gmail.com and we will add you to our mailing list.)
Wednesday, October 28, 12:50-1 p.m., McConnell Foyer. This week: Christine White Ziegler, biology, on "H1N1 influenza: Why the big concern?"
Wednesday, October 28, at 8 p.m., Theater 14, Mendenhall Center for the Performing Arts. Student admission costs only $1! (Regular ticket prices: $8 General Admission, $5 Students/Seniors). Come in a 1950s-style costume for a chance to win a prize! For a preview, visit: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/smithcollegeperformingarts?refts. The show continues October 28-October 31.
Help celebrate the adventurous spirit of Smith students! Attend the 2nd Annual International Photo Contest Reception Wednesday, October 28, at 4 p.m., in the Campus Center, Room 103/104. The reception will honor all contest entrants, and Dick Fish, contest judge, will say a few words about the winning photos. All photos entered in the contest are on exhibit next door, in the Nolen Arts Lounge. The exhibit runs through November 7. Return to the eDigest |
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